King and Queen Ch. 4

The thought of leaving her room had not once crossed Yuuzuki’s mind. She was too busy trying to hide from him. Luka had been sent out on a mission so she had no one to turn to for comfort. Maybe it was for the best. If she told him, a fight would follow and she hated nothing more than violence.

She shoved her face into her pillow trying to silence her thoughts. Her mind had been replaying what had happened between her and Asagi like a broken record. Out of all the times he tried to seduce her, this was the farthest he had ever taken it. After all, if she hadn’t of run away when she did, he probably would have kissed her. The thought of someone’s lips touching hers made her want to throw up. Only Luka was allowed to do that.

She bit her lip fighting back the tears that were trying to escape her eyes. She would not give Asagi the satisfaction of breaking her down like this. She knew that nothing traumatic had really happened, but the thought of someone trying to take advantage of her scared her stiff.

Right as she was about to give into her sadness, she heard a small knock at her door. She shot out of bed scared that he may have returned for more.

“Yuuzuki,” a voice said. “May I come in?” Her face beamed as she recognized the voice.

“Luka!” The door opened to reveal the gorgeous man. Standing over six feet tall, Luka was more than a sight to behold. His skin was so pale he appeared to be almost translucent. Hair darker than the essence of night flowed to his shoulders with a mischievous cowlick stick out of the top of his head. His slender eyes shone through his long bangs in a silver flash. Nothing compared to his beauty, such was the power of an Opast duras.

He smiled and stepped into the room but the sight of him made Yuuzuki gasp. He was covered in small cuts and a nasty bruise could be seen on his left cheek.

“Luka what happened?!” She cried.

“Ah I had a feeling you would react that way,” he replied while looking down. He raised his head with a smile. “It’s alright. It doesn’t bother me at all.”

“But it bothers me! Come over here and let me heal you!” She got up and grabbed his hand trying to get him to sit down on her bed, but she was the one who was pulled instead. She was embraced in a warm hug with his strong arms.

“I missed you…,” he whispered. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer.

“I… I missed you too.” Once more, tears were brought to her eyes. Out of all that had just happened the most upsetting was that she had been separated from his side. “Luka please… let me heal you. After all the soothing you gave my heart, it is the least I can do.” She pulled away and stared into his eyes. “Please….”

“If it will make you happy then feel free to do as you please.” He slowly let go of her and walked over to her bed. She sat down next to him and placed her hand on his cheek feeling the soothing light of her power suck out his pain. In no time his face was as smooth as porcelain free of any imperfections. She pulled away grabbing her own cheek feeling the pain overcome her.

“There,” she panted. “All better.” He smiled with a pained look on his face. He never liked seeing her use her powers because not only did she heal others, but took on the pain of their wounds.

“Thank you. Please don’t over use your powers. I couldn’t bear to see you in so much pain.”

“But I can’t stand your pain either. I want to make you feel better!”

“Yuuzuki….”

“Luka please let me help you. After all, you helped me when I was alone in the world.” He grabbed her face with a gentle hand making her go limp. He drew close to her whispering with his lips against hers.

“It was because of you I saw the light in this world. I will never leave you.” He gently kissed her lips and made her succumb to him. As magical as his kisses were, she couldn’t help but jerk away without meaning to. His eyes slightly widened with concern. “Yuuzuki?”

“I’m sorry! I didn’t mean---” He gave her a deadly look.

“What happened?”

“Nothing! You didn’t do anything!”

“Not with me. Something happened while I was gone. You look worried.” She silently wished that she wasn’t such an open book.

“It-it’s nothing Luka… Just a misunderstanding.” He grabbed her arms and forced her to look up. Anger was seething from his face.

“What did he do?”

“It was nothing!” Without meaning to, she accidentally confirmed that Asagi tried something. It made Luka’s expression change into a darker look only a duras could possess. His grip on her tightened.

“Yuuzuki tell me. Now.”

“Ah… it---”

“Now.” It didn’t seem possible, but his face grew even darker.

“He…,” she looked up with the tears finally breaking free. “He almost kissed me.” His jaw tightened as he shook with anger. He began to stand up when she grabbed his waist. “Luka no! I don’t want you to fight him! I hate to see people fight! I don’t want anyone else to suffer!”

“When he dared to touch you against your will he knew that he would have to answer to his crimes.”

“Please Luka,” she looked up at him with her tears speeding up. “Please don’t make me watch you do this. I don’t want you to.” He paused looking at her with his face softening into concern.

“If it is what you wish… then I will hold off on his punishment.” He sat down next to her with his hands wrapping around hers. “I will do whatever it takes to keep that beautiful smile on your face.”