It's the music that wakes me.
It's slow.... Sad.... Like a water nymph sitting next to her river, shedding tears and yet singing a happy song, even though you could tell singing the song killed her...
When I sit up, I notice the bodies sprawled around me... Naked bodies that is, of the boys.
Cream is on Ber at my left and Chocolate cuddling Caramel.
Me, the only one still in my pyjamas, in the middle... In Mistress's room.
"You're awake"
The music stops and I see Mistress stand up from the seat of her piano, wearing only a singlet.
I notice the scars at her back.... White long gashes but she's wearing a robe before I can really see them well and turning around to me, a smile on her face "You passed out after orgasming. The boys.... Haven't had sex in a while so they went all out. How do you feel?"
I try to talk but I'm just mainly reddening and looking at the bed, unable to say anything.
I hear her laugh and move to the bed, her hand out for me as she says "Walk down with me?"
I slowly nod, taking her hand as she suddenly pulls me into her chest.
I let out a squeak as she chuckles, her hand brushing my face "Perfect"
Perfect?
My heart suddenly begins to pound, hard as she leans down, as if to kiss me but then kisses my forehead instead.
I feel disappointment but I ignore it as she pulls me of the bed, and begins to take me out of her room.
As we walk out, she doesn't pull me as Chocolate does, but walks next to me at my own pace, which is usually always slow but she doesn't complain.
As we get down the stairs and walk into the kitchen, she walks ahead while I wait at the counter.
I notice for the first time that her hair is not packed as it always was but let down....
And it's long, perfect, straight....
She turns, a mug in her hand as she says "Coffee? It's black"
I shrug, because I haven't really tasted it before.
She smiles, walking to me and tilting the mug to my mouth.
Immediately I open it and my tongue tastes it, the first impulse I had was to spit it out but when I see the look on her face expectant, I swallow it.
"How was it?"
I want to say okay but I find my head shaking as she laughs "You didn't like it. Here"
She bends down and kisses me.
Her lips are supposed to taste like the coffee, but it doesn't.
She tastes... Minty, and welcoming.
I feel her rest on me as she keeps kissing me, not too slow, or fast, as if she's guiding me before I feel her legs part mine open and begin to rub me.
I hear myself pull away from her lips and let out a gasp as she suddenly stops and says "Well, that was fast"
She suddenly goes off my body, a smile on her face as she toasts the mug to my face and turns away, going back to whatever she was doing....
What....
What the hell?
My hand grasps my crucifix as a weird feeling creeps in between my leg while I squirm before I hear someone walk into the kitchen.
I turn, finding Chocolate coming in, dressed in a black pullover that doesn't seem to be his at the hugeness and boxers, but apart from that he's not smiling as he always does. .
He's groaning, rubbing his eyes and I want to walk to him but I feel Mistress hands hold me back "Don't"
I wonder why she's saying that before Chocolate faces me and snaps "For fucks sake! Stop staring at me like that you stupid bitch!"
My heart stops at those words as he begins to open cabinets, muttering to himself.
But I can hear what he's saying.
'The pills. Where are the fucking pills?'
As he does so, he carefully avoids whee Mistress stands.
When he searches all through and doesn't find anything, he hisses, slamming the last cabinet loudly and curses, LOUD, and walking back up the stairs.
"He actually doesn't mean it" Mistress says as I turn to her "It's his nightmares. Brings out the side of him we barely see"
Turning to the faucet, she puts it on and rinses her hands, wiping it on a tablecloth and says "Would you follow me to check on him?"
"Would he want that?" I ask "He... He seems like he wants to be alone"
"Nonsense" She says, holding my hand "Usually, he would be left alone, but I think you'd want to see what he's doing"
I want to say something else but this time she's pulling me along, taking me up the stairs, but we don't stop at our usual floor, she takes me up another stairs....
Another floor?
When we reach the floor itself, there are three doors at the left, at the right, two and in the middle, on the wall, another door.
All painted with different colours.
Red.
White.
Light brown.
Dark brown.
Light yellow.
And the one in the middle, Black.
"Red is Berry's, Yellow is Cream's, the two brown's Chocolate and Caramel, and lastly yours" She says, then turns to me "But it is empty at the moment. We have not had what to fill it with because we do not know what you would like to have there"
Huh?
She walks ahead and I follow as she stops at the dark brown door and opens it saying "Go in"
As I do so, I notice that the only place is dark, but it smells like paint....
The whole room smells like paint....
It is... Spacious, whatever it is because at the end of the wall, Coco is seated on a stool, a canvas infront of him as he furiously sketched something, a bulb under him lit....
As he draws, I walk up to him, as if I am in a trance, slowly.
When I stand behind him, I am sure he notices because my shadow reflects on the board but he doesn't stop drawing.
The drawing.... Is dark...
Just lines and scrawls mostly but when I stare closer I see what it is.
It's eyes....
Cat like eyes, glaring down at a body in the middle...
The body is smiling... But tears are coming out of it's eyes and he's clutching unto a toy....
So hard he's bleeding...
"His nightmares are rare but when they come, they leave devastating effect on him"
She's now behind me, staring down at him "Drawing helps him calm down"
All of a sudden, Coco stops, panting hard as he stares at the painting before letting out a yell.
I move back, falling on Mistress who holds me steady as Coco pulls his hair and screams "I don't like it! I do not! Stop saying that! Stop it!"
My heart breaks at the sight as tears feel my eyes "Coco...."
He suddenly stops, pausing as he says "You.... You're using me, aren't you?"
"What...."
His head suddenly whips around as he says in a snarl "You dumb bitch! You're like all of them! Just sexual huh? That's all it is to you? I hate you. I hate your lot really"
I want to turn and leave, because I can't stand it anymore but Mistress holds me still.
"You want to run away? Marvelous. Go. Whore, that's what you are, really. A little...."
I find myself running into his grasp and hugging him, crying into his shoulders "I'm not like them. I love you"
He stills at that, quiet, and I sniff, pulling him closer before I feel him move his hand around my back "Really? Well, I already knew. Who wouldn't love me?"
His voice was back to it's cherry tone as I pull away, shoving him "What was that for?!"
He lets out a nervous laugh, scratching my head "You tell me. I remember sleeping and waking up here"
What?
I turn to Mistress who just nods, as if saying.
He really doesn't remember.
"I've... I actually drew something marvelous again!"
I turn back to him as he suddenly stands up and claps.
Light floods the room immediately and I notice with alarm the paintings around me.
Dark paintings....
People being hung and eaten....
What is this?
Eyes gleaming, he turns to Mistress "How much do you think this would be worth?"
She smiles at him "I don't know anything about art my love. Would you come give me a goodnight kiss?"
He grins, standing up, slowly and making a whole show if strutting, going to Mistress and kissing her, slowly.
J should be embarrassed....
But staring at them is oddly....
Satisfying.
He pulls away and turns to me "And no darling, I didn't forget you"
He's on me now, kissing me roughly, his hand pulling me closer as he bites on my lower lip making me gasp as he lets our tongue battle a but before pulling away, laughing "Good morning to you too!"
And as much as this doesn't feel okay....
Doesn't feel right.
I smile at him and say "Good morning, Coco"