[Virgins]

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Chapter 15

Location: X-Mansion's Hall - Westchester, New York - 8:45 PM

*The Continuous

He dashed into the hall and walked, hastily through the dancing people like a fish swimming through busy seaweeds. He fixed his black thin mask that wrapped around his head which only revealed his eyes while searching for the one he loved. He wanted to be Zorro and he knew it was pretty hilarious. Though, he didn't care if people would laugh because Zorro was his favorite hero since he was young.

He glanced around and tried hard to find his partner by keeping his eyes open without a blink. He took a deep breath and let it out, slowly as he stumbled out from the crowd of dance. He, then turned his head to the side to glimpse at the balcony and found his girlfriend pulling away her lips from kissing another man he knew. His eyebrows curved into a deep frown. He doubted she was Lukina but what about her extraordinary white hair? He went a little closer to them and strained his eyes to catch Lukina's pale face. It really was her. Jealousy swam through his veins, furiously. He never expected for that to happen.

Bobby glanced back and felt uncomfortable when he knew someone was watching them from distance. He straightened up and shoved his hands into his pockets while spinning around to face the Ukrainian teenage boy. Bobby didn't know that the stranger was Lukina's desire and so, Bobby gave him a warm smile, "The Zorro guy, huh?" Lukina tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear before turning to see the stranger as well.

The familiar faced boy, took some steps forward to Bobby with a stern stare in his eyes, "Stay away from her" Bobby raised an eyebrow, "Excuse me?" "She's mine and never would be yours", his Ukrainian accent was audible. Bobby caught the voice, "Danilo, is it?", he arched an eyebrow. Danilo abruptly, punched Bobby in the face, causing Bobby's nose to bleed. Lukina covered her mouth with both of her hands with a scream that escaped her lips. People around them started to stare.

Bobby grunted in pain while covering his nose, "The hell?", he wiped away his blood with his white sleeve. Danilo walked forward and shoved Bobby, harshly toward the rail, "You know me. Now, to fight? Or to step aside?", he asked Bobby with a sarcastic tone in his voice. Bobby let out a slight snort from his nostrils, feeling annoyed. He, then, punched Danilo's jaw, "Listen, I don't want to fight-", he gave him another punch in the face, "But I won't let people think I'm a coward"

Danilo held his own jaw and winced in pain. Though, he drew an evil smirk on his lips, "That's more like it", he tried to hit Bobby's face with his fist and Bobby avoided the punch but when he kicked Bobby in the chest, Bobby fell over because of the strong pressure; deciding Lukina to stop the fight. "Stop it!", Lukina yelled while pushing Danilo, softly away. "You're with him now?", Danilo gave her a sharp stare in the eyes. "Please, I don't want you to get hurt", Lukina curved a deep frown on her eyebrows. Danilo faked a small chuckle, "What a cliche trick to defend your loverboy" "This is not a trick, Danilo. I don't want both of you guys to get hurt. Just stop it", Lukina tried to convince him but he ignored her.

Just right after Bobby rose up to his feet, Danilo stretched out his arm and an invisible strong force waved out through his palm, pushing Bobby's body backwards, sending him out from the balcony. "Bobby!", Lukina screamed while looking down at him, who was falling down to the ground.

As Kitty Pryde saw that, she ran toward the balcony and her eyes widened when she saw Bobby was already lying on the grass, unconscious. The mutants with various costumes started to surround Bobby like ants attacking for sugar. Kitty quickly phased her whole body from the feet, through the balcony floor; traveling herself down to the garden, carefully. Perfectly, she landed on her feet and ran forward, phasing through the crowd to kneel next to Bobby. "Bobby?", she shook him by the shoulders. She settled her eyes upon his bleeding head and tears began to brim in her eyes.

"Let us take him to the lab", some of other mutants offered.

"No, I get this!", Lukina came up from behind, running as fast as she could before kneeling down next to Bobby, as well. She placed her palm, gently on Bobby's wound and a soft white beam glowed from her hand. The wound was gone and had healed as she pulled her hand away, later but Bobby was still lying there without opening his eyes. "Wake up, please...", Kitty gripped his hand, tightly. Lukina turned to look at Kitty. She gazed into Kitty's eyes, intently. Kitty's tears weren't the usual. Bobby wasn't just a best friend to Kitty. Lukina remembered how Kitty fixed her eyes on Bobby's blue ones, everyday. And she noticed Kitty's stare was more than that. The brown eyes were trying to tell what's hiding but they just couldn't. Lukina knew there was a secret behind it.

"I'll take him to the lab", Logan suddenly, stepped in. He crouched down as he slipped an arm underneath Bobby's legs and another was slipped underneath Bobby's back; Logan, then, held him and rose up to his feet. Kitty stood up at the same time while her hand was still in Bobby's. Her tears cascaded, furiously before letting Bobby's hand go and watched Logan making his way back to the mansion.

Lukina stood up and gave Kitty a warm hug. She returned the hug, "I don't want to lose him", Kitty sobbed. With a gentle tone, Lukina said, "I know, Kitty", she smoothed down Kitty's hair, comfortingly. Kitty sniffed and settled her eyes upon the balcony and saw Danilo was still standing there. Danilo's face expression was terrible. He was so scared, she could tell. As Kitty gave him a frown, Danilo took a few steps back and ran away.

Location: X-Mansion - Westchester, New York - 6:02 A.M

He inhaled a deep breath and let it out, slowly. He drew in a slight frown on his eyebrows as he opened his eyes wide. He traveled his eyes around the room. This is his room, he confirmed. He turned to look at the person lying next to him when he felt a light movement on his right arm. The brunette haired young woman; he really knew her. She was sleeping, soundly with her head resting on his shoulder. He decided not to wake her up but sat up, slowly. Though, the brunette's sleep was interrupted by his obvious movement. She rubbed her eyes with her fingers before looking up at the man sitting next to her, "Bobby", she gave him a soft smile, "How are you feeling?", she continued her words. His frown disappeared, "Quite good", he returned the smile while staring into her eyes then, he frowned back again a moment later, removing the smile, as well, "Where's Professor? Is he fine?", he asked while swinging his legs out from the blanket and got off of the bed.

She had a slight frown in confusion and sat up, "He is fine", she got off of the bed, too. "Where are the others? Kurt, Storm?" he suddenly sounded panic and made his way out from the room, "Tell me they are safe", he turned to his left and walked, hastily toward the stairs; A reason to meet his X-Men members. She ran after him as she reached out a hand to grab him by the arm, gently before standing in front of him and blocked his way, "Listen, they are safe", she held his neck with both of her soft hands while gazing into his beautiful blue eyes. His frown became soft but he was still breathing fast. "They are safe", faintly, she told him. "They are safe", she repeated as she slowly leaned her forehead and nose against his, calming him down.

They both closed their eyes.

They breathed in and out, blowing each other's lips, timidly. When his cold breath met her warm lips, it broke her heart for remembering back how they kissed. She missed kissing him. She really did.

He opened his eyes, "I want to know how I got back here, Kitty. Was I in coma or something?", he asked her, quietly. She opened her eyes and inched away, slightly from his face to look up at him, "You knew it, already, Bobby", she paused for a moment, "You're acting strange, today. Why did you ask me if Professor is fine and if Kurt and Storm are safe? While, you had a fight with Danilo and got your head badly injured, last night and there's nothing to do with Professor, Storm or Kurt", curiosity was clearly shown in her eyes. He blinked his eyes for once, "A fight with Danilo? Who is he?" "He's that Ukrainian guy, Bobby. Don't you know him?", she knitted an eyebrow. "No, I don't and I didn't have a fight with Danilo, last night. Didn't the X-Men just bring me back here from Russia?", he had a deep frown, "I must have been fainting hours ago, right? So, when did I arrive here?", he added.

Kitty put her hands down, slowly, still gazing into his eyes with her bewildered sparkling brown eyes that reflected by the morning rays - She remained silent.

[To Be Continued...]

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