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B U Chapter 6 /B /U

B U Forgive To Forget /U /B

"Christine." Erik muttered stiffly, obviously not taking it as a joke. "I should have stopped him."

"Who?" She asked with curiosity.

"The Siren. The thing that almost I killed /I you… because of me!" His voice dropped to barely a whisper. "All because of me."

"Oh." Was all she said. Just one word and it almost killed Erik.

B 'Say something. Hate me, forgive me, anything.' /B He silently begged her.

Pushing at her shoulders, Christine allowed Erik to sit her on the bed. Sitting beside her hesitantly, his whole body went rigid as she shuffled closer to him.

"What happened Erik? I want, no, I need to know."

"Christine, please?" He went to stand but stopped himself when Christine placed a hand on his arm.

"Erik." He took a deep breath and willed himself to stay calm. He wouldn't cry in front of her.

Making himself comfortable next to her, he told her everything. From the production of 'Don Juan Triumphant' to her waking him up. Occasionally he stopped, trying to hide his tears.

"Oh Erik, it is not your fault."

"I- Christine I told him I did not want to be disturbed. I thought I'd lost you. I should have believed in you to come, I should have, but I didn't. I I didn't /I !"

"You waited I four hours /I Erik, how much longer could I expect you to wait? I knew you would not wait that long but I came down here anyway." She placed her hand against his face again and unconsciously began to rub her thumb across his deformed cheek. "You're mask is still off. Did you take it with you?"

"No. I thought you had it."

"I will get it in the morning, if it is on the stage, Raoul or Meg will get it if Mme Giry does not. It shouldn't be too hard to come across it. That is if you want it back." She hastily added. "You don't have to wear it around me."

Erik looked up at her, his love for her clear in his mismatched eyes. "Thank you." He whispered sincerely, meaning it in more ways than one. For not shunning him because of his features, for telling him to get off the bridge, for coming to see him like she promised, for… I loving /I him? She smiled at him affectionately.

"Your welcome, mon Ange."

My Angel, the words make him smile foolishly, and he couldn't care less. She still thought of him as her Angel, even after everything. This was one of the moments he'd been at his happiest. Another was when she first wanted to know him, another when he first laid eyes on her; another was yet again centered around Christine- when she knew he was a monster and still came with him willingly. Now he had to hear three small words come out of her mouth and he'd willingly turn himself over to the authorities and the Vicomte, he'd be that happy.

B 'Three little words, such a big meaning.' /B He mused.

Unable to resist the temptation that was Mlle Daae any longer, Erik leaned forward and tentatively pressed his lips to hers. Shocked at his forwardness, Christine almost pulled away. Stopping at the last possible second, she reminded herself of the pain it would cause her teacher, and that he would not understand why. He had not grown and lived by society's rules, they meant nothing to him. So why should they mean anything to her? Moving closer to him, she kissed him back intensely. Their lips welding as one, as their tongues escaped the confines of their own mouths to meet. Pulling back panting for lost breath both Erik and Christine blushed furiously.

Christine mentally slapped herself for forgetting that this man had never known a woman's touch, he was as innocent as a child in ways, just like she. Grinning, she exuded feminine pride at the thought that she'd be the one to teach him, as he would teach her. Reaching for his mouth again Christine mewled softly as his arm worked its way around her waist. Pushing her down upon the bed, he lay above her, kissing her breathless. His free hand fisted in her hair and she cried out.

A cry he would have recognized as one of agony even if he had known what one of pleasure would sound like. Pulling away from her he frowned.

"Christine?"

"I fell. Off the bridge, it's why I did not come straight to you. I woke four hours later and the doctor would not let me leave. He spent sometime reminding me of a few things while I played at a concussion, to help hide you. But he knew, and suggested I go to you. I was going but Raoul came in." She felt him tense at the mention of the Vicomte's name, but continued anyway. "He shouted at me. He… was angry, I understand. I'm sure he would never have done it otherwise. I just wish to forget so I have forgiven him."

"For what?" ignoring him Christine ploughed on.

"Mme Giry took me away after she heard him shouting. She and I talked and I came to find you. And then I, the Siren and the lake occurred and I woke to see you sleeping while I was buried alive in blankets." She gave a short laugh at the end, still finding his help somewhat amusing.

"Why must you forgive him? What did he do?" Erik urged her.

"He… nothing, it does not matter." Turning her head away guiltily to escape his stare, she whispered. "I have forgiven him."

Nodding Erik stood from the bed, still wishing to know why he needed forgiveness. Why he deserved it and Erik himself did not.

"Come, you must be hungry."

Standing and following him out the door and into the kitchen she smiled sadly at his back.

"I want to forget. I forgive you too Ange." Erik nodded stiffly, he did not want her forgiveness because she didn't want to remember, and he wanted it because she cared enough to consider him worthy of it. Pulling out various foods, he held them up for her inspection. Blindly pointing at any item he held in front of her, she stepped closer to him. Pressing a chaste kiss to the marred side of his face she finished her sentence before walking into the music room to await him.

"I forgive you also, because I love you… Erik."

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