Chapter Six: Will You Fall for Me?
A/N: Now let's get back on track, shall we?
She was shaking quite a bit. I wondered what was wrong. It occurred to me that perhaps Akito or Kureno had come by and said something to upset her. But she wasn't shaking from fear. It was more like she was nervous.
"Shigure, I…uh, I know I haven't known you long, and I know that you have feelings for someone else." Shigure assumed she meant Akito. "But I can't help the way I feel. If I don't tell you soon, it might burst out of me." Her heart was beating faster. "I want you to know that, I don't care if I never get my memories back, even if I go the rest of my life not knowing who I was. I'm still happy. Because you're in my life. And I think that all I want is to be near you." She was shaking uncontrollably. "I find my self somehow drawn towards you." She looked up from the ground to look him in the eye. "Shigure," she felt like she would faint, her heart and mind were racing, "I love you."
Those words. I thought that I'd never hear those words from her again. "I love you to." I said and embraced her. It was time for me to let go of anything I had in the past. Akito, the old Chloe, everything and look to the future. She'd found her way back to me. I wanted to forget as well. It didn't matter that she'd never remember the love we'd shared. Or that she seemed to be somewhat of a different person now. All that mattered was that she loved me back. That I could hold her in my arms. That's all I wanted.
Shigure bent down on one knee. "Marry me?" he proposed. Chloe smiled.
"Yes." She agreed and they kissed, passionately. He held her body close to his and pushed her up against the wall. She blindly removed his jacket and he threw it carelessly to the ground. He broke from her only to remove his tie then kissed her again. She swiftly unbuttoned his shirt and he began to kiss her neck. She delighted in the warmth of his touch and let out a soft moan into his ear. Encouraged by this, he broke form her again to pull her shirt over her head. He held her tightly to his body and continued to kiss her on the mouth.
"God, don't you writer's ever sleep?" Kyo asked descending the stairs as if nothing out of the ordinary were happening. Both Chloe and Shigure turned bright red and noticed their position. Both of them were half-naked passionately making out on the staircase at around two in the morning. Shigure cleared his throat and picked up his shirt and tie.
"I'll go speak with Akito tomorrow about our engagement." He promised and kissed her lightly on the cheek. "You should get some rest."
"Right. I've had a pretty long day. Good night." She said.
"Good night." He smiled and continued up to his room. Chloe stood there for a few moments and watched him leave.
"Put your shirt on or you'll catch a cold." Kyo advised coming back up the stairs with a carton of milk. Chloe blushed again.
"Oh! Right!" she said and quickly found her shirt and put it back on.
Chloe sat nervously fidgeting outside of Akito's room. Shigure had gone in almost an hour ago and the room seemed to be silent. She could feel it she could just feel it. Something was wrong.
"Why would I let you marry this girl anyway?" Akito asked not bothering to look at her ex-lover.
"What's the matter Akito? Jealous?"
"Certainly not! I dropped you remember. I just don't think that you should be allowed to marry."
"Is this some kind of personal vendetta, Akito?"
"Don't question me. I said no and the answer is still no." Akito smiled in the delicious revenge.
"Very well, but you should know. I'm not marrying her because I love her."
"Oh? Then why?" Akito asked interest peaked.
"I'm still in love with you. I've always been, but I know that after what happened between us I can never win you back."
"Go on." Akito urged. Shigure fought back a clever smile.
"I was heart broken so I started seeing this girl to make myself feel better. But in the end it was never enough to get over you." Shigure was amazed at his own acting.
"What does this have to do with your marriage?"
"Well, you see. I…I think I've gotten her pregnant." Akito almost laughed at the sweetness of it all. "So I promised to take responsibility for my actions and marry her. But since you won't allow it I guess that means I'm free and I won't have to deal with it. Thank you." Akito grew depressed at the thought that she'd let Shigure off of the hook for something that would punish him.
"On second thought. You should pay for your mistakes. I'd be a bad person if I let you wiggle from karma's grasp. You will marry her as soon as possible. Now be gone." Shigure nodded and left the room. Outside Chloe almost tackled him in the hallway. He calmly pulled her outside.
"When do you want to get married?" he asked smiling. A huge smile spread across her face and she jumped onto him. He swung her around and gently set her down.
"Really? We're going to get married?" she asked still disbelieving. He nodded.
"Yes. We are." She kissed him. They stayed like that for a few moments then Shigure broke the kiss.
"How do you feel about pretending to be pregnant?" he asked.
The price that we pay, for the one that we love, can be big or small, valuable or meaningless, but whatever the price it is always worthwhile.
The End.
Well, I liked it. But I also wrote it. I hope you all enjoyed it. It's kind of weird writing something so short after writing something as long as The Black Cat Curse. Isn't that a fun way to end a fic? Thank you for supporting it. I love you Asuka! Happy Birthday! And they all lived happily ever after!
