Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the Disney characters.

A/N: So I've been asked to clarify the time line and after going back through it I realize that I have made it a bit confusing (okay, if I didn't have my thought process I would be lost too). Also before I forget there is a two year difference between Riku and Amaranth.

Chapter one: Riku is 6 and Amaranth is 4

Chapter two: Riku is 19 and Amaranth is 16 going on 17

Chapter three and beyond: Riku is 29 and Amaranth is 27

I don't plan on anymore time jumps, but if I do I'll give you guys a heads up. Yet as of now their ages should remain the same through out the rest of the story. I apologize for the confusion and hope you guys continue to read on. If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

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Chapter Four

Attraction

-A pure heart is superlatively rare and even more attractive.- J.S.B Morse

Kairi's right eye twitched as Sora finished recollecting the story of the Amaranth, Riku and him. 'She wasn't your lover?'

'No,' he shook his head.

'Do you feel something for her?'

'Not in the same way I feel about you.'

'Riku?'

'He holds a grudge against her for what she did to him and he wants to get back at her any which way that he can.'

'I don't think that's it, by the looks of it she's his possession,' she recalled the way that he waltzed into the office, zeroed in on her and dragged her way. 'Lover?'

'They never established anything, but maybe she does mean something more to him.'

'I always forget how slow you are at somethings,' she shook her head. 'Riku didn't want you to have her back then because he was in infatuated with her and now he wants what he couldn't have all those years ago. However, you interfering with his plans was an annoyance and I wouldn't blame him for being mad at you. You stole the girl once and you went to her before he could make an advance.'

'But he treats her like an object,' he rebuked, there was no way that Riku could be in love with her. He's known his best friends since they were little and he's never showed an interest in any female besides that of pleasure.

'Because he doesn't know how to truly express what he actually feels,' Kairi tried to explain. She'd only known Riku for a few years, but he wasn't all that bad and such a womanizer as most people thought. He actually cared for his partners, not enough to marry them but enough to keep them happy.

'I think you're confused. He'll use her, abuse her and then threw her away like she's nothing,' he denied her reason or that Riku could have been and still be in love with her.

Kairi sighed, 'I think you just have to trust me on this one. If Riku and her met when they were younger it is a high possibility that he like her developed feelings. I mean think about it for a minute. For as long as I've known him, he has never batted an eye when a woman has threatened to leave him or another man has shown interest in his partners. Heck, he makes breaking up seem like a piece of cake. But this woman is different, you say neither of you have seen her in over ten years and he reacts so passionately.'

'I don't think that we're on the same wavelength,' Sora just could wrap his head around her logic. 'He's an uncaring bastard.'

'Heavens,' she wanted to whack the sense into him. 'You're a fool that wants to keep his first love safe without realizing that you'll only be hurting them both. Just like you're hurting me,' she finished in a soft whisper. 'Do you think that I didn't notice the way that you looked at her?'

'I,' he noticed the downcast expression and the way she played with her hands, a nervous tick that was also a sign of anxiety and unsureness that would lead her to tears. He reached out and lightly cupped her cheek, 'I love you, but I just want to be a good friend to her and protect her from harm.'

Kairi wanted to believe him, but she had her doubts. If she were a man, she would pick the princess in distress over herself. She wondered that if Riku hadn't have interfered with their, whatever it was that they were calling it, would Sora even be with her right now? She wasn't going to deny the woman's beauty, she radiated an aura of pureness and innocence that was so alluring it was shocking. 'If you had a chance would you go after her?'

Sora was taken back by the question, but didn't halt his automatic reply, 'No, she was never meant for me. You were.'

She hadn't realized she had been holding her breath, until she sighed in relief and smiled up at him sadly. Sora loved her, she knew that but that didn't make her apprehension towards his feelings for Amaranth disappear. She would give him the benefit of the doubt and help him, even if she already knew what Sora refused to see. 'Come on, let's go save the Princess.'

'Thank you,' Sora kissed her, but pulled back as he winced.

'Out of all the times and reasons,' she shook her head at his pained expression. 'What are we going to tell everyone at the wedding?'

'I don't know,' he touched his busted lip, 'maybe it won't look so bad by than.'

Kairi got off the small sectional placed against Sora's office wall, reserved for guests coming in with their clients. 'I think the Princess and Riku have had enough time together.'

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Riku refused to let her get up once she was finished treating his wounds, he wanted her to be below him and not on equal ground. After watching her and studying her deep concentration when it came to treating him the only thing he couldn't take his eyes off were her lips. So the sudden question caught him and her by surprise, 'Why'd you kiss him?'

Amaranth looked up at him perplexed, she hadn't kissed anyone in years. 'Excuse me?'

'You kissed him at the resort,' he remembered the day as if it were just yesterday. 'Why?'

She searched his face wanting to know which kiss he meant, but there was no way that he followed after Sora and her. So she answered honestly, 'He asked me.'

'So if I tell you to kiss me, you will,' he couldn't believe that there wasn't anything else to her kiss back then.

'If that is what you want,' she got up, bent over until she was at eye level with him, leaned forward and did as told. Just like she had done with Sora years ago, she lightly kissed Riku on the cheek.

'You're mocking me,' he glared as he grabbed her chin and was about to pull her towards him so that she could properly kiss him, but halted as he heard Roger telling someone that they couldn't go inside. The door knob rattled in a failed attempt to open the door.

'Riku,' they heard Kairi call out to him and his grip on her chin tightened, 'unlock the door.'

'It seems that everyone is out to protect you,' he released her and she stepped back a few paces before straightening up, 'but no matter, you now belong to me.'

He got up and towered over her and gave her a menacing glare, challenging her to say otherwise, 'If that is what you wish.'

He scoffed in displeasure, she wasn't putting much of a fight which was disappointing. Yet he had to remember that it was in her nature to please everyone, 'Wipe that scared look off your face, I don't need them to think that I was abusing you.'

She moved out of his way as he walked to open the door and in the mean time, she tried her best to neutralize her facial expressions. 'Riku,' Kairi called out as she knocked on his door, almost banging on it.

He pulled the door open to the annoying brunette, 'What do you want?'

'The woman, Amaranth,' she didn't back away from his intimidating glare.

'Why, she is perfectly fine here,' he moved aside, but kept his hand of the opposite side of the doorframe to use his arm as a barrier preventing her from getting in.

'Amaranth,' she beckoned for her, 'let's go. Sora and I will take you home.'

She didn't know what to do, but Riku's clenched jaw told her not to move as did his words, 'I am sorry, but she can't go with you since she's already decided to come home with me.'

'Over my dead body,' she heard Sora's voice and saw the look of resignation on Kairi's face as her shoulders slumped a little and her dark blue hues lost their spark. 'She's leaving with us.'

'Please,' she joined them at the door, 'let's not fight.'

'Than come with us,' Kairi reached out her hand towards her, willing the woman to take it. But Riku caught her wrist and shook his head.

'She is staying with me,' he pushed her hand down from it's out stretched gesture and release her as soon as his mission was completed and it was lowered.

'Is that what you want,' Kairi asked Amaranth.

'Yes,' she answered softly, speaking the answer Kairi nor Sora wanted to hear.

'See,' Riku unclenched the fist he was holding as he had waited for her response.

Sora searched her face for any trace of cohesion, 'He's making you do this, isn't he?'

'She has a free will and this is her decision, now lets not start another scene here at the office,' Riku suggested as people had stopped to stare at them, trying to figure out what was going on or if they were going to fight again. 'My Father will be upset again if we start another fight.'

'You won't touch my future husband again,' Kairi boldly stated.

'If he doesn't continue to interfere, I won't,' he felt Amaranth's arm wrap around his free arm next to her.

'Please, stop,' she pleaded with both parties, but mainly Riku whom she tried to hold back before he did anything.

'Anything you ask,' he smirked. He had seen the shocked expression on Sora's face at her gesture.

'Amaranth,' Sora was worried that he had already brain washed her, especially with the sinister look in Riku's eyes and smile.

'It's okay,' she weakly smiled as she tried to reassure them. 'Thank you for your concern, but there is nothing to worry about. I am fine.'

'You heard her,' he told them before giving them one last glance to shut up and turned to the stunned and confused Roger. 'Cancel the rest of my appointments for the day, no make that for the rest of the week. I am going to be extremely busy so I won't be able to make it into the office.'

'Sir,' he nodded.

'I am going to grab my items and then we're leaving,' he turned to the woman hanging off his arm.

Amaranth released him and watched as he walked back to his desk to gather his keys and belongings, before returning to her and grabbing her hand and pulling her along side him. 'You've better inform your family that you'll be unobtainable for the rest of the week,' he ordered as they walked down the hall way from the prying eyes and into an elevator that would lead to an underground parking garage.

Once they were near his car, she halted, her arm suspended in the air and he turned back to see what was the problem. The rest of the week didn't seem like a huge amount to pay for whatever it was that he was seeking retribution for, however was it possible for her to really submit to his demands. He had wanted to kiss her before, so did that mean that he wanted more then just her humiliation. 'What is it,' he demanded as he tugged on her wrist.

She held her ground, 'I can't leave with you for the rest of the week.'

'Why not,' he didn't think that she would fight back, she had already promised to do as he said.

'I have other responsibilities that I just can't drop,' she knew she could leave the bakeshop to her father and the rest of the crew, but it was such short notice and more of an excuse to protest.

'You can leave them, someone else can take care of them if they are really important,' was his nonchalant answer as he yanked her forward, harder then before and she stood inches away from him. 'You promised to be my poppet, so do as you're told.'

The gleam in his eyes told her that he was serious, he would get her to go with him whether she liked it or not. 'Fine,' she mumbled as she dropped her gaze to the floor and obeying him.

'Good,' he praised her for her commitment to her resolve, 'but how far are you willing to go before disobeying me again?'

Her skin crawled when he leaned forward and kissed one of her exposed shoulders. Riku didn't want to just orally break her, but morally and physically push her beyond her limits. He wanted her entire body as payment for her transgressions against him. 'You should have never strayed and left me.'

Her head snapped back and he forced a kiss on her lips that left her breathless and cold. It was nothing like she had wished their first kiss to feel like, it was demanding, urgent and overbearing but not deep she refused to open her mouth and submit. 'I am going to tarnish your innocence,' he growled in a low ominous voice as his lips brushed against hers.

Amaranth turned way, not wanting to make eye contact with his piecing hues. This was not the man that she remembered, the man that she had fallen in love with would never be so cruel and imposing. 'Text your family,' he commanded as he pulled away from her and released his hold on her waist, where the hand he had been holding her wrist had gone to once he began kissing her.

She searched for her phone and stubbled with the keys to text her family and informing them of her sudden emergence that she needed to attend too. She had used an old college as an excuse and said that she would be flying out of the city for a while to help her friend for the time being. It wasn't a complete lie and they knew that if she said she was going to visit Tiana, she would be safe from their deep inquires. After she finished texting, Riku snatched her phone from her hands and turned it off before pocketing it, 'I don't need people interrupting us.'

He opened the door for her to get in the stylish black car and she complied without another fight. He wondered if she thought that her punishment would only last a short time verses the rest of her life. Humph, who was he to burst her bubble now and think that freedom was just around the corner. He would find some form of shackling her to his side by any means necessary. As he walked over to get into his car, he contemplated where to take her. If he took her to his apartment, Sora and Kairi were sure to pop up. If they went to her place there was a huge possibility that her family or friends would go searching for her. He was just about to take her out of the city when he recalled Jacques and the hotel that his wife co-owned, Wellington, it was a perfect luxury hotel that could accommodate them. He took off not sparing a glance at the woman beside him.

Amaranth watched the buildings go by and wondered where he would take her. Her home wasn't an option because he hadn't asked about it, so his place would be the next best beat. Yet after the quiet drive they pulled up to a grand hotel, she wondered for a second if that was where he lived but that would be ridiculous so her next thought disappointed her. He was going to treat her like a common whore, use her until he got tired of playing with her and then throw her away like a toy that lost its appeal. 'Come on,' he ordered for her to get out as the vales raced up to greet them.

'Sir,' the young man took the keys from Riku and nodded over at his partner, whom had opened the door for Amaranth. 'Do you have any bags that you wish us to get for you?'

'No,' he answered.

'Okay,' the young man quickly filled out the small form in his pocket and handed Riku a copy with his number and car plates.

'Thanks,' he walked over to join Amaranth, whom had caught the other vale attendant's attention and grabbed her wrist, he didn't like the fact that she easily attracted attention.

'Welcome,' they were greeted by the doorman as he opened the door for them as they got near.

'Hello,' Amaranth smiled at the older gentleman and Riku nodded in greeting.

'Don't smile,' he ordered in a whisper as he noticed the sudden male interest in her again.

Her smile crumbled and she forced herself to remain neutral and sighed because anything she did seemed to trigger his anger. It saddened her to realize the person that he had become. Had her departure really been that life altering? She knew that he would get upset even a tiny bit mad, but this was too much. It seemed that all this man wanted to do to her was force her into submission and toy with her. 'Hello and welcome to the Wellington Hotel,' the receptionist greeted them with a bright smile. 'How can we be of service?'

'I would like the penthouse suite for the next five days,' he answered.

'Sir,' she checked if she could accommodate him and then asked for his information and a card to go on his account. Once the transaction was done, he handed him two key cards and wished them a wonderful stay.

Arriving at the top they got off and walked to the only door on the floor, which Riku opened to reveal a beautiful and spacious apartment. It was luxury at its finest. Before them it opened up to a large living room with a large white sectional couch and red wood coffee table. If front of it was a wall made out of glass so that guests had a view of Chicago and all its fine architecture, but currently it was the view of the setting sun that captured her attention. Pulling her gaze from the yellow, orange and red hues that slowly disappeared and became darkness she searched the rest of the area. To the left of them was a kitchen with dining table, beside it was large bar that displayed many liquor bottles with another small room beside it, maybe leading to a bathroom. Shifting her gaze she turned to look to the right of the living room and found a small hallway, which she assumed lead to the bedrooms one would be the Masters and the other a spare. 'Go shower,' he startled her from her observation, as he closed and locked the door.

'Wouldn't you like to talk first,' she wanted to delay him, because a shower could only lead to one thing.

'You smell like him, I don't like it,' he stated as she jumped at his tone.

Amaranth didn't understand, she thought she smelled of the bakeshop and not anyone. Yet she nodded and headed in the direction of the bedrooms and stopped when he called out to her, 'Leave your clothes on the bed.'

What was he going to do with her clothes? He wasn't going to throw them away was he or hide them and leave her naked for the remainder of their stay at the hotel, she questioned. But without a word she nodded and walked into the spare room, closing the door as she entered. She undressed and left her clothes on the bed as instructed, however as she entered the bathroom she locked the door behind her. She didn't want an unsuspecting attack and she needed her alone time to process everything that happened. Amaranth turned on the hot water and the steam quickly began to fill the room, she was going to scrub away all her sorrows but instead collapse onto the bath tub floor and allowed the hot water to sting away at her skin. Allowing herself to silently cry as the tears mixed in with the water raining down on her. She hated her predicament, but in order to repent for the damage that she had caused she needed to compile. She had wanted to be near him, but not in this manner. She could easily cry for help but her desire stopped her, Amaranth was at conflict with what was right and what was wrong. What she desired and what she knew she need to do, but being with him no matter how much he hated her or would humiliate her in the future left her stagnant.

Yet there was also the fear of what lay ahead held for her and it was not something that she wanted. She had wanted her first time to be with a man that she loved and not one that she feared. She didn't want to be taken out of spite and revenge, but out of love and compassion. Amaranth wasn't a blow up doll and she didn't want to be used and then thrown away. 'How am I supposed to get through this,' she silently asked herself.

Riku took her dress with him, he wanted to get rid of the damn thing because he didn't like the way she looked in it. It was as if it mocked him with its purity, a purity that he wanted to tarnish and as much as he wanted to claim her he would wait. Forcing himself would be fun and all, but he knew that she wouldn't express anything and he wanted her to want him as much as he carved her. After all he was human and seeing her in such a short dress with so much skin exposed, left him wanting more. Nevertheless, knowing her, she would pull away and close herself off doing what needed to be done out of obligation. He left the room with her dress in tow, without it she would go nowhere and he doubted that she would have the courage to call home or anyone for help. At least for today, once everything sank in and she realized her predicament would she want to run away.

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Amaranth stepped out of the steaming bathroom, it was as if she had been trying to do herself off with hot vapor since the difference in temperature was notable. She had expected to see Riku waiting for her, but instead saw that her dress was gone. All she was left with was the bathrobe and towel that wrapped around her. The room was devoid of life besides her own, she slowly ventured outside of her room to go and inquire about her clothes but the only person residing in the penthouse was herself. For a moment she sighed in relief and went back to the guest room that she had decide to mark as her own, instead of venturing to the Master bedroom. She feared the idea of what could happen there, but at the same time welcomed the thought that it would be him and not someone else. She sank into the bed, brought her hands to cover her face and realized she was a walking contradiction. She let her emotions of the past dictate her actions, instead of finding this an opportunity to get away. When she was young she had been in love with the boy, but this man she feared. When he looked at her he didn't see a person, but an object that he possessed. At moments he wanted to rail her to feed his ego, so that he could crush and belittle her but she withheld her desire and remained silent. 'I am so stupid,' she remembered Nina's warning.

'You shouldn't go, Boss,' she tried to stop her.

'I know, but I can't help feeling that his is my fault.'

'It's not, you should let them handle the situation. If you go you might make things worse,' Nina pointed out.

'I…' she was right there could be the possibility that she could make things worse between them.

'If not between them, than maybe between you and him,' she explained. 'I didn't mean to overhear the conversation earlier, but it's hard to believe that the other man wouldn't have hurt feelings over what happened. You don't know if he will lash out or not.'

'It's a risk, I have to take,' she smiled weakly.

'Then let me come with you?'

'You need to watch the shop and I'll be okay,' she tried to reassure her as she finished changing and grabbed her purse and headed out with a determined spirit.

'At least be careful and if anything happens call,' Nina walked her to the front door.

'Thanks,' she had called back to her as she hailed a taxi.

She dropped her hands in resignation and turned her head to look out the window at the night sky, empty of shimmering sparkling stars. The many light from below prevents the appearance of stars and managed to fill her room with a soft glow, that did anything to set her mind at ease. Amaranth felt as tired, lost and empty as the night sky before her. She had decided to be his poppet, but was she going to be able to withstand him. Riku would try to break her bit by bit until he got what he wanted and then throw her way. 'What happened to you,' she asked the empty room. 'Did I really cause you this much pain?'

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Hina looked at Nina again, 'So she's gone?'

'Yeah, where'd she go,' Hina demanded to know.

'I don't know, she changed and left to go stop the young man that came to visit her,' Nina informed her.

'Was he tall with silver hair and blue green eyes?'

'No,' she shook her head. 'This guy had blue eyes and chestnut brown hair.'

Hina had been texting Amaranth all afternoon, but she had never responded. She had thought she was pulling a double, but when she got to the bakeshop to go and find her she was gone. She asked the attendants if they knew about her whereabouts, but they shook their heads claiming that the last one that saw her was Nina. It had taken minutes to locate Nina and when she did, she had demanded a recount of what had happened. She told her, but it made no sense. Why would she disappear into thin air without telling anyone? 'Her mother made a comment before I left that she had gone out of town to visit a friend,' Nina offered as she watched the tall red head deep in thought.

'Did you hear who?'

'Um,' Nina racked her brain trying to find the name, 'Tiana.'

'Tiana,' Hina hadn't heard that name in a long time. Amaranth and Tiana were closer than she and her, but if something came up unexpectedly Amaranth would have informed her.

'Do you think she could have lied?'

At the question, Hina's head snapped up and looked at the blonde in revelation. 'That is a high possibility, especially given the circumstances.'

'Then if she lied to her mom, where could she be?'

'I don't know, but I'll find her,' Hina vowed.

'You know, your dedication to her always makes your intentions and relationship questionable,' Nina commented off hand.

Hina and Nina had known each other for a while and both were friends, but each still questioned the other and usually got under each others skin. Amaranth was usually their buffer and in-between, without her around Nina would slowly get picking away at her. 'What does that mean?'

'It's just you act like her lover, I mean looked at how worked up you are about finding her. A normal person would have at least accepted her comment about going to see a friend but here we are thinking about her being kidnapped.'

'I never said she was kidnapped and I am not her lover. If you haven't noticed that over the years we've both know Amaranth, she's had a habit of being able to find trouble a toss of a coin. Hell, the first time I met her I had to save her from a jerk that wanted to take advantage of her after she had politely refused. You've even stepped in to help her on occasion,' Hina shot back.

Nina pressed her lips together before she nodded, Amaranth was usually a beacon for trouble especially around the opposite sex. Her father has had to let go of some of the more bold and straight-forward assistance that they have hired over the years. They would take one glance at the soft spoken, kind hearted, dark haired woman and be captured by her spell. That was also the reason they had moved her to the three a.m. shift and surrounded her by females, the only male that she was around besides her Father was Shibuya. His dislike for people, but talent for immersing himself in his work and what he could produce was what allowed him access to Amaranth. Over the months though, it was become apparent that he was being to enjoy his interactions with her more then original. 'Fine, I'll admit it,' she grumbled since when her father wasn't there she had to step in and rescue the damsel in distress.

Looking at her cell phone, Hina saw that it was getting late, 'I'd better let you go.'

'What are you going to do about Amaranth?'

'Find her, but it's too late for me to go to the Tool's place of employment,' she remembered the name of the law firm the silver hair man worked for.

'Want me to come with you?'

'Don't you have work?'

Nina's eye twitched, 'You know she's my friend too.'

'Never said she wasn't, just asked if you didn't have to go to work,' Hina clarified.

'I don't see why she likes you more than me?'

'Probably because I am on the same level as attractiveness as she is.'

Nina forced a laugh, 'Please, I'd like to meet the person that told you, you were attractive. Because tall, lanky and flat chested are not in the same department of attractive beauty.'

'Why,' she wanted to throttle the blonde, but decided against it. Nina did have her uses and she was still a friend.

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Riku returned to the quiet and dark penthouse with two bellhops following behind him. One carried boxes and shopping bags, while the other carried his suitcase. 'Sir, where would you like for us to place these?'

'Leave them on the coffee table,' he began to panic a little when she didn't come out to see what was going on. 'Here.'

Both bellhops wished him good night and left without another word after they took their tip. He waited for them to leave before he headed to the room she had gone into earlier. The light was off, but with the light from the city below he had more then enough to scan the room for her. As he looked at the large bed, he noticed her small figure curled up into a fetal position. The dark covers contrasted against her light skin and the white bathrobe. He walked further into the room, so that he could get a glimpse of her face which was currently turned away from him. He suddenly felt upset that she was wearing a bathrobe and that it prevented him from further assessing her. It covered more then her dress and it annoyed him. However, he controlled himself from taking the bathrobe off and exposing her figure.

He took a seat beside her and as he was about to reach out and remove the hair that had fallen across her face. Amber orbs shot open and began to register the situation before she jerked her body away from him and pulled the bathrobe tight against her. 'My clothes?'

'I threw them out,' he watched as she maneuvered to the other side of the bed to get up without removing her gaze from him.

'Why?'

'I found them bothersome.'

'I have nothing to wear,' she pointed out.

'If I would have thrown the bathrobe out, you would have nothing to wear,' he mused at the thought of having her walk around naked.

She glared at his sudden amused expression, 'I want my clothes back.'

'Please,' he got up, 'who ever said that I would want you in clothes.'

She blanched at the thought of having to be naked in front of a man who would waste no time in filling her. 'You're kidding.'

'I am not,' he lied and wanted to test her resolve. 'You said that you would do anything I asked for.'

She watched as he moved around the bed so that he was standing in front of her, but still a good distance away. 'As long as it is within reason,' she reminded him.

'Hmm,' he nodded, 'then I want you to disrobe.'

She shook her head in refusal, 'You said the request had to be within reason, it's not like I am asking you to service me.' He pointed out, eventually he would get to that request, but for now he wanted a peek at what she had to offer. The bathrobe hugged her curves more then white dress, so it did reveal to him that she had an hourglass figure with the right amount of curve and appeal. Any man would be hard at just the sight of her covered in a bathrobe that offered easy access to her womanly goodness and he couldn't deny that he was a little excited. 'If that is not within reason, I can change my request.'

'No,' she quickly shook her head, there was no way that she would offer herself to him.

'Then,' he waited and watched as she debated with herself. 'I don't see what the problem is.'

Easy for you to say, she thought as she looked him over and found no physical flaw with him. However, she had seen two of his previous girlfriends and knew that she didn't stack up to his taste. Both women had been tall, top heavy and curvaceous with a nice backside to support the front. She on the other hand was of short stature, her breasts decent at a c-cup but not impressive enough, she was toned and in shape but nothing really stood out to make her naked worthy. 'I am not going to lower myself,' she rebuked.

'You already have, you're standing in a hotel suite with a man you have promised to do as he says,' he smirked as he watched her fidget. 'How about if I tell you that in the living room there is a set of new clothes just for you, but the only way of getting them is to let me see what lay beneath the bathrobe.'

'You're a pervert.'

'I never claimed to be a saint and if you can't do it yourself how about I help you out,' he stalked over to her and she backed up against the wall.

'Stop,' she ordered afraid that if he got too close and did help it would lead to more then just an exhibition, plus he wanted to see beneath the robe and underneath that she still had the towel. 'I'll do it myself.'

Her last few words were just barely above a whisper, 'Fine, but the towel comes off too,' he pulled away and took a seat on the bed once again so that the city lights could give him a good view.

How did he know, she wondered as she took a deep breath trying to calm her nerves. Shaking the sudden thought of dying of embarrassment, shame and dishonor. She moved her hands to the sash that held the bathrobe together and undid it, she slipped out of the robe and let it pool around her feet leaving herself in just the towel. Slowly her hands moved to where the towel was tucked under and with each hand holding one end she closed her eyes before releasing it and letting it drop to the floor. 'I hate you,' she told him as her face felt like it was on fire.

Riku didn't say anything to her remark, but just stare at the exquisite beauty before him. She sure knew how to hide such a lovely figure with unappealing and loose figureless clothing. God, he felt his member become stiff at the thought of touching and kissing her pale white skin. He got up off the bed and walked over to her small figure, her eyes snapping open at the sound of his foot-steps coming closer. 'Stay back,' she covered herself with one arm while the other she held before her trying to keep him away.

He grabbed the small wrist and slammed it against the wall behind her, 'Don't, please,' she cried as her other hand came out to stop him from advancing. 'Riku!'

He could see her eyes start to glisten with tears and he stopped. He wanted her to suffer. He wanted to touch her. He wanted everything from her but at the same time his feelings for her were muddled, did he hate her or was their more behind his lust and anger? 'Amaranth,' he saw the tears begin to escape and slid down her pale cheeks. His grip on her wrist loosened, 'The clothes in the living room are yours. Get ready so that we can leave once I am done showering.'

She nodded in response, afraid that if she did speak the cry that she was holding back would escape. 'I like the purple dress, wear that,' he ordered her but didn't move or release his grip. 'You may have avoided this now, but next time you won't be so fortunate.'

Amaranth swallowed and bowed her head, she had a feeling that he was right and not amount of tears and protest would stop him. He's win and claim his prize, a prize that he had won the moment they met years ago by the koi pond. 'Good,' he released her and walked away unsatisfied and annoyed that she had won out against him.

The door slammed shut behind him as he left and her legs gave out, she couldn't believe what just happened. She had exposed herself to him and with that thought of exposure she grabbed the bathrobe beneath her and wrapped herself up. He could change his mind at any moment and come back, the bathrobe wasn't going to be enough she needed clothes but for that she needed to leave her room. Heavens, it was going to be a long five days. Riku wasn't a patient man, eventually his advances would get him what he wanted whether it was by consent or force. 'What am I going to do,' she questioned softly as the tears refused to stop and her nerves continued to wreak havoc on her body.