I need ideas if you guys want me to make more. XD Put in the review who you want me to pair Alexis and/or Rebecca with and what you want to happen in that chapter. I'll try and write it. So long as it's not inappropriate. Or, well, more inappropriate than what I have in this chapter, but it's nothing too bad. XD
But, if you're still reading up to this point- (Claps hands in awe) -and haven't ran away in horror, thank you! I'm glad you like the "What-ifs" I might even do a thing where it's a "school" based thing. That would be hiliarous. No, wait, I might do one where Sarah and Jack, or Derek or her father, end up in Wonderland. XD Maybe have Alexis end up in Diamond and pair her with younger Nightmare and see how THAT works out, cause younger Nightmare is fifty billion times shyer than adult nightmare. Oh, god, she'd really have a reason to be scared of Elliot then...O.o
Well, tell me what you want to happen. Give me ideas. If I like it, I'll type it. I'm not too picky. :)
"Holy-!" I screamed in horror, Ace having slung me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He laughed loudly at my reaction and started to walk through the woods, obviously not caring if I continued to pound my fists against his back. He knew I was scared of heights and yet he's doing this!? What the hell, man? "Put-Put me down!"
"Awww! But if I do that then you'll run away again!"
"I-I only run away because every time I bump into you, you try and kill me!"
"That's your fault for saying no one here cared about you~!"
"Th-That's only because I thought the potion made people fall for you, which in turn means fake! It-The feelings wouldn't be real if it was forced! Now-now put me DOWN!"
"Hm? But why would I do that? You're so cute when you're scared~!" He laughed again. My face flared red and angrily continued to pound my fists on his back, kicking my legs and trying to hit him in the stomach with my feet. "Hey, hey, that doesn't really hurt, you know?"
"Sh-Shut up! I'm just going easy on you!"
"Eh? Really!?" He sounded surprised and stopped walking. I paused and turned my head, only to scream when he suddenly pulled me off of his shoulder and held me in his arms. I struggled, ignoring his laughter. "How mad do I have to make you for you to go all out?" I looked up at him in alarm, seeing his eyes glint.
"What-What are you thinking?" I felt fear make its way into my system as thoughts of him trying to kill me enter my mind. "A-Ace...Put me down."
"Is this making you angry?" Of course its making me angry-Wait...he wants to make me angry. Which means if I tell him that him holding me makes me happy, he'll end up putting me back down on the ground, and then once he does that I'll be able to make a run for it. He was waiting for an answer patiently, a smile still kept on his face.
"N-No. It's-It's making me very happy." Surprise flashed in his eyes. He was silent for a moment, a smile still plastered on his face despite his confused look, before he burst out laughing.
"Ahahaha! I get it now! You're trying to trick me so I'll put you down! Smart girl, smart girl~! Hm..." He closed his eyes and started walking again, causing me to squeak and grab his jacket lapels tightly as I buried my face in his chest.
"P-Put me down! J-Just put me down! I-I won't run! I promise!" I felt like crying. I hated not having my feet on the ground.
"I don't think I trust you enough, Alexis. If I don't trust you, why should I let you go?"
"Be-Because I don't break my promises!"
"Hm~." Ace paused in his walking again, obviously thinking. I felt his grip tighten on me and I froze, waiting to see what he would do. "Will you go on an adventure with me then?"
Damn it. Last time I went on an adventure with him I ended up soaked, and he ended up flashing me. I-I mean, yeah he was shirtless and he looked-uh, gah! He was eye-candy, okay!? Don't-Don't make fun of me... I'm a girl, you know! I-I mean, it-it was strange and I overreacted saying that my eyes burned and all, but-but it wasn't like I was used to seeing guys shirtless! The only guys I've ever seen shirtless were my dad and brother, and the people in movies and stuff.
It's just extremely weird in real life.
"W-Will you-Will you put me down if I say "yes"?"
"Hmm...Maybe~! You're so small!" He laughed again and grinned as he looked down at me, "You're cute, Alexis. Haha! I can feel your heart beating faster now! Your face is even redder than before now! Am I making you angry?"
"Sh-Shut up, stupid! I'm not-I'm not angry!" Wait, why did I just say that? Shit. He looked surprised and stopped walking, before shifting me in his arms so his face was closer to mine. My face turned cherry as I leaned my head back, before squeaking and lunging forward, holding onto the adult tightly as the threat of falling grew more prominent. "Don't let go, don't let go, don't let go, don't-don't let go!"
Ace appeared stunned for a moment before his smile broadened, his eyes becoming rather dark. "Eh~? You don't want me to let go? Okay, then. I'll just keep carrying you. Onto an adventure we go~!"
"NOOO! PUT ME DOWN!"
"But you were begging me to keep holding you!" He protested, still smiling. Jerk. I'll wipe that stupid ass smirk off your face some day. Stupid Ace. "Plus, if I put you down, you'll fall into the river!"
"River? What the hell are you-" I cut myself off, freezing when I realized where we were.
Without me even realizing, Ace had managed to walk so far into the woods that we ended up at a river, Ace on the stepping stones, on the way to the other side of the bank. Horror filled my features as I screamed, yelling at Ace not to let me fall as I wrapped my arms around his neck, clinging on for dear life. He laughed loudly at my reactions as he hopped over the stones, saying, "Good thing these are here, right, Alexis~? We have steps! Sure you don't want me to put you down?"
"I'M SURE! JUST DON'T DROP ME!"
"Hahahaha! You're so funny~!"
Good god. I hated him. I was gonna kill him. I was gonna laugh as he died. With any luck, he'd put me down and fall into the river and drown. Ah, that would be a happy, happy day...
...w-wait...what's-
"F-FISH!" I screamed as one slithered up my pants leg. I hated the flying fish with a passion. "GET IT OUT! GYAAAAH!" I was stuck between screaming and crying and laughing my head off as it tickled me, slithering about my leg and tickling me. Ace looked alarmed at my sudden movements, and was unable to catch his balance after I accidentally hit him in the face, sending us both tumbling into the icy river. I felt Ace let go of me just as the fish slithered out of my pants leg, causing me to scream as I was suddenly swept away in the current. I coughed as water got into my mouth and gasped when I accidentally swallowed some.
This current was strong. I kicked my legs frantically as I tried to swim to the surface, the harsh waves ducking my head under and sending me flying through the icy depths. A-Ace-! Shit. Was he okay? I-I can't see-! It was dark and I felt myself get dragged under even deeper, my eyes stinging from the cold water as I tried to swim forward. I was an okay swimmer, but when it came to strong currents like this...
ACE! My lungs ached from lack of oxygen, and I felt that if I didn't break the surface soon I was going to break. Ace, Ace, Ace, where- It hurt my head to think, but all I could really think at the moment was if Ace was alright. I managed to swim upwards just a bit before something slammed into me, causing my mouth to open as I cried out in pain, water filling my lungs. "ACE-!" My voice sounded weird underwater.
Black started to fill the edges of my vision as I kicked my legs frantically, practically clawing the water as I tried to swim. The water was too strong and unfortunately...I ended up succumbing to the darkness as my lungs screamed for air.
...
I hacked painfully as water bubbled out of my mouth and onto my chest, pressure slamming down painfully. I gasped loudly and frantically for air, clawing at my throat as I curled up onto my side, flinching as pain wracked my whole body...
Ow... "ACE!" I screamed and shot up, stumbling onto my feet towards the river, "Ace-!" My legs gave out as I fell, causing me to land painfully on my front as I continued to cough up all the water that remained in my lungs. My chest heaved painfully as I breathed deeply, allowing the sweet oxygen to enter my lungs. I coughed a few more times before pushing myself up onto my knees, tears welling up in my eyes and falling down my face. Was-Was Ace okay?
Ace, Ace, Ace, Ace- "Be okay, be okay, please be-please be okay!" My head hurt painfully and I felt like the world was spinning as I tried to locate the coat of red in the blue water. I almost fell back in as I lost balance, "Ace-!"
Right as I started to fall a pair of huge arms wrapped around my stomach and pulled me back into a firm and strong chest. I started to struggle, but as soon I did so all my strength left as I collapsed against the body, utterly exhausted and deprived of strength.
"A-Ace is...Ace is still-" Darkness started to fill my vision again as my eyes began to flutter close, "Save-Have to save Ace...Ace..."
Ace was silent the whole time, watching Alexis' form collapse against him as she muttered his name. The poor teen had no idea that Ace was the one who saved her. He heard her heart dying. He wasn't sure what it was that compelled him to save her, but he had a feeling he knew what it was. Silly outsider had a heart and that drawn him to her, and it was even better because she gets just as lost as him when she tries to get somewhere.
He loved the lost look on her face. He also loved the look of fear that she had when he tried to strangle her before. Even he, the sadistic knave of hearts, fell for an outsider. An outsider named Alexis who just so happened to hate him.
At least, Ace had thought she hated him until she kept rambling on about saving him and trying climb back into the river despite her extremely weak state. As fragile as she was, and as much as she appeared to act like she hated him, she actually cared about him.
A smile spread across Ace's face as he lifted the freezing unconscious foreigner up into his arms, finding it rather cute when she was curling up against him for warmth. Ah~! They're both soaking wet. Alexis will die if she doesn't get warm. Outsiders are so fragile, he thought, berating himself with a grin for forgetting such an important fact. He trudged away from the river bank and into the woods, wandering around a bit before somehow managing to find himself in the hedge maze in Heart Castle. Haha~! It took a while, but he actually did manage to get to his room.
Ace mainly liked to wander around for the main purpose of wasting time, traveling, skipping work, or making people mad. When it did count however, Ace did actually manage to get where he wanted to go. Walking over to his bed, he dropped the unconscious Alexis onto the purple sheets and watched with a grin as she shivered and curled up into a ball. He laughed to himself before heading over to a dresser and pulling out some clothes.
Now...to get her out those wet articles of clothing... Ace himself needed to change as well. Wet clothes and dirty clothes were two whole different things. While clothes may get any dirt and/or blood removed with the time period, wet clothes actually needed to dry with time. Well, considering how fragile foreigners were, he considered it only right that Alexis get changed first. Lucky for her, his shirts were huge and would cover everything. Unlucky for her, she's unconscious and unable to dress herself, and Ace, well, he rarely takes morality into consideration.
Plus, it wouldn't be very knightly to let a young maiden freeze to death, right? As the saying goes, "Ladies First".
He left her undergarments on as he threw her shirt, jacket, pants, and socks and shoes to the ground, before calmly sliding her arms and head through a black turtleneck shirt. It practically engulfed the teenager's small form.
"Hm..." He stared at her a bit, red eyes darkening as a thought came to him. Why was he doing this? She wasn't Julius. She wasn't even Alice. Yes, he was a role-holder just like everyone else and would fall for an outsider's charm, but she often yelled at and said she hated him. He should just kill her. He should have just let he die. Climbing onto his bed, he laid down and rested his head against her chest, listening to her heart beat calmly as he closed his eyes.
Ba-Dump
Ba-Dump
Ba-Dump
It was completely different to the horrifying Dump...Ba-Dump...Dump...Ba-Dump sound earlier. That sound had scared Ace for some reason. Ace had always wanted to know what a dying heart had sounded like, but he never imagined he'd be scared when he heard one. Ace never got scared unless it involved Julius and one of his deaths. If someone tried to kill Julius while Ace wasn't there, he'd freak out and run to the Clocktower as fast as he could. However, he never imagined that he'd be scared for Alexis.
Ba-Dump
Though, now that he thought about it, it explained why he was so annoyed when that damn rat kept kissing her and trying to steal her away whenever they all cross paths. Ace hated Pierce. And he hated Pierce even more because Alexis was constantly around him. Alexis didn't belong to him.
Ba-Dump
Pulling away, Ace stared at the girl's pale freckled face for a moment before grinning. Grabbing her chin, he lifted her face up towards his and leaned, pressing his lips against hers for a moment. His clock ticked a little louder before he frowned, realizing that it wasn't as amusing or fun if she wouldn't react. He liked how soft her lips were, and how they tasted, but it wasn't as fun if she wasn't yelling at him for harassing her. He then paused, wondering something, before reaching up and pinching her button nose between his thumb and fore-finger, grinning and watching in amusement as her mouth opened in response and started to breathe out of it.
It was somehow cute and funny all at the same time.
"Hey, hey, you'll be mine, right? You won't let that dirty rat have you?" Her face scrunched up, and Ace's grin broadened when he realized it was because he was still holding her nose. He released it and watched as she grumbled, scowling in her sleep. "You're going to have stress lines if you keep making that face~!" He laughed, before standing up and stripping, changing into the clothes he grabbed for himself-which was basically a clone of the outfit he was wearing before, minus the jacket and sword.
He climbed up onto the bed again and rested his head Alexis's soft chest, listening to her breathing and her heartbeat with closed eyes as he waited for her to wake up. He was going to see how mad she'd get if he kissed her. Hehe~! She was cute when she was angry at him.
Oh god, my head... It felt like someone was banging it repeatedly against a wall without remorse-and it wasn't me! (I have a bad habit of hitting my head against walls when irritated or humiliated) I breathed in deeply, savoring the sweet sweet oxygen, only to pause, feeling something on my chest as soft strands of hair tickled my neck and face. I tensed, going completely still.
What was on me? Who the hell was on me? Oh my god. Oh shit. Damn it. Wait, what happened to Ace? What even happened?
I still hadn't looked at the person pinning me down, currently going through my memories.
We...Ace wouldn't put me down...a fish flew into my pants leg and tickled me...and then we...fell? I think that was right. I hit Ace in the face accidentally and he slipped, causing us to fall in the river... Wait, who saved me? WHAT ABOUT ACE!? The stupid knight probably wasn't able to get out! Where's the river!? Are we still even in the forest!? I was about ready to shoot out of the bed when I remembered the person pinning me down.
Wait...bed? I looked down and saw that I was indeed on a purple-sheeted bed. Hm...purple. I like purple. Looking around, I saw aligning the walls a bunch of swords and masks. The color scheme of the room was basically red/pink, blue, cream, and black. That was actually a nice assortment of a room design. I liked it...but something about it bugged me. And who the hell was sleeping with their head on my chest!?
I couldn't take it any more. I looked down and blinked, freezing up. Wh-Why was-Why was A-Ace sleeping on me!? And-And how'd we even get here anyway and holy shit Ace is alive. R-Right? "A-Ace?"
I brushed the hair out of his face and away from his neck, placing my hand against the side of his throat.
Tik-Toc
Tik-Tok
Tik-Toc
I relaxed considerably, relieved. I then paused, feeling an intense urge to hug the idiot and yell at him, and another urge to kick him off of me and scream and beat him up for scaring me like that and sleeping on me. The jerk! Wait, whose room was this?
Oh, god, please tell me this is not Ace's room. He's as directionally challenged as I am, if not worse. How did he even get us here? I doubt someone found us. And why are his clothes dry? How long were we asleep? Scowling as I tried to figure everything out, I started to shake Ace, trying to wake him. "Ace...Ace! Wake up! Get off of me already!" It wasn't working. Ugh... Settling with pushing him off me, I tried to get him to unwound his arms from around me. Unfortunately, almost every single person in Wonderland was stronger than me, which pissed me off. "A-Ace! Get off!"
His eyes finally opened, and he slowly lifted his head to stare at me. He blinked groggily, clearly must have been having a good sleep, before he grinned. I opened my mouth to demand what he was smiling so cheekily about, when he suddenly suddenly moved and hovered over me, grabbing both my wrists with one hand and pinning them above my head on the bed. I cried out in alarm and reached up to kick him, but he quickly placed a leg over both of mine, effectively leaving me defenseless.
"What are-what are you doing!? Let go of me you idiot! I'll beat you to a pulp if you don't-!" My breathing hitched in my throat as I froze, eyes growing wide as he suddenly leaned down and pressed his lips against mine, grinning. I flinched when he suddenly bit down on my lower lip and forced my mouth to open, slipping his tongue in and brushing it against the roof of my mouth.
He-he's-Ace is-He's just-Wh-Why-Why is he-!? I squeezed my eyes shut, struggling as red spread all over my face. Why is he kissing me!? He likes Julius-Julius! Ace is gay! I-I kinda like him and all; No! No I-No I don't-Oh, damn it, I fell for a gay guy. Just my luck. Plus, he's, like, ten years older than me! I'm fifteen! He's twenty-something! His tongue brushed against mine and I went still, finding the action very alien.
Freaking jerk stole my first french kiss and damn it, I admitted it. DAMN IT! I counted it! ARGH! SCREW YOU!
After a few moments, Ace finally pulled away, smiling at me. I'm gonna punch the bastard to- "You're all red and your heart's beating faster~!" My eyes grew wide and I protested loudly at his words. He merely laughed at me and asked, "Do you like me yet?"
"Wh-What the hell!?" I flinched when I said that, but relaxed knowing that it was Ace and not some other adult like Peter, who'd be appalled at my language. Ace was the first adult I cursed in front of and he was the one who said,
"You just cursed. Everyone does that." I was fifteen, yeah, almost sixteen. However, back in my world, if I ever cursed in front of an adult-specifically my Aunt-I'd get smacked in the mouth and forced to eat soap.
"Dude, you're, like, ten years older than me! You-You can't just go and-and-and k-kiss someone like that!"
He blinked at me. "I'm eight years older than you."
"S-S-So!? You-You're gay!"
"...You..." He stared at me blankly, the smile wiped completely off of his face. I was confused. Ace was gay. It was so obvious that he liked Julius. Even Nightmare and Gray agreed with me! Though Nightmare kept laughing at me every time I brought up the subject... Then he told me to be wary. Cryptic jerk! "You think that...I'm gay?"
"Well, y-yeah..." I felt highly uncomfortable as he stared at me, struggling to get out of my capture. I could still taste his saliva. I scowled and turned my head away from him as my face flared red, refusing to look at him. This was embarrassing. Why do I always end up in these kind of positions!? "You...You love Julius, right?"
"..." He was silent before he smiled again, a dark look forming in his mischievous eyes. I froze when his breathe suddenly trailed down my neck, his lips just barely brushing against my throat, "If you think I love Julius, then clearly I need to do something to prove you wrong."
"What the hell are you talking about-!" I clamped my mouth shut as a gasp escaped, Ace biting down on my neck. "H-Hey, let go! St-Stop tha-ah!" I flinched when he bit down, drawing out a moan. God damn it, I hate having a sensitive neck. I struggled, but Ace merely tightened his grip on my wrists, his free hand trailing down my sides. My eyes shot open in alarm, "Wha-What are you doing!?"
Ace quickly shut me up by slamming his lips against mine, his hand resting on my hip.
Freaking hell-Is Ace gay or not!? God damn it! Oddly, that was the only thing I really wanted to know as my heart raced and beat so fast that I thought it was going to burst. I turned my head with closed eyes and screamed, "JUST ANSWER MY STUPID QUESTION, DAMN IT! Are you gay or not!?"
He released my wrists and pulled away, practically straddling as he stared down at me blankly.
Ace's thoughts: How the hell does she still think I'm gay?
Alexis' thoughts: Wh-Why-Why does h-he keep k-k-kissing me when he's gay for Julius!?
"You...are truly an idiot." Ace commented bluntly in a polite tone, causing me to reach up and kick my legs out from under him, slamming a foot into his stomach angrily. He appeared unaffected. "I just made-out with and you still think I love Julius. Do I have to take you here and now just to get my point through?"
"No! I get it, I get it; you're not gay! Just don't touch me!" I scooted away from him frantically and pressed myself against the wall, face a dark red as my eyes widened in alarm. "Go sleep with someone else! I'm keeping my V-card till I'm married!"
"Ah...that's why you thought I was gay. Okay." He said, as if everything made sense. He then grinned, realizing something, "Say, have you ever had a boyfriend before?"
"N-Not-Not really, no..." Not one in my middle or high school years. So, really, I've only been kissed since I came to Wonderland and that was by Mr. Kissy-Mouse and I refused to count any of his kisses as a first-kiss. However, I accidentally made the mistake of counting A-Ace-DAMN IT THAT STILL PISSES ME OFF. "Wh-Why?" I suddenly had a really bad feeling as I stared up at Ace's huge form. "Wah-!" I screamed as I was suddenly pulled forward by a pair of huge arms around my waist, pressing me up against Ace.
He was huge compared to me. He could engulf me just by hugging me if he wanted too. Ugh, he made me feel short. Luckily, he wasn't six-foot-five like Elliot. I was just a few inches shorter than Alice, too...
Wait, why was he hugging me!? G-Get off! "Let go of me!"
"If you've never had one before, then there's so many things that I can do that'll make you all flustered and mad~!" He laughed at me and my face flared red. I scowled and punched him as hard as I could in the shoulder, yelling,
"What the hell!? Let go of me already! Nothing you do will make me flustered, so let go!" Before I could say anything else Ace had placed a hand on the back of my head and slammed his lips against mine, causing me to freeze up and spazz, face turning a deep red as I tried to figure out what to do.
Stupid, stupid, stupid Ace! S-Stop-Stop kissing me already!
Ace pulled away with a grin, saying, "Eh~? I thought you wanted me to stop. Why aren't you fighting back?" I pulled my hands off of his chest and started to hit him repeatedly, demanding to be let go. He laughed, "I get it now~! You don't know what to do since you've never been kissed properly, right? Haha! I can take care of that!"
I was about to ask what he was talking about when he kissed me again. I squeezed my eyes shut with embarrassment as I figured out what he meant by that.
Idiot Ace...
