In Love and Trust
Author's Note: Wow, I seriously don't know what to say! You have been very patient, and I appreciate it.
Sorry, I know, I am very much later than what is usual! I was supposed to be updating each week, but somehow, my computer managed to crash my internet, -- and I couldn't get to it since last Tuesday. I haven't been in the internet for about two weeks, that must be my record....But yeah, it would have been fixed in a short while, but then everything else just went down the trash with my internet. Long story short. Don't have skills to fix, stored story chappies and other stuff in floppies, restored comp to it's factory condition, couldn't get internet back, had to call our internet provider for help. No help. Asked parent's friend to come over and fix things... ( sigh ) There, that just about sums it up. '
Anyways, I want to thank you again, for all of your reviews, I didn't think I would actually get this many.
-scars of the phoenix-grand admiral chelli-fluff lovers- Look, you guys, I have a SERIOUS confession to make...I have no skill at making fluff!!!.........Yet.....I heard practice makes perfect, though! LOL. Yes, I swear, they will have moments, but you know, life always finds a way to be difficult...Okay, now that I got that out of my system...
Breaking Free
Various rusts, reds, oranges and pinks were painted across the sky. Birds from the tall trees near them took off, looking black against the sunset. Natural beauty it was, and some people went to the best place to watch as the sun slowly went down to rest. However, no matter how beautiful it was, the sunset was unwelcome to a group of people, all relaxing after their last stop over. To them, the sunset meant that they had less than-
'Twenty hours to go.' thought Queen, holding up the key to the light that was coming from the window. They had just been passing an olive farm, which definitely meant that they were close to their destination. It had been non-stop boredom, and it was surely getting to her. The key glowed as it bathed in the sun's light, giving it a more deeper colour than what it really should have.
Queen gave a heavy sigh.
The limo was as noisy as usual, but lucky for the limo driver, he didn't have to deal with all the voices, for he had closed the window where the front part separated itself from the back. She, King, and Kai, who were the quiet ones stayed at the way back part of the limo, like always, while the others had whole heartedly began a conversation about their last stop. At that time it had been the appropriate time for dinner.
"I swear, I've never seen anything like it, I mean, what was that stuff?" said Max, making a face. "You know, the one that looked like pinkish white paste?"
"That was a Caviar Salad, or, Tarama Salada, as the people here would call it." said Kenny knowledgeably, re-arranging his glasses. "It was a good thing I took the time to read the menu, huh?"
"Sure, Kenny, act all geeky." said Tyson, rolling his eyes. "I prefer the one with the BIG slice of fish, and that garlic sauce. At least it looked and tasted normal."
".....That was shark, Tyson. Galeos me Skordala."
"....................O....kay...I think I'm going to barf."
"Aw come on, Tyson, you said it yourself it tasted normal." came in Ray. "There's nothing wrong in trying something new. Personally, I like the dish with cheese on top. What was it again, Kenny? Was it the Loloudia Tiganita, or the Media Saganaki?"
"You liked the Media Saganaki, or the mussels with cheese. The Loloudia Tiganita was the fried stuffed zucchini flowers..." answered Kenny.
"Well, that just sounds weird." replied Hilary. "I like the fish soup better."
"Nah, you haven't tried the Galeos me Skordala, it's much better." Tyson said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, and you said the caviar was weird."
Queen rolled her eyes. What have they done to deserve such company.....Lazily she watched them, Tyson, stretched out on the floor of the limo, Max, cross-legged on the seat nearest the driver, Hilary arguing lightly with Kenny on the nutritional values of shark. Ray had turned away, watching the olive farm, and King? King had been sleeping. Or, at least, to her knowledge, pretending to sleep. She tossed the key up into the air, and caught it again, and then twirled it around, until her attention landed on the boy to her brother's left.
Once again, a stubborn piece of blue hair had fallen lightly over the left side of his eye. Queen casually glanced around, and leaned slightly over, to get a better view. Obviously Kai was in deep thought again, his expression impassive, and concentrated on looking out at the window, frowning every now and then. Kai's head rested heavily on his left hand. It was slightly mesmerizing, watching his smooth features creased lightly and stretch out again according to the changes in his moods.
'What is he thinking about?' thought Queen, biting her lip as she had the sudden urge to pull the offending piece of hair out of Kai's face in order to get a nice look at his eyes.........
"Queen, if you play with that thing you're going to lose it somehow."
Queen jumped noticeably, looking at King, who still had his eyes closed, and tried to quickly compose herself.. 'Why does he always manage to surprise me like that?'
"Well, are you going to stop playing with it?" King asked, peeking out from one eye, and Kai gave them a glance. King held out his right hand, waiting for Queen to comply.
"Take it then." muttered Queen, inwardly cursing herself for thinking like she had been a few moments before. Reluctantly, she stopped twirling the key, and handed it over to King's open hand.
King gave a nod, and said nothing more dropping the key safely in his pocket.
They were all engulfed in silence, until the window that separated the driver's side with the passenger's had slid down.
"Mister King, Miss Queen, we are almost there."
A cry of relief and excitement emitted from the group, making Fred chuckle. This time, instead of farms, they had been driving through a narrow road, which zigzagged through small properties, and small city, which had been brightly decorated with lights, making everything seem as though the sun had not set upon that particular place.
Then, before they had begun to tire from the brightness, it had abruptly changed to a darker view, and without warning, the limo was heading up a steep hill.
"What time is it, anyway? asked Max, noticing that the sun had almost fully set, and that the sky had turned a deep violet and navy in colour.
"It's already nine thirty, shouldn't we be finding a place to stay?" said Kenny, looking at his digital watch. "Where are we, exactly?"
"In Visitsa Pelion, we decided a while ago to skip Lamia and head over here while the sun was still up, so we don't have to travel as far tomorrow." said King, stretching his arms. "I'm just glad we got here without traffic."
At last, the limo had come to a stop, and with hurried actions they all got out.
And in front of them stood an old building, one that seemed to be expertly resurrected from dereliction. It was at least three stories, with double doors greeting them at the entrance. It's roof had been made of what looked like flat rocks, and it's walls had been a mix of rocks and cement.
"Don't tell me, this is where we're staying?" asked Tyson blankly, wondering why they had headed here, a place which looked like even hobos could afford.
"It may look old, but I assure you, sire, that this is indeed a place for habitation." said Fred, who had been taking out their luggage from the trunk.
"I'll take your word for it." said Ray, picking up his stuff. "I don't know about you, guys, but right now, I would give anything for a place to stay."
"Yeah. My feet are so numb, I can't stand straight." added Max, roughly shaking his feet, and stamping at the clay driveway.
"Come on, I think we should get on with this, we're not getting any younger." said Kai, who had been standing by the door.
Inside, was an empty foyer, with walls entirely covered in rich maple panels, and landscape paintings. On their left side was a collection of antique chairs, and a glass coffee table. To their right was the front desk, which was shined to a mirror polish. A man stood behind it, wearing a loose black polo shirt, with his sandy hair slicked back, greeting them with an enthusiastic smile.
"Well, hallo there, and welcome to Santikos Mansion."
The others looked at each other for a while, until King stepped up.
"Yes, I was wondering if we could just charge this to an account? I seem to have lost my wallet on the way here, and I we are really aching for a rest." he stopped, watching the man's expression change from cheerful, to thoughtful.
"I don't know, it depends. I suppose I could check." the man gave them a fleeting glance of suspicion before tapping away on his computer. Finally, he straightened up, tapping his fingers on his chin. "There's nothing in our policy that says you can't, so, who would you like to bill this to?"
King and Queen shared a grin, and a couple of minutes later-
"Okay, so that would be three Bacchos rooms all for two days, which then comes to 1080 euros. Enjoy your stay, and if you need anything else, please, don't hesitate to call, and thank you very much."
"Okay, so who's going to room with who?" asked Max, as they walked down a narrow hallway. Their shoes pounded heavily from exhaustion on the hard wood floors.
"There's no way I'm going to bunk with Tyson, he snores. A lot."
"Thanks a lot, Kai."
"No problem."
"You do know that there has to be at least three in two rooms and two in one." said Tyson, grinning. "I can't just have a room to myself."
Kai smirked.
"Okay, then, you can sleep in the hall then. It counts as one room."
"Humph, I didn't mean it that way."
"Hilary and I are going to share a room with Tyson, since we seem to be the only ones who can stand his noises." said Kenny, and Hilary nodded.
"Max, Kai and I are going to share a room then." said Ray, relived. "It's only fair if King and Queen get a room to themselves. They've done a lot to get us here in one piece."
King shrugged, trying to suppress the light feeling of being thanked. "It's fine, if you insist." He threw two keys at Kenny and Ray, stopping in front of rooms that had plaques on them, bearing the numbers 223, 224, and 225.
"Okay, then, we should all get some rest, so we could wake up early tomorrow."
The eight then all split up, and went to their respective rooms.
Tyson, Hilary and Kenny immediately marvelled at the room once they had opened the door. The room had been entirely decorated with purple, well, everything. Various shades of purple fabric made up the covers of the three beds and curtains, deep violet rugs, and a pair of light lavender armchairs in the corner of the room.
"I don't know about you, but doesn't this look a little, you know, a little feminine?" Kenny said uncertainly, as they stepped through the door.
"Yeah, well, like they always say, it takes a real man to wear something pink." said Tyson, dropping his stuff on the floor and running to the bed.
Hilary snorted. "Tyson, this colour is not pink. Also, you are not wearing anything like this, we're just surrounded by it, and Kenny, I don't think it really matters, does it?"
"No, I suppose not."
"Yeah, come on, hurry up and unpack already!" Tyson got off the bed, suddenly looking excited.
"Why? We don't have anything else to do, so why the rush?" wondered Hilary.
Tyson flashed one of his famous grins. "I just had an idea."
"Hey, Kai, Ray, tell me this isn't our room."
The other three had just entered their own, which was furnished the exact same way as the last.
"You don't see anyone else in here do you?" asked Kai, scrunching his nose at the colour, and shutting the door behind them.
"Ya know, this isn't so bad, it just takes a while to get used to." Ray stopped to admire the view from the window. "At least it's peaceful."
"I'm gonna tuck in early, just to make up for that airplane trip." Max said. "It's not the same as sleeping horizontally."
Kai was about to make another comment when the door opened, and in bounced Tyson, looking apparently gleeful about something, with Hilary and Kenny not too far behind.
"Hey, what's got you in such a happy mood?" asked Ray, leaning on the window sill.
"Guys, I was thinking," Tyson began slowly, trying to act cool. "You know, about what the guy said, about needing anything. Well, I was just thinking,"
The others lazily nodded.
"That......we....should........GET ROOM SERVICE!"
Groans emitted from the remaining five, and Tyson sputtered. "Hey, I thought this was a vacation!"
Kenny angrily clenched his fists. "No, it's a rescue mission, and no, we are not going to get room-"
"I'm ordering pizza. I know everyone's still hungry, so who's in?"
The others exchanged looks, their minds currently trying to find good explanation in the light matter.
King had exited the bathroom, having finished his quick shower, putting on some clothes that Tyson had lent, which was in his favourite colours-grey and black, of course. Queen had just gotten in for her turn when a hurried knock came at their door.
"Who is it?" demanded King nonchalantly, edging closer to the door to listen better.
"King don't worry, it's just me, Ray, I was just wondering if you wanted to come and have some pizza, and then maybe discuss our plans, seeing as we don't have any yet."
"I'm really not interested in the pizza, but I am still considering on discussing plans." he frowned. "I doubt that planning won't do anyone good, though."
Ray chuckled. "Okay, fine, what if we said that you could make up the plans then, how about that? You know, we just want you to join us, no need to be so isolated, especially at a time like this."
"I find it very irritating to be always surrounded by people who are so immature."
"King, you've managed to stay with us for at least three days, and there's been no sign of stress, now hurry up, the pizza's getting cold. For once just get out of your shell of silence, you and your sister." Ray lightly snapped.
"Fine, fine, I'll go, but only for a short while." King gave up, and called over to the bathroom. "Queen, do you want to head over to Tyson's room for some pizza and plan making?"
"I will come after." said a muffled voice.
King paused, and followed Ray out of the room, thinking that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to make up a plan when they don't really know what they're up against.
'Ahhhh, that's much better.' Queen stretched out on the tub, letting her body soak in the inviting warmth of the water. It was too long since she had something as relaxing as this. Closing her eyes she dipped her head in the water, surfacing again to catch her breath. The smooth scent of lavender wafted up her nose, relaxing the tension from her muscles. If only this would last forever. She pondered on what Kai had said to her earlier that day.
"What does it mean, 'It will bother you for a long time if you don't move on?" she said to herself, cursing Kai's philosophy. It was all too confusing. For some time she remained in the tub, trying to push the encrypted thoughts out of her head.
It was a half an hour later when she finished, taking a last quick scrub and rinse, slightly saddened by the same scars she had almost forgotten during this so called 'trip'. After a quick dry, she wore the pj's that she had bought with Kai's money, and left their room, making sure that the room key was not left behind.
Loud voices were coming through room 225, and it was no doubt that there was some disagreements on whatever plan the group was concocting. Queen knocked on the door, and immediately the voiced hushed, and the door opened.
"Queen, come in, everyone's here, and, well, making an effort at making up a plan." Hilary briefly explained, leading her to where they all were positioned, and dodging the many pizza boxes that littered the floor.
All waved as Queen joined the group, taking a seat on the floor next to King. They had all made a circle, with the remaining cheese pizzas in the middle.
"Anyhow," King continued on, glaring at Tyson, "I really don't think that it's necessary to bring the law into this. Prison can't stop him, until he's got what he wants."
"At least you can run away, change your identities, and maybe start over." said Tyson, thought mouthfuls of hawaiian. "You know, you can live in like, Australia or something, he can't just suddenly find you, right?"
King shook his head. "No, we can't do that. Have you any idea how hard starting over is like?"
Tyson shrugged, and looked at the others. "Well, it was just an idea, anyone else?"
"What if we tried to just reason," began Kenny.
Queen stood up, trying not to voice out her opinion on the hilarity of their ideas. Carefully she slipped out without most of them noticing. Only Kai had, watching her from the corner of his eyes as she left.
It was only a short walk back to their room, and Queen managed to stifle another laugh out in the hall. Was Kenny actually serious? Reasoning with their father? They really have no idea. She pulled on the covers of the bed, getting ready for bed. Lazily Queen then grabbed a plastic cup from the bathroom sink, filling it up with tap water. Then, she sat on the window sill, allowing the breeze to caress her face, while taking small sips. Perhaps she was right all along, the others would have done better to stay at home. This was certainly the kind of situation that is not to be taken lightly.
Back in Tyson's room, they had yet to make a break through with their plans. This time, no pizza was left as prisoner.
"Kai, where are you going?" asked Hilary, as Kai stood up, and without saying a word, and left the room.
"I wouldn't worry about him, Hilary, he's just bored, again. Mr. Smarty pants thinks he's got a better plan but doesn't want to share." scoffed Tyson. "He's just upset that he doesn't get all the attention, now that King and Queen are here." he paused, and suddenly looked confused. "Um, not that I'd want to alarm any of you, but didn't Queen come in a while ago?"
The others looked around at the room, and shook their heads.
"I remember seeing her go in, but she must have gotten bored with all the talking, huh?" thought Max. "Shouldn't we go look for her?"
"I'm sure she's fine." King said, reading their worried faces. "Queen's most likely to have returned to our room, now, where were we? Oh, yeah, I remember, something about Kai, which reminds me, did he do my favour well?"
"If you meant looking after Queen?" asked Kenny. "Yes, when they first came to Tyson's it looked like they were getting along pretty well."
"Yeah, but then Kai had gotten pummelled like what, two, three times?" added Tyson, heartily, and turned more solemn. "On the more brighter side, though, Kai's done a lot, and I don't even have any idea why he did everything that he did."
"So, what did he do?"
"Where do we start........Oh yeah, first he rescues Queen from those creeps who tried to take advantage of her.......Then he let her stay in his house for at least a day or so, until those creeps came. He took her to my place, and then used his own money to get her some clothes, and stuff." listed Ray, recalling the whole story. Now, the more I think about it, I don't know why he did all that stuff. I mean, it's not like Kai would actually care-"
"Kai? I dunno, that sounds kind of farfetched'." said Tyson, and King nodded.
"Maybe you're wrong, Tyson, I mean, King, didn't your sister have some problems with her sleep and well, Queen one time told me that Kai took care of it whenever she had the dreams before." Hilary smiled knowingly and leaned into King's ear to whisper; "Kai actually let her sleep beside him a couple of times, and since then, she wasn't prone to having them anymore."
King had heard enough, surely these were all lies. Mostly because Queen would do nothing but complain about her time with them, and how it would have been better if they had just dealt with it on their own. Also, Kai being caring? It just wasn't like him. Then again, he didn't really know the guy well enough to know.
"I'm just going to check on Queen, okay?" King said, getting up, his feet numb from the long sit. "I'll be back."
"You don't think that we offended him with anything we said, did you?" wondered Hilary.
"Not that I recall." answered Kenny. "King just went to check on Queen, you know him, they can get separated at times, but they're very close."
"Letting it get to me...Humph, yeah, right! I am not letting it get to me!" Queen laughed humourlessly, Kai's words echoing in her head. "I just can't believe it, tomorrow...I wonder what everything would be like when this all ends?"
Her mind depicted different scenarios, one with King, Queen, and their grandmother, happily returning home, and going back to their old, boring, and well-organized lives. Another, with all of them just chickening out, and leaving for Australia, just as Tyson had said, and having no choice but to be isolated from the outside world, due to all the hiding they would have to do. Last one, she had a vivid mental image of her dead body, along with King's, with her father, tossing the key up and down in the palm of his hands, ordering his men to shoot the others, one by one grinning from ear to ear.
In slow motion their bodies fell to the ground, blood pooling around the limp bodies. Absently Queen's eyes focussed on nothing but the blackness of the night as visions of familiar faces flashed. Tyson's. Then Hilary's, Max's, Ray's, Kenny's, and- Queen's throat constricted. An image of Kai's face covered in blood floated in her head, and-
Gasp!
Queen had felt something cold fall onto her lap, wetting her pj's. For a while she looked confused, until Queen noticed that both of her hands were curled up, and the plastic cup had given way. For a moment she felt as though it really happened, forgetting where she was, and that the whole thing hasn't even started yet.
"I told you not to let the whole thing get to you that way."
She sighed, barely acknowledging the new presence that she had failed to notice, at the same time mentally slapping herself for leaving the door open.
"I don't know what you mean, Kai." Queen replied, forcing to keep her voice from cracking.
"No matter how many times people say it, you'd never admit that you're a bad liar." Kai's footstep were the only sounds in the room, stopping a few feet behind her. Queen wondered how long he had been there.
"I intended to lie, Kai, and it's really not any of your business."
"If you keep it up, you won't be able to focus properly on what's gonna happen tomorrow, and you're going to regret it." Kai put in bluntly. "You can't dwell on something that happened such a long time ago, Queen. This time it's different."
"How is it different, Kai?!" snapped Queen, turning to face him, staring him down. "It's the same ruthless man who faked to be our father, and in the end ruining our peace. Tell me, what is different? I just know the same thing's going to happen. We're all going to be outnumbered by father's men, it's going to get dangerous, and I just know that in the end, guns will be pointed at people who are innocent, and someone's going to die. Again." Queen barely kept the tone of her voice from cracking.
King saw stood out in the hall, contemplating on whether to just quickly check on Queen, or try to find Kai, and ask him what did he expect in return from all of this mess. After all, he only asked to keep her safe, not a five star treatment, especially when he wasn't one of the people King would consider being a friend. Well, now he might, but that was certainly besides the point. He then agreed to himself that quickly checking on Queen and then hunting Kai down would be better.
He placed the key on the handle, and turned the knob.
"How is it any different, Kai?!"
Queen's voice reached his ears, and instinctively King opened the door slightly open, trying to strain his ears to listen.
"Queen, no one's going to die this time, you're just talking bullshit." said Kai, unusually calm. Not eager on fanning the flame of anger that was threatening to go out of control from the girl in front of him.
"Bullshit? Bullshit? No, Kai, you had no idea." Queen sneered. "I was foolish enough to not do anything, but instead I just watched her die." her eyes flicked at him, which were now glassy. "Then at least none of this would have happened!"
Kai placed his hands on her forearms, and shook her roughly, trying to get her to see sense. "You couldn't do anything, Queen, if you did, your father probably had no intention of letting you live if you interrupted! It would have been STUPID!"
"At least I would have DIED, and given mom a chance!" Queen burst out, getting away from his grasp.
Kai scowled, not liking the tone in the way she had said the last sentence.
"Queen, don't tell me you mean that." Kai said quietly, as Queen's back turned to him. He let out a sound of frustration, and grabbed her right wrist, forcing her to look at him. "Tell me you didn't mean it!"
Queen refused to look up, as a few tears began falling, trying to squirm out of his grasp. "So what if I did....... WHAT IF I MEANT EVERY SINGLE WORD, AND HAVE NO REGRETS-"
Before she could finish, Kai gritted his teeth, and sending his right hand to contact with Queen's tearful face.
For a few moments they remained, Kai releasing her from his grasp, breathing heavily, while Queen, had collapsed to her knees, hugging her arms together, as the tears now flowed freely from her face.
"Queen?" Kai sighed, kneeling down beside her.
Her face burned, as she replayed the scene over again. 'Kai actually-he actually-slapped me...'
'Okay, so maybe slapping her wasn't one of the best ideas I have for bringing people back to their senses, but what else could I do?' Kai quickly felt guilt, and could see the faintest marks left on her face.
Outside, King had made up his mind on killing Kai on the first chance he's got. 'First he sleeps with my sister, man handles her, and now this?' Fuming, he made a move to barge in, until-
"Look. I'm sorry, okay, Queen?" Kai began, feeling heavy. He could see her body shake with every silent sob. 'Stupid Kai, now look what you did? Great, you left her in a worse state instead of trying to make her understand...Argh, and you don't get things right, everything will just be worse. Shut up, why do I even bother?.......I bother because......'
Queen's mind was still blank, until she could feel a pair of strong arms wrap around her shoulders, warming her body like a warm blanket. At first she fought against it, but it was no long that she felt herself ease into his embrace, as the arms tightened around her, making her feel secure somehow. Her back then leaned into something solid yet soft, supporting her.
"I'm sorry, Queen." repeated Kai, softly speaking into her right ear. "I didn't mean to, I just didn't want to hear you talking like that. I doubt even your brother would."
Queen gave a shuddering breath, but said nothing.
"I don't like seeing you like this." he took a deep breath, inhaling the scent of her lavender shampoo. "I pretty much prefer the old Queen, you know, the feisty one who always puts up a strong fight, even when she's down."
Queen stole a glance, and he could hear her breath returning to normal. Kai continued.
"When you said that you wished that this never happened, haven't it occurred to you that you might not have become a great blader, or that you might not have even met....the others?"
"I would not have had the chance to meet you either, I guess..." Queen said softly, turning to face him and finally looking at him in the eye.
Kai could feel his face heat up. "Yeah." he whispered hoarsely. "I guess not. But Queen, this time, it's different."
"H-how?" asked Queen, rubbing her eye.
"Well, for once, you have everyone here to help you, and this time, we'll make sure no one gets hurt. You can't let him haunt you, Queen, you and your brother, you have to let it go sometime, and leave it behind, understand?"
Queen managed a grimance, and reached up to touch her cheek, which was stinging lightly.
"Alright then, Kai, I'll try."
Kai eyed her closely, and she returned his gaze. He leaned in closer, Queen froze.
He smiled at her reaction, and kissed her forehead, holding her against his chest, her arms in between them, crushed, trying to reassure him
-Your naked heart is wandering
-Having nowhere to go
-Setting up defences
-For fear of being touched
"That's good to hear." Kai murmured, and held her for a few moments, enjoying her soft warmth, stroking her back every now and then. Queen smiled, feeling quite exhausted.
-If I could flutter like a bird
-I would fly to you
- And offer my wing
-To help you get through
Her body was shutting down, but it was too comfortable to even consider moving. Kai had been whispering soft words into her ear, all of which she had no idea on their meanings, for they were all in russian. But she didn't care, the words rolled off hid tongue smoothly, and perfectly.
-If my life is as transisting as a flower
-I'll be in full bloom by your side
-And after watching you
-I'll follow
Queen yawned, her body failing to stay up any longer, and soon, her eyes had fluttered it'self shut, into a dreamless sleep, tucking her head on Kai's chest. Kai could only hear steady breaths, and he took a peek at her face, watching Queen, finally at rest, and her expression, peaceful
-If I could flutter like a bird
-I would fly to you
-And offer my wing
-To your wounded back
-If I could flow like the wind
-I would catch you if you fall
Carefully, as though not to wake her, Kai lifted her up effortlessly, and crossed to the bed that Queen had made awhile ago, and gently placed her on it, and pulling the covers up to her chest. Shifting slightly from the move. Kai stretched, and looked at her for the last time, hoping that at least she's going to be prepared for tomorrow, and whatever it was that they were up against.
-If could shine like a moon
-I would keep shining on you
-I'll be anything
-If it can stop you from being seized with fear
King shut the door quietly behind him as he watched Kai tuck Queen into her bed. Right now he was having confused thoughts, one that he would surely be thinking of all night, if it weren't for a much bigger issue that is for tomorrow. He quickly walked the stretch of hallway, and turned a corner, so that Kai wouldn't see him when he got out of the room.
As soon as King turned the corner, Kai emerged from the room, wondering what had been taking Queen's brother so long to come back from their plan making session. But walking by Tyson's room, there was only small murmurs of voices, not like the ones that would indicate a whole group. Kai instead headed for his room, and opened the unlocked door. Obviously someone had left it unlocked, knowing that he would return soon.
In the dark Kai headed for the bathroom, quickly removing his attire, and changed into a plain white shirt, and black sweatpants. He then went over to where his bed which was still made, noiselessly passing the sleeping forms of Max and Ray, and settled into his own bed, slowly drifting off.
C.A.: Yes, I would assume that this would seem really boring, but I am sure that this is the last chapter....That will be in such a slow pace. Please bear with me. Sorry if Kai was OC, or even a little too harsh.
The words in italics are a snippet from the english version of the song, Hanabi, by: Ayumi Hamasaki
I seem to be having trouble, and am in doubt that I will be able to finish in time. But no worries, I am determined to finish it, I was just having to admit to myself that things will not turn out the way I wanted it to, that's all. I hope you're not that upset. It's just that I know how much some don't like fics to lag on forever. :)
I am also feeling very lost right now, I can't do hyphens to separate my parts any more!! LOL, ah, well, I just hope these lines will do...
Oh, and I just realized that I only pretended that King and Queen were from Greece. So, no, King and Queen are not from Greece. Unless by some creepy coincidence. But yes, the mansion does exist, and so do the cities, and the food, and their names.