Broken Promises

Authoress: Cattsy (Catness)

Chapter word count: 1069 words

Point of view: Kaoru

Chapter Five:

After stumbling, clumsily, through the darkness for what seemed like an hour or more, I came to rest at a tall tree. I leaned on the tree, catching my breath. The forest had been thick at some points and I now had scratches on my face and hands. I probably shouldn't have come into the forest; I should have stayed on the road. I should have tried to walk further along the road. Drat our curiosity. No, wait, drat my curiosity. At the moment, my throat was extremely dry. I paused to listen to my surroundings. I heard birds and rustling noises. A gentle breeze whispered through the trees and brushed my hair gently...

I looked around silently, expecting for Hikaru to pop out from behind a tree. A tear trailed down my cheek and dropped to the floor of the forest. I bent down and looked at where it had landed. It was a small stem with a leaf or two. It was cute. The two leaves were identical. Like Hikaru and I. Except if the leaves could talk, I'd probably find that they had completely different personalities. One might not be good at something, whereas, the other was completely opposite.

I smiled gently and turned back to the direction I thought the road was. I'd taken no more than a few steps when I heard an unusual rustle.

"Well hello there," a man's voice said suddenly from the trees. "Aren't you handsome…?"

I gasped and jumped back in surprise. The man came out from behind a tree and took a few steps towards me. I took a few steps backwards so he wasn't so close.

"W-who are you?" I asked, tentatively, with a slight stutter. Great, I'm scared, alone and it's my entire fault.

I studied the man. He seemed to be foreign, yet he spoke Japanese rather well. He was tall with a rather slender neck the extended from his broad shoulders. He wasn't thin, yet his body was well proportioned and he was a bit muscular instead. He had blondish-brown hair with blue eyes. He was wearing a suit. This seemed a little unusual to be wearing in a forest. He is kind of handsome.

"Who am I?" he asked, I felt the urge to hit him and run. I was a slightly uncomfortable at the moment; I had never faced anyone like this without Hikaru close to me. I miss him. At the moment, I feel so scared and alone. It's like I have a big hole inside that this random person has come and expects to fill it.

He extended an arm towards me. Slowly, he puts a handkerchief to my cheek and rubs away some blood and dirt. The cuts hadn't been so bad before, but now I feel a stinging sensation. They must have been worse than I thought.

"Yes," I said, taking another step back. I just felt like I wanted to be as far away from this man as possible. "Who are you?"

"You don't need to know that," he said gently. He swept me into his strong arms before I could react. He pushed me against a tree and pinned me there… gently? My eyes widened. He looked deeply into my eyes. It wasn't just a slight discomforting feeling now. I felt bad, like I was doing something wrong. Hikaru and I had insinuated doing similar things while in the Host Club, but this was much different. The man ran a hand through my messy hair and swept it away from my face. "But you can call me Sebastian."

Like a school girl, I felt my knees tremble. It sounded so romantic. Yet, it was so scary and weird. With my surprise, the man leaned forward and let his lips brush against mine. He pushed his tongue into my mouth and I was frozen. He held a hand on my waist and ran the other down my shoulder, past the elbow and picked up my hand.

I closed my eyes and completely lost all of my common sense. If only Hikaru was this gentle. We had insinuated doing things like this. He had once told me that he had wanted to do something like this and when I had said "no", he had said, "Don't you trust me?" He had always used something like that against me. Trust; the thing I believed in most.

Wait. Trust? I open my eyes. I don't even know this person. I pull my head away. "I can't." I say, with a stutter. 'Yeah, that's forceful enough,' I think sarcastically.

He smiles as he leans towards my lips again. "Don't worry, I think you're doing fine," he comments as he kisses my jaw line, pushing my head up against the tree trunk. He traces a finger along my collar, down to a button. He played with the button until he managed to undo it. Slowly, he began to do the same with the next one down.

'I can't do this,' I think. 'It's just wrong.' A little voice in the back of my head says to me, 'as wrong as being with your own brother?'

"No," I say forcefully and try and push him away. I struggle, trying to pull away and break free. His strong arms grasp my shoulders and hold me tight. I flail my limbs. It works in movies, why not here? A knee hits his stomach and he bends over in pain. I turn and run towards what I think is the road.

I sighed with relief as I came back to a familiar tree stump. I looked around and closed my eyes after a moment. I decided to go right. Actually, I had no clue where I was going now. Instinct told me to go right, though. I sighed, tired. I wasn't bothered anymore. I think I should count my blessings and just be happy being near my brother.

I stumbled several meters then I paused. My breathing had become hazy and I was rather dizzy. Suddenly I couldn't keep my balance and I just had to lie down… an echoed thump hit the ground. I suppose that was me. I'm not sure anymore… I was confused and my vision was fading to black…

To Be Continued…

Authoress notes: Don't really have anything to say at the moment. But the next chapter might not be up for a little while. Might not be able to come on for a while due to my dratted computer.

Cattsy…