Subject: [kffdisc] 'Til Twilight(2/2... final) ... A&M fic Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:38:30 EDT From: NVRPARRIS@aol.com Reply-To: kffdisc@onelist.com To: kffdisc@onelist.com From: NVRPARRIS@aol.com Part two of my Aoshi & Misao fic... And I didn't make them, so *please* don't sue me! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Til Twilight (2/2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I ask myself "What troubles her so?"... But I shouldn't expect her to understand the love I feel. How can I explain? A glistening tear threatened to course down her face. She was hurting, Why I do not know. I dare not see that tear fall lest my heart burst. I will cringe at being the cause of her grief. Exact the most bitter revenge. Yet I dare not see it. She skillfully brushes the tear aside. A movement so subtle, executed with startling accuracy and gracefulness. I breathe in, intent on absorbing her sorrow. She looks up and smiles at me. A hurt smile that picks at my flesh... Tell me love what troubles you so? Can I rescue you as you once rescued me? Can I touch her precious soul? Misao drew in a deep breath... "Aoshi-sama, you don't have to marry me if you don't want to. I know Jiya suggested it, but you shouldn't have to go through with it." "Misao." I try to draw her back to me. "Wait Aoshi-sama. I'm not done. I know you are a good okashira, who would do anything for the benefit of the Oniwa Banshuu, But if *you're* not happy nothing else matters. You should..." "Shut up." I hear his voice. "Aoshi-sama?" "Shut up." So cold. I look to him... He undresses me with his eyes... I should never have allowed myself to be submerged in those deadly seas. Unseeing, unsure, helplessly I wait for him. Misao, you're such a fool. A stupid fool. Why would he want a dork like you? You should have fallen for a dork... But instead, you go for the buff stud with eternally indigo eyes. Perfect hands aged with knowledge he started acquiring 10 years before your miserable existence was spawned. But I cannot even bring myself to look away. It is as if, his very skull is a strong magnet. and alas, my weak steel eyes are helplessly drawn to him. "I have already decided. There is nothing you can say that will stop me." I had to keep my speech limited. Her gaze plucked the strings of my heart. She strummed a luring tune. I wanted to pour my soul out to her. No. I wanted to give her my soul. If I said anything more, the heavens themselves could not stop me. His voice was calm. Disturbingly calm. His expression was bothersome. "Aoshi-sama. I don't want to be a burden to you. Please. Just marry someone you love." "I do plan on marrying the person I love." Misao nodded her head in half-hearted approval. "Good. I'll tell Jiya to call our wedding off." I am tempted to laugh derisively. She is rather charming. "Misao. I am marrying you." "Aoshi-sama." As she looks at me, I foresee that there will be nothing left to be discovered on our honey-moon. Perhaps it is wishful thinking, But I doubt my mind deceives me. For now I have found my legs to be moving by themselves. Ah! I float towards her. Gravity has left me alone. My arms move by themselves. I embrace her. Inhale her. Kiss her. "Aoshi-sama?" She questions in disbelief. 'Don't worry' convey my nibbling teeth. by themselves they nibble at her perfect ears. Without words they tell her that I love her. With all my heart, soul, and body. My knees weaken at his touch. 'It took long enough' I think to myself. Yet, I cannot be frustrated. How can I be as he caresses me... I have only one wish... That this night will last forever. I remove my hakama teasingly. Her giggling entices me at first. So innocent. But it persists... It now maddens me! She is lost in laughter... "What are you laughing at?" I ask in slight insecurity... Is it my body? "Aoshi-sama, pieces of paper are falling out of your pants!" I approach her smoothly. She trembles as my footsteps encroach upon her. "Do you know what's on them?" "No..." she giggles. "Poems about you." she immediately stops her laughter. "Me?" I nod my head and caress her face. A pleasure I have denied myself for so long... too long. I whisper in her ear... "Would you like to me to read them for you... like we used to." "You can read them..." said Misao "But not like we used to." "Why?" asked Aoshi. "Because then I can't---" She whispers things into his ears... things he never thought could leave her sweet lips. His cheeks flushed slightly as he pushed her down to their waiting futon... Heavenly shades of night will fall soon. The purpled colored curtain of twilight will soon cover us. Hush my darling. I will give my soul. Slowly. Painfully. The shadows deepen. In time, my soul will be yours. We have 'til twilight. 'til twilight. Then, you shall be mine. ~OWARI~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: 1. Is Misao OOC in the beginning? I can picture her babbling... am I the only one?? 2. C & C definitely appreciated on this one. Ja! ***Courtney-chan*** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tired of empty chat rooms and out of date bulletin boards? http://www.ONElist.com ONElist: Making the Internet Intimate