Chapter 17
A night later, Kaname told Hanabusa that he would not refuse and that they should begin. Hanabusa slowly melted the ice that encased his Kaetsukikko in ice. At this time, Kwon Boa brought in bandages. She quickly bound the wounds tightly to prevent blood loss and covered her lady with blankets. When she was done she allowed the crowd that had gathered outside the room in.
Since Kaetsukikko was losing blood, Kaname slit his wrist, so that he could first give her some blood. When he opened her mouth and pressed his wrist against it, she spluttered and choked. Her body was rejecting it. He sighed. Subconsciously she both recognizes my blood and doesn't want it or her human body won't accept it. Instead, he decided to just bite her then give her blood because then he would be sure whether it was the former or the latter. He bit her. Her body convulsed, then relaxed. Ironically this was how Zero's body reacted when the accidental blood bond was formed, when Kaname bit Zero. A pang of guilt flashed in Kaname's chest. He drank some of Kaetsukikko's blood. It tasted similar to Zero's almost Level E blood. There was no bitter tang, but more featureless, it was human blood. He pressed his still bleeding wrist to her lips. She began drinking hungrily. Her eyes opened.
"Pervert!" she shrieked, as her blankets pooled around her waist. Except for her bandages, she was naked. She pulled the blankets up to hide her semi-naked body.
Everyone backed out, including Kaname, except for Hanabusa, Kain and her maids.
"What did you do to make him do this?" asked Kaetsukikko suspiciously.
"Nothing," said Hanabusa. He recounted the events that occurred up until the decision to have bet. Seeing their guilty features, Kaetsukikko knew instantly that they participated in the bet. Hanabusa continued on innocently about how he got chased around by Xiao Mei because of the idea. Because Kaetsukikko was a sadistic bitch, she decided to let them keep at their bet and let them loose their three thousand yen to her, even though she did not know the exact details of the bet. She just had to do something they did not expect. She was pretty sure they did not expect her to act civilly to Kaname at all. They were probably betting on extremes, such as her forgiving him the moment she woke up or mauling him. She wondered whether she would actually forgive him, but that depended on whether he would court her the way she wanted him to. She had not forgotten about giving him a second chance, but they seemed to have. She was going have a lot of fun in the next few months. But first things first to matter at hand…
"Where is Yuki?" demanded Kaetsukikko.
"Hime-sama," said Tsukiru Shiroi. "You must rest first." She grabbed Kaetsukikko in an attempt to force her into a horizontal position. Kaetsukikko waved her off and stumbled off the bed. She pulled on a robe and rushed out of the room. She ran into the Yuki's room.
She rushed past the nobles that were waiting in the hall. "Move it!" she cried. She pushed past Shirabuki Sara and ran into the room. She unfroze the ice sculpture she created. She stared at the wound, ripped open her wrist and pressed her wrist to the Yuki's lips. Realizing that Yuki was hovering between life and death, she refroze the girl's body then ordered Xiao Mei to grab a cup. She allowed her blood to drip into the cup. She proceeded to unfreeze Yuki. She pressed her bleeding wrist to the hole in Yuki's abdominal area. The hole began to close. Xiao Mei forced Yuki's parched lips open and poured the blood down. As the first drop entered her mouth, Yuki began to drink greedily. She opened her eyes. "Why did you save me? You would have been more prepared, if you hadn't encased me in ice."
"You are my friend," said Kaetsukikko simply. "You felt it when he…"
"Your power was beginning to become corrupt. Of course I could feel it, not only can I sense danger, I was trapped in your ice. Geez," said Yuki.
"Alright, hime-chan," said Kaetsukikko.
Trivia: Ki also means princess =)
Kaetsukikko was dragged back to her room, where she was confined to her bed. As for Yuki, well, let's just say, she was forced to stay in bed longer than Kaetsukikko and she was hating it. At least, when Kain finally allowed his mistress to leave her bedroom, she visited her friend. For Kaetsukikkoher bed rest was not as dull as she expected it to be though it was annoying that every night Kaname would appear with a rose and give it to her.
"If you think annoying me will get you back in my good books, you are sadly mistaken. I have to admit the roses do smell nice, but why the hell did you cut the poor things off the bush? That's cruel, but since you were trying to make me happy, I suppose I could let you off the hook, just this once?" said Kaetsukikko. The gesture is sweet. I hope I gave him the right hint.
"What?" spluttered Kaname. I don't understand this woman at all. I never understood Zero anyway.
"In a fix?" teased Hanabusa. "Hahaoya always knew how to get you in one."
"Hn." Was all he got from Kaname.
"I can't know how to help you then," said Hanabusa. "Do you need a hint?"
"Yes," said Kaname grudgingly. He was running out of ideas
"Hahaoya loves flowers," said Hanabusa.
"But she rejected the roses I gave her," said Kaname, not really understanding.
"Aish," said Hanabusa. "Are you stupid or do I have repeat it in plainer words?"
"Wait...I got it," said Kaname. "Thanks."
The next night, the full moon would shine. He would carry his hime out into the garden, which had existed for thousands of years because there were no plants in the greenhouse, as of yet. Maybe that would cheer her up.
That was exactly how it happened. The next night, he went to Kaetsukikko's room.
"My lady, how would you like to be outside?" he asked.
"…um…sure?" said she a little nervous.
"Allow me," he said, sweeping her off the bed and carrying her bridle style. He brought her down several flights of steps.
"How romantic?!" squealed Ruka. She elbowed Rima, then said, "See I was right."
"Actually, you aren't," said Seiren. "Hime-sama called Kaname-sama a pervert, when she first woke, which means both you, Kain and Takuma are wrong. Therefore we are on the right track."
"Come on," said Takuma. He motioned for them to be silent. They watched for Kaname and Kaetsukikko to settle down from the window. "Let's follow them."
"Matte," hissed Hanabusa. "You made a bet without me!!!"
"Sh," said Kain. "Sorry, I should have told you, but it slipped my mind."
"You are lucky because we are not official yet because if we were. It would be in my right to refuse your attentions," said Hanabusa. "We can't do anything right now anyway, since we are unofficially mated.
"Okay, cut down your lovers spat please," said Shiki. "Or you can't come."
"Hai hai," said Hanabusa.
As soon as they walked out the door, they lowered their voices and stopped talking. They communicated with hand gestures and moved from shadow to shadow, keeping close to the walls. They saw Kaname and Kaetsukikko sitting on a bench, looking at roses in the moonlight. Kaname had an arm around Kaetsukikko. She did not protest, instead, put her head on his shoulder.
"Oh my gosh," whispered Rima. "I never thought I would be saying this, but they are such a beautiful couple."
"I am so jealous," whined Ruka. "Kaetsukikko has such silver hair that shines in the moonlight."
"Sh!" hissed Seiren.
"Do you hear something?" asked Kaetsukikko, snuggling closer to Kaname's warmth.
"No," said Kaname. "But are you cold?"
"A little," said she.
"Do you want to go back inside?" said Kaname.
"No," replied Kaetsukikko. "Not for another while. I want to watch the sunrise."
"Here," said Kaname. He pulled off his jacket and draped it around Kaetsukikko's shoulders.
They sat like that for the next few hours, enjoying each other's company. [Finally (this is only in the minds of Hanabusa, Kain, Rima, Ruka, Seiren, Shiki and Takuma)] the sun began to rise. The spies were soaked to the bone by dew and were suppressing their shivers. Just because they wouldn't get colds from it, didn't mean that it wasn't uncomfortable. Framed by the incoming sunlight, Kaname pressed his lips onto Kaetsukikko's in a chaste kiss. She leaned in and closed her eyelids. His fell shut too. She wrapped her arms around his neck and his hands fell from her face, were now supporting her the small of her back, pulling her closer. Lost in the feeling, both did not notice they cries of horror as Hanabusa, Kain, Rima, Ruka, Seiren, Shiki and Takuma were all wrong about the outcome. The spell broke when they pulled away from each other for breath.
~~Omake~~
That's when Kaetsukikko turned and… said holding out her hand. They were wrong, dead wrong. "Money please."
"Nani (What)!!!" cried everyone who was included in the bet, their jaws dropping to the floor.
"Wheeeee! Money!!!" squealed Kaetsukikko, when they each gave her three thousand yen.
"Eh?!" all of them shouted. And Kaname anime face faulted.
Doomedpassion: Inspired Life is like a Boat by Rie Fu and the Love Bug by BoA and M-Flo. Teehee. Here's the complete list of songs that gave me inspiration to write this. End Part I.
Songs by Big Bang:
Majimak Insa ()
Number 1
Forever together with you feat. Park Bom (a sample of Mariah Carie's We Belong Together)
We Belong Together feat. Park Bom (another sample of Mariah Carie's We Belong Together)
Songs by BoA:
Eat you up
Everlasting
Minna no Kimochi (Every Heart)-Inuyasha ending
Listen to My Heart
Love Bug feat. M-flo
No. 1
Valenti
Songs by Epic
Umbrella feat. Younha
Songs by High and Mighty Colour:
Ichirin no Hana-Bleach ending
Pride-Gundam Seed ending
Songs by Homemade Kazoku:
Arigatou-Bleach ending
Nagareboshi-Naruto or Bleach ending? (I don't remember)
Songs by Jesse McCartney:
Come to Me
Take Your Sweet Time
That was Then
Without U
Why is Love so Hard to Find?
Songs by Hyori Lee (Lee Hyo Lee):
Don't Love Her
Remember Me
Songs by Orange Range:
Asterisk-Bleach ending
Songs by Tohoshinki (Dongbangshinki):
Hug
My Destiny
Step by Step
Tri-angle feat. BoA and TRAX
Songs by the Wonder Girls
Nobody
Tell Me