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Unrequited Love
Chapter 34: When Two Become One
A bashful silence filled the car as they headed towards their secret destination. Anuket blushed red the moment she had stepped into the car and now found herself unable to stop. She couldn't help it. For some reason she was beginning to feel shy around Marik again. It was almost like they had only just met each other. Not that it was a bad feeling though. Anuket turned her head a small fraction, and discreetly watched Marik from the corner of her eye. He was smiling to himself as he steered the vehicle through the quiet streets.
Anuket smiled as she studied his outfit. He looked very smart and very handsome. She noticed that he had left the top two buttons undone, showing off a small part of his moderately muscled chest. She silently considered forcing him to drive them to a secluded part of Domino where she could rip of his shirt then and there. After a few moments of delightful fantasy, she realised that she was staring at him and quickly turned her gaze towards the window. They were now in the more expensive side of Domino. The shops that lined the lamp lit streets sold only the finest commodities for the wealthy.
"We're almost there" said Marik catching Anuket's attention.
"Where are we going?" she asked curiously.
"Just wait and see sweetheart. It's just around the corner" he replied, turning the wheel of the car.
They approached a large building, but Anuket couldn't see what the place was called. Marik pulled into the private car park next to it and turned off the engine, stepping out of the car. Anuket unbuckled her seatbelt and was about to open the door, but Marik had beaten her to it. He pulled it open for her and held out a hand which she took, blushing once more.
"Thankyou" said Anuket politely whilst smoothing out the wrinkles in her dress.
"The pleasure is all mine" he replied smiling. "Shall we?" Marik crooked his arm and Anuket took it with a small giggle.
They walked slowly in silence, occasionally glancing at each other with smiles, until they approached the entrance of the large building they had passed earlier. Anuket gasped when she saw the name of the place, Hans restaurant. She had never been to this place before, but she had heard about it from other people. It was supposed to be the classiest place in all of Domino. She had heard that even celebrities had come here to dine, and that Seto Kaiba himself often came here for business ventures. If all that was true, then she was sure it wouldn't come cheap.
Anuket turned to face the man beside her, about to voice her thoughts. As if reading her mind, he put a long finger to her lips, silencing her.
"Hey, don't you worry about a thing. It's my treat" he reassured her.
"Marik, I don't want you to go out of your way like this…" she started.
"I'm not going out of my way, just relax will you? I've wanted to bring you here for some time now. Just do as I say and enjoy yourself" he ordered, leading her towards the double doors.
Anuket raised an eyebrow at Marik's command with a hidden smile. For some reason, she found that she liked the way he said that to her. 'Just do as I say'. She played the line over and over in her head, feeling somewhat warmer. Anuket wondered why she felt like this all of a sudden. She hated being told what to do normally, so what made this time any different? Sure he was just playing around when he had said that, so why did it affect her more then it should have?
"May I take your coats?" asked the doorman politely with a smile.
Marik helped Anuket out of hers and handed it to the man. They were then led into the main restaurant. Anuket gazed around in amazement as she stared at the richly decorated interior. The walls were painted a beautiful bright shade of red, displaying numerous paintings. The various tables had long white cloths, each decorated with its own flower arrangements and candles. She looked up to see crystal chandeliers hanging from a ceiling that had been painstakingly painted with figures of angels, cherubs and other beautiful creatures.
In the far corner of the room upon a small platform, she could hear a cabaret artist playing the piano whilst everyone ate. After a while of listening to the gentle music that filled the air, Anuket's attention was caught by Marik who placed a tender kiss upon her ear. He continued to kiss Anuket, eventually making her turn to face him.
"So what do you think?" he asked in a deep low voice.
"I think that I'm very lucky to have you" she replied sweetly, wrapping her arms around his neck and placing a kiss on his lips.
The maître d' arrived shortly after and led them to their table. Marik had wanted them to have a little privacy from onlookers, so he had paid extra to have a table by the wall. It had red and gold screens surrounding them slightly so that they could see out, but not too many people could see in. Instead of chairs like the tables in the centre of the room had, it was like a rounded couch made of red leather. Very comfy indeed. Marik led Anuket inside the secluded area and gestured for her to have a seat.
Anuket sat down and slid further along to make room for Marik. She sat in the middle and watched him as he shifted closer to her. When she came into touching distance, Marik lifted his arm and placed it around her shoulders, hugging her tightly. Marik reached out for the menu being offered to him by the waiter.
"What would you like to drink?" enquired the man.
Marik opened the menu to the wine list. "We'll have a bottle of Chateau Lafite, 1916" said Marik after a quick glance.
Anuket's eyes widened considerably when she saw the price tag. "Marik! That costs over sixteen hundred dollars!"
"So?" he replied casually, nodding his confirmation to the waiter.
"So? You can't spend that much on just a drink!"
"Look, its no problem. Just sit back and relax, I want to do this. Here, let's decide what we're going to have"
Marik held out the menu to Anuket and together they perused through it, his hand conveniently concealing the prices from her. The waiter arrived a few minutes later with their wine. He popped the cork and poured the drink into two crystal glasses. He looked at them with his pen and pad, patiently waiting to take their order. Marik made his choice and looked at the girl sitting beside him. She was having a considerably harder time deciding what she wanted.
"I don't know what to have" said Anuket. "I like prawns, but I don't want them if they have the faces and legs on them. I don't like touching them"
"Well you don't have to have them like that if you don't want to, does she?" said Marik looking at the waiter who bowed his head in agreement.
"Then again, I've never tired lobster. But wait, I heard that they are alive when you throw them in the water" she looked at the waiter who looked a little awkward.
"Well yes, that way we know they're fresh. But they don't feel a thing" he tried to assure her.
"How do you know that? Well, im not having lobster then. That's just horrible. Ummm…"
Marik chuckled to himself. If she carried on like this, she'd find something wrong with everything and end up eating nothing at all.
"She'll have the lobster" said Marik. "Just make sure you 'prepare' it humanely for her"
The waiter wrote the order down and laughed quietly to himself as he walked away from the young couple. Anuket looked at Marik with a mock glare.
"Who's 'she?' I have a name you know"
"Yes you do, and it's a beautiful one as well. So who decided to name you after an Egyptian goddess? Was it your mother or your father?" asked Marik curiously.
"It was my mother. She wanted to call me Anuket because for as long as records go, all the women in my family have been named after goddesses. Ipet told me that my father wanted to call me Nefertari, but mother swayed him somehow. A shame really. I really liked that name as well… Nefertari. I think she had the final say because father got to name my brother"
"I've never met your brother. What is his name?" asked Marik.
"Urgh" groaned Anuket. "His name is Baal. He's annoying, bossy and opinionated. And he's also 'very' sexist. I feel sorry for the woman who ends up with him" she looked away from Marik and took a sip of wine from her glass.
"He can't be that bad" said Marik.
He was stunned that Anuket didn't get along with her brother. He just couldn't understand hating a sibling like that. A parent maybe, because that was natural. Every kid hates their parents at some point in their lives as he knew all too well.
"I'm planning on visiting my family in the summer after school breaks up. I was wondering if you would come with me… you know, for backup…" said Anuket.
"Need you really ask? Of course I'll come with you. Even if you didn't want me to, I'd cunningly conceal myself in your suitcase. You'd never suspect a thing"
"Wouldn't I? So the fact that my suitcase would be ten times heavier then the last time I checked wouldn't be suspicious at all?"
"I doubt it would be ten times heavier" defended Marik. "Most women pack a lot of unnecessary things when they go away. Your suitcase would probably be heavier then a hundred of me"
"Well im not most women!" replied Anuket.
"No, your not" said Marik huskily, pulling her closer towards him.
He nuzzled her ear as he drew her onto his lap, his hands running up and down her back. The two completely forgot that they were in a public place, with the exception of the screen, until they were interrupted by the arrival of their food. The waiter coughed lightly to catch their attention and averted his gaze until they had composed themselves. Both had red faces, but it wasn't because they were embarrassed.
When they were alone again, Anuket stared at the food on the table. She hadn't expected there to be so much. Usually in expensive restaurants, they gave you a tiny amount and charged an insane amount for it.
"Well, I think it's safe to say I won't be hungry after this" she said.
They began to eat their food, drinking their overly expensive wine with it. They talked to each other about many different things. About their family, their likes and dislikes. They joked with each other, but mostly flirted. Marik had ordered two more bottles of wine and they had slowly become more and more relaxed around each other. That nervous feeling Anuket had felt before Marik picked her up was completely gone now. She wasn't drunk, but she wasn't a hundred percent sober either. Both of them had managed to eat their meal without feeling overfed and bloated.
"Im glad you didn't just order a salad you know Anu" said Marik. "It ruins the whole point of going out"
"As long as I don't do this too often then I'll be fine" she replied with a smile.
The waiter arrived shortly after to see if everything was fine and if they would like anything else. Marik looked at Anuket who shook her head indicating she was done. The waiter then left to get the bill for them. When he returned five minutes later, Anuket attempted to see how much the evening had come to. She had a feeling that these last few hours had cost Marik a small fortune.
He turned his back to her as he looked through the bill and even had to sit on it to prevent snatching from the girl beside him as he pulled out his card to pay for it all. When the waiter returned with the receipt, Marik hurriedly put it away in his wallet with the intention of destroying it later in case she went snooping.
"Are you ready to go?" asked Marik.
"Yes, what are we going to do now?" she replied with an evocative grin.
"I thought we could take a walk through the park together" suggested Marik.
"That sounds like a wonderful idea" smiled Anuket.
"That's okay then. I can't drive now anyway. Had too much to drink" said Marik gulping down the last of his wine.
Anuket rolled her eyes and linked her arm with Marik's as they stood to leave. On the way out, Marik helped her with her coat, earning him yet another sweet kiss from the woman. Leaving a rather generous tip for the men who had served them this evening, they exited the building and walked out onto the street.
They walked in silence through the park, taking in the beautiful scenery. Anuket looked up into the sky. There was a full moon tonight and there seemed to be more stars then usual. It was almost as if an artist had dipped a brush into some white paint and used their thumb to flick it onto black paper. There were millions of them, all clustered together.
Marik removed his arm from around Anuket's shoulders and took a hold of her hand. He had just seen a special place, one that they had visited before. Anuket smiled when she saw it was the bench that they had sat on when Marik had promised to take care of her. The same place that he had given her that white gold ring. Now that she came to think of it, she never did find out what had happened to it. The last time she saw it was back on Kaiba craft 3. After she and Marik had that argument and he had taken it away with him…
She pushed that unpleasant memory to the back of her mind as Marik placed his hands on her shoulders and guided her towards the towards the bench. They both took a seat, wrapping their arms around each other in a hug
"Things were so different the last time we were here" Marik reminisced as he rested his chin on Anuket's head.
"It wasn't so bad" she spoke quietly. "Actually, now that I think about it, I had more fun then anything else"
"You thought that being held captive was fun?" asked Marik with a grin looking down at her.
"In a way…yes. But it was mostly down to the company I kept..." she trailed, playing with the collar on his shirt.
"You found my company enjoyable?"
"Very much so…, I never thought I would. In fact, I kept trying to convince myself otherwise"
"So when did you become aware that you didn't entirely hate me?" asked Marik curiously.
"I'm not sure exactly. I think it just happened without me realising it. What about you?" Anuket asked, turning the question around on him.
"What do you mean?"
"Why did you come after me in the first place?" she asked again.
"Well I didn't intend it originally. I was spying on Yugi through one of my rarehunters. He looked as if he was struggling with a box. I found out later that it was one of those duel disks for battle city. He must have just registered for the event or something. At that point I was interrupted by Odion. He had an important message for me so I broke contact with my mind slave... no, rarehunter. By the time I had turned my attention back to Yugi, he was already gone. I searched a little way along the street, and found him sitting in a small coffee place with two girls. You were one of them…"
Anuket looked a little surprised. "That was the first time you saw me?"
Marik nodded. "Yes, I remember it like it was yesterday. You were wearing that gorgeous blue and white outfit. Your hair was down… and…" he trailed off.
Anuket raised a brow. "And what?"
Marik looked down. "I was wondering…. Do you still have that…" he gestured to her stomach.
"That what?" she asked, still confused.
"…That piercing…" he said, still looking at that area.
Anuket blushed a little and smiled. "Marik, I have had that piercing since I was eleven"
"Well I think it looks very sexy, if you don't mind me saying" grinned Marik.
"Not at all. And if you don't mind me saying ….despite the dutiful reason behind it... I think that your tattoo is very sexy as well"
Marik's grin grew even wider. "Well if that's the case, it was worth the pain"
After about half an hour of sitting on the bench, Marik looked at his watch. It was getting late now, and it was also getting chillier. The wind had picked up some and a dark cloud was beginning to cross the sky. It looked like it was going to rain. Oh well, that was spring for you. He had to start thinking of getting Anuket home.
"You must be getting tired" he said as he looked down at her. She was comfortably snuggled up against his chest.
"Im not tired" she replied. "But I am a little cold" She lifted a sleeve to reveal her tanned skin covered in goose bumps.
"Come on then. I'll walk you home" said Marik offering his hand to help her up.
"But my house is on the other side of town. It will take ages to get there. Can't we go to your place instead? It's much nearer" she begged.
Marik was about to protest, thinking it would be better for her to be in her own home. But seeing the look on her face changed his mind. How could he say no to her? Sometimes he cursed the power she held over him.
"Alright then, let's go. It looks like torrential rain is on its way" he relented.
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They had just made it in time to avoid the worst of the bad weather. However, they were still caught by the early stages of the downpour. They were very cold and very wet, and in desperate need of drying off. Marik used his key to let them into the warmth of his apartment. He was glad that he had left the heating on.
Anuket followed Marik into the lounge and slowly peeled the soaking wet jacket off her shoulders. Marik couldn't help but stare when he saw the black fabric of her dress clinging to her shapely body. He swallowed hard and turned his gaze away.
"Where do I put my coat Marik?" she asked, unaware of the effect she was having on him.
"Ummm, here…" he took it from her and walked off into another room to hang it up to dry.
Anuket meanwhile, began to unstick the fabric from her skin. It was pretty pointless though seeing at it didn't stay unstuck for long. She began to get annoyed with it and growled in exasperation. Marik came into the room shortly after with a couple of towels in hand. He threw one over to Anuket.
"Marik, do you mind if I use your shower?"
He stopped drying his hair and lifted his head to look at her. "Of course I don't mind. Wait here, I'll find something for you to change into after your done"
"Thanks" she replied gratefully.
Marik disappeared into his room and rummaged through the drawers. He found a pair of pyjama shorts and a long black buttoned shirt. He returned to find Anuket standing by the heater, trying to warm herself there. She looked up to see Marik coming towards her. He handed her the clothes and watched her retreating form disappear into the bathroom.
He pulled off his wet shirt and went into his room to change into something dry and considerably more comfortable. In the end he settled for a black t-shirt and shorts. The things he usually wore for bed. It was obvious that Anuket wasn't going home tonight. Especially in this foul weather. He sat on the couch for about fifteen minutes, listening to the sound of the rain outside. He loved the rain. There was something calming about the sound and the smell of it. He walked over to the window and stared out, blissfully unaware of the female sneaking up behind him.
Anuket had finished her shower and dressed herself in the clothes Marik had lent to her. She wandered into the lounge to see her boyfriend standing by the window deep in thought. She smiled mischievously to herself. This was just too tempting to pass up. She tiptoed over to him, gradually getting closer. She was standing right behind him. Anuket was about to make a loud noise, when Marik spun around and grabbed her instead.
She squealed in shock as he hoisted her up in the air and over his shoulder. She tried to twist free, but he had her in a strong grip. He carried her over to the couch and carefully threw her down on it. He climbed on top of her, holding her arms in place and began to tickle her senseless. She erupted into a wave of uncontrollable laughter, begging for him to stop.
"That's what you get for trying to be sneaky!" he teased. "I saw your reflection in the window!"
Marik finally relented after his playful torture and let her go, laughing at the state of her. She was out of breath, sprawled all over the couch, her hair in disarray and clothes all creased up. Marik stopped laughing and studied her with great interest. The clothes he had given her were too big. She had to pull the chord on the shorts tighter so that they didn't fall down, and the shirt looked like a small tent on her. The sleeves were a few inches too long and covered her hands.
The way she looked beneath Marik, her raven hair spread out behind her, panting for breath and half lidded emerald eyes. He could feel himself growing warmer, among other things. But Marik wasn't the only one to feel this way. Anuket was feeling strange herself. She was seeing Marik in a very different light now. They stared at each other for a few minutes, neither of them moving from the position they were in, and neither of them wanting to either.
They had been in these situations many times before, but nothing had ever come of it. They had always been interrupted or the timing just wasn't right for them. They continued to look into each others eyes, wordlessly agreeing that they both wanted to take the next step in their relationship. There was no reason why they shouldn't.
Anuket smiled up at Marik, and traced a slender finger up his arm, moving it in little circles. He dipped his head and placed a strong, lustful kiss on her lips. He deepened the kiss further by allowing his tongue to play with hers. Anuket ran her fingers through his hair and pulled him closer if it was even possible, kissing him back with as much passion as he was giving her. Marik smiled into the kiss, enjoying the feeling of being so close to her after all this time.
He slowly raised himself off Anuket, and picked her up gently, not once breaking the kiss. She wrapped her arms around Marik's neck as he carried her into the bedroom and kicked the door closed behind him.
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