Chapter 3: Twilight Visitor
(Miku's POV - Hatsune Manor)
Tonight was a complete enigma... I couldn't believe it with my own eyes. My first kiss was stolen from a masked stranger. Who was that? I mean, I'd press charges on him, but to discover who that was, I had to hold back. His voice and his masked face is the only thing to remember him by.
If Len heard about this, then he'd call the knights out to assassinate him. I mean, he wouldn't let anyone touch me. Ironic. He's never done any move on me since the day we've been engaged, which was about a month ago. This arrangement is all based on the best interests of the King. Len Kagamine is the Commander of the Amorluxian Knights since the day his father died from malaria a couple years ago. As strong as he was, I wasn't very captivated to him. He had slept with many women in the past, and it annoys me that he still does now despite our engagement. We do look after each other as a couple, but that intimacy and meaning of a relationship feels so transparent. It's depriving me. The biggest move he had pulled on me was probably gazing at me in my sleep and sniffing my clothes. No hugs, no love. Only a platonic relationship where he's trying to bind every crack together with bandages. It almost makes me want to hate him, despite my adequately humble adoration for him. Unlike him, I've kept pure, but for arranging a marriage like this only for protection is absurd. After the burglar incident when I was thirteen, I've learned to become more independent and protect myself.
"Milady," he called. Even with that type of formality, I can feel his attempt that's trying to make me fall for him in any way possible. I don't know how I've ended up this way, but nevertheless I had to fall for him eventually.
It's sad. I only see him more as an older brother. Not a lover or anything else intimate. Yet, I can't help but admire even the smallest qualities about him recently. He's been trying to change his image to impress me since our day of engagement. If I told you how well his change is influencing me, I'd say, it's barely started. But it's a start.
As a return, I gave him a smile and my utmost gratitude and trust in him. He smiled back.
"It's about time to go to bed," he said. "I'll see you tomorrow morning, love."
Errrr... He had to add that end of the sentence... He's trying, but I don't know whether he's trying too hard to woo me or if he's forcing himself. Either way, I'll end up marrying him, and he'll soon become my husband. At first I was enlightened that he would take my hand in proposal, but now it's like he's trying too hard aimlessly. As of now, I'm giving him as much chances as possible. Unless someone were to really take my heart away, then my heart is locked sealed as a gemstone in a boulder.
I gave Len a good night smile and hug. Even with the lack of intimate emotion, it was already convincing. I was that nice. I couldn't act so unkind, I had to be nice.
"Good night, Len," I sighed. He left with a returning smile, and he slowly creped the door to a close.
I looked into the dark side of my room, laid onto my silky sheets, and closed my eyes.
I've opened the gateway to my dreams.
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Within my dream, I kept seeing a bunch of fractured pieces of the past. The day the burglar came in. The day my father passed away. The day when King Gakupo had offered us a place to stay. The day Len and I were engaged. The day... That boy.
That boy... He...
The fractured memories of my dreams all show a similar person. Who is this? I can't remember his name, but I know this person was a key figure in my life that's changed me for the better. He's a main part of my memories, especially my young childhood age. Who is this? I know this isn't Len. Wherever that boy is, I hope he's grown into a successful young man. His face is blanked out of my memories but his figure is still there. All I know now is that he's grown up. It'll be hard to find him again without knowing his old face.
A chill had blown in from a window behind me, and I pulled my blanket up as I was deep sleeping. Then I felt something warm blow against my right ear. The weather had been quite odd today, being so humid yet chilling as well. I ignored the wind and went back to my subconscious world.
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"I love you," the inner voice said.
Where did this voice come from?
"Melody, I know you. You can't run away from my love."
My legs bent and cringed upwards to close in my fetal position. "How can you not remember your past? Don't you know you'll regret it?"
I shifted farther away from my right bedside. I contemplated. Where is this subconscious voice coming from and why is it warning me of my past? Have I done something wrong?
Within my subconscious, the fragmented pieces of dreams and memories all aligned into a crystallized road of mixed ideas and thoughts. Every type of memory, whether it's family or love life had been reassorted and mixed with unrelated pieces of this mosaic road.
"Miku, my sweet," the voice continued. A feeling of warmness had hit the back of me as my whole being felt shifted and warmer. I started walking briskly along the mosaic road. "Miku, my you have grown. Your hair is so beautiful when it shines at night."
Crack. The road is starting to crumble as I kept running faster.
"Your body has bloomed into perfection among the goddesses. It makes me want to ravish every last skin of you until I lose control of myself."
A touch of warmness outlined my body as I stood there. Before I stepped onto the road again, one of the fragments broke off and left a hole. My heart started racing loudly in urgency. There was no exit while taking this road. It was endless, yet I still ran. "I want to see your smile like the past; a smile that angels envy."
Crack. More fragments broke off and left more holes.
"Your voice is a remedy and jewel that can beat any Siren. This is odd, for I haven't seen you for years. I'll be watching over you from the shadows."
The road started crumbling to the point where I was stuck on one side, trying to get to the other. The gap was so huge, and both sides were crumpling. "When the time comes, I'll be the one to kidnap your heart, love and ravish everything of you, and make you mine forever."
Everything shattered as I fell into a dark abyss as I soon felt a strange warmness from both my breasts and tailbone. "You only belong to me, and I'll always love you even after death."
This power of the voice has frightened me yet captivated me against my will like an animal. A tingling sensation reached my heart and nether regions. "You'll come to fall for me very soon. I'm sure of it. No one else can make you feel the way you are feeling other than me. It's my touch you'll only need, and you'll want more of it very soon."
The warmness behind me clenched my body and left as I suffered through my abyss.
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I woke up from my sleep only to see that the moon is still high. I looked behind me at the other windows and saw that a man in a velvet cape and dark blue mask was trying to jump out. I couldn't identify who he was because of the moonlight shadows in my room.
"It was a pleasure to have this dance with you to tonight, my sweet," the masked man said with a grin of accomplishment. A 'dance'? Wait, that means...
"Wait, Sir!" I called out. He jumped out of the window and disappeared.
It was that guy from the masquerade ball! First he steals a kiss from me, and then he comes into my room at night! Who was he?! What happened while I was asleep?
Pondering questions rushed into my brain as I laid there in wonder of tonight's recent events. My heart, even after awaking from my subconscious, kept racing, beating every second. All I knew at that time was that I wasn't going to get enough sleep tonight.
Eventually I'll have to get to the bottom of this, but for now, I have to concern myself with Len, whom I've started growing fond of. Yet, I can't stop thinking about the masked man. Who was he that he had stolen my first kiss?
I looked at my waist to see the mess I've made while I was asleep. What in sane hell was I dreaming?
I'll leave the weird feelings like the "falling into the abyss" and "warmth" up to your interpretation. Next chapter is going to reveal the actual thing that's happening to her as she's asleep. It's going to be pretty hard to update this due to finals coming up, but please bare with me! I probably won't change the rating till the next chapter actually, since after reading this I thought it wasn't as lemony as I thought it would be. And yeah, look forward to seeing the story get darker and darker. I PROMISE YOU THERE WILL BE SOME SUGGESTIVENESS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT LOL. After chapter 4, expect a lot of Kaito's secretive feelings taking over him. Yeah, I think I've delved deeper enough with that…. PLEASE R&R! :)