To Every Guy That Said He Would Die For Her
Kel was furious. How could he? How could even say something like that? Everyone moved out of the way of the furious Lady Knight as she stormed down the hallway, no doubly heading straight for her rooms. No one knew the reason she was so mad or they might have chosen to keep her steady boyfriend of three and half months away because he was the problem.
"Kel! Come on Kel! Just wait!"
"No! I can't believe you would say something like that! I hate it when you do things like this!"
Dom sighed but as much as he'd like to have paused, she was walking so fast that he had to almost jog to keep up with her.
"Kel!" Dom called out again as she turned around the corner. "Come on Kel. You know I meant it,"
"And that's the point!"
Kel reached her rooms before Dom reached her and instead of him being hugged or even kissed by his sweetheart, he received a door in the face. He tried to open it but found it locked. This time he knew he was in trouble. How was he supposed to know that saying he would die for her would cause such a reaction? He was just telling her the truth.
"Dom, my idiot cousin, what is going on?"
Dom turned to Neal to find Yuki also standing beside him. She looked at him with worry but he was sure she was more worried for her friend.
"We just got into a little agreement–" Dom was cut off by Kel throwing something at the wall in her room. "–No big deal,"
Neal looked at him.
"I think it might be a big deal," Yuki answered for her husband rubbing her stomach. "Kel rarely lets her emotions show. Maybe Neal could help, maybe I could help."
Dom doubted it but the way Yuki was looking from Kel's door to him made him seriously think twice. Kel rarely did let her angry or hurt show and right now she was causing a huge mess in her room.
"Okay but Yuki could you see if you could talk to her? I don't know what I said to make her so upset,"
Yuki smiled kindly and touched his shoulder as she walked out of the doorway and down to Kel's rooms. Neal walked back into his room and Dom followed and as he closed the door, he saw Yuki glance at him and smile.
Maybe Kel's best girlfriend can work out what I did… I didn't think telling her that I'd die for her was such a big thing…
"So what did you say and how are you going to apologize?" Neal asked moving to his small drinking corner which was made up of a small bottle of whiskey and a table for two with two chairs.
Dom sunk into one of the chairs, which in his opinion should be a lot more comfortable and watched as Neal poured him a drink. The glasses were smaller then the ones you'd get at a pub or tavern but alcohol was alcohol.
"I didn't say anything really. We were just talking about Laurent getting shot but this arrow in the last outing. He saved one of the women we were escorting back to the palace,"
"Yeah I heard that from dad. He said he was recovering nicely and it was a pretty brave thing for him to save that girl,"
"I know. We all couldn't believe it at the time – he looked like he'd die for her. Luckily we caught the bandits and were able to get them thrown into prison. Anyway, Kel was saying how it was really sweet of Laurent to do that for that girl and I simply said I would do the same for her,"
"To which she answered that she doesn't need protecting?"
"Pretty much word for word. I replied that if I had to I would die for her if it meant that she would live,"
Neal watched Dom take a large sip of his whiskey. Neal sat down and also took a sip just a smaller one from Dom.
"She then told me to be serious. That I was stupid to say something like that and I was stupid to even suggest that,"
Dom sighed and gulped the rest of his whiskey.
"I asked her what was so stupid about me wanting to protect my girlfriend and if I died then I die for a purpose – saving her. She stood up and I could see that she was furious but I honestly didn't know what I done. Am I wrong to say that I would die for her? Because I thought that's what all girls wanted to hear that even if they can fight. Did Yuki react like this?"
Neal swished his whiskey before taking another sip. He had mentioned to Yuki that he'd die for her and she called him sweet and thanked him. He didn't know why Kel reacted the way she did.
"Is it her woman's week this week?" Neal asked hoping he wouldn't have to go into more details then that.
"No,"
Dom didn't think Kel would be happy if he went around telling Kel when that week was (it was two weeks ago).
"Then maybe just get a sorry gift. You can't go wrong there. It seems she might of mistaken your words. Come on, let's go get a gift that screams for you to be let back into her rooms,"
Meanwhile in Kel's room, Yuki had safely gotten Kel to stop throwing things. Yuki hadn't seen Kel this upset in years. Actually she couldn't remember the last time she was this upset. She was mad sure but it was a cover for her sadness – a cover to stop the tears.
"Kel, do you want to talk about it?"
"No."
Her voice is weak and Yuki feels overwhelmed with sadness for her friend. Yuki watched Kel climb up onto her bed as she sits in a nearby chair.
"Yuki? Did Neal ever say that he'd die for you?"
Yuki nodded but confirmed it by saying,
"Yes he did. The night after his Ordeal,"
"Did…Did it scare you?"
"Scare me? Why would it scare me? Is that what Dom said, that he'd die for you?"
"Yes."
Yuki moved to the bed, sitting at the end.
"He said he'd die for me. It scares me; why would he want to die for me?"
Yuki didn't say anything.
"It scares me to think he likes me that much. He hasn't even told me he loves me yet and here he goes around declaring that he'd die for me,"
"When Neal told me I was happy. It meant that I would forever be protected if he was around. Why are you scared?"
Kel didn't say anything more. Yuki stood up realising her friend needed to be alone.
"Kel, don't over think this–"
"It scares me Yuki because he's so willing to throw his life away for me when he doesn't realise if he dies I don't think I could survive without him, never seeing his face again. I love him Yuki and I would rather die then him,"
Yuki smiled softly as she nodded knowing exactly what Kel was saying. Kel let Yuki go and as the door clicked shut, Kel wondered if Yuki would tell Dom what she had just said. She didn't get a chance to think about it as someone else knocked on the door.
"Kel? It's Dom. Yuki said I should see you… Can I come in?"
Kel closed her eyes and schooled her features (though she knew he could and probably would break through her mask).
"Yes."
Dom let himself in quietly and shut the door behind him. It only took one look at him to realise his words had made her quite upset. Yuki hadn't been lying.
"Kel…" he whispered coming to her bedside. "Is it that you don't believe I'd die for you? That I want to protect you?"
She shook her head.
"I know you would but I don't want you too,"
"I know you can protect yourself Kelly, but I want to as well. That's what us boyfriends desire to do,"
She rubbed her eye and refused to show her emotions.
"Kel, please… Why did I upset you? I've never seen you this upset not even when we went to Scanra,"
She sighed.
"I don't want you to die because I couldn't live without seeing you anymore. It would kill me to know you died for me,"
Dom was stunned into silence.
"I love you Dom,"
Dom grabbed her hand tightly.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I-I love you,"
He stopped her from saying anymore and leaning down and kissing her. Kel lost all rhyme and reason because he had never kissed her this way before – kissing her like it was the last kiss he'd ever get from her. She whimpered as he broke away.
"I love you so much Kel, so much. And I don't think I could live without seeing you anymore either,"
He kissed her again and she pulled him into the bed with her. Kel loved the way he was kissing tonight. It was deep and his tongue had slipped inside her mouth which made her moan. This kiss wasn't guarded, it wasn't careful but it suited her fine. Kel made sure to kiss him back just like he was kissing her. Her heart was pounding hard in a jagged, disjointed rhythm. He broke away for a second.
"Kelly," he whispered breathless.
No one ever called her Kelly and she loved it when he did. She smiled and then his lips were on hers again and kissing her again with a passion she had only dreamt about but never felt before today. Just as she became dizzy he pulled away.
"Dom, I love you but promise me that you won't try and die just to save me,"
He chuckled but nodded.
"Only if you promise not to put yourself in dangerous situations,"
She laughed as he moved to lie on the bed with her…