My Blonde – Chapter 4

Love Knows No Gender

A gun shot, a scream, shattering of glass and a thud was heard before Kurogane fell into unconsciousness.

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Fai's POV

It has been three weeks since I've met and lived with Kuro-pon. But it has been a year since I've met and dated Randal. Randal and I met at what you would call a romantic place to meet, a glistening pond. I was sitting on a rock, feeding some ducks some bread.

"Your eyes are the color of the pond, and your hair is like the sun." I heard someone speak next to me and I looked up from the ducks. A man with black hair and brown eyes was standing next to me, a paper was in his hand and a smile was on his face.

"Your skin is silky like the clouds, and your smile flutters like the tree blossoms." The man continued. I gave the last bread to the ducks that sat at my feet and stood up.

"That's some nice poetry, you should say it to your girlfriend." I smiled back at him then turned around. He grabbed my arm.

"Love knows no gender." He whispered in my ear. I turned back to look at him.

"Wha-" His lips caught mine. My knees wobbled. He wrapped his arms around my waist and held me upright. I heard the ducks chatter grew louder as he deepened the kiss.

"They seem to be liking it…" I thought. I didn't know they were telling me the opposite, but at that time I was swept away by a man and his poetry.

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"You know, you're beautiful." The man said in a low voice and gingerly touched my hair. We were lying on the grass, side-by-side, staring up at the stars. I didn't know what time it was but when we stopped kissing and lay here, I found out it was already nighttime.

"Thanks for your flatter, but we only just met." I said and looked at him. His hand was outstretched.

"I guess I should have introduced myself better. Randal Bives." I shook his hand.

"Fai Flouright."

"Good afternoon, Fai. It's a pleasure to meet you." He winked.

"Well thank you. It's a pleasure to meet you too, Randal!" I smiled then stared back at the stars again. I felt his hand interlock with mine.

"You know, you're beautiful." He said once again but in my ear. My heart raced and I felt my face get hot. He kissed my cheek and I closed my eyes. In less than a day, I, Fai Flouright, fell in love with this man, Randal Bives, by a moonlit duck pond.

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"Everyday, you come to this pond?" Randal asked me one day. Ever since our meeting, I've always unexpectedly bump into him at the duck pond. And every time we share questions and answers.

I nodded, "The ducks need company."

"They are very comfortable with you."

I smiled and fed a piece of bread to a duck that came up to me, "Here you go. Eat up." The duck quacked and ate the piece. Randal laughed.

"It thanked you!"

"They do love the bread." I said and laughed with him.

"I hope they love you too."

"Well, I don't know if they know what love is…but animals stick to another, you know?"

"Well this animal knows a thing about love." I faced him.

"Huh?"

"I know a perfect place to have some French food! What do you say?" He had this excited expression on his face that I couldn't help smiling.

"Which place is that?"

"Come with me and you'll be in a world-" Randal sang as he danced like Willy Wonka did. He paused then added, "-of French food!" I couldn't help but laugh.

"So, are you coming with me?" Randal outstretched his hand. I gave the ducks the last bread in my hand then nodded to him.

"Sure." I took his hand and together we walked out of the park and into the streets.

Ever since then, we would occasionally go out together. But when we don't, we would sit by the duck pond or walk around on the streets. And then one day, he proposed to me.

"Fai."

"Hm?"

"You and I know this place is where we first met, this duck pond." I nodded.

"And we've been together for almost a year now. So-" Randal paused and sat on one knee, "-will you be my husband?" He took out a silver ring from his pocket. I was shocked.

"Randal I-" I started.

"You…don't want to…?"

"No, no! I'd love to! I'd love to be married to you!" I pounced on him and knocked him over, tears of joy fled from my eyes.

We decided to plan the wedding a month from that day. He had shown me his apartment and we had discussed about the wedding plans there. A week after that day, that's when all the trouble began. It was sunset and I had accidentally barged into his room without calling him beforehand that I was visiting.

"Randal! I got some great news! I found a catering bakery that could do our…cake…" I had burst through his door and fond the most heartbreaking thing before my eyes.

"Randy-poo, who's this?" A lady, who was in her nightgown, spoke from under his covers.

"Kid what are you doing?!" He said in an unusual angry tone. I was speechless.

"K-kid?" I managed to peep.

"How'd you get my keys?!" He said in the same tone and walked up to me.

"You gave them to me-" He dug into my pocket and grabbed a pair of silver keys, one for the back door and one for the front.

"What you kids do is steal! Get out of my house before you steal anything else." Randal batted his hand to dismiss me.

"But Randal-" I spoke out but he dangerously charged for me and grabbed my shoulders.

"Didn't I tell you to get out?!" He hissed.

"The wedding-"

"I told you to get out of my house!" Randal yelled and kicked me in the gut. I doubled over.

"Randy-poo? Is everything all right?" The lady called from the bedroom.

"I'll handle this Marielle."

"Mari…elle?" I choked. I bit my lip and took off the silver ring he gave me and threw it on the ground.

"You don't have to tell me to leave! I'm already leaving, Randy-poo!" I said bitterly and started to walk out. He tripped me and I fell flat on my face.

"For trespassing, you're going to have to pay a big price." He bent down next to me and licked my ear. I closed my eyes shut tight then pushed him away.

"Get away from me!" I scrambled to my feet and ran. I ran through the emergency exit and onto the streets, him following close behind.

"Get back here Fai, I know you want it!" He taunted.

"I don't want to be with you anymore!" Rain puddles sloshed at my feet and cold wet rain soaked me to the bones. And as gravity has it, my foot slipped and I fell heavily on the cement.

"That's my good boy…" I heard his say and I quickly sat up. He was looming over me now then his foot stepped on my chest and my body made a big splash as it fell. Sadly noone was around.

"Now about that payment…" He whispered and his lips brushed mine. I hit him in the skull.

"Ah, so you want to play rough, huh? That's fine because I don't need you anymore!" He said after he winced. My heart tore apart and then I couldn't move. My body was sore from falling to the ground twice and his kicks made the pain worse. After Randal finished me off, I thought I was going to die. It felt like he had kicked me a thousand times and torn my heart out of my chest. But I was still breathing and my brain was still functioning when I met Kuro-chi…

Author's note: I am very sorry this took me so long to update! I was busy. D: