I thought this chapter was fun to write... *cough* anyway I incorporated some things from the Silvio route. Spoilers if you haven't read it.

Enjoy!

Chapter 3: To be protected

Pt 1

I don't remember when I might have dozed off but when my eyes opened again, Hal was nowhere to be found.

Still, I can't move my limbs so I'm stuck glaring up at the ceiling until Hal comes back.

There's a knock at my door and I know at once it isn't Hal. Strange how you can tell a person by their knocking patterns.

I know this knock… (Why him? Go away.) I don't have time to say a word aloud before I'm greeted by a shock of fiery hair. Does Silvio always go places uninvited? Has he not figured out he makes me uncomfortable yet? Maybe he knows… perverted little sadist.

"What are you doing here?" my voice shakes and I internally cringe. He need not know I'm nervous.

Silvio seems offended by my annoyed tone but still he nears even closer to my bedside.

My heart pounds when I realize I can't escape anything he does to me. Staring up at him I wait for his next move, trying not to flinch in anticipation.

"Are you not going to push me away?" Silvio removes his glasses and leans over my bedside. Those golden eyes hold a malicious glint and I can't look away as those warm less orbs had me pinned more than my paralysis.

"Hal?!" the name rolls off my tongue without a second thought.

"That rabbit?" Silvio scoffed, leaning closer, almost as if he were going to kiss me. His forefinger trails across my lips, sending a scorching fiery path on my skin.

(Did he just burn me? It hurts!) "Ouch!" I try to bite back my pain but Silvio just grins.

"How unfaithful you are letting me so close." He's almost purring, and the sound made me feel sick.

I turn my head, hoping to dissuade Silvio's kissing but I regret it as instead his lips pressed to the side of my neck. My eyes fly open in shock, realizing my mistake.

"S—stop it" my fingers flex as I try with all my might to swing my fist into his face. So much for that idea… at least I'm getting small movements back. That's good right?

My breath hitches as Silvio trails his tongue across my neck, reminding me of a vampire. (This is not happening… oh so not cool.)

"If you really wish for me to stop, you can always push me back and I'll gladly stop." His breath on my neck makes me wish I could squirm away.

(He knows—he knows I can't move!)

I refuse to beg. Maybe he'll leave me alone if he can't get a reaction, but it's hard to ignore anything he does when he's burning me by a single touch like this. (Why is he hurting me? It hurts so much.)

Fighting off a whimper of pain that tries climb up my throat, I close my eyes when tears try to form. I should scream for help but I can't seem to speak. It's as if he placed a silencing spell on me.

There's a thud outside the chamber door. It opens with a slamming crack as it thuds into the wall. Silvio locked it on his way in. I should have realized it before now.

Silvio turned away from me toward the door. At once I found my tongue loosened; able to speak.

"Hal!" his name falls from my lips like a prayer as his form fills the doorway.

Hal's eyes meet mine with warmth before leveling on Silvio who was bent over me, holding my shoulder down and my chin with the other. The warmed was replaced by a look so cold I expected Silvio to turn into an ice sculpture at any second.

"Unhand the Queen, you demon!"

Silvio dropped his hands and stood up with a flourish. "What is it to you, little rabbit?" Mockery was evident in Silvio's voice, "Do I make your blood boil in jealousy?"

(Shut up, Silvio!) I flexed my fingers again, watching as my whole hand moves. I test it and sure enough, my arm has movement. Taking advantage of how close Silvio is standing, I swing my arm as hard as hard as I can, knocking Silvio onto his knees.

"What the-?!"

Slowly, I manage to pull myself up into a sitting position. "Time to be silent, Silvio," I nearly growl in my annoyance. Both men stare at me in complete shock.