Piercing Silence
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Angst, Betrayal, Obssession. Battousai doesn't want anyone to know that he and Kaoru are together. How long will Kaoru be able to tolerate it? Is it because he's a private person or is there more to it than that?
WARNING! This chapter verges on the realm of obsession and might be a little bit darker than what I usually write. The chapter is also very, very limey! So if you are offended with that kind of stuff then please, just don't read this! I don't usually do very limey scenes but some of you guys wanted to know what the heck is going on in Kenshin's head and since this chapter is more of Kenshin's POV, you will be given a glimpse on his obsessive dark side, it had to be done…but don't worry, it's not an all out lemon with too many details. Just very, VERY limey…with that said, if you still want to read then read on.
Pairing: Battousai/Kaoru
P.S: Well…you wanted Kenshin's POV so I wrote this for you guys! It's a glimpse of his thoughts…I hope you like it. Very lime/citrus so you have been warned!
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Chapter Three:
"I want to see you."
"It's embarrassing…" Kaoru whispered, closing her eyes tightly and trying to ease the rapid pace of her heartbeat.
"Never hide from me," he whispered as he lowered himself on the bed beside her. Her body was perfect, just like she was and he found that his hands were trembling as he touched her.
Kaoru turned her face away with a moan, her cheeks hot with embarrassment. No one had ever touched her like that. No one had ever seen her naked like this before. She felt Kenshin's hand clamp on her face as he turned her back towards him. "Don't turn away from me," he said as he bent his head to kiss her. "Never turn away," he murmured against her lips.
Kaoru could not think coherently when he was touching, kissing her.
All she could do was moan and gasp at each sensation.
"Open your mouth Kaoru," he said as he sucked on her bottom lip. "More…"
Kaoru parted her lips and felt his tongue slip in between them to tangle with hers. Lighting bolts of electric pleasure seared throughout her entire body at the action and she moaned as he pressed closer to her and turned to his back so she was lying completely atop of him, his hands free to roam the entire expanse of her smooth back. His hand clamped down on her nape, his fingers caressing the sensitive skin there as he pressed her closer into the kiss.
"K-Kenshin…" she whimpered.
"Yes…"
"I…don't know…what…how…"
Without taking his hands from her, he sat up and continued to kiss all of her he could reach. Her flesh was smooth and warm against his tongue and he fastened his mouth over the upper curve of her breast, sucking the flesh there and knowing it would leave a mark.
When clothed, no one would be able to see the bruise on Kaoru's skin.
But he would know it was there.
And he would know she was his.
And she would know.
He angled her body so that her back once more touched the bed and he was once again on top of her, her thighs around his waist. He was still in control, still enjoying the sounds and moans he was eliciting from her.
Soft lips trembled as her body arched beneath him trying to grasp something she didn't understand but knew she wanted, needed. "K-Kenshin…" she gasped as her grip on him tightened, her nails digging into his skin.
"Shhh…" he whispered, his breath a heated kiss over her warmed flesh. He licked her neck and traced the curve of her earlobe before his mouth returned to hers.
"I don't…"
"I'm here…don't worry…"
"Kenshin…"
"Do you love me?"
"I…" she gasped as another spike of pleasure coursed through her as he moved. "Kenshin…" she groaned as her head fell back, her body arching like a drawn bow.
He stilled. "Kaoru…"
"Please!" she said as she tried to bring herself closer to him.
"Tell me you love me…"
Eyelashes fluttered over sapphire eyes as she let out gasps of frustration…it was so close. She dug her fingers into his skin as he continued to kiss and caress her. "Kenshin…please…"
"Do you love me?"
"You know I do…only you…"
"Tell me."
"I love you!" Kaoru gasped out as he sucked on her neck. "I love you."
"Only me, Kaoru."
"Yes."
"Say it."
"I only love you."
"Who do you belong to?"
"You."
He smiled to hear those words and told her to open her eyes as he began his motion.
He wanted to see her eyes and her face when she came.
He wanted to see his reflection mirrored in her sapphire orbs and know that it was him she was looking at.
Only him who could bring her this shattering pleasure…
Only him.
Always him.
No one else
The room was blanketed in darkness, the half-open blinds letting in a stream of light from the outside in horizontal bars that gilded the bed in strips of silver.
Dark red hair lay like blood on white sheets as amber eyes glowed, glaring up at the ceiling as more graphic images flitted through his mind further feeding the need that was clawing his insides.
His fingers clenched at the need gnawing at him.
He needed her right now, he needed her gasping beneath him and calling out his name, begging him to bring her to a release that only he could give.
He stared up at the ceiling of his bedroom, all too aware of the ticking of the alarm clock on his bedside table, slowly counting down the seconds passing by.
He reached out a hand and touched the empty space beside him on the bed.
A space that should have been filled
Kaoru should have been lying there naked right now.
Fuck!
He sat up in bed, trying to control the coils of emotions seething beneath his skin. He wanted to march into her room and take her right then, but Sano was outside and he didn't want Sano to know about Kaoru.
He didn't want Sano anywhere near Kaoru.
She was his damn it!
No one else had the right to touch her or even look at her without his permission.
She belonged to him.
He shoved a hand through his hair feeling frustrated. His palms ached from wanting to feel her smooth skin under him, to feel her lips open up beneath his in a gasp of pleasure as his hands roamed the expanse of her beautiful, milky white flesh.
She was so smooth.
Soft.
Warm.
The first time he'd seen her was in high school when she was a freshman and he'd been a junior. She had walked into the kendo club, training hall with her jaunty steps and a smile on her face as she introduced herself as Kamiya Kaoru. He hadn't paid much attention to her then. He didn't pay much attention to anything but improving his skills and not being weak.
He wanted to be the best.
Undefeatable.
But every day she was always there, always with her laughter and her smile and her warmth. She wasn't like the other girls who followed him around incessantly, annoying him with their mindless banter.
She was different and he noted that, but that was all.
He didn't want to get close to her.
It happened though.
Against his will, better judgment and against all logic, she managed to get close to him without even trying.
What was it about her that consumed him so much?
His hands tightened as his body reminded him of how hungry he was for her. Her face, her voice, her laughter, her moans, her screams, her smell, her taste, her feel, he wanted all of her.
Everything she was.
He wanted to own her.
Kaoru was his and no one else was allowed to touch her.
His need to posses her frightened him.
If he could just tie her up in bed and keep her away from everyone else, he would have done so by now.
What was it about her that drove him to these insane thoughts?
He hated her sometimes for the control she had over him.
She distracted him from his goals.
He'd tried leaving her, distancing himself from her but it was never enough. She called to him like a siren and desire always sang in his blood just at the sight of her, just at the slightest lingering scent of her skin on his.
Kaoru…what the fuck are you doing to me?
Kenshin was vaguely aware of the light seeping in from the blinds. It was a reddish orange hue that signaled in the dawning of a new day.
He felt empty, frustrated and completely unsatisfied. Hisviolet eyesglinted an amber hue as it looked to the world from narrowed slits of his eyelids.
A glance at the alarm clock that had not yet rung confirmed that it was indeed morning.
Left with nothing else to do but wallow in his anger and frustration, he decided it was best to just get up and do something useful instead of letting his mind torture him with images of Kaoru who was so close and yet so far.
All because of that stupid chicken shit Sanosuke who was loafing on the sofa.
The light amber that had swirled beneath the violet of his eyes intensified until it was a burning pure gold. Kenshin took some time to breath and calm himself before he left his bedroom.
He would fix breakfast for himself and Kaoru, at least that would keep him busy.
A small smile crept in his face at the thought of how inept Kaoru was in the kitchen. She was too eager to get to the end, she had no patience for the details and was always trying to hurry things along, chopping vegetables carelessly without thought of their measurement and how each one should be uniform.
She cooked meet in the same way, sometimes concentrating on one portion without any thought to the other parts that needed attention as well. That was the reason why most of her efforts ended up with out side burnt and the other side still bleeding and raw.
It was really all about patience. Waiting for the right time to add an ingredient, letting it settle before adding another one. It was all in the timing. Knowing when to flip the meat, to stir the broth or just let it simmer on its own in the heat of the flame.
Kenshin closed his eyes, the small smile turning wicked. How perverted was he that he made even cooking sound Hentai?
As he passed the living room, a movement from the lump under the cover in the sofa caught hisattention and all expression left his face once more.
Sano.
How long was he planning to stay anyway? Kenshin didn't think he'd be able to tolerate the other man's presence for long. Not when Sano kept looking at Kaoru and flirting with her.
Kenshin was afraid his temper would get the best of him and he might end up hurting his stepbrother.
What was he even doing there?
Kenshin turned to head for the kitchen but his eye caught the light shining from underneath the door of the bathroom in the hallway. He and Kaoru had their own bathrooms adjoining their rooms…but then he remembered that her shower was broken and she always used the one in his room.
But she couldn't because of Sano.
Kaoru was taking a bath so early? It didn't matter. Kenshin's feet moved even before he registered what he was doing and before he knew it, he had the set of house keys in his hand.
His movements were graceful and deadly silent as he slipped the key through the keyhole and turned the lock.
She was in the bathroom.
He opened the door silently and stepped inside.
Kaoru was just finishing up her shower when she realized someone else had come inside. With a small yelp, she turned around to see Kenshin slowly taking off his shirt, his eyes trained on her.
"K-Kenshin…" Kaoru said as she stepped back, her bare back hitting the cold tile of the shower wall. She blinked at him. "What are you doing here?"
He cocked one dark red eyebrow at her, "I should think you'd already know the answer to that by now Kaoru."
Her face heated up as her senses ignited with that one small statement from him. "Sano is out there…I thought you didn't want him or anyone else to know?"
A disinterested shrug as he took the shirt off of his body. "He's sleeping."
The water continued to beat down her body and she wiped the moisture off of her face when she realized it was clouding her vision of him. God, why was he so beautiful? Why was he so perfect? Why did she need him so much? "We'll wake him up…" Kaoru protested. "He might walk in here."
"I locked the door."
"He could wake up Kenshin!" Kaoru said, her temper flaring as she glared at the redhead. It was too early in the morning for this. She was mad at him.
She was tired of his stupid games.
Why was she even still here?
The smart thing to do was to pack her bags and leave him…but she knew he'd find her and bring her back.
He would never allow her to leave him.
And if he did…
Then she would be even more devastated.
Why do I love you so much, damn you! Why do you make me feel like you need me to live one moment and then throw me away the next? I hate you and I hate myself for letting you do this to me!
Kenshin stepped into the shower stall with her and pressed his body against hers, kissing her neck, holding her possessively in his arms.
Kaoru moaned at the sensations he evoked in her. Her brain cells were getting fried again and she let out one more token protest before she capitulated.
"He'll hear us and he'll know what we're doing in here!" she said, embarrassed at the prospect of Sano knowing what they were doing.
Of course Kaoru wanted everyone to know that she and Kenshin were together, but that didn't mean she wanted everyone privy to the details of the more intimate part of their relationship. "He'll know Kenshin…"
Kenshin licked her open lips, his tongue dragging along her cheeks until he sucked on the skin just below her ear.
Kaoru gasped, her knees melting.
Kenshin kept her up by pushing her harder against the cold, wet tile wall. "No, he won't hear us," he said with a small smile as he dipped his head lower.
His eyes were golden and his red hair was like dark blood running down his face.
His eyelashes, long and thick, were spiked with moisture and Kaoru felt her heart contract at the heartbreaking picture of beauty that he made.
"Yes he will," she hissed at him even as she felt her body respond as it always did, to his presence.
"No he won't,"Kenshin whispered against her lips, "Not if you're very, very quiet…"
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A/N: This is turning into smut, isn't it? (sigh) I'm sorry if you think this story is turning crappy, but it had to be written for you to see the dark almost animal possessiveness Kenshin feels for our dear Kaoru. The very first part of the chapter is actually just a flashback. Don't worry, there is a plot somewhere in here I just wanted to write a dark version of Kenshin, I think he's sexy although in real life it would kind of suck to be in Kaoru's position right now with a boyfriend who is like Kenshin in this story.
But don't worry, there is a reason and a really good reason to his behavior too! Any guesses what it is? (grins) I wrote this spur of the moment because I got inspired by all your reviews… Gosh, 93 for only two chapters? I love you people…so you know the drill, if you want to read more Review! (evil laugh) Lol! Please read the review responses…
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