A Priceless Diamond – Chapter 2
By: Demonic Faye
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters... T.T not that I would complain if I did...I mean, who would complain if they'd own Cain and Riff XD sparkle I know I wouldn't! ;

The room was almost completely dark...only one single candle was burning, leaving most of the bedroom in a pitch-black cold state...

In bed was a young boy... his face was pale and he was covered with blood. He shouted like hell to the man who was nursing him, making him blush while he didn't know he was hurting him this much...

Suddenly Cain himself realised that he was screaming and lowered his voice...

"If I'm that valuable Riff, then tell me why I would've been treated that way. Go! Leave me alone!" The boy looked at the young man and he saw that he was not attempting to leave. "Just go! I'm not worth all of this! Not you're loyalty, your concern! Just leave me alone and go!"

Riff looked at the boy without flickering his eyes and bowed his head...

"Stop yelling like that, Cain." He softly said, while he desperately tried to sound normal.

Somehow the young man was able to hide that he was being torn apart from the inside... Like those words kept echoing in his mind, making him lose concentration, making him deaf for the real world. The only thing he could hear were Cain's words over and over again...

'I'm not worth your worrying about...'
'I'm not valuable, my father made that clear to me...'
'so did my mother!'
'If I'm that valuable, then tell me why I would've been treated that way'
'! I'm not worth all of this!'
'Not you're loyalty, your concern!'
'Just leave me alone and go!'

Somewhere Riff realised Cain started to yell again, he heard the pain in his voice echoing in his mind. He didn't hear the words that were said, he only heard the pain, the loneliness, but most off all, the consequences of those years of trashing, the consequences of years living without any love in his life... only hate.

Suddenly Riff bowed towards the younger boy and in that fraction of a second it became completely silent in the almost dark room. While both waited for what would come to happen...

Outside the wind made the leaves rustle, killing the silence in the room. The candle started flickering in the draught of the sudden wind. In the room shadows flashed over the walls, making it all scary... as scary as Riff felt like.

The second he bowed down, he knew he shouldn't do this, but he didn't care. All this time, he'd loved his master. In the beginning just as a servant loves a master, later as a friend, now as a beloved one. No matter if this was right or not, he was tired of waiting, watching, not being able to hold him in his arms when he felt like doing this. He was tired of not being able to show his affection to his most beloved person.

Softly their lips touched each other and both shivered.

Even if they are servant and master, Riff's deep feelings were not unanswered.

"..." The boy looked at the young man with eyes that resembled 2 huge golden plates. Carefully he swept a little blond lock away to see Riff's face completely.

"..." Riff looked down on the boy and blushed. "Sorry..."

The moment he tried to turn away, to hide his high red colour, the boy stopped him, by pulling him nearer.

"Don't apologise..." The boy smiled a careful smiled, ignoring the new tears rolling over his face...

Suddenly, without either of them realised what happened, they lied on the bed, Riff on top of his master.

"Never apologise when you kiss me..." The boy said, just before he kissed the man's soft mouth again.

The moment Riff realised what was happening, he pulled away and tried to get from the bed... He couldn't do this, the boy was wounded, he was still his master and most of all... he'd given him medicine that could make him lose the ability to think straight...

"Riff, please don't run..." The boy looked at the man and tears still rolled down over his face. "Please don't leave me..."

"Why would I be going, sir?" Riff answered, trying to sound normal, while he continued to wash the blood of the boy's body.

The boy bowed his head for a moment, while he wondered why the man would... then he started to cry out loud.

"Because I said that you'd better go. Because I said I'm not worthy of your support...Because you deserve a far more better master then me!" He cried, giving the young servant a huge shock...

He'd heard him telling him this, but even though he'd heard it, he hadn't realised the boy truly meant it. Suddenly he got an idea and he kneeled down by the boy.

"Then, if you think like this, why don't you want me to go?" He asked.

The boy blushed and bowed his head, trying to find a reason not to answer.

"Why don't you want me to go?" Riff asked again, while he turned the boy's face towards his.

The boy was pale, with on his cheeks was a little blush to be seen. His hair was rumpled and his clothes were blood red, but still... It was totally clear to Riff that the boy was serious, no matter what kind of medicine he'd given him... this was Cain, with a total ability to think straight.

"Because..." Cain suddenly looked up, his eyes wet from tears, with a vast emotion in it... "Because I don't know what I'd do without you!" Cain grabbed Riff's arms his eyes seemed to beg for some reply... a word, a sentence, no matter what... "Because, I can't live without you!" Suddenly Cain withdrew himself from Riff's arms, his hands in front of his mouth, his face red and his eyes wide with humiliation.

The world turned around in front of Riff's eyes... He'd always known he meant a lot for the boy, but he'd never even thought that he'd be the only thing to keep him alive...

Carefully Riff took the boys face in his hands and kissed him softly, making him silent in less than a second. Slowly the world became normal again, without a spinning feeling, without anyone shouting, with only the two of them...

After some time, the young man looked in the two huge golden eyes and smiled a little, moving a lock of hair out of the boy's face.

"Your parents were nuts, thinking that you're worthless, Cain..." He softly whispered to the boy. "Everyone with eyes can see that you're a priceless diamond..."

The boy closed his eyes and sighed, while Riff gently licked the tears from his face.

"They were?" He asked, wondering if the servant meant what he'd said.

"You don't leave a diamond when you see one, do you Cain?" The man softly answered, happilly that he could finally tell him what he thought... what he felt...

Softly he turned the boy's face towards his and kissed him for another time. This time he was even gentler, warmer, more loving than before.

"Hmmm..." Cain looked up with curiosity written all over his face, "So you're staying?" He asked, hoping the answer would be truly yes.

"I promised before, Cain, I'll never leave you. No matter what..." The man embraced his master for a last time, surprised that the boy answered it by putting his arms around him for a moment, but also relieved that he didn't have to leave... "I'll never leave you..."

The boy smiled, "So you promised..."

Riff released the boy from his arms and took a new towel from the table. Softly he continued to wash and nurse the boy, happy that he could still be with him, knowing they both loved each other, knowing he would be able to love him even more now...

"But I'm not priceless, Riff" Cain suddenly said to him.

The man didn't look up to him, he just simply said: "Yes you are, sir... To me you are, and that tells me enough about how priceless you are..."

Cain smiled and for a second he laid his hand on the man's arm, feeling happy with his servant being nearby, being there for him.

"You never change, do you?" He whispered before he closed his eyes and fell in a deep, warm sleep...