*sigh* Well, Steph has threatened to not post until I post, so I'll post this chapter and I might post one more tomorrow; I'm not so sure yet… It's really late so I'm sorry if this seems brief and…..oh man I must be really tired I couldn't even come up with another adjective…
15.Another Home~
The guards surrounded her all the way to the guest suite; the one that was holding her arm and did not once relax his grip. After they got her into the room, they locked the door from the outside. Well, that's just perfect...thought Kinou, staring at the floor with her hands in her pockets. Now what am I going to do? I'm really going to be bored now. God he is so STUBBORN! She kicked a chair, stubbing her toe badly. Ouch! Argh, that didn't help in the slightest... Wait a minute! A chair! She let go of her foot and stared around the room.
It was enormous: the ceiling was at least twenty feet high and a huge bed, also with a canopy, was at the head of everything. A few couches and a couple chairs were randomly placed around the room, a desk with a mirror attached on the top stood nearly in the middle of it, and a Persian rug covered most of the floor. A closer look at the bed revealed that the comforter, to Kinou's disappointment, was pink. Turning to her right, she saw tall windows with elegant blue draperies slightly drawn over them. Moving one of the draperies aside, she saw that she was on ground level, and was looking at a beautiful courtyard, lighted by paper Japanese lanterns. She could vaguely see the first lights of dawn creeping over it.
Kinou looked back at her new room, impressed. If only I could change that awful pink thing. She picked up a corner of the comforter and looked on the underside of it: it was blue-purple. Oh! My favourite colour! Great! Flipping over the comforter, she noticed there were at least eight different pillows at the top of the bed. Honestly, I don't understand why people see the need to do that; I only need one. She pushed all of them except for one onto the floor. There! Now I'm set... what to do? Wow, I'm bored already... I feel hyper all of a sudden; maybe I can just release for a little while, maybe do something childish. She looked at the bed, smirking. She kicked off her shoes, climbed onto it, and started jumping as high as she could, occasionally falling on her back to bounce back up again. After nearly ten minutes, she fell on her back and caught her breath, marveling at how much fun she was having. Before she got too comfortable, she stood up again and jumped some more.
"Enjoying yourself?"
Kinou twisted around in midair to see Kaiba standing with his arms folded near her door. "Oh yes, I love this bed; it's way nicer than the one in my other room," she said casually, continuing to jump.
"I heard you were out exploring earlier when my guards were sent to your room," he said, watching her bounce.
"Yeah, so?" she asked. She realised how much fun twisting around was and started spinning around as much as she could.
Kaiba glared at her. "I specifically gave you an order to stay in your room."
"Well, I thought it was a stupid order, so I ignored it. I'll admit I am easily amused--"
"I can see that..." murmured Kaiba.
"--but being stuck in a room with nothing but a bed and a small table? Come on, what am I? 'Little miss non-adventurous excited about being locked in a boring room'?"
Kaiba merely walked over to the windows and peered out of them, drumming his fingers on the windowsill. Kinou got tired from talking and jumping at the same time, so she fell heavily on the bed, sat up, and crossed her legs. "Why do you want to keep me in one place, anyway?" she asked.
Kaiba did not look at her. "I have my own reasons; I don't see any reason why you need to know."
Kinou rolled her eyes and lied back heavily on the bed. "You annoy me, you know?" Kaiba turned to face her; he crossed his arms again and leaned against the window frame. "Yeah, you do. First you allow Marik to do all the work of bringing me here, then you take me here and forget to tell me why, then you keep me in the most boring room on the planet and don't tell me why either. I might add, I found out why I was here through a nightmare that scared the hell out of me!"
Kaiba smirked. "A dream? Dreams are never real or truthful. Do amuse me and tell me why you think you're here."
"I'm telekinetic."
"Well, I'm impressed, I'll admit. But--" he pointed his finger at her, reminding her very much of her father. "I still want you to stay in here unless you are being escorted by someone, do you understand?"
"Fine, I'll go along with that, but at least I want somewhere I can go to entertain myself for a little while; can you do that for me?"
"Well, it depends. What do you do to entertain yourself?"
Kinou thought. "I play music. Do you by any chance have a piano hall in this huge place?"
"As a matter of fact I do," he said. "Though it hasn't been used for quite some time now; it will need to be cleaned."
"Well, what a coincidence! I clean when I'm bored as well! So, just leave some cleaning stuff in there and I'll dust everything and when I get tired I'll play music. How does that sound?"
Kaiba smirked. "I'll get to pick your music, then."
"As long as it's not light and happy, I'll be glad to play whatever you have. Slow and beautiful, or in a minor key in 6/8 time would be my preferences. Chord progressions would be nice, too."
"I'll see what I can do." He walked back across to the door and opened it. "At least one guard will be at your door at all times, so let one of them know whenever you feel like going to the piano hall." He shut the door behind him.
Kinou smiled. Wow, was that Seto being nice? I feel special. She suddenly realised how sleepy she was, so she crawled under the bed sheets. Moments before sleep settled into her mind, she prayed silently to the night that Yami Marik would not visit her in her dreams again.
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