Damn it.
I'm walking in the hallway with Jodai slightly behind me.
"Jodai."
"Yes, Master?"
"Sorry, for your knife. I'll buy you a new one."
"It's okay, Master."
He answers me with a little smile.
"*Sigh."
I sigh a little too hard, and Jodai must know I'm very upset.
"Do you know where we should go?"
"Would you like to play some cards?"
"You mean in the casino section?.. I don't have money."
"Then, would you like some drinks at the bar?"
".. it's only one option left."
"Yes, Master."
While we're walking, I see the shadow of the man facing me, walking toward me. I don't want to look at any of their faces, so I ignore them.
"!!"
And then someone grabs my wrist to turn around.
"..Zephyra."
"Achlys?"
"!!"
And Jodai is about to take his sword out.
"Who is this?"
Achlys asks me while glancing at Jodai.
"My bodyguard... it's okay."
I answer him and turn to tell Jodai.
"How come you are here?"
He asks.
"How about you?"
I ask back.
"You're not supposed to be here. Do you know what this place is?"
"Yes."
"..."
"And please, let go of my hand."
I tell him, but he's hesitant.
"What are you doing in this section then?.."
What section?
I turn to look around. It's an erotic section, Shit.
"What about you?"
I ask back again.
"..."
No answer.
"Same as you then."
"Ha.."
He looks even more upset.
"Please let me..!!!"
I haven't finished my sentence. He drags me out of the crowd, heading to one of the hidden seats with the red curtain blocking the view from outside.
"Master!!"
And I hear Jodai calls me.
"Ah!"
And then he puts me on the wall.
"What are you doing?!"
I shout at him.
"Are you with that man?"
"..Who? Jodai or Mr. Kaiza?"
"!!"
He's a bit stunned, and then I try to get out, but he pushes me back to the wall and grabs both my wrists.
"You shouldn't be here."
He tells me with his serious eyes straight into mine.
"Then where should I be?"
"..."
"Here with you?"
"..Zephyra, stop being sarcastic with me all the time."
"Then please just let me go?"
"..No."
"*Sigh.."
"..."
He moves his body closer to me and slightly lets go of my wrists.
I feel a little bit confused about his behavior.
"Do you have something to say?"
I ask.
"Is he doing business right now?"
"..Yes."
"He should know better.. letting you walk like this alone in this kind of place."
He's speaking softly under his breath.
"..You don't have to worry, Achlys. You're not my brother anymore."
I tell him while looking at his face directly.
"Hmpt, right...I'm not…"
He uses his right hand, grabs my left wrist up, and pins it down to the wall.
"Ha.."
My breath is relieved by accident.
Then he puts his left hand on my waist and pulls my body closer to him.
"Since that word will always be our barrier..."
"What are you saying?"
"..."
He moves his face closer and tilts his head a little. I can feel his sharp nose touch my cheek.
"!!"
I put my free hand on his chest to push him away, but his strength is too strong.
"Achlys, what are you doing?...please."
"You're the one who wants to know why I'm here..."
"Ha..."
The tenses and senses that I receive from him are way too wild. I don't know what to think, and I don't know what he is trying to do with me. He's not listening to me, and he's not gentle like before.
"..."
He put his lips on my neck.
What is he doing!!?
"This time, I won't let you go..."
He whispers, his lips still touching my neck, and he moves slightly to my shoulder.
"!!!"
And then the curtain is pushed away.
"Kaiza..."
I call his name.
"!!"
And then Mr. Kaiza pulls Achlys away from me and punches him in the face. Then Mr. Kaiza grabs my hand and pulls me into him.
"You fuck."
Achlys gets up and curses at him.
"!!"
Mr. Kaiza takes out his gun to aim at Achlys face while the other hand is still grabbing my hand tightly.
A gun?!!
"Heh, shoot.. she'll know what you are."
Achlys.
"Stop, please."
I tell him shakingly.
He doesn't listen, his arm still straight holding that gun. And Achlys steps forward closer to it.
"Achlys, stop!"
I yell at him, and my body is about to go for him, but Mr. Kaiza pulls my hand harder.
"..."
Achlys looks at me after that reaction.
"Ha...Zephyra.."
"Don't fucking call her name."
Mr. Kaiza speaks up.
"If you don't shoot me now, I'll take her with me."
"!!"
Mr. Kaiza is about to pull the trigger.
"What!...please."
I'm shocked.
"What are you doing...Achlys."
I mumble.
"Please...can we just go?"
I tell Mr. Kaiza and put my other hand on his chest.
"..."
I look up at his aggressive, angry face.
And just waiting for him to look at me back.
"Kaiza, please..."
I call his name.
"!"
He slightly puts the gun down and finally looks back at me.
"Please take me home."
I tell him.
And then he puts his arms over my back and carries me up.
"!!"
What...
And then he's carrying me out of that room.
"I'm not hurting..."
I look at him. He's still angry.
"Master."
Jodai calls me, and I turn my face to look at him.
His face is full of red color while he's holding his sword in his right hand, and in his left hand, he's holding someone's head.
"!!"
And I look around the floor, dead bodies are all over. And Mr. Kaiza carries me while walking all over them ignorantly.
The Bamboo House.
"Mr. Kaiza."
She calls me.
"You can put me down now."
I'm carrying her to her room and stopping at her bed.
I look down at her. Her silver eyes, which have my color in them, reflect me back. That mother fucker...Did he do anything to her? I saw him...kiss her neck and where I put my face before.
Damn this dress! It's not the dress. It's just…her. She's too appealing.
"Mr. Kaiza...Are you still mad at me?"
She asks me with those begging eyes.
"Yes, I'm mad."
"...I'm sorry."
She looks at me even harder in those twinkling eyes.
Am I going too far?
"..."
I put her on the edge of the bed slowly.
"Please..."
She grabs my left hand with both of her hands.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Kaiza. I caused you a lot of trouble."
Why isn't she calling me just by my name anymore?
"I'm not mad at you."
I answer her and kneel on the floor to see her face clearly.
"On the way here, you don't talk to me at all...and don't even look at me...but weirdly enough... you didn't let me go of your arms."
!!
I have been carrying her in the club and in the car until now.
"My behavior was...maybe it's a mistake, taking me with you..."
…
"I ruined your business."
She continues with her soft, sweetest voice.
Is that what you are worrying about?... I thought because of my actions, that mother fucker and those girls. A lot has happened to her that night.
"...I'm mad at myself, not you."
I finally answer her.
"..."
She looks at me and hides her eyes.
She must feel overwhelmed right now.
"I'm mad at myself that I let awful things happen to you, Hendric.., and your brother.. also that girl…!!"
I explain calmly and hold her face to look at me, and I see her tears in those eyes.
"Zephyra..."
I call her.
"I'm sorry that I couldn't calm myself back then...I don't like..."
"...What is it?"
"I don't like her touching you.. not just that woman.. but..."
Is she jealous?...jealous of me?
She's hiding her face again, and she moves her hands while we're holding. She's playing with my fingers.
That's...
"All of them...Am I being selfish?"
My heart...this girl makes me so drowning...
"Then it makes me one of them…You heard what your brother said to you. If you weren't there with me, calling my name, I'd pulled that trigger for that instant."
"..."
"I don't want you to go out in public much because I'm being selfish to myself. I don't want anybody to lay eyes on you or...glance at you. Zephyra, I just want you all to myself."
"!!"
"And I saw that mother—him touching you and...I just wanted to break his neck...but I don't want to risk anything that can cause...you...to leave me..."
"..."
She's listening with those sparkling eyes. My words should make the light in your eyes fade away, shouldn't they? But why do they sparkle more?
Zephyra...
"I'm the one who needs to apologize to you...I don't want you to hate me..."
I continue.
"..."
She stops holding my hands and holds my face instead. She pulls my face closer to her, and I instantly put my hands on her bed to balance myself.
"!!"
And she put her lips against mine.
She kisses me...She's kissing me.
Her little tongue tries to come in.
Zephyra, if you do this, I can't fucking let go of you.
"I don't hate you."
She takes out her lips and tells me softly with her eyes.
"!!"
I grab her waist and take myself closer to her body, and I kiss her deeper and deeper. I hold her up a little and take her body to lie down on the bed. Her hands are still holding my face and changing the position to my neck. And my body is above her right now.
"Ha..."
She cries out
I have to hold on. But,
She pulls my neck in...
"Zephyra..."
I call her name before our lips against each other again.