Broken Promises

Authoress: Cattsy (Catness)

Chapter word count: 1433 words

Point of view: Kaoru

Chapter Seven:

I lay in pain and I heard a moan escape from my lips. Slowly, I opened my eyes and looked up. The sky had become dusk red with tints of purple. If I wasn't exhausted, I would have found it beautiful.

"It's nice to see that you are awake," a husky voice said.

I sit up and turn to the direction the voice came from. The man had a handsome face and brilliant blond hair to match. It took me a moment, but then I remembered what happened. A sense of fear crosses my body and I try and stand up, but it makes me feel dizzy so I have to sit back down. I looked over at the man again and he had an evil smile across his face. It scared me for a moment. Silently, he realised and corrected his face.

Gently, Sebastian reaches across and strokes a cheek. "You're exhausted, try and sit. I've called an ambulance for you." I study his face; he seems concerned. "I'm sorry about before," he comments. "I think that you're gorgeous and I got ahead of myself. Why were you in the forest?"

He seemed to be sincere. He was holding a cell phone in his hand. He could be telling the truth. On the other hand, he might be trying to learn more about me. Perhaps it was all a trick. I look into his mesmerising eyes. For now, I think I might humour him until he does something suspicious.

"What did you follow me?" I ask with narrowed eyes and a glare.

He looks at me calmly. "I decided to go for a walk earlier this afternoon. You might not have noticed me, but I saw you running along and then you entered the forest. I was curious and decided to follow you and see what you were doing. But then when I got closer, I caught a glimpse of your face and I needed to kiss you so badly." He bows his head before raising it to catch my eye again. "I'm sorry if I scared you."

"I had an argument with my brother." I say to him. "I was jealous because he has been hanging around a girl a lot recently." 'Mmmm,' I think in sarcasm, 'don't tell him anything that might look bad.'

Sebastian looks at me with a questionable look.

"Oh, we're twins," I clarify for him. "We've never been apart for more than a little while." I don't know what it is, but something about Sebastian makes me feel comfortable. Like he won't judge me for what I say or feel. I look deeply into Sebastian's eyes. Something about him is just so refreshing and open.

"So what went wrong?" Sebastian asks gently. He moves closer until he's sitting right next to me. I'm a little surprised when I can't move away, only closer if I wanted to. Sebastian lifts a hand and caresses my cheek, gently.

"I don't know…" I say truthfully. "Everything was fine until we started making other friends. Up until then, we were all each other had. Then we met Haruhi. She was the first who could tell us apart. My brother got a crush on her. So I decided to push them together by setting them up on a date. Since then, they just got closer and closer until I realised that I'd barely spoken to Hikaru for days." I sigh and look away from Sebastian. It's surprising, but I'm feeling a little better now that I have someone to talk to about it.

If he uses any of this against me, I know I'll be kicking myself. But for now, I'd just like to sit here and tell someone about how I feel. Hikaru had never paid much attention to feelings or thoughts. He was more the type to act before thinking. It was one of the things that mad us different. At the moment, it's what had separated us and made it impossible for me to tell him how I felt.

"So then I decided to see if he really cared," I continued. "I wanted to make sure he still paid any attention to me. I wanted to see if he would still run after me when I ran away. So a few days ago, I managed to get him to promise me something trivial and meaningless that he would forget. Then this afternoon, we were sitting around with a few friends and someone asked why Hikaru and I seemed to be drifting apart. I mentioned that it was ok as long as Hika remembered and kept our promise. But then I lost my nerve and ran as far as I could with out stopping and now I'm here."

I paused to take a breath. Then in the silence, I heard sirens in the distance. I sighed with relief that Sebastian hadn't been lying about that part. It made me feel better to know that I could trust him for now.

Sebastian looked at me with a thoughtful look. "Since you've trusted me, I think I at least owe it to you to tell you who I am," he said with a glance deep into my eyes. "My name is Sebastian Hawking, I'm 21 and I used to live in England. My father is a wealthy businessman and my mother is a seamstress. When I was about 8, my father started criticizing me and pressuring me to do things I didn't want to do. Like extra afternoons at charity events and more extra-curricular activities like piano lessons and tutorials for things like manners and stuff. I know that the things he told me to do where helping my future, but I didn't want to do them and I didn't know how to tell him that I didn't want to do those things. The final straw was when he told me that he had prepared a marriage for me. I didn't know how to tell him that I didn't like girls. So when I turned 15; I left. I just left a note for him one day, saying that I was leaving to come to Japan. When I came here, I enrolled in a local school and then began my studies. Now I've become a successful fashion designer. I work with a large company and help make dresses for fashion shows."

"My mother is a fashion designer as well," I smiled quietly as I listened to his charming voice. "I'd like to follow her footsteps one day." He turned to me and stared at me with a strange look. It was almost as if he couldn't decide what to say. The sirens were louder now and we could now see the brilliant flashing lights.

"Ummm," he said with a shy glance away from me. He turned back and looked into my eyes. "I-I really like you. Would you like to go out with me sometime? You know, like a date? I'm really sorry for scaring you before. I've only just met you but I've found this talk to be nice. Ever since I came to Japan, I've lived by myself and I haven't had many other friends. It's been nice to talk to someone like this."

"Ummm," I looked into his eyes and found it rather hard to let the word 'no' escape from my lips. I think that Hikaru would find it horrible if I started going out with someone while he stayed home, lonely. But on the other hand, Sebastian was right; this talk has been nice and even though he tried to seduce me earlier, I feel like I have a lot in common with him. "I'd really like that." I said with a smile.

I leaned closer to Sebastian and brushed my lips gently over his. I pulled back and peered past him to see the ambulance pulling to a halt. Several paramedics exited the ambulance and came over to us.

After they'd had a quick look at me, they decided that it was best for me to take a trip to the hospital. With the help of Sebastian I stood and leaned on him for support.

"So…" Sebastian said in curiosity, "What was the promise?"

I snickered and took a deep breath. I leaned into Sebastian's ear and whispered, even though there was no reason to.

After I'd finished, he turned and gave me a quick peck on the cheek. Then we both laughed. It felt good to laugh, but it would be even better if Hikaru was here. I hoped I would see him soon.

To Be Continued…

Authoress notes: Urm, this was a long chapter. My apologies if you don't like Sebastian's part in this, but I think I'd rather continue with this area. I like the suspicion and the possible lies that might come from it. I'm just going to continue and let me know what you think, please.

Cattsy…