Chapter 44: The Slippery Slope
Warning: Kunzite isn't behaving any differently than Edward in this chapter. However Zoi isn't Bella…
[Scene: Zoi's bedroom]
Zoi: I called out your name in my sleep?
[Zoi blushes since given his typical dream about Kunzite, he doubts he uttered it in a conversational tone.]
Kunzite: [smiles at the memory] You spoke so clearly I thought I had woken you. But it soon became obvious you were having a very interesting dream. The feeling that coursed through me then was unnerving, staggering. In that moment my entire existence changed.
[Kunzite looks down]
Kunzite: I told myself it might have been a random occurrence, an odd dream whose meaning was so deeply buried in your psyche it meant nothing. So I came back again. And again after that. Every night was the same, you cried out my name over and over, and nobody else's. I couldn't believe my great fortune. I knew I couldn't ignore you any longer.
[Kunzite goes silent]
Kunzite: But jealousy…it's a strange thing. So much more powerful than I would have thought. And irrational! Just now, when your father was talking about you marrying that vile Mamoru Chiba…
Zoi: That made you jealous? Really? After I have to hear that a hot hunk like Jeddy was quite literally made for you?
Kunzite: [scowls] You think Jadeite is a hot hunk?
Zoi: He's not nearly as hot as you are, but, yes, I do have eyes, you know. How am I supposed to compete with all that beefcake?
Kunzite: [Grins and pulls Zoi by the wrists so he's closer to him, with his face pressed to his chest] Between you and Jadeite, there is no comparison.
Zoi: I know there is no comparison. That's the problem.
Kunzite: Even if he were to somehow acquire your talent, charm, and intellect, he hasn't even got one tenth—no, one hundredth–of your fire or your beauty.
[Looks deep into Zoi's eyes.]
Kunzite: For thousands of years I've walked this world…and several others… all the time thinking I was complete within myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you hadn't even been born yet.
Zoi: That's hardly seems fair. I haven't had to wait at all. Why should I get off so easily?
Kunzite: [amused] You're right. I should make this harder for you, definitely.
[Kunzite holds Zoi's wrists over his head and gathers them into one hand so that he can stroke Zoi's hair with his other hand, from the top of his head to his waist.]
Kunzite: You only have to risk your life every second you spend with me, that's surely not much. You only have to turn your back on nature, on humanity…what's that worth?
Zoi: Not much. I don't feel deprived of anything.
Kunzite: Not yet.
[Zoi tries to pull away, but Kunzite has his wrists in an iron grip. Then Kunzite tenses up and looks at the door.]
[The room goes dark]
Kunzite: Get in bed.
[Zoi tucks himself in and curls into a ball on his side. Kunzite vanishes in a magenta flash.]
[The door opens and Chief Midori peeks his head in and turns on the light. Zoi has his eyes nearly closed and is taking slow deep breaths to make it look like he's asleep. Chief Midori turns the light off. Then the door closes again.]
[A few minutes later the light comes back on automatically. Kunzite's arms are around Zoi under the covers, his lips are at his ear.]
Kunzite: I thought he'd never leave.
[Zoi's heart is crashing in his chest, since he's in bed with Kunzite. They are spooning, no less! He can feel Kunzite's warm breath on his neck, his nose sliding against Zoi's jaw.]
Kunzite: You have a very floral smell. Like lavender. Or freesia.
Zoi: [his breath is catching and his eyes are as big as saucers] Those are two complete different smells.
Kunzite: [chuckles evilly] My, you are keyed up. Should I sing you a lullaby?
Zoi: Right. Like I can sleep with you here!
Kunzite: You do it all the time.
Zoi: But I didn't know you were here.
Kunzite: [trails his finger down Zoi's arm] So if you don't want to sleep…
Zoi: [swallows hard] If I don't want to sleep…?
Kunzite: What do you want to do instead?
[For a moment the question hangs the in the air between them. ]
[Then Zoi smiles a wicked little smile.]
Zoi: Do you even need to ask?
[Zoi turns to face Kunzite and then throws his arms around Kunzite's neck and forces his tongue into Kunzite's mouth.]