Destiny and Fate Ch 14
The heavy silence consumed the place. It was quieter than a graveyard during midnight. The lights in the house was all shut off because the cold ice princess was never up and moving. She stayed in her bed, sulking, lamenting, and detesting everything in her life. Soon, as the time passed by, Hikari couldn't help but to feel extremely awkward to simply remain motionless in her bed. She felt strange. Usually, she was able to stay in her bed the entire day. However, she couldn't stand the silence for more than 2 hours today. She wondered why such a change occurred in her. Soon, a thought appeared in her mind and she continuously denied it.
'I don't miss Ishida!'
However, the more she denied, the more she felt it become true. She buried her head under the plushy pillow and tried harder to tune out her thoughts. Her efforts proved to be futile. Finally, unable to stay still any longer, she got off her bed and exited her room. She moved down the stair and walked into the kitchen where gourmet dishes have been nicely prepared for the ice princess. She looked at the food for a short while and started eating it. Her silverwares moved slowly and her mind was too fatigued to think about finishing the entire meal. In the end, she didn't finish half the meal and moved back upstairs. While walking up the stairs, she came across the shut door of Takeru's room. Without any thoughts, she began moving towards the door.
"…Are you back…?"
She whispered as she quietly opened the door. However, the gold haired titan was not home yet. She walked into the vacant room and sat down on the bed. Although this room was originally hers, she couldn't help but to look around it because it now had a different aura in it. Not much has changed since the day Takeru moved in except for the blanket and pillow set on the floor. Then, she looked at the bed and saw that it was bare. She realized, then, that the bed was too small for her pale fake boyfriend to sleep on. She got off the bed and sat down next to the Takeru's floor bed.
"…Idiot…"
She quietly insulted the tall man for not telling her the problem with the bed. She touched the blanket and before she could realize, she was hugging the blanket firmly. It still had a faint scent of Takeru's body and warmth. Soon after, she realized what she was doing and tossed the blanket away. Hikari hugged her knees and sat quietly, trying to sooth her conflicting mind. Troubled mind began to produce stress on her fragile body and her divine eyes gently closed themselves. Her consciousness drowned in the slumber and the scent of Takeru triggered her mind to dream about him. The last image she could clearly see before her mind became blank in the sleep was the image of Takeru driving back home through the heavy traffic. Be it a coincidence or not, the pale giant was indeed stuck in a big traffic at that moment.
"Geez, I think I can crawl faster than this."
The driver of Hikari's fancy car complained. Trying to remove the stuffy air, he lowered the window and felt the cold breeze of early winter. Numerous minutes passed by and the pale man didn't move more than 5 meters. By this time, he didn't even have his hands on the steering wheel. There was no need for them to be there since he was moving so slowly. From his viewpoint, he could see the tall building that he and Hikari live. Judging by the size of the building he saw as of that moment, he knew that he was still many minutes away.
"Forget this."
Getting sick of waiting in the traffic, the gold haired man took the nearest exit and left the freeway. He decided to drive home using roads other than the freeway. And he was right to do so since he was now driving faster than before. After several minutes of driving, he finally returned to his dear fake girlfriend's home. He got out of the car and entered the elevator with a sigh.
"What am I gonna do?"
He whispered to himself because of his worry for Hikari. This time, there was absolutely no way to change her mood of the day. He couldn't come up with any clever comeback or playful jokes that would lighten her day. With no solution popping up in his head, he silently pressed the elevator button and waited patiently. Soon, he arrived at the floor which the two bitter fake couple lives and started walking. He saw that the lights still weren't turned on and assumed that Hikari was still asleep. Then, he started walking to her room in hopes of cheering her up.
"Hey…I'm back."
He spoke as he opened her room door. However, she was not seen in her room. Then, immediately, he listened to the surroundings and tried to hear any sounds that she could be making. Nothing was heard in the building and he walked out of her room and began opening all the doors that existed on that floor. He looked all over, but she was nowhere to be seen.
"Where did she go now?"
He spoke softly with worried tone. He headed in his own room as final resort to find Hikari. And immediately when he opened the door, he felt incredible relieve and warmth rushing through his body. The ice princess who supposedly did not care a single bit about her fake boyfriend was sleeping peacefully in his room. He couldn't help but to smile brightly upon seeing this scenery. Then, he walked to where she was and picked her up extremely gently as if he was handling a newborn kitten. He placed her on his small bed and covered her with a blanket. Once he finished all that, he sat down on the bed, looking at the beautiful sleeping face of Hikari. Slowly, but surely, Takeru's elegant face was moving towards the angelic face of Hikari. Time slowed down as the two's faces were coming closer to each other. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity passed, Takeru felt the Hikari's vulnerable lips. The warmth of her lips overwhelmed the pale man's sensory system. Starting from his lips, he began to feel an electrifying sensation that started to numb his entire body with endless pleasure. The wetness that he felt on her lips enhanced the electrifying sensation.
"…Mmm…"
She moaned as response to Takeru's deep kissing. Then, the pale man stopped tasting her lips. Half the reason was because he was afraid of her waking up. The other half was because the electrifying sensation was close to knocking his consciousness and mind out. Soft breaths of pant left the gold haired titan's mouth, trying to slow down his racing heartbeat. He looked once more at Hikari's beautiful face and smiled magnificently.
"One day…freely…"
With that whisper, he got off the bed and walked for the door. However, he couldn't move a single step because his hand was held firmly by Hikari's soft hand.
"Hi…Hikari…?"
He called her, but she did not answer. She was holding his hand while still asleep and unconscious. He made a grin and talked silently.
"Wish you'd do that when you're awake too."
He went back to the small bed and lay down as well. First, he was holding her hand while watching her sleep. Then, he couldn't resist Hikari's lovely charms and embraced her in the end. Though Takeru felt it every time, contrariety with her personality and body warmth surprised him. She was unbelievably warm and comforting. Even though he did not like to sleep in his room's bed, he ended up falling asleep due to Hikari's irresistible allure and soft, delicate body.
"I guess sleeping here once couldn't hurt."
He closed his eyes and let the hours fly by. The needle of the clock moved rapidly and the shorter needle passed four numbers. When such numbers of hour passed, the sleeping beauty had woken up from her slumber. The moment she opened his eyes, her mind was thrown into utter chaos.
"Wha…"
Their faces were extremely close to each other and the fact that she was tightly pressed against the sapphire eyed man turned her face ruby red. Wanting to break free and not wake him up at the same time gave a tough time. The pale man's grip was tight and her gentle struggle was an effort in vain. She pondered whether to wake him up or not, but soon abandoned the idea after seeing his peaceful and divine sleeping face. Because she was locked in that position, she was forced to stare at that close up of the gold haired jokester's face. She attempted to make a slight distance between each other, but as soon as she did, Takeru strengthen his grip and pulled her closer.
"…"
Her body's temperature rose up and heart began to beat rapidly. Their faces were perhaps too close now. Her lips were slightly touching his lips. Now, she was afraid to move anymore. If she moved even an inch forward, their lips would meet completely and if she moved backward, Takeru would simply pull her even closer. She was stuck in a situation where either choice ends up with a kiss with the sapphire eyed giant. Not wanting that outcome, she remained absolutely still, more still than the dead. Minutes went by, but to the brunette girl, each second felt like hours. During those times, she looked at his face and wandered.
'Takeru… tell me…Who is this man in front of me?'
A surge of nostalgic feeling rushed down Hikari's entire body, giving her an overflow of emotions. Such overwhelming sensation of emotions could not be comprehended at one instance. Hikari's nostalgic feeling and the similarity of face her fake boyfriend had with the deceased Takaishi confused her. Her perplexed mind was thrown further in to discord when she felt the soft breath of the blue eyed joker. Each breath felt intoxicating and she began to lose control of her body to her urges. There was absolutely no question that the Takeru was handsome and attractive. It was normal for any girl to want this man by her side. Hikari, though different from the average girls, couldn't pull her urges aside. Takeru's each breath was stimulating her body. Then, it finally shut down her sense of logic and reason. She tilted her head forward and landed her lips onto the red part of his pale face. Instantly, her body's sensory system was overloaded with tremendous pleasure.
"Mmm…hah…Nn…"
She couldn't help but to moan because of the sensation she was experiencing. Hikari experienced the same feelings she felt back at the office. She was losing senses in her body and was growing numb. The pleasure she felt was increasing too much and her head began to feel dizzy. Afraid that she might pass out, she pulled her face away from the tall sleeping man. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and spoke.
"Over already, Hikari?"
"…!"
She tried to speak, but her heart was beating too fast. She was panting hard because of the incredible sensation and embarrassment. The pale prankster was awake when she was kissing him. She couldn't have been more embarrassed. However, the embarrassment soon went away because Takeru began kissing her again.
"Mmm! Nng!"
She tried desperately to pull away, but it was an utter failure. His arms were compressing her against him and his lips were moving in a berserk manner. Unlike the delicate Hikari, Takeru was uniquely fierce when it came to this sort of things. Hikari felt her head growing faint and in attempt to escape, she began kicking the ferocious pale man. Sadly, her kicks were weak and gave no damage to him. Then, unlike what she expected, he parted his lips and spoke.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
"Haa…haa…I…can't…"
She couldn't properly speak because the vast amount of pleasure was forced into her delicate, frail body. The evil man remained smiling and spoke deviously.
"Do I feel that good, Hikari?"
"…You…wish…"
Though panting was still there, she finally recovered enough to speak clearly. However, that last sentence she let out was a mistake.
"Really? I thought I was pretty good. I guess I just have to try again."
"?"
He made an evil grin and held the ice princess even tighter. She felt a cold chill go down her spine. Hikari figured that if she was pleasured any further, she would faint. Then, Takeru leaned his head towards her.
"No, no, no wait! Ish…mmn!"
He did not wait and resumed kissing her before she could say his name. Paralyzing sensation dominated Hikari's entire body. All part of her body was feeling a tingly sensation, similar to a shock caused by static electricity. She constantly tried to shout out at Takeru, but she couldn't convey any message through noise that sounded like a pleasured moan. Hikari's constant struggle only stimulated Takeru further and turned him even more aggressive. Sound of lips smacking became clear and loud which excited the both individuals.
"Mmn! Nggh!"
Her body reached the limit of pleasure she could feel. Her voice grew loud and echoed in the small room. Then, she lost all her strength in her body. The sensual kissing drained all her energy and left her vulnerable. Finally, Takeru ceased tasting her lips and pulled himself away.
"How was it? I'm not that bad, right?"
"…haa…haa…"
She couldn't talk at all because of pleasure overdrive. All she could do was pant endlessly and wait until she could recover from the exhaustion. Even while waiting, the pale man did not stop teasing her.
"Whenever you want to feel good, just ask, okay? I'm ready anytime."
"…"
Hikari did not argue back since she was completely worn out. She simply waited until her stamina returned. Until then, she endured Takeru's endless teasing and joking statement. After minutes of recovery, she sat up and began yelling at the person who nearly knocked her out.
"Never do that again!"
"I thought you started it."
"…"
She fell silent. Then, she began making up excuses.
"I didn't start it! You moved while sleeping, so you started it!"
"Really? That's strange because I was having a dream where you viciously started kissing me."
He spoke in an extremely teasing manner.
"That's just a dream. And what do you know? You were asleep!"
"Well, that's true. Yeah, sorry. It was my fault."
"…Yeah…"
She felt it weird for Takeru to take the blame so easily. Normally, he would easily counter her with logical, snappy sentences. However, that was not the case. He was either genuinely unaware of what happened or trying to respect Hikari's thoughts.
"But you gotta admit that you felt good when I kissed you."
Takeru changed the subject and spoke a provocative sentence. Her mind was frantic, but she denied the truth with calm in her voice.
"Not even close."
"Hmm~. I guess I still have to work harder. I might need to practice more often."
She felt a dangerous chill go down her spine again and strongly objected the idea.
"Never do that again. Understand me, Ishida?"
"Really? Never, ever again? You mean it?"
He spoke in a devious tone. Then, she recalled her memory and tried to remember the incredible pleasure she felt. Hikari started having second thoughts about her statement.
"Umm…I…"
A chuckle followed after and the tall fake boyfriend interrupted.
"Don't worry. I'll wait until we actually become boyfriend and girlfriend."
"…"
"Then, hopefully, I'll be able to kiss you everyday."
"…That won't happen…"
"Doesn't hurt to hope, right?"
"…Hope is useless…"
She gave a weak, half hearted reply. Then, the man with blue eyes spoke in a serious tone.
"Weird how you say that when you have so much hope for yourself."
"…"
Like always, he was sharp on reading other people's feelings and minds.
"Don't lose your hope…Ever."
With that, he got off the bed and started walking out of the room. Just before he could touch the door knob, he halted. He stopped exiting the room because Hikari had shot her terrible gun near him. The mechanical thunder roared throughout the apartment and Takeru turned around to face her.
"Hikari…?"
He said in a worried tone because she was trembling and shaking. Takeru couldn't read her emotion and mood because her face was down. After a heavy silence, the gun mistress spoke.
"…Why are you doing this?"
"What?"
"I don't get you at all!"
Then, as she angrily raised her head, she fired a bullet and pierced the wall next to the gold haired titan.
"Don't lose my hope? Do you know what the hell you're saying, Ishida?"
"…"
"Why are you discouraging me from giving up on Taichi?"
"You know exactly why."
Then, another gun fire was shot at the blank wall.
"I'm asking because I don't know! Why?"
Despite the dangerous situation he is in, Takeru kept his calm.
"It's because you two love each other."
Her trembling intensified and her fury became more evident.
"Then, why are you doing this?"
"Doing what?"
"Continuing to live with me and trying to make me your girlfriend!"
The pale man sighed and answered her.
"Because I want to win that bet, Hikari."
"That's where I don't get you! Why are you trying to put me and Taichi together when you want to be with me as well?"
"…"
A grave silence came down on the two. Takeru did not speak until the clock needle ticked 120 times.
"Because I want you to be happy, Hikari."
"What?"
"If you and Taichi can be happy together, then that's okay with me. I only wish for your happiness."
"How are you okay with that?"
"When you truly love someone, isn't it natural that you wish for more happiness for your lover than yourself?"
"…"
"Exactly. I want what makes you happy, not what makes me happy."
"…"
Hikari couldn't say anything anymore, but the blonde kept on talking.
"Nobody gets to choose the happiness for you. It's you who makes that choice. I'm just trying to help you make that decision."
"…"
She looked down again and the arm that held the deadly gun was lowered. Takeru, then, turned around again.
"Your happiness is my happiness. Know that there are no wrong choices. I only wish the best for you."
With that final sentence, he exited the room, leaving Hikari alone. As soon as the azure eyed blonde left the room, crystal tears rained from Hikari's celestial eyes. Even though Takeru had said that her happiness is his, she couldn't get rid of the guilt that she felt. She did not know what to do from that point on. The heavy burden of making a choice was now hers. No, it's always been hers. She didn't know when exactly, but she knew for certain that she would have to choose either the man she loves or the man who loves her. She fell on the bed as she cried.
"…Did I do something wrong? What did I do to deserve this? Why must I go through this?"
She lamented the cruel, merciless fate. Overrun with guilt and sadness, she spent that night in Takeru's room, crying her heart out. And as if the Earth understood her, the sky grew dark, gathered black clouds, and began crying along with Hikari.
Another some what sloppy chapter. It kinda shows what Hikari thinks of Takeru and his actions. Takeru is so selfless and caring. Isn't he? I'm still kinda having debate who I should pair Hikari with...Anyway, back to writing! I promise that it will get more interesting in the later chapters. Have patience. The story is still in the beginning stage and developing!