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I Am No Prince [Closed, In Progress]

Aug 14, 2008 21:33

WHO: Red X and Kairi
WHAT: A late-night meeting
WHERE: Kairi's place
WHEN: Wednesday, late evening

( I Am No Saint )

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memoria_persa August 16 2008, 18:08:07 UTC

Kairi sighed shakily once she heard the knock at the door. Yeah, she was nervous. But... this wasn't like the last time he had come knocking at her door. No, this was completely different.

She hadn't even known Ulquiorra that last time. Not yet. And now, she had to hurry and figure out just exactly who it was she cared about the most.

It was a lot more difficult than it sounded.

There was Aloy, who had done so much for her to make sure that she was happy, and then there was Ulquiorra, whom she had done so much for to make sure that he was happy. Though, the former seemed to want an actual relationship with her more than the latter.

But who did she want a relationship with? Could she even have one with her job? Then again, if she ended up with one of them, they both had enough money to support her so she didn't have to keep doing what she did. But Kairi didn't want to have to rely one someone else to take care of her. She had done that before, and that nice couple had vanished into thin air ( ... )

crimson_rogue_x August 16 2008, 18:27:22 UTC

He slipped in, movements considerably more graceful than they had been, though still not quite as easy and smooth as they were before. He was getting better, though. At most, he estimated, it'd be a week before he could start training to get back to 100%. Not that he would tell any of his friends he'd be pushing his body to get back to where he was so soon after pushing it beyond its limits.

"Hey, there."

Smiling at her lightly, noticing the tension in her face, in her body language, X let the worry leak into his own body language. Not, of course, that he wasn't worried before, but now he was more worried than ever.

As soon as she closed the door behind him, his arms wrapped around her loosely in a light embrace, easy enough for her to pull away from if she wanted to, but tight enough to tell her he didn't want her to, at least not just yet.

"Missed you."

memoria_persa August 16 2008, 19:20:29 UTC

Kairi was taken by surprise by the hug. After all, she was usually the one to initiate the hugs and surprise the guys, not the other way around. But after a few moments' pause, she lifted her arms and wrapped them around his neck, pressing her face against her forearm to hide her expression.

There wasn't a real reason why she was hiding her face. It was just... precautionary measures. In case he held her long enough for her to start thinking again ( ... )

crimson_rogue_x August 17 2008, 04:58:56 UTC

Those few moments she paused felt like forever for X, not knowing how she felt about what he just did, not sure if she would hug him back or push him away... or maybe just stand there. Somehow, the last option seemed almost as bad as the second to him, but, thankfully, he didn't have time to figure out why as her arms wrapped around his neck ( ... )

memoria_persa August 17 2008, 05:35:30 UTC

Kairi wanted to lift her head when he said her name that second time, but she stopped herself, instead releasing her vicegrip on his shirt. First, she had to clear her mind of all those thoughts--the less she thought about everything, the less she'd worry him, she figured and hoped.

It took a few more moments before the only thing that was on her mind was putting her cheery, happy facade back up. He'd already witnessed too much of her darker self. That was another thing she hated: letting her friends see that dark part of her, the part of her that let everyone know that everything wasn't right with the world ( ... )

crimson_rogue_x August 17 2008, 05:50:46 UTC

She was hiding. He could tell. How could he not? He was a thief, after all. She was pretending everything was alright when it wasn't. She was trying to be who she thought he wanted. And, yes, he did love her optimism. But she was a real person. She was more than just sunshine and rainbows and smiles and hugs, and he wasn't about to let that image of herself become a cage. It hurt her too much to hide those things inside.

Yes, she had a dark side. But if she couldn't show it to him-- if she couldn't show it to a friend, who could she show it to? Who could she drop the mask around and just be herself for?

His smile faded a little, eyes worried, but beneath that, they held a certain determination. She would smile honestly tonight. She would laugh. It would be a challenge getting there, but... she deserved it. She needed it. And after all the light and happiness she had added to his life, maybe it was time for him to return the favor.

"KairiA second later, he had suddenly closed that step again, and, eyes locked with hers, he pressed ( ... )

memoria_persa August 17 2008, 07:42:56 UTC

Kairi barely had time to register what happened when she turned to face him after she heard him say her name. All she knew was that he was there, in front of her, and that he was kissing her. Not that they hadn't before, but it had been a while since that night ( ... )

crimson_rogue_x August 17 2008, 08:15:34 UTC

She kissed back... but she hesitated. Something was definitely wrong, and much as he enjoyed feeling her warm and soft against him again, the nagging of knowing something more was wrong made the kiss bittersweet ( ... )

memoria_persa August 17 2008, 17:59:46 UTC

Kairi listened to him, keeping her gaze averted from his--it would've been too much for her to hear that and be looking into his eyes at the same time, she knew. But when he finished, she didn't know what to do or say.

She wanted to kiss him again, to tell him that she appreciated him being honest with her when she had been, not lying, but beating around the bush with her problems. She wanted to just let him hold her and stay in silence, because just having someone with her was good enough and she didn't need to talk.

Then again, she wanted to blurt out that she couldn't tell the difference between her clients and her relations, and while that was a severe overstatement, it was surely the simplest way to put how she felt.

Ulquiorra hadn't been a client. She had slept with him because he needed a push in the right direction--the direction away from Grimmjow. She had slept with him out of her own choice, because she had felt something for him ( ... )

crimson_rogue_x August 18 2008, 01:52:12 UTC

She was looking away. Which either meant she was embarrassed or hiding something or she didn't like what she was hearing. In any case, it wasn't good. But, then, what could he do? He had told her his side straight, and if it upset her... well, his suit could do a lot of things, but it couldn't turn back time, and it couldn't take back things said. He could only forge forward ( ... )

memoria_persa August 18 2008, 04:21:08 UTC

When he told her it was alright, Kairi had to bite back another of her bitter-sounding laughs. Nothing was alright--it never had been. It was never 'fine' or 'alright' or 'okay' like she would tell everyone. It was never fine when she had started that job of hers. It was never okay when she had finally made her existence known after three years of solitude. And it certainly wasn't alright when she had found herself stranded in the streets of Italy, just barely seven years old and already had witnessed so much at that young age ( ... )

crimson_rogue_x August 18 2008, 05:09:54 UTC

"Kairi, I came over here for a reason. I'm not stupid, and you're not fine ( ... )

memoria_persa August 18 2008, 05:52:52 UTC

Kairi looked away when he first started speaking, reaching up with her free hand to trail along the bottom of the lampshade of the lamp that was resting on the end table next to the couch. She wasn't trying to ignore him, of course, but she wasn't giving him her undivided attention. If he went on, there was no way she'd be able to look him in the eyes and listen to him.

But the more he went on, the more she found herself biting her bottom lip and... when did she move her hand from the lamp to cover her mouth as if that'd hold back the tears she felt coming on?

When he finished, she shook her head and closed her eyes, trying compose herself before she spoke.

"I... I don't know why I'm trying to hide it, either. But you're right. I don't want to rely on anyone. And... I was afraid you'd think less of me just because I couldn't put on a happy face whenever I could. And yes, I'm... I'm afraid you're going to end up hurt." She skipped over the next point he brought up, not wanting to admit that he wasn't the whole problem, but just a ( ... )

crimson_rogue_x August 18 2008, 16:51:17 UTC

So it sounded like it was a little bit of everything. That made things... harder. But... she said she trusted him, and that was enough. They'd find a way to fix the problem, even if he couldn't know what it was. And, yes, maybe he might get hurt along the way, but she was the one hurting now, so in the end, he supposed, it all even ou--

Crying.

All thought fled his mind as he zeroed in on her tears, how she was turning away, and, in a second, he was beside her, kneeling in front of her, not letting her turn her face and hide. Without bothering to think or hesitate, he leaned up and pressed his lips to the edges of her eyes, light and gentle, then again, and again, desperately trying to kiss her tears away, as if nothing else in the world mattered to him-- and in that moment, nothing else did.

memoria_persa August 18 2008, 21:52:17 UTC

Kairi's eyes flew open and she stopped everything. She hadn't expected that, that was for sure. But in that moment, she finally realized just how much he really did care, and she laughed at herself.

It wasn't one of the laughs she'd laughed before. No, this was a genuine laugh, with a genuine smile, and it felt good. She reached up wipe the rest of her tears away, then placed her hand against his cheek.

"Thank you, but I'm o--" She cut herself off, knowing better than to say that she was okay, even if she felt a bit better. "I'm a little better now," she tried again, hoping that it would satisfy him a little.

crimson_rogue_x August 19 2008, 00:03:54 UTC

He could hear the difference in the laugh, and, lips pressed against her soft, warm skin, he smiled. He was glad to hear that laugh again, and so he kept going until finally he felt her hand cup his cheek, and he let his lips rest on her cheek, listening to her.

One hand went out to find her free one, lacing his fingers between hers and squeezing gently as he murmured his answer against her skin.

"Anytime, princess."

With that, he pulled away just enough to kiss her cheek one more time before gently pressing his lips to hers.

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