Chapter 3: before date
"WHAT!?" shouted Rin" you have a date with that bloodsucking, heart breaking, soulless leech in three hours."
"please stop calling him names." I said staring at my feet and slightly blushing
"you don't like him do you?" she asked in disbelief
"Noooo" I said trying to sound sincere
" okay now mean it."she snapped back
"just get me dressed okay?" I asked back.
"whatever you say."Rin replied
" don't make it a big fuss!" I hissed
" A BIG FUSS!"
"Shhhh…." I ushered her
"he nearly killed you!" she said in astonishment
" and he's very sorry." I snapped back
"whatever you say, now let's get you dressed okay?"she asked
"beautify me!" I said with enthusiasm. I am going to look beautiful even if it kills me. I cant look bad. I don't want to look bad. I want to look beautiful and pretty. I want to look curvy because he is a king and I should look like I deserved him
The date
When we arrived at their destination, I left a little queasy. I never liked it he made me close my eyes and he wanted it to be some sort of surprise. I took a few moments to catch my breath, and then inquired, "Where are we?"
"We're on the roof of my apartment building," replied Gilgamesh, in a rather obvious tone.
"The roof?" I asked in shock. "What do you mean the roof?"
"Um, well, how do I explain? Oh yeah," began Gilgamesh, "a roof is the top part of a building, and it keeps the rain out. Seriously, darling, we're having dinner up here. " I started to frown, so he added, "Would you rather go to a restaurant? We can go anywhere you want."
I looked around and saw that there was already a beautiful table set, with a bottle of wine chilling next to it. There was also a wooden swing with fairy lights all around. "No, this is nice, and you apparently went to a lot of trouble, Gilgamesh, but the thing is, well, how do I put this so you won't make fun of me? The thing is, I'm afraid of heights!" I said rather quickly.
"What?" He was now laughing. "You are joking, right?"
"No, I am afraid of heights. Heights; afraid; me." I motioned to the roof and then went back.
"But, we aren't even up that high!" he told me.
"How high is not that high?" I inquired of him.
"Well, my flat is the penthouse, and that's on the top floor, and my penthouse is on the 22nd floor; so I guess if my math is correct, we're on the 23rd floor," he told me plainly.
"WHAT?" I yelled. "Twenty-three floors up! Oh MY GOODNESS! I'm going to throw up! I cannot breath. Help me. I have to go away from here." I started to walk toward the middle of the roof, holding out her arms in front of her. He could tell I was truly afraid.
Gilgamesh said to her, "Come to the railing with me. You'll see that we're not that high up. I mean, . Give me your hand and come to the railing." He motioned for her to come join him.
"NO!" I yelled. "I don't want to come to the railing! I can't do this, Gilgamesh. I'm really going to be sick. Maybe we should go to a restaurant or something, and by the way why do live in a apartment." As I was speaking to him, I was gripping one of the chairs that were at the table, and I was holding on so tight that my knuckles were turning white.
Gilgamesh walked over to her. He held out his hand. He said, " I need a place to live even if it is small compared to my palace, now don't you trust me?"
"OF COURSE I DON"T TRUST YOU!" I bellowed.
"You don't trust me?" he asked, truly hurt.
"No, I'm sorry, but I really don't think I do," I responded.
"Okay, maybe that is justified, but seriously, just come with me to the railing. Take one look down. If you're still afraid after that, I'll take you anywhere you want to go." He walked closer to me and, his hand still offered for me to take. He finally approached me, and when it was obvious that I was not going to take his hand, he reached to the back of the chair I was clutching, and tried to pry my fingers loose, but to no avail. He got a very determined look on his face, and he started to drag me, chair and all, over toward the railing.
By this point, I was actually screaming things like, "NO!" and, "Please, no," and, "I can't!" and, "No, Gilgamesh!"
"You're stronger than you look," he muttered under his breath. He finally decided to just pick me up, chair and all, and make me face her fears. He stopped dragging me, and went to stand behind me, and put both arms around my waist and picked me up. I was so shocked that I let go of the chair, and tried to pry his arms off my waist. Without the chair, I was much easier to move, even if I was now kicking him in his shins.
I continued to plead with him, "Please, Gilgamesh; please don't make me do this." I started whimpering, and then actually started crying. When we were less than one-step from the railing he let me down, and I turned and buried my face in his chest, still crying.
He put both his arms around me and started stroking my hair. He started whispering to me, "It's alright, Darling. It is okay. I'll not let you fall. Please, we're at the railing now. Just take one small look."
I looked up at him and said, "I think I hate you."
"Yes, yes, everyone hates 'big bad' Gilgamesh. I seriously doubt I would know what to do if they didn't. Now, please take one look, so we can get to our dinner."
I buried my face deeper in his chest and said, "Please don't make me. I know it's silly, and I know it's irrational, but you know what? I would never make you do something you really didn't want to do. Please, just take me home, Take me home."
"No, I won't take you home," he stated very matter of fact. "Take a look this instant. Then we can have a nice dinner. I'll hold on to you the entire time. I promise not to let go. You need to get over this fear, sweetheart I mean seriously you defeated me but not able to defeat your fears."
"You know, your chances of ensuring a goodnight kiss becomes slimmer and slimmer each moment you make me stand next to this railing," I said in all seriousness, while looking up into his red eyes.
"Well, Sweetheart, some things are more important than a goodnights kiss. Not many things mind you, but some things. Now, we're already at the railing. Just turn around and look. I'll hold onto you the entire time, please." When he was done with his little speech, I opened my previously closed eyes, and turned in his arms. I might as well get on with it. He was not going to give up, I could tell.
Shutting my eyes again, feeling his breath on the back of my neck, and his arms around my waist I said, "You aren't doing this just so you can hold on to me, are you,?"
"You discovered my evil plan," he said as he laughed.
"If I take a look, you have to promise me you'll take me somewhere else, okay?"
"If you take a look and you still want to leave, then yes, I promise you I will take you somewhere else."
"Don't let go," I said sternly
"Never," he answered back, quite serious…he didn't think he would ever let me go. I opened her eyes, and looked back at him first. He winked at me and kissed her cheek. I turned my head back around, took my hands off his (which were still tightly around her waist) and put my hands on the railing.
I took a deep breath, thought to myself, 'I cannot believe I am about to do this', and with my heart beating faster than I ever remembered it beating before, I started to lean toward the railing.
"Just a bit more, Darling," he encouraged.
I took a quick peek, let out a yelp, and turned back around in his arms. my arms went tightly around his waist. "Come on, sweety That wasn't even a proper look," he chastised.
"You're going back on your word," I whimpered.
"No, I'm not. It's just you must take a proper look to hold up your end of the bargain," he scolded.
"I really do hate you," I said, again looking up to his red eyes.
"Yes, I really do know that," he smirked.
"FINE!" and with that, I pushed herself away from his body, grasped the railing, and really looked around. I had to admit, it was a beautiful view . I could even see the sun setting in the distance. Then, a thing occurred to me. I looked at the building across the street from them. I started counting the floors of that building. One, two, three, I stopped at twelve. It was twelve stories high, and it was higher than the building where twe were. WHAT?
"Gilgamesh, how can this building be twenty-two floors high, when the building across the street is taller at twelve stories high?" I asked him, as I whipped around to face him.
"Oh. did learn numbers? I didn't know you counted that high. Well, you did say you didn't trust me. Besides, I just thought if you were going to be all scared of heights, better make it good for you, you know. Now, wouldn't you have really felt stupid acting like that if I told you this building only had ten floors? I was really thinking of you the entire time," he responded with a small grin.
"YOU!" I yelled, and hit him once more for good measure.
"OUCH! That really hurt," he whined while putting his hands up on his chest. "See if I ever try to help you conquer a fear again! " He waited a few moments, while I continued to glare at him, and decided to take my hand. "Do you really hate me, Saber?"
"More than ever!" I answered.
"Splendid!" he laughed, 'I wouldn't want it any other way. I wouldn't want you to fall in love with me or anything."
"No worries there, ," I retorted back. I moved over to the table and sat down. He picked up the chair I dropped earlier, and sat down facing mr, and he studied me for a moment.
he poured me some wine, and then he poured some for himself. He picked up his glass, as if to make a toast to me, and said, "To King Arthur, the bravest king I know." He took a drink, and added, "Well, drink up, Darling."
" I didn't mean it." He said
"mean what?" I asked I exactly knew what he meant but I wanted to play with him.
" you falling in love with me, it would be the best thing that would ever happen to me." He said slightly feeling smug
"you mean happened" I stated I wanted him off the hook. I looks like I'm in love with him.
"huh!?"
" I think I'm falling in love with you" I snapped
"think?"
" okay I love you" I said
"that's better considering you have to marry me." He said
"aren't you going to say I love you too?" I asked astonished
" I love you too." He said as he touched my face and suddenly I felt a rush of heat coming to my face and I just realized that I have actually blushed. And what I wanted to know he said it, so I'm happy and I don't mind living happily ever after in his arms.