~Rose of Decade~{Chp.17} ~
Today was turning into an unwanted twist of Hizaki getting ill shortly after we made love; surely it had something to do with our lovemaking else there was no reason! I sighed inwardly and tried to clear my thoughts, listening to my princess, my beautiful rose, nodding my head at the instruction Hizaki gave me, my worries probably showed in my last glance to him, though I could care less, I was going to find out the truth about this all and today I had one person here that would surely help!
I closed the door behind me and put on an emotionless face; A mask to hide my true worries.
I could never walk around and show all my emotions, it would be bad for my reputation and I would not be so threatening and such either. So there I walked through my own house, pushing away the worries I had for my beautiful rose, my boots never making a sound and my cape fluttering behind me.
I suppose I also stuck my nose up a bit, looking down to the people that worked for me. It is not that I did not like them, quite on the contrary, but I had to keep this up, I was always soft on slaves, mostly because only humans had slaves and humans…They will never know he true meaning of life!
They work and sleep, eat and drink, treat others lowly and kill everything around them. They just did not understand that you should live life at its fullest and have fun, love someone deeply and such! I guess I should pity them, but that again would make me appear soft.
Such a hard thing it is to keep your reputation up!
I Smiled as I walked down the stairs, admiring the people standing there. I suppose you could say they were my friends…My brothers…To my surprise there was also another person whom I had never seen before, so I curiously raised my eyebrow, looking to the smiling faces of the others before a smirk graced my lips and I stepped down from the stairs, bowing slightly.
"Welcome" I said, before standing straight again, my eyes automatically looking over to a person that had been a dear friend to me since ages; Jasmine You.
Truly, his make up, all those gemstones and especially his hair were 'strange' though it was in a positive way, he was daring and I enjoyed that very much, also his long nails…he had done marvelous things to them once again! I smiled at him and watched his soft pink lips turn into a smile "Enjoying what you see Kamijo?" He teased me making me laugh slightly "Always" I replied, not really about to respond to his teasing, since I had another, beautiful and in my eyes perfect rose waiting for me in my bed.
That reminded me…Hizaki needed more clothing's…
I watched him for a bit and then observed the purple dress he was wearing; Why he was wearing a dress I still did not know, but then again he was a wizard or ..well he actually liked the term witch more. He said something along the lines it sounded more evil, though honestly, whenever I saw Jasmine I could just pet his head and tell him how adorable he looked; as weird as it may sound coming from me!
He had his childish things at times and as one of the eldest in the room I just could not help but feel that way! Of course that I also never showed that since that would be plain embarrassing, though I suppose the other also knew about it since he always teased and joked.
He was the one keeping the atmosphere good and nice, making even me laugh or smile even if I tried my hardest not to. And ignoring him was out of the question, it was just impossible!
Soon my eyes moved to the next male, another dear friend of mine; Yuki. His style was rather normal compared to Jasmine and I suppose it had a bit of similarities with my own, though it is something I did not mind. He also joked around though not as much as jasmine, what he did do was daydream at times, just staring off into space…
Quite frustrating if you're trying to get an opinion from him since you'd have to repeat everything again for a second time if he indeed started to do that.
Even with all that I still enjoyed him around. He was very calm most of the time and had good ideas; maybe he was not good in planning anything but his ideas for strategies and what not were always of help to me.
Today he wore fancy clothing, as he mostly did, black fabric decorated with silver, a cape connecting at his shoulders.
"Nice to see you too, Kamijo" He spoke, smiling politely; I gladly returned the smile and then looked at the last man…Or boy.
He had grey hair and a bit of black was to be seen in the front, he looked down as I observed him. I suppose I did look rather intimidating, he was a head shorter than me and he was shyly taking a step back, making me smirk "Aww Kamijo, stop scaring him" I heard Jasmine say, making me chuckle "I was not trying to do so, dear friend" I replied to him, observing the others clothing's; knowing the other was not a slave of Yuki or Jasmine since he wore fancy clothing. Dark blue with silver details….
"Who is this?" I ended up asking, wondering if the male would answer himself, which he didn't, instead he hid behind Yuki, making me look at him a bit unsure of what to think of this.
Yuki was neither a vampire nor witch, he was still human, though he was the one that cleaned up after us all, so for that we all held great respect for him and never want him as an enemy. He did have a nickname; Hunter, but that was due the fact he loved hunting on animals and sometimes humans that knew about the truth.
" He is…Someone I found" He replied, clearly hiding something from me and Jasmine, though I did not bother to ask anything further, I decided, when the time was right he would do so eventually " He has memory loss, he does not know where he is from or anything...so I took him home and named him Teru" Yuki explained sounding a bit afraid.
What was he thinking? That we would judge him on that?
I smiled politely to the young male, bowing slightly " Nice to meet you" I spoke, noticing a soft smile come to his lips, my eyes watching the male bow now as well. I had the feeling Teru and Yuki were a bit close, seeing as Teru was holding Yuki's hand but I did not say anything, maybe Yuki was daydreaming and he had not noticed.
Such a pity, that humans do not allow homosexuality.
" Please follow me then, we have a few matters to discuss" I then said, taking on last glance at everyone before turning my back to them, starting to walk towards the conference room.
The room was rather big and had a large long oval shaped table there, roses were also laying on the table, and glasses for drinks were just being put down on the table by a maid, who quickly bowed and scurried off after I entered, smiling a bit as the room was very…dare to say refreshing.
"Please take a seat" I continued, walking over to my regular seat; at the head of the table. I was the one in charge after all and a certain way I wanted to show that by this. My eyes watched as my friends and Teru sat down, my thoughts for a moment going back to Hizaki as I looked at one of the roses "Jasmine, I wish to talk with you after the meeting" I said, looking at him as I put my elbows on the table, clasping my hands together, resting my head on it slightly, looking at Yuki with interest after that "Please report of the current situation in town Yuki" I said after I short pause, making him nod and stand, taking out some parchment from his jacket, unrolling it slightly.
I listened carefully as he reported about several other vampires invading my lands, causing havoc in my area. My gaze at him turned into a glare at the point where he talked about a 'justified burning ceremony' being interrupted by a single vampire.
Should I tell them that was me? No…Then they would find out, though it was something that I was certain of I hid well…I suppose in the rush I forgot to knock out the other vampires that worked for me.
In some way I was glad as Yuki stopped talking, nodding my head slightly as I looked over my folded hands to the other "Thank you Yuki, you have my permission to hunt those dunces down, they have no rights to be here. If complications occur please inform me as then I will take care of the matter myself."
I would not allow my lands to go to waste! I had taken care for it for so many years now…Luckily nobody ever noticed that even though I ruled the lands for 50 years I did not alter. It seemed they though I had sons now…Which I was gland about since else it would get very complicated.
As I thought about that I noticed a really did need a child; A heir…Though how could I ever mate? I was too busy to go out and have fun with a woman, nor did I actually want that whilst I had my beautiful Hizaki.
Was there any way for me to stay loyal and have a child?
I suppose not, Hizaki was a male and human…So far male vampires were able to bear children, though I would never allow anyone to top me, no matter how much I loved the other it showed a sign of submissive behavior, something I could and would not accept!
"Kamijo? You seem to be in deep thoughts, do you wish to share them?" I suddenly heard Jasmine You's voice, making me shake my head and put my hands down on the edge of the table. I wished to play piano…I longed for Hizaki…I wanted the other to be happy and not sick!
" No, I was thinking of solutions to the problems, though at the moment my mind is clouded, I will try to clear it soon enough, sorry if I seem…absent" I said softly, trying to explain my current condition without saying too much.
"Blinded by love perhaps?" Jasmine teased, a faint blush coming too my cheeks at that. Was that the case also? Was my mind clouded because of Hizaki and the feelings for my rose? Because I was finally allowing myself to show some emotions?
" Perhaps, though such a noisy person as you would not get to know of my current conditions so easily" I told him, snickering as his smile dropped and a worried look appeared " I hope that was a joke" He said sounding a bit worried. "Perhaps" I teased, grinning slightly, my long fangs showing a bit.
"Tease, he muttered with a grin, noticing I was only fooling around myself. I did after all wanted to talk to him about Hizaki later on, under four eyes, not with Yuki and Teru.