Chapter 20: Secrets
The second most important chapter so far; be sure to read carefully! References 'something' that happened in chapter 4, but it's not necessary to go back and read it.
Frieza's POV
"Are you awake…?" I heard a small voice whisper through my sleep. I peeked open my eye closest to her and shut it quickly when I saw a wide smile on her face. "It's almost time for breakfast." She said hopeful. "This early?" I asked annoyed. "It's not early here, on this planet it's 9AM." I pulled myself up and stretched my arms. "If we must get up now then let's hurry and go." When Lucy stood up I realized she was already dressed as if she were going to diner. "Please tell me they don't make you dress up for breakfast." I said while I slipped my armor back on. She nodded her head but was still smiling at me the same as before. I took a few of my things I never finished from last night and carried them with me down stairs. Lucy was clinging tightly to my arm and she was looking up at me in a matter as if she were in a dazed thought. "Really, what is it now?" I asked raising my brow. "It's nothing really." She said turning away quickly. "I just remembered how you told me all those things last night…and well it was very sweet." I let out a short laugh. "I am always glad to know you find my paranoia 'sweet'." I said moving my hand to play with her long hair that was still in waves from the night before. "I was just saying that-" I put my hand up to stop her from speaking. "It's alright Lucy, I know what you meant. But I am glad you can find me nice in some way, you and my father should have some tea together next time you get that chance." I said humorously as I pictured Lucy and my father doing something as simple as having a cup of tea. Lucy blushed as if she took me for serious. I pulled out her seat before sitting down myself and pulled her chair closer to me. "Think they will allow you to eat properly this morning or will I have to voice my opinion again." I said. She shrugged her shoulders, "Want to know a secret?" she said in a hushed tone inching closer. "Before you brought me here, I was never allowed to eat in here." I gave her a cross look, "and may I ask where it was that you ate, wait let me guess it was the basement?" I said trying to hide my fury for her sake the last thing I wanted was to yell at her for something she had no control over. She smiled and shook her head,
"No silly, I ate in my room." I remembered coming to This planet a few times before and each time I was egger to meet her but every time I would request she dine with us her mother would say, 'Lucy would much rather be upstairs, she has told me time and time again how she doesn't like the aspect of business.' It angered me now to know that she was just told she couldn't come down and eat with her mother and father but instead had to eat alone. I also remembered how the first few nights I had her eat with me she seemed to not really understand what to make of it all, but I just took it for nerves. "You could have told me before you know; I would have helped you adjust during my meetings." I said with pity in my voice. "Oh, I wouldn't bother you with something like that Lord Frieza. You're much too busy to hear all about me." I was shocked by her words, "I have all the time in the world to listen to you, girl, don't you sit there and pretend I have never taken time off to hear what you have to say" I was offended by how she thought I never cared to hear what she had to say. I am usually hanging on her very last word listening to every small detail she has to tell me. I realized her parents were here now and had witnessed me scolding her. "Sorry Lord Frieza…" she said looking down at her plate and away from her mother's glair. "Please don't be sad now, I'm not mad at you Lucy." I said bring my cold gaze in her mother's direction. "Lord Frieza Sir. Please try not to bother with her so much, I always just let her get her emotions out; it's best to just ignore her." I felt my face get red hot. "I-ignore?" I asked. "Yes you know just let her pout." My sadness over shadowed my anger. The love of my life's own mother is talking about her as if she were no better than a house maid. "I will not ignore her." I said firmly sitting up straighter in my seat. "I will not sit here and ignore her when she is on the verge of tears." It did not surprise me she was either both of her parents telling the one person who has ever shown her some care that she is not worth his time. "There, there now Lucy, let's cheer up shall we." She was quiet but looked up at me slowly her smile nonexistent. "Well that won't do…" I said looking her over she looked away, I got close to her and whispered in her ear. "Come now my sweet, I apologize, now how about you smile for me…just a little." I said my voice dripping in compassion. A small smile became clear on her lips. "There we are, just what I like to see so early in the morning." I whispered, and her smile grew until her with teeth were showing perfectly.
"What will you be having for breakfast, dear?" her mother asked. Lucy looked up with a puzzled look, "I'm not sure…I've grown use to what Frieza's ship serves and I forgot what is here." She said smiling at her mother. "I'm sure breakfast is the same anywhere. The kitchen can make anything you would like." Her mother said with the smile that matched Lucy's. It really was a dangerous weapon that smile almost made me forget that she is a horrible woman to Lucy. "I want…" Lucy said thinking and putting her finger to her chin. "Lord Frieza what do you want?" Lucy asked catching me off guard. "I don't eat breakfast, you know that. I'll just have some wine while I work." I said opening my file and looking over what I had done last night. I could barely read my own hand writing; I should really stop getting so drunk and expect to do my work properly. Now I would have to redo it all. Since I was already here I decided to catch up some back work with the planet Arise. I felt Lucy inch closer to me and peer at the file. "That's me" she said pointing at her name. "What am I doing there?" she asked. "Believe it or not…you are also a powerful figure head of this planet." I said moving her finger so I could continue reading. "Now you are more so in my families rank…"I heard her mother make a small noise. "Not really" Lucy said. "Oh?" I questioned, "It's not like I have power like you and your family has." She took a sip of her orange juice. "Perhaps…" I said pushing away the subject. "For you madam?" A woman asked Lucy who looked bewildered "Oh…I'll have…Waffles, please." She said. Then the woman looked to me. "For you my Lord?" "Nothing, just a glass of wine." I said shooing her away.
Everyone was exceptionally quiet while they ate and I took the opportunity to fix my work from the night before. I had even managed to spell Lucy's name wrong granted it's not a name used on my planet but there is still a spelling for it in my language. "Lucy's how about you and I catch up, and have some tea?" Her mother asked; Lucy's bright blue eyes light up. "A-alright mother!" she said excitedly with a look in her eyes I had not seen since I proposed to her. "Perhaps you could join me in my office Lord Frieza, you know talk about my daughter's well-being?" I looked at Lucy who looked egger. "Why not." I said closing my work and pushing it away. Lucy gave me a pretty smile for my choice.
Lucy's POV
I followed my mother to her tea room I had only been here once and it was to get her approval on an outfit. "Come; sit next to me on the sofa she said patting the spot next to her. I scurried over and took my seat next to her my poufy dress flooding around us. "Now; tell me all about your new life, I so want to hear about it." I looked at her curiously. "Too vague? How about you tell me about your baby?" I gave her a bashful smile. "Are you excited?" She asked in a cheerful tone. "I'm very excited! I can't wait to have a son with Frieza; Did I tell you his name?" I asked impatiently. "I think I heard you mention it to May-Linn…what was it again it started with a C?" She asked. "No, it's Kuriza with a K. Lord Frieza picked it out himself, he told me he always like that name. It's native to his planet I think…" I said talking quickly. My mother smiled, "alright calm down, let's have some tea first then we can keep talking. She and I drank some tea and then she went back to asking me questions. "Tell me, Lord Frieza; what's he like?" she asked. "Well…I'm sure he wouldn't like me to say very much. But Frieza's actually very nice to me. He is always telling me how pretty I am and other nice things." My mother gave me a smug look. "That's nice…anything else?" I shook my head. "Not particularly." My mother sighed. "Really girl…You lived with the man for how long now and you can't even tell me much more than you are pregnant?" I looked away from her glair. "I-I can't tell you about Frieza's personality…he wouldn't like it." I said shyly. "Ah, Looking out for his Highness are we?" she said with a playful smirk but I could tell it was over shadowed by jealousy. "I'm sure…the Galactic Over Lord's most cherished son, would be happy to have such a…brilliant mind at his side." She said so quietly it was almost a whisper. She cut her eyes at her hand and raised her eye brow curiously. "Besides Lord Frieza's character judgment…he has marvelous taste in the finer things in life. How many carrots is it?" she asked perking up slightly at the end taking ahold of my hand to marvel at the giant gem Lord Frieza had placed on my hand. "Well go on take it off; let's have a look at it." She said eagerly. I gave her a quick glance and then took my hand out of hers and clutched it close to my chest. "I-I can't, I haven't taken it off since the night Frieza put it on me." I said. "Have it your way…" She said sitting back up straight as a bored and taking a short sip of her tea. "How is his ship, is it as big as they say, or his homes, I hear he has one stationed on all of his planets that he's pirated." I didn't want to answer her. But I know I had no choice, "yes mother…He's gotten a lot of money" I said slowly. She sighed loudly and lounged slightly on the arm of the couch. "Well I knew that, it's not like he particularly need's it, the Gods know he could have anything he wants with his power." I frowned at her words she had Frieza made to be someone he really was not. "True, but an honorable man works and pays for the things he has." I said with a bit of force. "You will hold your tongue girl. You are speaking of power you could never truly witness. But I have seen the magnificent power your fiancée carries in his body, such strength and knowledge." My mother seemed to be hugging herself with joy. When she spoke of him I felt jealously fill my heart. "I do so know him mother." I plead. "I said watch your mouth young lady, weather you are Lord Frieza's top beg and call girl you will still treat me with the respect I deserve. I am the one who ruined my body just to bring your ungrateful-self into this god forsaken planet." I turned my head away. I was use to her speaking to me like I was stupid but she claimed I didn't know who my own fiancée was I'm sure I do.
Frieza's POV
I sat down at Orpheus's desk with the chair turned away from him and I was gazing out the window swishing my glass of wine back and forth. "I'm guessing you didn't ask me here so you could watch me stare out your window; out with it." I said. "Right, well my Lord it's about my daughter." I closed my eyes slowly and let out a sigh. "If you think I brought her back to this place just so I could hand her back you are sadly mistaken my good sir." I tried to keep my temper, I couldn't kill Lucy's father she would never truly forgive me for it. "No sir, you've got it all wrong. I just thought you would maybe rethink-" I laughed cruelly at his statement interrupting him. I turned in my seat and met his gaze. "You sold your very own daughter…" I said narrowing my eyes at his. "I thought she would be happier…" he began once more but I cut him off. "Liar, you though she would be my whore, and you are not pleased to see she is finally enjoying herself; so you want to drag her back here so she can rot away in her room only to be shown off like she is some sort of trophy." His eyes became fearful as my tone raised. "Please I'm begging for forgiveness sir, I did not mean to offend you! But listen to my words please." I rolled my eyes taking the final drink of my wine before setting it down. "Well go on then" I hissed. "Please sir, I did not want to sell her. It was my wife Annette, the queen she asked it of me; I would never sell my little girl to…" He stopped himself and it's a good thing he did. "To what…to someone like me? You expect me to believe this I presume; I've heard every line in the book Orpheus. I have been in this business since I was twelve I can tell when a person is lying through their teeth and you are the worst I have seen." I said becoming quite amused now. "Sir…Please…with all due respect I-" I hit my fist down on his desk cracking it in the process. "You sold your daughter to me for a mere one thousand dollars, I know your money grubbing wife Orpheus she most likely had no say in this matter. You yourself are sick I have seen the way you have been looking at her! Your daughter is mine now, the only way I am going to lose her is when she gets enough since to leave me, but she will not be coming back here so she can be touched and ogled by her father!" His face washed white with fear. "Are you implying I have-" "Implying, oh no Orpheus you poor sick man, I have fucked your daughter I'm not an idiot I could tell she was familiar with what I was doing and did not like it; but I'll give you this whatever your wife and you did to her to make her forget riddles even myself." He was speechless and rightfully so I had just spilled to him is most likely favorite little secret. "I never slept with my daughter my Lord!" I rolled my eyes. "Again I'm not stupid I know a virgin when I see one. What you did do; makes my skin crawl, eating out your own daughter…really, just sick." His eyes became more of a panic, I was not as angry as I should have been at him. But I have known for a few months now. Right now I was just having fun watching him suffer. "You haven't told her have you?" he asked seeming alarmed. "Why in the hell would I tell her something like that? Unlike you I do not get some sick thrill for seeing her be so sad." He let out a small sigh. "Forgive me my Lord, I beg of you I only ever did it once and I couldn't help myself, you know how she is she walks around carrying herself that way." I caught my breath in my throat and coughed. "I am her fiancé, not her father. You should not have been watching her to begin with." His eyes left mine and he brought them to the floor. "I was going to kill you…did you know that. You took the one thing I could have given her that she would have remembered forever…but her own father…beat me to it." He looked ashamed but spoke. "Lord Frieza I only….she never, well finished." Hate burned in my heart. He was touching himself in front of me sweetheart as well. "I'm done for the day." I said standing from my seat. He stood as well and bowed. It took every nerve in my body to stop myself from smashing his head into the marble floor.
I went in the direction I saw Lucy go and opened every door until I found the two of them. "Frieza!" she said in her happy voice running to greet me with a tight hug. "Hello darling." I said admiringly rubbing her cheek she leaned into my touch. "Lord Frieza" Annette said standing and bowing lowly. "Did you girls enjoy your tea?" I asked openly but my eyes were locked onto Lucy's. She nodded her head. "Yes; my Lord thank you, come join us if you will." That was the last thing I wanted to do aside from paying another visit to Orpheus. But looking into her big hopeful blue eyes I found myself in a trance and answered in a dazed voice. "Alright" Lucy clapped her hands gleefully and took ahold of mine and pulled me with her to sit down. "How do you take your tea my Lord?" Annette asked and seemed to be just as excited as Lucy. "None for me, I don't drink tea." I said. "Frieza just a little…" Lucy begged tugging my hand some more. "Well, what are you drinking then?" I asked peering into her cup. "Loads of milk and sugar she has always taken it that way, since she was old enough to hold a tea cup." Annette answered for her and Lucy gave her mother the happiest smile she could muster up. "Take a sip." She said placing it in my hand. "Tea is supposed to be brown, why is this off white?" I asked. Annette and Lucy shared a girly giggle before her mother answered, "I told you loads of mild and sugar my Lord." I looked at the four eyes watching me in amazement and then I took a short sip and had to stop myself from not spitting it back into the cup. "Lucy that is god awful." I said. I heard their giggles erupt. I felt like I was in high school again with them treating me this way. "No sugar then?" Lucy asked pouring me a glass of tea. "You're drinking enough for the both of us, I'll drink it plain." She finished pouring the cup and placed a slice of lemon in the cup. I gave her a clever smile when she put it in my hand. I picked out the lemon and placed it in her cup. "Who would have known Lord Frieza to be playful?" Annette's voice rang. "I can be many things when the time calls for them." I said looking down at Lucy as she drank her tea happily. I pushed her hair behind her ear and admired the view until she moved it back. "You've got some…" I said pointing to my lip implying she had something on her face. "Oh…" she said whipping it off with her hand. "Did I get it?" she asked sweetly. "It was never there." I said mockingly. She lightly smacked my leg and Annette let out a shrill laughter. "Now are you two not just as cute as can be together?" she asked looking at Lucy with so much glee in her eyes I think it surprised Lucy. But she was still smiling ear to ear looking as though she could take on the universe. "I think I should be heading back, I have files that need sorted, and that is a Lucy job. Come along now." I said standing offering her my hand; she quickly took it but looked to her mother, "Frieza…we were having such a good time." She said hopeful, "Go on and take her my Lord, Lucy dear we can talk more later at diner." She said shooing us off with her hand before standing up herself.
I led Lucy down the hall and she was blushing shyly. "What…what is it; did you have a nice time?" I asked. "She smiled and nodded quickly. "To be honest it started out pretty badly, but we got to talking and it was actually kind of nice to talk to her, I missed her so much…" my anger pricked lich needles on my neck. "You are not staying here!" I said forcefully. "I know…I wish I could just stay awhile longer…" I stopped walking and jerked her back to a stop and squeezed her hand a little tighter. "In a few days I am leaving this planet, and you my girl are coming with me whether it is peacefully or I have to drag you by your hair. Now do I make myself perfectly clear to you?" She must have noticed the look in my eyes because her grin had faded and she was now completely serious. "I don't want you to leave without me!" she said taking ahold of my arm with her free hand. "I never want that, you're the one that makes my mother speak to me. Before you she never cared how my day was going, but now that I'm with you she wants to know everything." Lucy was looking so deeply into my eyes I had to turn away. "Right well, I'm sorry I put my hands on you, but I won't have any talk of you leaving me I've grown far too attached." Before I met her my whole life revolved in a routine that I followed every single day but now that she is around no two days are the exact same as before; whether it be love making or just sitting with her having dinner. I was following her to her room once more now she had a skip in her step and a smile on her face. "You know, being here reminds me how I never use to like you." I smirked at the back of her head. "Really; whatever would have caused that." I said sarcastically. "Well the fact that I had always been told stories about you." She said walking backwards to look at me. "All good I presume, now walk straight or you'll fall." I said trying to avoid the subject. We came up to her room and she opened the door. "No…" She began again. "When I was really little I didn't think you were a person at all, I use to think you were a monster… like the bogeyman." She said. "Really." I said un-amused making my way through her room to my work on the other side. "Yeah, but now I have no idea why…you're not near as bad as I expected." She said smartly. "Really now, looks like I'll just have to try harder." I said looking over my files really not paying her much mind. I had no desire to hear about how much she use to loath me.
"How can I help?" She asked taking a seat next to me. "Here this is your planet, Half of the names and reports are in Arisian, Instead of using a translator like I would have normally done. I don't see the point when I have a native of the planet sitting right next to me." She opened it up and looked it over. "But what am I supposed to do?" she asked. "oh yes sorry, translate the Arisian words to the common language and then I would like you to put the names of the officials in backwards order from Z to A, alright?" I said looking down at her at the last part she looked confused and was looking through the files quickly. "I guess so." She said softly. I began working and what was no time at all I heard Lucy make a small noise and I looked down at her, "what is it?" I asked. She didn't answer but I noticed she had not even begun to correct any of the words. "Lord Frieza…I can't read very well." I felt a rush of embarrassment come over me. "I'm sorry I forgot, only do the ones you know if you would like, if not you don't have to." About ten or twenty minutes passed and I looked back down at over at her. Her smile was gone and her eyes were narrowed in deep concentration. Only a few words had been scribbled out and changed but I was proud of her none the less and I could tell she was happy with her accomplishments too. "Did you have fun talking with my father?" Lucy asked not looking up. I hesitated but I thought up a lie, "It was plain, politics nothing you would have cared to hear." There was a pause then she spoke up again, "and nothing about me?" She said with a hint of sorrow in her voice. "Sorry, but no; though talking about you with your father is not something I would have enjoyed, those situations are a bit awkward for me, you know." Her voice picked up slightly, "Yeah, I know." She said. To my favor the questions had stopped and she was working quietly, letting me do the same. "All done." She said setting the file in front of me. "Excellent, thank you my dear." I said pushing it away from me and into my finished stack.
Lucy's POV
Now that I was finished with what Frieza wanted I was a little bored he was working and I had nothing to do. I went and sat at my vanity and braided my hair in random spots until I heard him let out a long sigh. "You are bored, aren't you?" he asked. I looked over to him. "It's alright Frieza go ahead and work Its almost time for me to get ready for diner anyhow.