I stirred slightly as I felt someone lay on the bed beside me.
"Comrade?" I asked sleepily, rolling over to see Dimitri in just his boxers slipping under the covers with me.
"Hey, Roza. I'm sorry to wake you. I couldn't sleep. Is this okay?" He asked hesitantly, still positioned on the very edge of the bed.
"Of course. Come here." I pulled at his arm, wrapping it around me so I could snuggle into his chest, resting my head where his shoulder connected with his chest. The thud of his heart was steady and strong. In the warmth of his arms, I got sleepy again. "I love you, Dimitri."
"I love you, too, Roza." He responded with a kiss to my forehead. "I'll still be here in the morning, you just sleep now." I didn't protest but instead timed my breaths with the pace of his heart and before I knew it I was back asleep.
When I'd woke some hours later, I'd forgotten that Dimitri had crept into my bed. Strong, muscular arms were wrapped around me from behind and heat was radiating off his bare chest. A panic started to work its way up until I took a deep breath of the all too familiar scent of Dimitri. That's the only way I can describe it. It's probably a little piney, but it's his natural scent, so it's uniquely him.
Once my brain had registered that Dimitri had me wrapped in his arms, and he was still asleep, a devious smile spread across my face. I wiggled my butt against him, hoping to wake him. I woke something.
"Roza." He mumbled, still asleep. His arms tightened around me, forcing me hard against him, not that I minded. In fact, it was feeding straight into my plan. Wiggling my butt again, I felt his cock twitch, but he still didn't wake. The third-time wiggling seemed to rouse his mind enough to kiss the back of my neck before tightening his arms once more and nuzzling his head into my hair.
I wiggled once more, this time Dimitri was fully awake and aware of what I was doing. I chuckled as he growled, but he'd yet to release me.
"Good morning, Comrade, and Not-So-Little Comrade." I said cheekily.
"Good morning, Roza, or should I call you 'Temptress' today?"
"Only if you want me to call you 'Big D.'" I responded and he growled again. I only laughed as he snuggled back into my hair, taking a deep breath. "Do you know what time it is?"
"Almost 10." He informed me after turning to look at the clock on the bedside table behind him. "I'm assuming your father is going to come looking for you soon."
"And you're going to stay in my bed until he does?" I asked. His eyes widened in realization of where he was. He finally released me only to stumble off the bed, looking horrified.
"He's going to kill me." Dimitri muttered, running a hand through his hair. I laughed at his expression.
"If he knows what's good for him, he'll leave you alone." I said, motioning him back over. "Now get back in bed with me." He was a little hesitant at first, but finally caved when I jutted my bottom lip out in a pout.
"You're not playing fair, Roza." He teased bringing his lips to mine. I rolled him onto his back and straddled him.
"You know what they say, 'All's fair in love and war?'" He released an animalistic growl, before gripping my hips, pinning me in place. I placed one hand on his chest, leaning down on the other hand which was placed next to his head.
I lowered my lips to his softly, but he quickly captured my bottom lip in between his teeth, causing me to moan and deepen the kiss. One of his hands had released its grip on my hip and was working its way up my side to caress my breast, the other remained on my hip, but had found its way under his shirt that I was still wearing.
He was about to get rid of my shirt when the door flew open, revealing an irate Abe. Dimitri jumped, but because I was on top of him, he wasn't going anywhere. His hands leapt off of me and he wore an expression of pure terror. As for me, I looked over my shoulder with an irritated expression, my hand still on Dimitri's bare chest.
"What do you want, Dad?" I asked with annoyance.
"I want you to climb off of Mr. Belikov, and I want him to keep his hands off my daughter." His teeth were clenched as he tried to cage his rage.
"Neither of those things are going to happen." I told him, grinding myself back down onto Dimitri, he gave an involuntary moan causing Abe's expression to darken even more. "If you're ready to start planning, we'll be down in a few minutes. Otherwise, I'm going to kindly ask you to leave, before I make you leave not so kindly." I plastered a sweet smile on my face and accompanied it with a sweet tone.
"You and I are going to have a little chat, and she won't be there to protect you when we do." Abe threatened pointing to Dimitri. I felt Dimitri gulp, but he only nodded in response. "We are ready to start planning, though. We're all downstairs waiting for the two of you." Abe said turning back to me with a much kinder tone lacing his words. The expression on his face soften when he looked at me, before hardening again as he glanced down at Dimitri still pinned underneath me in only his boxers. He gave a sharp nod before turning to leave, the door left wide open.
"We will finish this later." I said leaning down to give Dimitri a chaste kiss then climbed off him in search of clothes. Dimitri still looked a little shocked at what had just transpired, but pulled himself out of bed anyway. He left my room to go down the hall, presumably to get dressed.
After I had dressed in clothes that I found just outside the door, I made my way downstairs. The smell of food was wafting through the halls and my stomach made itself known. When I entered the dining room, I saw Dimitri was already there, seated and eating, with a loaded plate placed in the spot beside him. He motioned for me to take the seat and the plate.
"Thanks, Comrade." I said as I sat down, giving him a soft peck on his cheek. His expression turned terrified again and I looked up to see Abe giving him a death glare.
"Old Man, I'm only going to tell you this once. Dimitri is my boyfriend now. You may not like it, but you're going to suck it up and deal with it. I'm in love with him, and he's in love with me." I projected to him while giving him a glare. His eyes turned to mine in surprise. "If you can't deal with this, I will be leaving and taking him with me. So, you either deal with it in your house, or you don't deal with it and I leave."
With one last glare in Dimitri's direction, Abe nodded in compliance. I took Dimitri's hand in mine and gave it a gentle squeeze; he rewarded me with a large smile that lit up the whole room. The rest of I guess it would be brunch was done in silence. I was the last to finish eating and as soon as my fork was set down after my last bite, Abe got straight to business.
"Alright, Rose, could you tell us all your powers, that you know of?" He started first by addressing me.
"It's a long list, well not that long, but longer than most." He nodded and pulled a pad and pen seemingly out of thin air, looking up at me expectantly, I continued. "There's duplication, telepathy, telekinesis, pathokinesis, aerokinesis, atmokinesis, calokinesis, geokinesis, thiriokinesis and hydrokinesis. I recently discovered I have potentikinesis."
Abe sat and scribbled down the listed abilities.
"Is that it?"
"Not at all. Dimitri discovered I could teleport. I have an ability to detect another Spirited if I come in contact with them. Also, I've been able to conjure up an ability if I think of it hard enough. Oh, and invisibility." I sat racking my brain for more abilities. "I think that's it."
Abe nodded still jotting things down. After he'd finished his list, he just stared at it before looking up at Dimitri with a faint hint of malice.
"What about you?" He waited expectantly with his pen poised ready to write, though with the grip he had on it, it could have been used as a weapon. "Have you developed anything new?"
"I don't think so? Telepathy, telekinesis, pathokinesis, duplication, thiriokinesis, umbrakinesis, vita-mortokinesis, potentikinesis, and metallokinesis. Is that the same as you remember it?"
"Other than the duplication." Abe stated. Dimitri looked over at me and I smirked knowingly at him.
"I'm not sure that it's a recent development, but he's definitely used it more often now."
Abe's head whipped up and glared at Dimitri who looked over at me with a scandalized look on his face. I laughed at both of them.
"It's not like that, Dad. That's how I found out that Dimitri was Spirited. I forced him to use his ability and the one that presented itself was duplication." Abe looked skeptical, but accepted the back story.
"From these abilities, I can't think of anything that Victor could be looking for. Of course, I don't know what he's looking for so I couldn't even begin to guess what he needs an ability for."
"So, what are we going to do?" I asked. "We can't just leave the other Projects in their Academies to be subjected to Victor's plot."
"There's not much we can do right now. Tatiana is sending over someone with blueprints of the other compounds so we can start putting together a plan."
"Who is she sending?" Dimitri asked curiously.
"Adrian." Dimitri started laughing hysterically, but Abe was extremely confused by his outburst. "What?"
"If you don't like me when I'm around your daughter, being the gentleman that I am, you're going to absolutely loathe Adrian Ivashkov." Abe's look turned murderous again and I rolled my eyes.
"You can't have a problem with every guy that shows me attention, Old Man."
"I can try." He muttered to himself, probably taking it more as a challenge than anything.
"I know I'm going to have a problem with it when he starts flirting with you. Knowing him, it won't take but two minutes in the door for him to throw some sexual innuendo into the conversation or look at you suggestively." It was Dimitri's turn to look murderous, though on him the look was sexy.
"Don't worry, Comrade. You're the only man I have eyes for." I said sweetly, batting my eyelashes at him. His expression turned loving, and he leant over to give me a lingering kiss. I wanted it to progress further, but I had a feeling that Dimitri was very much aware of Abe and the power he holds. I sighed pulling back. "So, when is this Adrian going to arrive?"
"He should be here sometime this afternoon, though I don't know when exactly." Abe said with a thoughtful expression as he looked back over the list of abilities he'd made. "Kiz, when you said you could conjure up an ability, what did you mean by that?"
"Well, Dimitri was sneaking into my room one night and I didn't know it was him. I'd back myself into a corner willing myself to go unseen. When Dimitri turned on the lights, revealing himself to me, he couldn't see me. We pondered from there what it could mean. Dimitri asked me if I thought I might be able to do another ability and he suggested teleportation. Needless to say, it worked." I explained. "I think I would be able to do it with any ability, though I'm not sure how long I can use the ability once I've conjured it up."
"That could be useful for us, but dangerous should that information fall into Victor's hands." Abe said giving me a serious look. "I think we should all take a break, do a little clothes shopping, and reconvene when Adrian arrives with word from Tatiana."
We all nodded, and Abe provided us with laptops and credit cards. He told us not to worry about the cost and buy whatever we would need.
"You want to help me pick out bras, Comrade?" I whispered seductively in Dimitri's ear. His eyes darkened and his pupils dilated, the look of pure unadulterated lust washed over his face.
"There's nothing I would love more, Roza." He grabbed my hand and pulled me quickly up the stairs with a laptop and card in hand. This was going to be fun.