A/N, hehehe, bet you all loved that cliffhanger in the last chapter. Some heaty scenes in this short chapter but unfortunately it's not a VxM moment. I'm sure you can guess who the guy is.
Return Forever
Tightening his arm around her, pinning her arms to the side, Knives's hand reached up and entangled his fingers into Meryl's hair. Gently, he slid the ribbon out of her hair, caressing against her head at the same time. Meryl felt his nose move along her shoulder to settle buried in her hair. He took a breath, taking in the aroma.
Meryl redoubled her efforts to escape, mostly out of repulsion. "Get your hands off me, Knives," she snarled at him. She tried to kick his ankle but he held her in a position that forced her to lean against him. Thus raising her foot would cause her to lose her balance and slide to the floor, in which Knives would probably slide with her and she didn't want to know what he did then.
"Stop trying to struggle, little Meryl-spider," he whispered, face in her hair, both encircling her tighter. "It will only make the silk web grasp you more.
Meryl almost cried out in exasperation. This was the wrong time to make metaphors and she couldn't believe Knives was making one.
She felt Knives face move lower and shivered as he rested his lips against her neck. The immature part of her mind was bawling EEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!! HE'S KISSING MY NECK! GETHIMOFF GETHIMOFF GETHIMOFF!!!! The mature part wondered if Knives was actually attracted to her. But of course not, Knives couldn't be…okay just say it…in love… Meryl gave herself a mental slap and scolded herself for even thinking of such a thing. No, there was a reason to this, a sick reason, but a reason nevertheless.
"Ah, little Meryl-spider," Knives breathed into her ear, "you shouldn't tremble like that. It suggests weakness…and you are not weak, are you Meryl-spider?"
Meryl hissed through gritted teeth. What the hell was he doing? "I don't believe this. Stop it! Why are you doing this? It's broad daylight and there're people and they can see!"
"But they can't see us, Meryl-spider."
He was right. Knives had pulled her into a dark alley. How could she have been so stupid, going out of the house alone! If Knives could go downstairs he could just as easily step outside as well. And Vash and Milly knew nothing about this, there was no one to save her now.
"Augh." Knives's mouth was now slowing moving up her neck onto her face. Meryl felt like puking right then and there and sincerely hoped he was leaving any kiss marks. His breath tickled her ear and she jerked her head away.
"Don't attempt to shrink away." Knives twisted her head around so that he could look her in the face. There was a twisted smirk on his face and his eyes had a crazed, insane glint.
Now that she could see his face, Meryl collected the saliva in her mouth and spat, aiming for his eyes. Knives turned his head and the spit missed, falling to the ground. Meryl paled and tense herself for his reaction. But it was one she didn't expect.
He chuckled maliciously to himself. "I knew I was right when I thought you were amusing. Ah, yes, little Meryl-spider, you are a challenge."
Meryl flinched at the nickname. "Stop calling me that," she hissed at him. "I'm not little or a spider. If you must address me just call me by my name for crissake."
The grin widened. Meryl cringed. It was a terrifying grin, one that made Meryl fear for her life. Knives really is insane, she thought. How could he be Vash's brother?
"But little Meryl-spider, the name is so appropriate for you. Do you know why?" Knives asked, eyes starting to widen. "Let me ask you this: if a butterfly were caught in a spider's web, how would you prevent a death from happening? If you freed the butterfly, the spider would die of starvation, yet if you left the butterfly, it would die. Vash wanted to free the butterfly, stupid fool. But my strategy is better: I would kill the spider."
He paused as Meryl suddenly shivered in his arms. She didn't want to know the connection between her and the spider.
"Humans are spiders, little Meryl-spider. And I will kill all the spiders, leaving the butterflies to roam free," Knives said, face turning menacing.
"Let me guess, you're a butterfly?" Meryl asked sarcastically.
"A plant, little Meryl-spider, I am a plant and so is Vash. But I think I'll keep you here with me as a small reminder of the spiders." Smirking, he said, "Vash is so protective of spiders and he tries so hard not to kill. He listened much to long to Rem's lectures about saving lives and that shit."
Meryl remembered Vash mentioning a woman named Rem before, she was like his mother or something. "Is she the one who said that nobody had the right to take away a human life? Well, she's right," she commented angrily.
Knives stared at her intensely for a moment. "I see," he remarked dryly. "Your ideals are much like that bitch's beliefs, that's why Vash is so attracted to you." Before Meryl could wonder about that comment, Knives said, "But you are still pure, Vash hasn't claimed you yet, has he? Then I'll just have to take you first."
At this moment, Knives suddenly twisted Meryl around and slammed his mouth against hers. Meryl choked at the touch of his lips and opened her lips for air, but found none. Instead, she gasped as Knives's tongue suddenly invaded her mouth. She couldn't pull away, his arms around her prevented that. She was pressed so tightly against his body that Meryl couldn't move. And Knives continued to press on.
A whirl of thoughts sped through Meryl's head. By god, this was disgusting. It absolutely repulsed her that Knives's tongue was in her mouth. Why was he kissing her? She hated the feeling of his warm body against hers.
Regretfully, Meryl despaired that she had to be in this situation with Knives. It was the wrong brother, she thought, grimacing as Knives moved into her throat. She wouldn't have minded this attention if it were Vash kissing her.
Vash please come save me!
Walking up the staircase, Vash opened Knives's room and peeked inside. When he saw the empty room, he frowned and shut the door. Where was that damn brother of his? After a quick run through the house, Vash concluded that Knives was no where in the house. That left outside the house.
"Milly, do you know where Knives is?" he asked.
"No Vash-san," Milly answered, a worried expression on her face. "I'm worried about Meryl-sempai. She's all alone outside the house and Knives is no where to be seen…" Suddenly, she shoved Vash out the door. "Go look for Sempai, Vash-san! And bring her back home! I trust you, Vash-san!"
"Um, okay…" When Milly shut the door, Vash shook his head. Meryl could have gone anywhere, and Knives…well he didn't know about him.
Looking around, he caught sight of a trail of footsteps. He followed them, hopefully thinking that Meryl would be at the end of the trail.
Vash stopped sharply and looked up. The sight of Knives locking lips with Meryl fell before his eyes. He froze, a pang of jealousy stabbing his chest at this sight but softened when he saw the frightened expression on Meryl's face. He dashed up to them and swung his fist back.
A/N I apologize for the shortness of this chapter, well for all the chapters really. I'm sure you all hate me now for leaving you cut off here. But don't worry! I will most certainly update very soon once I actually have something written!
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