(Oh, what…happened?) Lexis thought. She felt like shit. Not just any shit. Horse, dog, bull, and cat shit. "Oh…" Lexis moaned.
"Well now, you're awake." A man said.
"Who the hell are you?" Lexis said tensing.
"An admirer." He said smoothing back her hair.
"Admirer?" She asked uneasily.
"Yes. You're so very beautiful."
"Okay, leaving now." Lexis tried to get up off the bed but couldn't. She looked down at her wrists and saw that they were chained to the edges of the bed. "Sorry," she said. "I don't do ropes and handcuffs. That's just a little too kinky for me." Lexis tried to shoot a beam to break her bonds but her powers didn't work. "The fuck! What the hell is goin on here!"
"I just wanted to make sure you didn't hurt yourself." He said calmly.
"Well I'm fine now. Let me go."
"Now we cant do that, can we?"
"Why not?" Lexis was starting to panic.
"Because you could get hurt, of course. I love you way too much to let anything happen to you."
"Love…me…you love…me?"
"Of course! How could I not? You are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."
"Oh…well. Hey, hey, hey. Normally flattery will get you everywhere, not anything I'm not loose like that but everywhere, but you are crazy and looks aren't everything."
"But I love you."
"No you don't. Let me go." She said with more force. "Now."
"Sorry," he said. "I don't want to share you with anyone." He stroked his hand down Lexis's bare stomach. Her shirt was ripped from her battle with Renef. (RENEF!) She thought. Lexis didn't have any memory of the last few minutes of the battle. (Hiei, where the hell is Hiei? And Black Rose? She's supposed to be with me!) The man started to stroke higher than Lexis's stomach.
"Hey buddy, keep it above the waist and below the bust line."
His hand moved higher, "But your breasts are so soft."
"Touch me again and I'll break your little shit OFF. Do we have an understanding?"
"Yes, ma'am." He said as he jerked his hand back. "That was very disrespectful of me. I apologize. You are moon-good beautiful." He muttered the last part under his breath.
"Moon what?"
"Moon- good beautiful."
"What the hell is that?" The man smiled and walked off into the darkness. He pulled open the raggedy curtains of a window, and Lexis saw the biggest most beautiful crescent moon in the middle of the night sky. "Wow," she breathed in aw. "I've never seen anything more beautiful."
"You are more beautiful."
"Yeah sure. Um…I've gotta…uh…gotta…(gotta what?)…uh…bathroom! I gotta use the bathroom."
"I'll bring you a bed pan."
"Bed pan? You mean those shits they make people use at the hospital?"
"Yes." (Damn it! So much for that escape plan.) Lexis thought. The man came back with the bedpan. "Here, I'll help you."
"You know what?" Lexis said as he reached for her hips. "I don't have to go anymore."
"Alright, my darling." (Who do I look like? Clemintine?)
"Are you lost and gone forever, oh my darlin Clemintine?" Lexis's eyes widened as she saw Hiei climb through the window. He kissed her lightly on the lips.
"I've said it once and I'll say it again. I do not do ropes and handcuffs." Hiei laughed and easily broke the chains around her ankles.
"I don't know," Hiei said wistfully. "The damsel in distress look is good on you."
"Just get me out of the chains."
"Say it."
"Say what?"
"Say it."
"I have no clue wha- No way!"
"Say it or I'll leave you here."
"Fine." Lexis muttered something under her breath.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you."
Lexis glared at him, "Oh, thank you for saving me, my most handsome knight in shining armor." Lexis grated out the words. "Happy now?"
"Yes." Hiei said with a smirk on his face. He broke the chains around her wrists.
"What happened to Renef?" Lexis asked.
"You and him set up two big blasts, they collided, big explosion, you survived, Renef didn't, and all that was left of Renef was a skid mark." Hiei said. "It was really cool." They where sitting in Lexis's room. A girl with black hair and red eyes walked out of Lexis's closet wearing a red dress. Lexis looked at her.
"No. That's new. I haven't even worn it yet."
"Well I gotta go anyway," she said changing back into her jeans and t-shirt. "Work to do in heaven, ya know." Black Rose said. "By the way, you still get to keep your powers even though I'm not apart of you anymore. And as far as I'm concerned, you lost the best part of you." Hiei snorted.
"Will I ever see you again?" Lexis asked. They hugged.
"I'll always be with you…in your heart." They hugged for a few more seconds.
"Okay, let's cut the crap," Lexis said stepping away from her. "I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Yeah, we'll go shopping." Lexis and Rose laughed, and then Black Rose faded away leaving Hiei alone with Lexis.
"You just had to make friends with Her, didn't you?"
"Poor baby." She said sitting on the edge of her bed. Hiei stood and kissed her slowly. Hiei pulled back after awhile and looked into her eyes.
"I love you." Hiei whispered.
"Why?" Lexis asked thinking of the man back in the room where she'd been held prisoner.
"Because you make me smile. Because you make me see sunshine on rainy days. Because the mere thought of you makes my day better. Because I'm quite sure that I can't live without you. And because as long as I can see your face, I'll be happy."
"Someday I'll get old and ugly."
Hiei smirked, "You're ugly now." Lexis shot out her fist to punch him. But he caught her hand, laughing, and when she tried to pull free Hiei lost his balance and fell across her. He turned his face to her neck kissing her. Lexis lay very still, lost between laughter and deliciousness, feeling his face cool against her neck. Slowly he lifted his head. His face was just above hers, and his eyes were suddenly grave, full of longing. He wanted to touch her but was afraid of scaring her. Lexis knew that Hiei would never hurt her but her memories of her father… Hiei didn't know what to do so he stayed where he was, his fingers smoothing back her hair, while he tried to read her expression. She was smiling a little, unsure.
Tenderly, he pressed his lips to her forehead. Hardly breathing, she closed her eyes. His mouth was gentle as it moved across her eyes and slowly down her cheeks. It was not a kiss; this was something infinitely more tender, a brushing of her skin, touching so light it held her spellbound, powerless. He was moving his mouth along her jaw, across her lips, his breath warm, sweet. He stopped, and she lifted her face, wanting more. "Lexis," he said, amazed, and slowly moved over her, covering her with kisses feather light. Entranced, she didn't realize he had undone her clothes, until she felt his mouth on her shoulders and throat, moving down, exploring, his lips exquisite on her skin.
With utter trust she gave herself to him, to his mouth, his hands, all of him. Just once memories of her father tore through her and she tensed, waiting for the pain, for the roughness, the hurt. But there was only gentleness; only Hiei groaning softly with pleasure, saying her name over and over again, his voice full of adoration, his touch so tender it made Lexis want to cry for the wonder of it. Lexis had never known it could be like this, soft, gentle, tender, loving. Hiei, unhurried and in perfect harmony with her, telling his love in ways beyond words, in ways that were moon-good beautiful.