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Spending Your Whole Life Waiting…

By: Mimi The Deceitful

Chapter 7: Untitled Confession

"No more interruptions, tonight, right now, we're going to finish what we started…"

He then leaned down and kissed her with such fierceness it stunned her. Not being able to breathe, Misao pulled away gasping for breath. Her lips hurt…if not already, they'd bruise later. She gasped as cold hands pulled her face back toward him. His eyes were pitch dark, like a deep void that just went on with no end. They changed. Only a moment ago they were as clear blue as the sky. When did they ever look like this? She began trembling as he trailed his free hand down her side slowly parting her yukata.

"A-Aoshi-Sama?" He didn't reply. She had been waiting for the longest time for Aoshi to want her, but not like this. How come she didn't feel anything from him? She was brought back to reality as she felt cold lips nibbling at the side of her neck. Misao tried to pull away but it was near impossible to move. S-so cold…!

"Tonight you'll become a woman Misao, my woman…," he whispered in her ear. It made her shiver the way his voice held no emotion. What's happening? What's wrong with him?! Misao began to freak out as soon as she realized she didn't want this. She wanted to be with him out of love and she certainly didn't feel it. She began squirming but his grip was too strong and tried stifling a moan as he began trailing kisses down the exposed skin of her chest.

"Aoshi-sama s-stop. Please stop!" He didn't even budge. It was as if he couldn't even hear her. She was scared. He froze at the sound of a droplet hitting the floor. Aoshi slowly drew away from her. Misao was pale and tears were welling up in her eyes. Aoshi stood up, his eyes no longer clouded but returning to it's icy clearness.

"Misao…" he said almost inaudibly. There she was lying on the ground, crying with her yukata hanging on for dear life. He was too shocked to be able to recall what had happened. He leaned down next to her and raised his hand to stroke her face but stopped. He had no right to lay a hand on her. Hey eyes slowly opened and they immediately turned to look at Aoshi's. Misao gasped and threw herself to embrace him.

"Aoshi-sama! You're okay right? You're you again right?" Aoshi raised his hand slowly as if debating whether or not it was alright. When he placed it on the back of her head and she didn't move he felt relived.

"Misao…what happened?" She looked up to meet his gaze and she could see clearly now that his eyes were how they used to be. Staring for a while she soon looked away not finding any answers in them. What happened? How come he can't remember? She took a deep breath and slowly began stuttering.

"Y-you were training here…a-and you were acting strangely. As if you'd gone insane. You were yelling at no-one and swinging at the air. You killed our training targets. Then when I walked closer, you looked almost…" Misao stopped as if she didn't want to say anymore. Aoshi eyes widened as he began to recall what happened. The voices, Misao, almost taking her on the floor, and…

"It was when I said, 'I love you Aoshi-sama.'"

"Misao…there's something you need to know" He stared almost regretfully into her innocent eyes. He didn't want to see her hurt but this was something he couldn't avoid any longer. "I can't love you." She froze and her grip on Aoshi's yukata had loosened. She began to shake…she felt like crying.

"It-it's not like I-I seriously thought that you w-wou…" She looked down, she didn't want Aoshi to see her crying.

"Misao…please hear me out." He waited for a reply but was shocked when she pushed him away from her. She stood her up, stopping for a mere second, then turned and ran. Aoshi was speechless. In that one second he had locked eyes with her and he had never seen her look so hurt or betrayed. There was no way Misao was going to listen to him but she needed to hear the rest. He swore on his comrades graves that he would protect her with his life. Yet, how come he kept hurting her? He knew about her feelings for him and took advantage of her. Misao doesn't understand that by loving him she is only hurting herself. His own feelings were getting in the way and if this were to continue he wouldn't be able to protect her from himself. I don't want to hurt her anymore.

"I think Shiro and Kuro went downtown for some grocery shopping."

"Really? Why did the both of them need to go? Wait, where's Soujiro?" Okon asked.

"Well there were a lot of vegetables that needed to be-huh?" Both girls turned at the sound of running. "Misao-chan?!" The two of them called after her as she darted past them.

"MISAO-CHAN!!!!" They froze as the sound of her footsteps died away.

Soujiro stopped as he sensed a presence coming toward them. Both Shiro and Kuro stopped too. "Hey, Soujiro? Why the sudden stop? We're almost back at the Aoiya."

"Someone's coming…" Shiro tightened his grip on the grocery bag as if preparing for battle.

"Who is it?" Soujiro remained quiet as he focused on the ki. So sad…wait, it's…! Soujiro dropped the groceries he was holding and dashed around the corner. "Wait! Soujiro?!" The two ran after him only to be speechless at the sight before them. Soujiro was looking disheveled sitting on the ground with Misao embracing him. She must have jumped him.

"M-Misao-kun?" Soujiro tried to sit up more comfortably but Misao's grip tightened. She was on another verge of tears.

"He doesn't love me Soujiro…h-he told me he doesn't love me." Soujiro remained quiet only able to support her as she broke down in tears. For the longest time she told herself she wouldn't cry and here she was. Crying like she was a little girl again, not holding it in any longer.

TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 8!

Author's Notes:

-I AM NOT DEAD PEOPLE! But I am deeplyyyyy sorrryyyy for the long wait. I've been so busy lately that I haven't found the time to even go to the website.

-I will try to update as soon as I can now because I owe you guys that much.

-Yes, this was a pretty short chapter. One of my shortest. But ch.8 will be posted soon. I hate making Misao suffer all the time.

-Read and review for the next chapter.

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