Part Eight: Caress
SongFic: Burn by Bionic
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The waitress dropped another round of drinks in front of Quatre, Duo, and Trowa as they sat at their usual table in their favorite nightclub, Caress. The Rock music blared from the amplifiers that surrounded the entire building, but they were far enough away that they could talk without having a problem. They were old friends and regulars, so they knew all of the staff and often got plenty of free food, which Duo always managed to eat.
"FEEL THE BREAKDOWN IT'S COMIN'
I CAN SEE THE SKY TURN TO RED
YOUR COLORS ARE MELTING DOWN
YOU REALLY SHOULD KNOW BETTER
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AROUND
NOW I'M BLEEDING..."
"Hey, Q-man, pass me some of that greasy goodness in front of you that you seem to have forgotten about. And pass the salt Trowa, I feel another hunger pain clawing at the insides of my stomach and it's begging to be satisfied!"
"How can you eat all that disgusting stuff? You must have like, two stomachs, Goddess sometimes I'm embarrassed by you." Quatre just happened to look over right as ketchup dripped off of Duo's hands and onto the table. "You're a mess! Can't you learn to be somewhat neater?"
"FULL CIRCLE COMING BACK AGAIN
NOW IT'S MY TURN..."
"Hey now, don't drag me down with you man! Besides, if it really bothered you, you would have stopped coming with me a long time ago. Besides, seem as how you two never eat your share I can't possibly allow all this perfectly good food to go to waste." A few minutes later Duo looked up and whistled in admiration "Damn I love this seat, we've got a perfect view of the door and I'll be damned to heaven if that ain't an angel walkin through that door..."
The other two friends turned to look at the woman coming through the door, and they weren't the only ones. She stood in the entranceway seemingly unaware of the attention she was getting. After a moments assessment she continued walking through the crowd. It was slow motion, and everyone noticed as she passed. Her aura was so strong that people couldn't help but notice her, even if she wanted to blend in, it would have been impossible.
Her face was hidden by the lighting, and the way she had styled her radiant deep red hair that was pulled into a half up and then into a bun that had pieces of hair splayed out around the right hand side of her face in an arc like feathers, and two long strands framed her delicate face. The Hair was curled and fell across her shoulders and her skin like clouds of silk and velvet.
"BURN, BRING YOU DOWN TO YOUR KNEES
IN FRONT OF THE ONES THAT YOU'VE HURT BEFORE
BURN, LEFT A SCAR RUNNING DEEP IN THE HEARTS
OF THE ONES THAT YOU'LL HURT NO MORE..."
She had two of the biggest hoops dangling form her ears that any of them had ever seen and a studded choker around her small neck. She had on a black halter-top that revealed her smooth stomach and a belly button ring of three dangling stars. Her black leather low-rise flare pants had lace up sides and rhinestone stars up her right leg. The belt she wore was of deep purple leather with metal studs. On her hands she wore fishnet fingerless gloves that were almost covered with bangles. The finishing touch was the antique looking pentacle dangling a thick chain that ended right on her solar plexus.
"She's new here, I haven't seen her before," remarked Trowa.
"She may be new to Caress and the nightlife of London, but there is definitely something familiar about that woman. I know I've seen her before but I just can't place her."
"Well I can place her, right on the dance floor, with me. I'll be back after I dance with her, unless she came to get laid and play bar ornament all evening until she's too drunk to give a shit who she fucks. Not that I wouldn't mind being the one to claim her, mind you. . ."
"HEAR THE SILENCE SO GOLDEN
I CAN TASTE THE FEAR IN YOUR EYES
YOUR COLORS ARE MELTING DOWN
JUST HIT THE GROUND START RUNNIN
LISTEN TO HEAR THE SOUND
OF SILENT SCREAMING..."
He made his way through the crowd like a lion stalking his prey, never wavering from the task at hand. His feline grace marked him and several women made a pass at him as he walked by but he hardly noticed. When he approached the bar, the other men who had already gathered around the red haired beauty became tense and glared at him, their eyes saying that she was theirs. But he ignored them, they weren't masters of this game, and she definitely looked as if she knew a hell of a lot more then they ever would.
She turned around with an unconscious flip of her hair and flashed a dazzling smile at Duo. "Hey, how's it goin?"
The men glared at him scathingly, she had ignored all of their idiotic amateur advances for the last ten minutes and hadn't spoke one word to them. Who they hell did he think he was dammit! Duo laughed at them out loud.
"Much better now that I'm seeing stars" Duo answered smoothly as he admired the stars he notices that were also in black Rhinestones all over her halter top as well as on her pants. He looked her over obviously and she blushed a little. Then Duo's gaze focused on her eyes, which were cerulean blue. "Still, the stars in your eyes are more beautiful in comparison. But I didn't come over here to flirt shamelessly, unless you'd like me to continue?"
She laughed, and he heard wind chimes. "Well, I wouldn't dream of stopping you, your doing such a nice job on my ego. But I didn't come to sit around all night." She stood up and walked over to him, ignoring the protests the other men were making. "What did you have in mind?"
"FULL CIRCLE COMING BACK AGAIN
NOW IT'S MY TURN..."
"Just a semi-harmless dance and maybe a drink later with my friends at our table."
"A dance sounds wonderful." When they were far enough from the bar she added, "Better them getting drunk off my ass and landing in bed with one of those freaks, cause you and I both know that's all they wanted."
"What makes you think I'm not the same?"
"I never said I didn't think that.but then again I never said I'd mind either" she said with an obvious wink. "Besides, at least you have a clue of what the hell your doing. The only dance I think they could manage gracefully.well.at all actually.would be done horrizontaly."
Back at the table Trowa and Quatre glanced up and saw Duo dancing. They made the perfect couple on the dance floor and their fluid movements were casting a spell on the entire club. Everyone was noticing their skill, and a lot of them stopped to watch. Not that the two of them seemed to notice, they were too wrapped up in the music to care about anything or anyone. She matched Duo's cat like grace and it seemed that even the great Duo was having trouble keeping up with her.
"Does he ever not get his way?" Trowa commented dryly"
"Hey you know Duo, the more men he has to knock out of the way the better. But I think she's knows the game pretty well though, and she may be new here but she definitely has gone clubbing before. There is no doubt about that. Still, I can't shake the feeling that there is something familiar about her."
Duo led the woman off the dance floor some time later and headed back toward the bar. He expertly steered her through the crowd. He was breathing heavily and had worked up quite a sweat. A sideward glance at her told him that she had only just begun. Not missing a thing, she laughed smiling at him. Duo leaned over the bar in mock defeat.
"Apparently I'm not as out of shape as I thought I was if you're having a hard time keeping up with me tonight. A few more minutes and I would have been dancing circles around you while you fell to the floor in a daze!"
"Yea well I've only just started to warm up, not many people can out dance me and its tiring when I find a partner who can. You wait till I've warmed up, and we'll see whose dancing circles around whom."
"Honey if this is you still warming up then you should know that I have yet to begin!"
"CAST A STONE DOWN INTO THE PEACEFUL WATER
I CAN SEE IT FALL
SUFFOCATING IN THIS TIME OF NEED
NOW IT'S MY TURN..."
The barkeep came over, washing a glass out with he rag in his hand." The Usual tonight Duo?" He got a nod in response. "How about something for your lady friend?"
"I smiled, I'll have a strawberry daiquiri please"
"Hey, Eean, put her drink on my friends and my tab." Duo answered. Then he turned to the woman and smiled. "What can I call you anyway? In case you didn't hear my friend here, I'm Duo."
The barkeeper came over and put our drinks down. "Lady as long as you keep getting drinks from him, you don't need to know his name. Besides, you don't want him to know who you are! You'll never get rid of him." Then laughing at an annoyed Duo he walked away.
"Don't mind him, we're regulars here and he is a good friend of mine."
"Tonight I have no name Duo, call me what you like and I'll answer you hopefully."
"Well tonight I suppose I'm just going to have to call you Star, seem as how you're covered with them. I want to introduce you to my friends, follow me."
They picked up their drinks as Duo steered them over to the table and steered Star expertly away from any of the men who would have made passes at her on their way. When they got to the table it took a few minutes for Duo and Quatre to look up, and when they did their mouths dropped to the floor and they nearly fell out of their chairs.
"Hey Guys, what's up with you tonight? Something wrong?" Duo asked clearly confused. "I'd like you to meet Star."
I laughed, "Duo we've already met. Imagine running into you two tonight. Well in case you didn't notice I took your advice and decided to get out tonight."
"Huh..." the perplexed expression on Duo's face was almost more then I could take. It was priceless. "Duo, I employ them at my store, Garden of the Goddess"
His mouth dropped to the floor. "Your Amber Starr??????"
"The one and only."
Quatre looked as if he could have fallen out of his chair and then down a three story building and not have even noticed and practicly yelled, "Told you she looked familiar!" Amber laughed.he was so cute when he wasn't so quiet."
"BURN, BRING YOU DOWN TO YOUR KNEES
IN FRONT OF THE ONES THAT YOU'VE HURT BEFORE
BURN, LEFT A SCAR RUNNING DEEP IN THE HEARTS
OF THE ONES THAT YOU'LL HURT NO MORE..."
SongFic: Burn by Bionic
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The waitress dropped another round of drinks in front of Quatre, Duo, and Trowa as they sat at their usual table in their favorite nightclub, Caress. The Rock music blared from the amplifiers that surrounded the entire building, but they were far enough away that they could talk without having a problem. They were old friends and regulars, so they knew all of the staff and often got plenty of free food, which Duo always managed to eat.
"FEEL THE BREAKDOWN IT'S COMIN'
I CAN SEE THE SKY TURN TO RED
YOUR COLORS ARE MELTING DOWN
YOU REALLY SHOULD KNOW BETTER
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AROUND
NOW I'M BLEEDING..."
"Hey, Q-man, pass me some of that greasy goodness in front of you that you seem to have forgotten about. And pass the salt Trowa, I feel another hunger pain clawing at the insides of my stomach and it's begging to be satisfied!"
"How can you eat all that disgusting stuff? You must have like, two stomachs, Goddess sometimes I'm embarrassed by you." Quatre just happened to look over right as ketchup dripped off of Duo's hands and onto the table. "You're a mess! Can't you learn to be somewhat neater?"
"FULL CIRCLE COMING BACK AGAIN
NOW IT'S MY TURN..."
"Hey now, don't drag me down with you man! Besides, if it really bothered you, you would have stopped coming with me a long time ago. Besides, seem as how you two never eat your share I can't possibly allow all this perfectly good food to go to waste." A few minutes later Duo looked up and whistled in admiration "Damn I love this seat, we've got a perfect view of the door and I'll be damned to heaven if that ain't an angel walkin through that door..."
The other two friends turned to look at the woman coming through the door, and they weren't the only ones. She stood in the entranceway seemingly unaware of the attention she was getting. After a moments assessment she continued walking through the crowd. It was slow motion, and everyone noticed as she passed. Her aura was so strong that people couldn't help but notice her, even if she wanted to blend in, it would have been impossible.
Her face was hidden by the lighting, and the way she had styled her radiant deep red hair that was pulled into a half up and then into a bun that had pieces of hair splayed out around the right hand side of her face in an arc like feathers, and two long strands framed her delicate face. The Hair was curled and fell across her shoulders and her skin like clouds of silk and velvet.
"BURN, BRING YOU DOWN TO YOUR KNEES
IN FRONT OF THE ONES THAT YOU'VE HURT BEFORE
BURN, LEFT A SCAR RUNNING DEEP IN THE HEARTS
OF THE ONES THAT YOU'LL HURT NO MORE..."
She had two of the biggest hoops dangling form her ears that any of them had ever seen and a studded choker around her small neck. She had on a black halter-top that revealed her smooth stomach and a belly button ring of three dangling stars. Her black leather low-rise flare pants had lace up sides and rhinestone stars up her right leg. The belt she wore was of deep purple leather with metal studs. On her hands she wore fishnet fingerless gloves that were almost covered with bangles. The finishing touch was the antique looking pentacle dangling a thick chain that ended right on her solar plexus.
"She's new here, I haven't seen her before," remarked Trowa.
"She may be new to Caress and the nightlife of London, but there is definitely something familiar about that woman. I know I've seen her before but I just can't place her."
"Well I can place her, right on the dance floor, with me. I'll be back after I dance with her, unless she came to get laid and play bar ornament all evening until she's too drunk to give a shit who she fucks. Not that I wouldn't mind being the one to claim her, mind you. . ."
"HEAR THE SILENCE SO GOLDEN
I CAN TASTE THE FEAR IN YOUR EYES
YOUR COLORS ARE MELTING DOWN
JUST HIT THE GROUND START RUNNIN
LISTEN TO HEAR THE SOUND
OF SILENT SCREAMING..."
He made his way through the crowd like a lion stalking his prey, never wavering from the task at hand. His feline grace marked him and several women made a pass at him as he walked by but he hardly noticed. When he approached the bar, the other men who had already gathered around the red haired beauty became tense and glared at him, their eyes saying that she was theirs. But he ignored them, they weren't masters of this game, and she definitely looked as if she knew a hell of a lot more then they ever would.
She turned around with an unconscious flip of her hair and flashed a dazzling smile at Duo. "Hey, how's it goin?"
The men glared at him scathingly, she had ignored all of their idiotic amateur advances for the last ten minutes and hadn't spoke one word to them. Who they hell did he think he was dammit! Duo laughed at them out loud.
"Much better now that I'm seeing stars" Duo answered smoothly as he admired the stars he notices that were also in black Rhinestones all over her halter top as well as on her pants. He looked her over obviously and she blushed a little. Then Duo's gaze focused on her eyes, which were cerulean blue. "Still, the stars in your eyes are more beautiful in comparison. But I didn't come over here to flirt shamelessly, unless you'd like me to continue?"
She laughed, and he heard wind chimes. "Well, I wouldn't dream of stopping you, your doing such a nice job on my ego. But I didn't come to sit around all night." She stood up and walked over to him, ignoring the protests the other men were making. "What did you have in mind?"
"FULL CIRCLE COMING BACK AGAIN
NOW IT'S MY TURN..."
"Just a semi-harmless dance and maybe a drink later with my friends at our table."
"A dance sounds wonderful." When they were far enough from the bar she added, "Better them getting drunk off my ass and landing in bed with one of those freaks, cause you and I both know that's all they wanted."
"What makes you think I'm not the same?"
"I never said I didn't think that.but then again I never said I'd mind either" she said with an obvious wink. "Besides, at least you have a clue of what the hell your doing. The only dance I think they could manage gracefully.well.at all actually.would be done horrizontaly."
Back at the table Trowa and Quatre glanced up and saw Duo dancing. They made the perfect couple on the dance floor and their fluid movements were casting a spell on the entire club. Everyone was noticing their skill, and a lot of them stopped to watch. Not that the two of them seemed to notice, they were too wrapped up in the music to care about anything or anyone. She matched Duo's cat like grace and it seemed that even the great Duo was having trouble keeping up with her.
"Does he ever not get his way?" Trowa commented dryly"
"Hey you know Duo, the more men he has to knock out of the way the better. But I think she's knows the game pretty well though, and she may be new here but she definitely has gone clubbing before. There is no doubt about that. Still, I can't shake the feeling that there is something familiar about her."
Duo led the woman off the dance floor some time later and headed back toward the bar. He expertly steered her through the crowd. He was breathing heavily and had worked up quite a sweat. A sideward glance at her told him that she had only just begun. Not missing a thing, she laughed smiling at him. Duo leaned over the bar in mock defeat.
"Apparently I'm not as out of shape as I thought I was if you're having a hard time keeping up with me tonight. A few more minutes and I would have been dancing circles around you while you fell to the floor in a daze!"
"Yea well I've only just started to warm up, not many people can out dance me and its tiring when I find a partner who can. You wait till I've warmed up, and we'll see whose dancing circles around whom."
"Honey if this is you still warming up then you should know that I have yet to begin!"
"CAST A STONE DOWN INTO THE PEACEFUL WATER
I CAN SEE IT FALL
SUFFOCATING IN THIS TIME OF NEED
NOW IT'S MY TURN..."
The barkeep came over, washing a glass out with he rag in his hand." The Usual tonight Duo?" He got a nod in response. "How about something for your lady friend?"
"I smiled, I'll have a strawberry daiquiri please"
"Hey, Eean, put her drink on my friends and my tab." Duo answered. Then he turned to the woman and smiled. "What can I call you anyway? In case you didn't hear my friend here, I'm Duo."
The barkeeper came over and put our drinks down. "Lady as long as you keep getting drinks from him, you don't need to know his name. Besides, you don't want him to know who you are! You'll never get rid of him." Then laughing at an annoyed Duo he walked away.
"Don't mind him, we're regulars here and he is a good friend of mine."
"Tonight I have no name Duo, call me what you like and I'll answer you hopefully."
"Well tonight I suppose I'm just going to have to call you Star, seem as how you're covered with them. I want to introduce you to my friends, follow me."
They picked up their drinks as Duo steered them over to the table and steered Star expertly away from any of the men who would have made passes at her on their way. When they got to the table it took a few minutes for Duo and Quatre to look up, and when they did their mouths dropped to the floor and they nearly fell out of their chairs.
"Hey Guys, what's up with you tonight? Something wrong?" Duo asked clearly confused. "I'd like you to meet Star."
I laughed, "Duo we've already met. Imagine running into you two tonight. Well in case you didn't notice I took your advice and decided to get out tonight."
"Huh..." the perplexed expression on Duo's face was almost more then I could take. It was priceless. "Duo, I employ them at my store, Garden of the Goddess"
His mouth dropped to the floor. "Your Amber Starr??????"
"The one and only."
Quatre looked as if he could have fallen out of his chair and then down a three story building and not have even noticed and practicly yelled, "Told you she looked familiar!" Amber laughed.he was so cute when he wasn't so quiet."
"BURN, BRING YOU DOWN TO YOUR KNEES
IN FRONT OF THE ONES THAT YOU'VE HURT BEFORE
BURN, LEFT A SCAR RUNNING DEEP IN THE HEARTS
OF THE ONES THAT YOU'LL HURT NO MORE..."