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Warning: Suggestive themes and bad grammar might be present.
Chapter 15: Zealous Conflicts
"Oh my God. What happened?" Lorena knelt down and held Anzu's waist to keep her steady. The outfit she wore for Tokyo Princess unfortunately involved shorts that went down to the hip. Bruises were visible, which was unknown to Anzu until she came to work and Lorena saw her.
Anzu looked down to see her hips had faded looking bruises on each side. She wondered for a split second how she got them.
Before long she was reciprocating his movements but continued to push at his chest half heartedly.
Kaiba. He did this with his own hips or maybe his hands. She couldn't remember. All morning long she tried to block out the scene from early this morning. It took her three hours to fall asleep. Luckily her crying for two hours straight made her sleepy. When she woke up she had to go to school and tried her best to ignore Mars. He took her silence as a sign to back off for the day. They didn't meet up in one of the private rooms today. Maybe tomorrow if she was feeling better.
"School. They really work us hard there." Her nervous laugh made Lorena's eye twitch.
"School. That's strange." Lorena shrugged her shoulders and walked out of the dressing room. Anzu smiled until Lorena left the room. Her smiled wavered and then faded completely. Touching her hip gently, she measured mentally how long her bruises were.
What happened last night? Why did he come to her home drunk and trying to have sex with her? What did he mean by not like me? Does this mean that he loved her? Was the truth finally coming out? She didn't know. Alcohol makes you do stupid things. It makes you say stupid things. Did he remember everything he said and did? Does he feel guilty? Does he care? So many what's. So many whys. So many. Her and Kaiba entered new territory last night. They crossed the boundaries between acquaintances to lovers. Rivals to aficionados. All because he saw her with someone. All because of Mars.
It was hard to dance because she kept trying to hide her bruises. Lorena kept making remarks about how bad they looked and kept questioning the fact that she bruised them during school. If Lorena really knew what happened, she would have killed Kaiba. Completely murdered him. Thankfully Lorena stopped asking questions. As Anzu left the dance floor she noticed someone. There was someone by the entrance who seemed familiar. The smoke from the bar made her eyesight hazy.
Blond hair. It was Mars. Why did he come? Or was he leaving? The way he looked through his pockets seemed like he was leaving. When she reached her dressing room door she looked back to see if he was coming or leaving. His departing figure out the door told her he was leaving. She wondered if he knew she worked there. Opening her door she gave out a sigh of relief. Her legs were tired, her arms were tired and her mind was tired. All she wanted to do was go to sleep and forget about everything.
The first thing she saw was Kaiba's back turned to her sitting in a chair. He held a folder in his hands, flipping through the papers in the folder. Was he working? The squeak of the door made Kaiba turn around to look at who was at the door. His cold look was directed at her, then softened a little when he saw who it was. His cold stare was still there, just not as fierce as it was a second ago.
"Hello." She softly said. She was still unsure about their situation from last morning. He looked at her up and down as if to see if she was harmed or something.
"Mokuba is leaving tomorrow. After he leaves I could stay over." Clearing his throat he looked away from her and at his papers. "If you want me to." They didn't say another word as she walked away from the door and put on her jeans and red sweater. They walked quietly out the club and into his car. The silence was loud in her ears she wanted to scream. She wanted to say anything to stop the deafening silence. Who knew silence could be so painful? So loud?
"Kaiba?" She croaked out. She didn't know what she could possibly say to him. All she knew was that she had to say something. Anything. Were they alright? Are they going to be alright? Was she alright? When they stopped at a red light he looked at her. Seeing his blue eyes looking at her made her lose her nerve. She was breathing fast. Tears threatened to come out. What could she say?
"Last night was not planned on my part. I should watch how much I drink next time." He said, noticing her heavy hesitation. He sounded so professional. Like he was talking in a business meeting. Anger took over her fear to talk to him and let out a frustrated growl. Covering her face with her hands, she let out a muffled frustrated moan. She felt Kaiba touch her cheek. "Did I hurt you? Did I hurt you physically?"
"What do you think?" Anzu pushed his hands off of her. "I don't want to talk about it, Kaiba. I can't talk about it and I know you don't want to either." She turned away from him and looked out the window. The light was now green. She felt the car move once again. They kept passing buildings. The same looking buildings and some trees in between them. There were little cars out. Maybe one or two in every block. There were more people out. Just hanging out by the stoops. Young, old. She felt the car stop again. Out of her daze she realized she was in front of her apartment.
"I'm coming up with you." Kaiba stated plainly as he stepped out of his car. She followed him as he lead her to her own apartment. Before she reached the door she already had her key ready. After they got into the apartment she went straight to her room, she needed a shower. She didn't know where Kaiba went. All she knew was that her bathroom door was locked and he could not get in.
Kaiba heard the shower run. He decided to give her space. Yesterday was a disaster. When he got home Cassandra was waiting for him with questions and hot coffee.
"What happened? Where did you go?" She worriedly asked. Kaiba was still stunned about what happened at Anzu's apartment. He didn't say a word which worried the maid even more. "Why are you bleeding? Why is your neck bleeding?" Feeling his neck, he saw bits of blood on his fingers. Anzu. She was holding him down to her so tight she cut him with her finger nails.
Feeling his neck once again, he could feel the little nail prints on his neck. Mokuba heard the commotion yesterday morning and came down with a disapproving look.
"Saw Anzu I see. What's wrong? She shut you down when she realized what an asshole you are?"
If only Mokuba knew. He thought she was this innocent creature. She is far beyond it. She is a woman, a woman with needs. A woman who was clawing at his big brothers neck to keep him closer to her flushing body.
Guilt isn't even a word harsh enough to describe how he felt. Little flashes of yesterday ran through his mind while he was at the office. Everything seemed like it didn't happened. But it did. Her anger and frustration today showed proof of that. He didn't want to say anything to her. Hell, he didn't even want to see her today. Basically he didn't want to face her. Face what they did yesterday. Face what she found out about him. He knew she would have questions about his scars. He would be damned if he ever told her everything. Now she now only a little bit of his horrifying childhood. His horrifying adoptive father.
The slamming of doors indicated that Anzu was looking for something in her bathroom. Kaiba waited on her bed. His second bed. His shoes were off so that he could lie on her bed. Right now he was on what he considered his side of the bed. The side closest to the bathroom was Anzu's side. The side closest to the computer desk was his. A few minutes later she came out with gym shorts on and a towel to cover her chest.
"I forgot a shirt." She mumbled to him. The towel was one of those small hand towels. He was surprised she could cover her chest with the small towel. Her back was turned towards him as she looked through her drawers. Not helping but to get up, he went over to her. Her bare back was just too inviting and he had to know if she was mad at him. If he touched her and she cowered away it would signify that she was mad. If she didn't then she wasn't.
She could feel him already behind her. His hands touched her bare back and then went up to her shoulders. His kisses her shoulder as he moved her wet hair to the side. At first she tensed up then she relaxed and dropped her hands so that she was no longer holding her towel. She turned around and hugged him tightly. He should feel her breasts against his chest. Since she was still a little bit wet, his shirt became damp.
It wasn't water from the shower. It was from her crying. She was crying in his arms and he didn't know what to do.
"What's happening? What's happening to us?" He heard her say into his shirt. Just a couple of weeks ago they didn't speak to each other. Now he was kissing her like it was the most natural thing in the world to do. Kissing her like they used to not be enemies. Like they didn't lose control yesterday. Like she didn't almost lose her ..
"Nothing. There is no 'us'." His response was not one she wanted to hear. It made her feel cheap, used. Like all they were doing was a purely physical relationship. It then dawned in on her that it was becoming a physical relationship. Her figure tensing up made Kaiba let go of her and pull her away from the shoulders. Covering her chest with one arm, she wiped her tears with her other hand. Space was definitely needed. Not saying another word, Anzu turned around and grabbed a baby blue baby tee and walked back into her bathroom. The clicked meaning that she locked the door. Before she wouldn't lock the door. Did this mean that she was scared of him now?
He fucked up. He knew he did. Her frustration was evidence enough. Yesterday was a disaster. What he did yesterday could almost be seen as rape. He just waltzed right into her room, into her bed and had his way with her. Not fully, but enough.
"Stop. Please."
She asked him to stop. He didn't. She didn't. They didn't. After a while it became consensual. A small part of him made him feel like he almost forced her to agree with his actions. Either way it was wrong. It seemed wrong. He's been with other women before, he's never been a saint. For some reason though, seeing himself with her like he had been with other women seemed wrong. It didn't mean he wouldn't do it, but it felt unethical.
"Why did you come yesterday?" Kaiba had been sitting on the edge of her bed lost in thought. He didn't even hear her come out of the bathroom. She stood a few feet away from him with a brush in her hand. Her hair looked untangled and she now wore the blue shirt. With a determined look in her eyes she stepped forward a little. "Why of all places did you have to come here when you were drunk?" Though she asked plainly, she looked distraught. She looked like the question ate at her.
" I was drunk. People do stupid things when they're drunk." The agitation in his voice was heard clearly.
"Do you regret what you did yesterday?" She wondered aloud. As she got closer he could see her clearly now. The light by the bathroom was dim and he could only make out her figure. Eyes roaming around her body, small little discolorations around her hip made him stand up in shock. He realized that those markings on her were bruises. Bruises caused by him. He was sure it was him.
"What the hell did I.." He trailed off realizing that he was thinking aloud. He went down on his knees and held onto her waist so that she did not move. Considering the fact that this is the second time this has happened in one day, Anzu already knew what he was looking at. He held her closer to get a better look, causing her to plant her hands on his shoulder. She could feel his fingers brushing against where her bruises were. Heart racing she tried not to show her pain as he lightly pressed on the bruises. "They hurt, don't they?" He asked without looking up at her. Was he that rough with her? So rough that he left bruises on her?
"It's.. it's fine. Don't make such a big deal about it. I'm sure .." She trailed off when she saw little nail prints on the side of his neck. They weren't big but it was enough to see. "Did I do that?" She asked as she touched his neck. His eyes went straight up to hers.
"No one is making a big fucking deal." He bit out before he stood up. "Do you know what could happen to my reputation if someone found about this? It looks like I beat you." Scoffing, she backed away from him. When she moved away from him he stood up.
"Your reputation? Your fucking reputation? What about mine, Kaiba? What the fuck about mine?" She basically betrayed her friends to be with Kaiba. If they found out what she has been doing they would disown her. Banish her from Japan. Be disappointed in her. Kaiba sat back down on her bed and lit a cigarette.
"What about yours?" He sounded bored with the conversation. With the fight.
"I'm with the enemy. With the cold hearted bastard Seto Kaiba. The one who could never love anyone. The one who would die before putting someone else before him." She bent down with her hands on her hips to cruelly hiss in his face. If there was a way to hurt him like he just did to her, she would do it this way. There were other ways she realized, but right now this would have to do. "My parents would disown me if they found out I was with such an asshole." Immaturely, he put out his cigarette on her mattress. She didn't seem to care though deep down inside she wanted to slap him.
"Yes. The princess, the dancer, the dreamer is talking now." Clapping sarcastically he also hissed in her face. "Never mind the fact that you've been parading around half naked around people dancing around like some slut for a living. Do your parents even know about this? Your friends? Do they know that their little Anzu has become a dancer for a poor excuse of a club." It was a low blow. He knew that it was a sore spot for her. Otogi proved that just a while ago.
"Fuck you." They were both strangely calm. Pissed, but calm about it.
"And your parents thought they raised a respectful young lady." Kaiba left the cigarette stub on her bed and got up once again looking like he was bored. After a sigh he looked at her. "This was eventful. Now I'm going back to my brother. He might think I'm with some bitch getting laid." With a grin he eyed her up and down. "One out of two isn't bad." Referring to Anzu as being a bitch. "I'd much rather be with some bitch than here." It was his own way of joking, she saw it now. He always did have a weird sense of humor. Today she would play.
"Why don't you get drunk again and fuck some unsuspecting girl?" She replied cruelly as she walked away from him and towards her door. Hand on her doorknob, she felt bad for what she said immediately. Her pride was a big as his though and she would be damned if she turned around and apologized. Before she could give the apology another thought, she felt him hug her from behind. A hesitant hug but a hug nonetheless. With her head down she felt his guilt then. He did feel bad about yesterday. Funny. Even Seto Kaiba had a conscious.
"Maybe I shouldn't be around you anymore." He suggested in her hair. Though her hair was still wet, it smelled wonderfully. He couldn't get enough of her scent. Anzu was getting to him. Their relationship was getting to him. Who gets practically raped in the middle of the night.. or morning, gets into a fight, and then acts like nothing happened? It was a strange relationship. A relationship that he thought could work out. Once again this idea scared him. Wanted him to pull away and forget about her. Her scent, body, and sound would never leave him though. He realized that already.
"You didn't hurt me. There should be no reason why you shouldn't be around me anymore. Unless you have other reasons?" It was the only way she could say sorry in her own way for saying what she said before out of anger. Maybe he won't get it as an apology, but he would at least understand that she still wants him with her. To be with her.
"Do you want to be around me? The cold hearted bastard Seto Kaiba?" He lead her away from the door and toward her bed. As he sat down on the bed she was pulled onto his lap.
"So that you could drive me even more crazy?" He laughed into her hair. The warm breeze of breath tickled her neck.
"You were always crazy. No one just didn't have the heart to tell you." Now he laid back on the bed taking her with him. She twisted and turned around until she was facing him with her hands on his chest. Legs intertwining familiarly.
"Do you not want to be around me anymore? Is that why you made the suggestion?" Even though he looked like he was sleeping, she knew he was listening to her. His hands massaging her back proved he was awake.
"Perhaps." Half of him was joking, half of him wasn't. It would all be so much easier if he never saw her again.
"Why did you come to me when you were drunk?" She asked once again her head resting against his chest hearing his rapid heart beating. She could have sworn she felt it stop for a second when she asked him the question.
"Can we forget about yesterday? It was a mistake, lets just leave it like that." He got up to get her off of him.
"For God sakes why do you have to run away from everything?" Before he could answer the phone rang making them both look at her phone on her computer desk. Rolling her eyes at Kaiba she got up and answered the phone.
"How's my angel?" It was Jounouchi. Kaiba saw her bright up and sit down on the chair holding the phone with both hands. She completely forgot that she was talking to Kaiba's enemy and that she was with the enemy.
"Good! How are you?" He was not about to stick around to hear her talk to her friend. It felt weird. As she talked to her friend about the weather and school he slowly put on his shoes. Noticing him put on his shoes, she hold the phone to her chest. "Are you leaving?" She mouthed.
"Yes. I have to get back to Mokuba." He lowly whispered.
"Hang on for a second." She put the phone down so that the receiver was on the desk and leapt into Kaiba's arms holding him around the neck and pushed him down on the bed again. She was so happy to hear from her friend that she forgot that she was slightly mad at Kaiba. She was giddy and didn't want him to leave now that she was feeling happier.
He held her back, touching her bare back under her shirt. Her hands naturally went to his hair, his neck his shoulder to hold him close. She pressed her lips against his affectionately, letting him know that he didn't hurt her and hoped she didn't in some way hurt him. Always the one to be dominant, he took over the kiss and turned her around so that she was trapped under him. Her hands were toying with his hair, loving the softness of it. Their bodies were melding together, making her arch her back to meet with his body some more. As she fingered his hair, he fingered the front of her shirt. It was already pulled up to her rib cage, allowing him to tease her skin with his caresses.
God she was addicting. He didn't realize that he missed feeling his body against hers. Her perfect body. She moaned as he kissed her neck, nipping it. As she bit his ear in response he growled. Actually growled, she wasn't sure if it was out of denying pleasure or frustration. Finally he back to her mouth, trying to part her lips with his tongue. Her own tongue greeted his as he moaned appreciatively against the kiss. They both adjusted themselves so that their hips were grazing against each other. Causing even more friction against the already passionate and intimate moment.
They kissed thoroughly as if they were both going some where for a long time. Hungry, moaning kisses. Kisses that made her feel weak and made his heart feel like it was going to burst in his chest. His hands were trying to pull her shirt off of her head, getting into the passionate moment. He was not the only one trying to unclothe Anzu, she too had her hands on his chest, trying to undo all of his buttons. All the tension from the yesterday and today's fight were clearly visible. All their frustrations were coming out in a different more passionate way. The best way, Anzu thought. They both tried to dominate each other but at the same time complied to the others demands and needs.
Successful at Kaiba's prior actions, her shirt was now on her floor. Next was her bra. After they heard Jounouchi say hello, they both glared at the phone. Anzu knew she couldn't just leave Jounouchi on the phone. It hit her then, Jounouchi. She was Kaiba. She just meant to say goodbye but not go into an all out make out feast among with other things. Kaiba had to go. If he learned who was on the phone Kaiba would have a fit. He would do something stupid like take the phone and tell Jounouchi how Kaiba was just devouring her mouth with his perfect tongue.
To stop him from kissing her again, she gave him a quick peck on the lips. A peck because she knew they would forget that her friend was on the phone again. They both got up from the bed reluctantly and she went back to her chair as he passed her to go to the door. Their previous fight forgotten. Their touches and caressing imbedded in their minds. Kaiba was disappointed. Fuck her friend. They were doing something far more important. He was out of breath, his hair was disheveled and his clothes were wrinkly. Before he went home he definitely needed to tidy himself up.
She felt shaky, her hand even trembled. Her shirt was forgotten. His shirt was still unbuttoned. "Kaiba." She whispered. It was enough to make him turn around to look at her. "Same place same time?" She asked with a smirk. He was disappointed. She knew it. In a way this was pay back for yesterday. Today was her turn to attack him.
"Yea. Yea. Lock the door when you're done talking." The door shut and she lifted the phone once again to talk to one of her best friends.
"Why did you make me wait so long? Were you in the middle of something?" He asked worriedly but with a hint of perverted interest.
"Sorry I had to do something first and no it wasn't something perverted." If he only knew. "Did you call for something important or something?" It was late and there had to be a reason why he was calling so late.
"Yes. Me and Yugi are coming to New York for a week. We're coming to see you!" He happily yelled into the phone. "Ain't that exciting? We're coming this Friday." Her jaw dropped and she did not know what to possibly say to him.
"That's wonderful, Jounouchi. I can't wait." She sounded happy and felt a little happy but now she had a dilemma. A big ass dilemma.
Mohaha. The friends are coming. Will this put a strain on the developing relationship? Perhaps? Then how so? You'll have to wait and find out.
This is supposed to be an unhealthy relationship, so their going back from being angry and then happy is part of the unhealthy relationship. Just in case someone out there is going what the hell? I had to think about this chapter for a while because I wasn't sure where to go from the last chapter. This is what my mind came up with.
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By the way.. To me this was a filler chapter. Nothing really ground breaking happening here. So if it was boring I was just trying to get some stuff out of the way.. Next chapter will be hella interesting though.
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