Runaway by Le petit Chaperon Rouge
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Chapter 19. Poison
(I wanna love you but I, but I better not)
Poison
(I wanna love you but I ,but I better not)
Poison
Your cruel device
your blood, like ice
One look, could kill
My pain, your thrill...
I wanna love you but I better not touch
I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you but I want it too much
I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison
Your poison running through my veins
Your poison
I don't wanna play these games
(I wanna love you but I, but I better not)
Poison
Your mouth, so hot
Your web, I'm caught
Your skin, so wet
Black lace, on sweat
I hear you calling and it's needles and pins
I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name
Don't wanna touch you but you're under my skin
I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison
Your poison running through my veins
Your poison
I don't wanna break these chains
Groove Coverage - Poison
Weeks had passed. Serenity hadn't seen Kaiba since that night that they kissed. She had no idea what to do. It felt so strange….it was so wrong that it felt right, and she would give anything to let it happed again. Many times the thought had crossed her mind to come late again, but considering it might get her fired she came neatly in time everyday.
The buzz around the IDD was big enough, and Serenity's and the girls job's were more or less done. The last couple of days they had a photo shoot, for promotional material to put in magazines and on billboards. It was the most exciting thing Serenity had ever done, she felt like a real top-model. The photo's came out really well, and within a week they would be placed in probably every single magazine and paper.
The same week they were called up to Howard's (their boss. chap 16) office for an important briefing.
"Mr Kaiba wants to expand KaibaCorp to the USA, and in order to achieve that he must make some powerful allies there." Howard began. Serenity's heart jumped. Were they going to America? she swallowed…she just hoped she wouldn't run into any old "friends".
"….so Mr. Kaiba has invited the boss of one of the big corporations to his summer residence in the south of Japan. You'll be accompanying him there and entertain his guests."
Once again, they got handed out a package in brown paper. They'd leave next Monday and return the next Sunday. Aneko said their only purpose there was to look pretty, and serve Kaiba and his guests (something like Gwen Stefani's harajuku girls). Serenity bit her lip. She needed one hell of an excuse to get out of the house for a week. She walked home, hoping Mai would have an solution.
When she climbed up the rain pipe, nobody was home yet. Serenity quickly changed into a comfortable pair of jeans and a sweater. She hid her KaibaCorp. outfit under her bed, and opened the new package she got. It contained a blue silk modern cut kimono. It was about knee high and the sleeves were a bit shorter then in the traditional kimono's, on the back a silver dragon spread from the top to the bottom. The obi (the belt thingy you wear on a kimono) was baby blue with silver flowers on it. Surprisingly there was no logo or any kind of reference to KaibaCorp. on it. Together with the kimono she got a pair of traditional slippers with blue laces. Neatly folding it all up she hid it together with her other outfit. Just then she heard Joey enter. Immediately he burst into Serenity's room.
"hey sis!"
"hey Joey!" she said hugging him.
"Uhm…we need to talk ok?" Joey said. Serenity nodded and sat down on the bed.
"please don't be angry!" he pleaded. Serenity looked at his strangely.
"what! why would I?"
"well….uhm…Mai and I are kind of going on holiday next week….." Joey said looking down. "Just the two of us…" he finished. Serenity let it all dawn on her…Mai and Joey were leaving….that would mean she could leave too!
"but that's great! I hope you both enjoy it!" she said smiling. She gave Joey a hug and walked to the kitchen to grab a snack. Joey was confused….this certainly wasn't the kind of reaction he expected.
Kaiba looked at the photo's. They were good….very good. He could stare at those photo's the whole day. Especially Serenity's. He thought he would never say it, but she was beautiful. She was the angel between the plastic. He laid the pictures away. Soon…he was going to spend a week with her in one house. He sighed, this was keeping him way too much his work. It's wasn't a freaking spring break! He was supposed to establish business relationships there. He opened the files that were on his desk a buried himself in work again. That was the only way to forget…..
Departure day
Serenity was picked up by a big dark SUV with dark windows. Aneko, Michiko and Kaori were in it too. Everybody had already changed into their kimono's, including Serenity. They had their hair tied in a knot on the back of their head.
They went to the airport, where they boarded Kaiba's privet jet. Serenity was surprised that Mokuba wasn't there. He probably had to go to school or something she figured. Kaiba sat in his private space at the back of the plane. The girls sat down in the seats in front of the plane. the entire trip they chatted about things that girls chat about (A/N: you know….).When they landed, and Kaiba walked past them, Serenity did her best not to blush. To make things even worse, they all sat in the same limousine and Serenity had to sit opposite of Kaiba. She did her best to look the other way, and not to blush.
Kaiba noticed Serenity's awkwardness. While the others were silently chatting, Serenity was looking the other way. It was as if she was forcing herself to look away. Just for a fraction of a second her eyes shot into his direction. He mentally sighed and stared to type away on his laptop. His thought dedicated to the girl opposite of him.
Kaiba's summer residence was truly beautiful. It was a big mansion with a traditional Japanese flair to it. The garden was huge with cherry blossom trees and little ponds with koi-fish in them. The house inside was even more beautiful. It was, just like the outside, designed in a traditional Japanese way, with tatami mats and low tables. On the walls hung ancient scrolls and samurai swords. Aneko and Michiko, who obviously have been here before showed them their room. The four of them slept in one room, on ordinary futons. In that same room there was an table, where they had to eat.
That evening the guests arrived. Mr. Doyle, the CEO of VOXcorp. was a man in his early fifties, with small eyes and little hair left on his head. He brought two managers, one fairly young one with a pair of black square glasses who seemed to be nervous 24/7. The other was an older one who seemed to have no hurry at all.
First they would have dinner and the girls had to serve everything. All the food looked very delicious and the Americans loved it. They kept asking for more and more sake. When the evening was late and Mr. Doyle shouldn't have any more sake, he stared to hit on Michiko who had to pour him sake while the others waited outside. Kaiba didn't really pay attention, and talked to the old manager. When Michiko came out, she was furious.
"I'm NOT going in there anymore!" she nearly screamed. Aneko tried to calm her, while they heard how Mr. Doyle called for more sake again. Everybody looked at Serenity.
Serenity's eyes grew wide. Before she could protest, Michiko had pushed the tray with sake her hands and nearly pushed her though the door.
Serenity kind of stumbled in, and bowed carefully with the tray in her hands. Graciously kneeling down next to Mr. Doyle she poured him sake. Drunk as he was, he put a hand on Serenity's shoulder and tried to give her kiss. Serenity was so frightened that she accidentally bumped the bottle of sake form the table. That caught Kaiba's attention. Serenity quickly got up and excused herself. A minute later she came back with a towel and a new bottle of sake. When she was done cleaning up, she wanted to leave, but Mr. Doyle called her back.
"I wawnt you to.. to stay…."he said wasted as he was.
Serenity looked at Kaiba and prayed that he wouldn't agree, but he didn't. he just nodded and said:
"Of course she'll stay" he pointed at the cushion next to him. "Sit down" he said…no commanded. Serenity gave a small bow and kneeled down next to Kaiba. Immediately Mr. Doyle started to pour her sake.
"Come on….t-try it.."
Serenity who had never drunk before, hesitantly took the glass. She stared at it, she knew Kaiba was looking at her. She took the glass to her mouth and carefully wet her lips.
"No.. no! not l- like that.." Mr. Doyle said grabbing the glass from Serenity's hands and drinking it shot-style. Then he refilled the glass and gave it to Serenity. "now.. you do i-it"
Serenity swallowed and held the glass firmly. She closed her eyes and drank the sake just like Mr. Doyle just did. Immediately she started to cough violently and she felt the sake burn it's way down her body. Mr. Doyle refilled her glass and urged her to drink more. She tried to tell him she didn't want no more, but just to shut him up and prove herself to Kaiba she drank a second shot. Suddenly everything was blurred. Serenity heard the managers leave, but didn't really notice. Mr. Doyle tried to make her drink more, but Kaiba saved her. When she started to see a bit clearer again, she noticed how much Mr. Doyle looked like a pig. A bit fat pig. She looked next to her, at Kaiba. He looked like an eagle…..no, more like a dragon. Silent, dangerous and proud.
It looked like Mr. Doyle was getting angry, while Kaiba kept his cool, but Serenity could tell he was frustrated. Doyle was yelling now, but Serenity couldn't make out what he was saying. Then he took another gulp from his glass and he fell on the ground with a loud thud. A strange silence followed suddenly interrupted by the snoring coming from Doyle.
Suddenly Serenity was hit by an enormous wave of sleepiness. She would have fallen asleep on the table is Kaiba hadn't grabbed her shoulder and pulled her on her feet, telling her it was time to sleep. Serenity hung heavily on Kaiba as he led her to her room. Just a few steps from the door, Serenity fell and Kaiba had to pick her up.
This week just started great. Kaiba though sarcastically as he picked up Serenity bridal-style. He didn't want to wake the other girls, so he decided to put Serenity somewhere else to sleep…
Serenity woke the next morning while a ray of light shone in her face. She yawned, and opened her eyes. The mattress was lovely and silk sheets caressed her skin. Wait….if she remembered correctly, she should be sleeping on a futon! Quickly she looked around. She was in a room that she hadn't seen before. It was more modern that the rest of the house, with a huge bed with silk sheets. Suddenly she heard the moving of fabric next to her. She looked around and nearly fell of the bed. There lay Kaiba, his shirt unbuttoned, hair ruffled. Serenity stared at him, and tried to remember what happened last night, despite her headache. Serenity's hair was untied and as she stared at Kaiba a few bangs slipped down her shoulder in Kaiba's face. Slowly he opened his eyes. Immediately his eyes shot open and he sat up strait. Serenity quickly back away. Kaiba stared at her and she stared back. Serenity started blushing madly as she got a good look of Kaiba's chest for the first time. Kaiba stared blushing, because he knew that he had loosened up Serenity's obi yesterday night so she'd sleep better (Aw! How considerate!) But it must have fallen off while she slept. Now Kaiba got a good view of her body. By now his cheeks were almost as red as Serenity's underwear. When she noticed what he was staring at, she quickly closed her kimono blushing 21 shades of red. Kaiba gulped and quickly got up. He went into his bathroom and splashed some cold water in his face, but that didn't take the image of Serenity in the red underwear away. Meanwhile Serenity quickly tied her obi on again and silently left, trying her best to stop blushing.
The rest of the day they avoided each other as much as possible. Mr. Doyle had an hangover so he didn't get out of bed. The managers had a day trip to Nagasaki together with Michiko and Kaori. Aneko was treating Mr. Doyle's hangover, while Serenity was cluelessly strolling through the garden. That evening, after dinner Serenity was serving tea to the CEO's, since Mr. Doyle decided to stay away from the sake. The next day they would start to talk about business, so everyone went to bed early. When Serenity was laying on her futon and Aneko and Kaori were already asleep, Michiko poked Serenity in the shoulder.
"So tell me…." She whispered. "what happened last night?"
Mai had decided to take her boyfriend to Tokyo. She thought he had deserved it, after working so hard to support Serenity. She had her doubts about Serenity working for Kaiba, and sometimes she felt like confessing the truth to Joey. That was another reason to go on this trip: to stop lying for a while where Serenity was hanging out. Usually when Joey stared about Serenity, and that she just disappeared in the morning she would start kissing him, hoping that he would forget about that. Up until now, every time was successful. Mai was still brooding in a plan, how to cover for Serenity. But the longer she thought about it, the worse she felt about lying to Joey. He didn't deserve to be lied against.
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