where does that sad look in your eyes come from, My Lady? how many times has your heart been broken?
Do you know, My Lady? since that day i saw you at the riverbank, i can not forget the dancing bloody butterfly. your look that day was not a murder typical nor a sweet and fragile look. your toughness, My Lady, make me wonder how many you hide?
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'what are you thinking, Dear?' Lady Qiao asks the bloke on top of her when he suddenly stops his kiss, 'are you tired? you can stop now and relax, Dear.' she kisses the guys' chest softly. but the guy says nothing.
he moves away then wears his clothes, 'i am sorry,' he apologises, 'time has asked me to go.'
Lady Qiao takes a deep breath then smiles a goodbye. the pirate bents down and kisses her before make a way out of the luxurious room.
the pirate takes the same footpath as the first time he met Lady Xiang, but now he is not hiding in the shade. he walks quietly to the center of the garden, where a small pond located. the pond forms a perfect circle and a stone lantern stands in the center of the pond projected a beam of light onto its surrounding. under the shaft of the light, a figure stands still near the ponds. the luxurious crimson kimono distincts the womans' white skin, making her even more beautiful. the pirate does not remember how to breathe nor to blink as if his eyes can not take any moment away from the figure. it is not a passion he feels but something... different.
slowly the princess turns her face to him, making his heart beats even faster. her familiar sad brown eyes stares to him, 'isn't it an absolutely beautiful night? clear enough to view the stars,' she stares back at the night sky as she was doing before. the pirate takes a place beside her but far enough not to touch her.
'the showering summer is about to come,isn't it,' Gan Ning says wishfully. he can feel her sight on him so he turns to her with a questioning look.
'the southern cross constellation,' he can hear a respect in her voice, 'you know what it means then, very well.'
he stares back to the sky to escape from the anesthetizing eyes. he will not blush in front of any moving object on this earth, 'my father said when i was little. he was always unhappy when constellation appeared in the sky. it would be hard to sail forward for the following months he explained. because of the showers.'
she suddenly looks amused and he smiles although no she does not. a mild wind sweeps her untied hair softly as she stares back at the night sky, 'how many oceans have you crossed, My Lord? are they beautiful like this?'
there is only one word can describe an ocean: unforgettable. the mild moist wind and the smell of salt water fills his breath again just like years ago. it's not like the oceans he has been wading across now where corpses floating, coaxed with blood. it must have been years, years ago when the bells on his belt clinging by the mild wind and his headband wet with ocean foam. white and pure sand attach on his hands and legs. the sunshine burns his nose into vermillion.
it feels so real now when he is talking to his company. for so many years he has never heard his own voice sounded like that, so spirited and pleased. every unforgettable memories of his love to the ocean fills his mind again. creating even more peaceful spaces within his heart. There is even no more space for his self-filthiness mind. he watches his company's interested eyes moves along with his body gesture.
he doesn't realise that the wind blows stronger. the woman's shivering body pulls him back to earth where they are standing closer side by side. he takes off his robe and wears it to the shivering body next to him.
'It's late, My Lady,' he says with a slight embarassment, 'I will accompany you to your room, My Lady.'
He follows the woman awkwardly behind her. he has never been awkward to anyone, even his first kiss with Lady Qiao was a perfect and full kiss with no hesitation. Now he gets awkward easily in front of this woman although she does no more than staring and talking to him. walking slowly behind her, her sweet scent caresses his sense of smell softly, making a strange feeling around his stomach. he is enchanted.
'what are you doing behind me?' she suddenly turns around and stares at him misteriously, 'walk beside me unless you are my servant.'
he steps beside her avoiding to touch her as he walks along with her. they walks together in a silence. only wind blows break the sudden absence of human voices. the footpath is getting narrower so they walks closer. the sweet scent is even more and more obvious for him.
when the long walk has to be ended in front of her room, the princess walks in and says, 'Thank you, My Lord. I can see your sea has come back obiously,' then she closes the door.
The pirate stand still with his sense of smell full with the sweet scent. he is losing his mind
'I want to see your smile, My Lady.'
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Note : hmm..what do you think? please R&R!! i'm sory if it's boring
Little Crimson Riding Hood