Hello my darlings! I'm back with your Valentine's day one-shot even if it is a little late! I didn't celebrate this year, but I've been busy writing all weekend long! If you did celebrate, well I hope it was amazing! I hope it'll take you guys forever to recover from the afterglow, too! Valentine's day should be every day of the year guys; we shouldn't need a specific day to show the ones we love that we do! And for those who were like me and didn't celebrate, I dedicate this one to you!
Summary: Rose doesn't really expect much from Valentine's day at the Academy, and Dimitri's indecisive as to what he should do or if he should even do anything in the first place. Does Cupid have arrows to spare for these lovers? Lame summery I think, but read to find out and don't forget to review?
I don't own VA, and this isn't edited.
Valentine's day and the rose locket.
DPOV.
February 14th, Valentine's day. I realized it the moment I turned off the alarm clock that morning. I wasn't sure how I felt about the holiday to be honest, up until now I didn't care too much for it. It seemed to be just another event for card sellers and makers alike to make some extra money, or maybe it really was something more. Maybe I just couldn't see it because I'd never been so hopelessly in love, that I needed to choose one day of the year to show it.
That was what I use to believe until her. She'd changed everything, the goddess with the flowing dark hair which I knew felt like silk and those captivating, expressive eyes. She made me want to do something, to throw my old beliefs out the window and join all the other hopeless romantics in crowded malls and jewelry stores.
My dilemma had been one I'd contemplated for days. Should I get her something? Hell, what could I even get her anyway? I mean this was the academy, our relationship such as it was should be kept secret. I needed to make everyone else think that I didn't want anything to do with her, she was just my student. That wasn't true, of course. In fact, she was the only one I wanted, the only one I was sure I would ever truly want in that way.
She was my student. She was 7 years younger than me. She and I were going to be the princess's guardians after graduation. Dam it, I should stay away. I shouldn't get her anything. I should treat today like it was just another day and she was just another student. Yeah, right.
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"But we still have 30 minutes left," Rose noted as I led her back inside. I nodded.
"I know," I said simply. I pushed the door to the gym open and waited for her to enter before doing so myself. She followed without complaint. As wrong as it was, I couldn't help the fact that my eyes were drawn to her firm ass as she moved. Aside from her curves, I couldn't help but notice she wasn't really acting like herself. In fact, she was looking a little glum this morning. I wondered if it had anything to do with me, but with the way things had been going lately, I couldn't be sure.
"Are you ok, Roza?" She spun around so fast I reached out to grab her fearing that she might fall over. There was no need though, my Roza was nothing if not quick on her feet.
"Yeah," She said. "Just fucking peachy." Ok, so maybe I should punish her for cursing, lord knows another mentor would've, but I wasn't another mentor. I was me, and it was more than a little bit obvious that Rose was upset.
"Shit, Uh, I mean, sorry," She said; realizing just what she'd said. I shook my head, but rose an eyebrow in question.
"What's got you so upset?" I asked instead. Her eyes widened in surprise. What, didn't she know by now that I noticed everything about her?
"Who says I'm upset?" She asked. I stared at her, waiting for her to realize that I wasn't buying her I'm fine bullshit. She sighed and flung herself onto the stack of training mats.
"Ug," She grumbled. "This stupid day, I don't get what the big deal is. Everyone's so Lovie dovie and it's really annoying." I knew I'd seen her walking around with flowers earlier, so I didn't really understand. That is, I didn't really understand until she spoke again.
"The only person I want to spend this day with is the only person I can't have," She said; her eyes boring into mine, pleading with me to understand. Shit.
"Me too," I said honestly. I stared back into her eyes, begging her to see that I meant her.
"You-really?" She asked when realization hit. I nodded and even though I knew it was wrong, I pulled her into my arms and brushed my lips against hers.
Maybe it was the surprise of me actually making the first move, and in a place as public as the gym no less, but it took her a few seconds to respond. When she did respond, however, it was with so much passion that I wanted to just throw caution to the wind and go all the way with her. I tried to pull away, thoughts like that could get me in serious trouble. Hell, I would already be if anyone walked in. Rose tangled her fingers in my hair. It took every bit of my resolve to pull away, all I wanted to do was stay there in that moment forever.
Fighting against what I really wanted and what had to be done, I broke the kiss and pulled away. I backed up a few steps and balled my hands into fists so I wouldn't wrap my arms around her again. My Roza was beautiful. Her eyes were wide, her lips swollen from my kiss, her breathing erratic and face flushed. Something I couldn't put a name to shone in her eyes.
"Let me guess," She said. "This was wrong. You just got caught up in the moment and this can never happen again?" I couldn't help it. I burst out laughing much to Rose's annoyance and confusion.
"What the fuck is so funny, Belikov?" She snapped, her eyes darkening and a frown tugging at her lips.
"First," I said. "Watch your mouth. And second? This is for you." Her eyes grew impossibly wider as she took the box from my hand.
"You got me a present?" She asked; the most beautiful and biggest smile I'd seen all day lighting up her face.
"Um, isn't that what I just said?" I asked teasingly. Her only response was a familiar eye roll.
I watched as she took her time opening it. Her reaction when she opened the box and saw what was inside was absolutely priceless. So much so that I wished I had a camera. Slowly, carefully, she lifted the item from its resting place.
"Dimitri," She said. "It's beautiful thank you."
"It gets better," I said, my accent coming out thicker than usual as it often did when I was especially affectionate or emotional. I opened the locket and she gasped. Inside was a picture of us at the ski lodge that Lissa had taken. I'
"I love it," She said. "Help me put it on?"
"My pleasure, love." I brushed her hair over one shoulder and clasped the necklace around her neck, staring into her eyes the whole time. "Beautiful," I said; and it was true. The moment I'd seen the silver heart shaped locket with the rose detail, I just had to get it for her. Maybe that was because it kind of reminded me of the necklace from the lust spell.
"Oh and, Lissa is no doubt going to give you an earful the next time she sees you," I said to her; the memory of how I'd asked Lissa for the picture running through my mind.
"Why? Wait, it was she who took the picture wasn't it?" I nodded and Rose grimaced. "So she knows?"
"There was no other way, love. Plus, Lissa may not be able to read auras like Adrian, but she is very intuitive." Rose giggled.
"Don't I know it. So what did she say?" A genuine smile slid onto my face.
"She was actually very happy for us." Rose nodded and smiled. She seemed to be doing a lot of that suddenly, but it was a site I could get use to and, I was happy that it was I who had put that grin on her face.
"See I figured she might be," Rose said. "I just didn't know how to tell her."
"Well you don't have to worry about that anymore." I told her. She wrapped her arms around me and rested her head on my chest.
"I love you, comrade."
"As I love you." She stayed wrapped up in my arms for the rest of practice, and when she left, it was with a smile on her face. That smile stayed on all day, and I couldn't get enough of it. I went to all of her classes and lingered around for lunch. We even managed to sneak off just to hang out, but it turned to making out instead. I canceled our afternoon session and used the time to get Alberta and Kerova to let me take her off campus for a few hours, saying that it was for training, of course.
In reality, I was planning to take her to that Chinee's restaurant she liked so much, but changed my mind at the last second. That place would be packed, and it would've been easy for strigoi to sneak in. I didn't want any of that tonight, so I took her out to a spot just beyond the Academy's borders for a romantic picnic.
"It's so pretty out here," She said. "And so magnificently sunny!" I nodded, knowing that I had, in fact, made the right choice. I knew she missed the sun, and even though we were sitting in the shade of a tree, it was easy to walk out into the sun's rays.
"Thank you for bringing me out here," She said; as we were getting ready to head back to the Academy. "I had a really great time."
"I'm glad you like it, Roza." I told her. Her answering smile warmed my heart and when she crawled onto my lap and pressed her lips to mine, I decided to fuck it. Fuck waiting until graduation, that is once she was ok with it.
"I don't want to wait anymore," She said to me. "I want you to make love to me, tonight." Those words were music to my ears, but I had to make sure she was sure.
"I want you, comrade." That was all it took. Holding her face in my hands, I pressed my lips to hers, this kiss deeper and more fiery than any we'd shared before. It didn't take long before she was lying naked on the blanket, my fingers trailing over her silky skin. She was so beautiful.
The feeling of our bodies coming together was unlike anything I'd ever felt before. Nothing could've prepared me for the feeling of utter completion. We were wrapped so tightly together that I could hardly tell where she ended and I began. I stared into her eyes as I thrusted into her, careful of her barrier. Rose's gasp when I broke it had me stilling within her, worried that I'd hurt her.
"Are you ok, Roza? Did I hurt you?" I was about to pull out of her tight wet channel, but she tightened her legs around my waist.
"I'm fine, don't stop. Whatever you do, please don't stop." Her words dried up every bit of my worry and I started thrusting again, slowly so as not to hurt her, but my Roza was a sexy vixen who demanded I didn't hold back. It was almost impossible to believe that this was her first time, or it would have been if I hadn't just broken her barrier myself.
"Harder, fuck, faster! I want all of you Dimitri, don't hold anything back." It was as though her words were my own personal aphrodisiac. I pounded into her, her sweet moans and gasps bringing me closer to release with every thrust. Her hips lifted off the bed to meet me thrust for thrust, our mating no longer gentle, but every bit as wild and as passionate as Roza herself.
We came together, our release earth shatteringly amazing. I swore I saw stars before my eyes, and Rose's screaming of my name told me that she felt it, too. For a while, we were both too breathless to say anything. We just held each other and tried to bring our breathing back to normal.
"Oh my god," Rose said. "I don't think I'll be able to resist you now, much less to stay away."
"Oh no, what have I done? I've unleashed a monster." Rose's laughter was the most beautiful sound. I couldn't help but join her. When we did go back to the academy, we both agreed that it was the best Valentine's day ever and I was glad that I'd spent it with her. We'd beat the odds together, and we would continue to do so once she'd graduated.
Well? How are we feeling? Let me know, won't you? We all know this lemon is hardly as hot as my other ones, right? Lol but I was going for fluff, not so much smut! So, mission accomplished?
Review lovelies, and Dimitri just might pay you a late Valentine's day visit ;)
XXX
Roza
