clawed_progeny (clawed_progeny) wrote,
@ 2011-07-22 03:26:00

Alternate Future: First Fight aftermath
It was so stupid, and yet it had provoked such a bitter argument. The Big Hero 6 had saved the life of a Japanese athlete, Keiji didn't know the man's name or what he did, but Amiko had been more than a little friendly to the man according to the tabloids and the media spin. He had been furious when she had arrived for last visit. Not one to back down she had fired back with vitriol of her own. It had been days since they had spoken to each other. Frankly Keiji was miserable, simply going through the motions of his duties. It was night and he was ready to retire, though he had little sleep. After their fight he had more than a fair share of nightmares about losing her. He wouldn't be surprised if he had driven her away and he cursed himself for doing so. He let pride keep her from explaining herself..and now...

Keiji just sat on his bed, it amazed him how he had grown accustomed to having her beside him. Perhaps he should try and contact her, but how could he do so discreetly?

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	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 05:31 am UTC (link)
	And a window, it's alarm sensors carefully disabled -- again -- will softly slide open in the next room. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 05:42 am UTC (link)
	Keiji heard the tell-tale sound of a window opening. What was significant about such a thing was what it usually meant. Was she here? Had she come back? "Amiko-chan?" he asked hopefully, (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hotlittlehands
2011-07-22 05:53 am UTC (link)

"Let's try this again, shall we?" Amiko stepped into the room with her hand raised in a 'don't talk yet' gesture. "Hello, Keiji. I've been very busy these past few weeks at my job, the one in which it is unseemly to mention being in love with someone with an outstanding criminal record. I also have a functioning sense of humor, which operates when it appears to hurt no one. Unfortunately, I am not a telepath, so I cannot gauge what behavior is necessarily annoying to specific people without being informed in advance. I also am not the publisher of any newspaper that I know of. However, I did miss you, and regret that our last visit was more shouting than anything else." She lowers her hand.

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	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 06:01 am UTC (link)
	"I..I am sorry for not letting you explain. I missed you as well." Keiji hung his head. "I am sorry for reacting the way I did." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 06:10 am UTC (link)
	She crosses quickly to him and puts an arm around him to rest on his back. "I shouldn't have lost my temper either," she says more quietly. "...But you know I wouldn't really do that to you, don't you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 06:17 am UTC (link)
	"I know that logically, Amiko." He sighs a bit. "I love you, more than I've loved anyone. The idea of losing you..for any reason terrifies me. Particularly if it's to a man you don't have to be ashamed to be in public with." He tries hard not to sound bitter. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 06:24 am UTC (link)
	"Please stop that." She grabs his face to meet his eyes. "Should I ever decide this relationship is not enough for me -- and I don't see that happening easily -- I will tell you to your face. I swear. I love you, Keiji." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 06:32 am UTC (link)
	The look he gives her is more the look of a lovesick boy than the deadly killer he really was. "Thank you," he says softly. "Still, you can't deny there is much we cannot do that any normal couple can. I..I feel like I'm holding you back sometimes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 06:36 am UTC (link)
	"...Keiji, consider all the parents I have had. Was I ever going to be normal?" she asks, chuckling. "Trust me to know what I want, and to tell you the truth?" Then she leans even closer. "So...though we both already know it's true, let me prove how much I'm yours," she whispers against his ear. "Tell me what you want, Keiji." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 06:41 am UTC (link)
	Amiko may be surprised that he simply hugs her to him, his face in her neck. He just holds her, hand lightly caressing her hair and upper back. He weeps a little, quietly, before speaking. "I don't deserve you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 06:44 am UTC (link)
	So she just cuddles against him. "Don't talk like that, Lover." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 06:49 am UTC (link)
	"Something happened while we were apart. There..." Keiji had promised her that they'd be completely honest with each other. "..there was an assassination attempt on me. We managed to keep it quiet but..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 06:50 am UTC (link)
	She looks up, startled. "Who and how? Were you hurt?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 06:58 am UTC (link)
	"No, not physically anyway." He was quiet as he spoke. "It was a woman disguised as a servant. She had a thin blade hidden in her hair." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 07:05 am UTC (link)
	"...See, this is where dear Mrs. Rasputin would hear that about my father's enemies and would cheerfully say 'So let's question her in prison and sort the whole thing out!'" But Amiko was not Mrs. Rasputin. "Do you have any idea who sent her, or what they might have had over her?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 07:09 am UTC (link)
	Keiji was eerily quiet before answering. "No one sent her, Amiko. She came to kill me of her own accord." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 07:11 am UTC (link)
	Amiko's silent herself for a few moments. "Whom did you kill?" she finally asks, with an absent sort of tone in her voice. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 07:14 am UTC (link)
	"Do you remember when I told you about how I was sent to kill someone for the first time when I was twelve?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 07:15 am UTC (link)
	"Yes." She held him tighter. "He had a daughter?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 07:18 am UTC (link)
	His eyes were red with unshed tears. "Yes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 07:23 am UTC (link)
	"You were a child," she reminds him quietly. "You and she were both children who became imprisoned by the past. You...just got luckier in the end." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 07:28 am UTC (link)
	"Why me? I'm a killer, a murderer! Why was I given this chance while she, an innocent victim, did not!? I never even knew the man's name until she gave it as the reason for her actions." He looks at Amiko. "I robbed that girl of her father. How am I any better than.." He chokes back a so. "..any better than those who took your Lady-Mother from you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hotlittlehands
2011-07-22 07:41 am UTC (link)

Amiko visibly winced, but she didn't let go of him.

It takes her a few moment to steady herself to speak, too.

"...you were used. The people who gave you your orders killed that girl's father, just like their colleagues killed my Lady-Mother, no matter who held the knife. And you're not just their weapon anymore. You're not." Screw suppressing the tears; Amiko just lets them go.

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	clawed_progeny 2011-07-22 07:47 am UTC (link)
	Oh God, the last thing he wanted to do was make her cry. He held her to him, attempting to comfort her as she had him. "I'm so sorry," he said, stroking her hair softly. "I should never have brought up Lady Mariko." He kissed her head. "If you want to leave I won't blame you, but I can't bear seeing you cry. Especially because of me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-07-22 07:51 am UTC (link)
	She just clings, tries to stop crying and breathe. "I'm not leaving. I love you, Keiji." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)