Only Human

Won't Let You Go ch.24

    Misaki opened her eyes and found herself alone in Roku's room. She shot up to her feet, and immediately her feet folded and she was on the ground. My.. My feet! I can't feel them! He--that bastard!! He numbed my feet!! Misaki clutched onto the side of the bed and tried to pull herself onto her feet. But it was useless. Both of her legs didn't respond to her. Then quick running sounds approached the door fast and the door swung open. A tall man stood and spotted Misaki. He had black longish hair and long stubble around his chin. But what sent Misaki crawling to him was the bright yellow of his eyes. "Oh my god! Mike!!" "Misaki!" He scooped her up off the ground and swung her around before hugging her tightly. "Where have you been!? No, nevermind don't answer that, you're here now!!" Then his yellow eyes flashed into hers. "Are you okay? Did that monster do anything to you?" "Don't call me a monster." Misaki jumped as she spotted Roku walk in and glare at Mike. "Mike, you have a girlfriend, let go of Misaki." "Mike, you got a girlfriend?" He smiled at Misaki. "Yeah. A fire demon you know, I just got back from a hunting trip with her." "Hunting trip?" Mike nodded. Roku stepped closer and took Misaki out of Mike's arms as somebody else walked in. The woman was rather tall, but not taller than Mike or Roku. Her hair was a dark auburn but it burned lowly, it matched with her eyebrows, and her blazing orange eyes were the last touch. She spotted Misaki and the edge of her mouth curled into a smile. She bowed low. "Sorry to disturb you Misaki. I am Tina. Mike's girlfriend." Misaki's mouth shaped into a perfect "o" shape and she nodded. Tina then glared at Mike and grabbed him by the ear, pulling the yelling man out of the room. Misaki glared at Roku and he glared back. "Give me the antidote Roku." He leaned closer, his face coming dangerously close to Misaki's. "I won't." "Roku!" "No. I did not drag you over here just to see you walk away again!" He walked out of the door with Misaki in his arms and Misaki spotted Oliver at the end of the hallway. Oliver turned and smiled. You stupid little adorable boy! You're the one who caused this! The boy skipped over to them and pointed up to Misaki. "Roku's!" Roku's mouth twitched into a smile. He nodded at the little boy then turned to Misaki. "That's right Oliver. She's mine." Misaki's face began to burn but she swallowed it down and replaced it with a frown. "S-shut up!! Just give me the antidote and let me leave!!" Roku just smiled and continued walking down the hallway. Then Oliver ran back down the hallway and jumped into someone's arms. Misaki's eyes widened as Olive came into view. She was just as wide eyed as Misaki and her cheeks warmed pink. She stepped closer. "... Misaki..?" Misaki formed a smile onto her mouth "I see you and Gorru have been busy." Olive's face went red but she smiled. "Yeah, I guess so. But I bet you and Roku are even more busy nowadays since yesterday aren't ya?" The smug smile on her face made Misaki's face burn brightly. She paused and her eyes switched from Misaki's face to Roku's. "You... You two haven't-" Misaki could feel Roku's stare on her face. "O-Olive!" Olive put her hands up in surrender and smiled. "Sorry, sorry, I didn't know you two hadn't done-" "Olive!" "I'll shut up now. Bye see you later!" Misaki hesititately glanced at Roku. She jumped at the smile on his face. "Misaki, let's go on a hunting trip. You and me. Alone." "H-hunting trip?" The smile on his face grew as his violet eyes turned to Misaki's. "Yeah. Let's go." He walked back to the room and dropped Misaki onto the ground. He grabbed something off of the very top ledge of the room and walked back to Misaki. "What is that?" He gently grabbed her chin. "It's the antidote. Open your mouth." Misaki squinted her eyes. "How do I know you're not lying to me? How do I know it's not something that will make me pass out again?" Roku rolled his eyes. "If it was something like that, why would I put it where you can't reach it?" Misaki didn't respond but shut her mouth tightly. "Misaki. Open. Your. Mouth." She glared up at him and kept her mouth tightly shut. He glared back, but then smiled. He opened the tiny bottle he had in his hand and dropped it into his mouth. Misaki jumped and crawled away from him as fast as she could. "No! You can't make me drink it!" But he had already grabbed Misaki's shirt and pulled her closer. "No!!" He pinned her on the ground and straddled her. She shut her lips tightly together and turned away. He paused for a second. Then Misaki jumped as she felt his large hand pulling her shirt up. "W-wait!! W-what're you doing?!" He pressed his lips onto hers and forced the cold liquid down her throat. She bit his lip off of hers and coughed. "Y-you bastard!!" Then Misaki heard a click around her wrist. She fearfully looked down at the cold circle around her wrist. It was a handcuff. And the other one was clicked around Roku's wrist just as Misaki realized what he had done. H-he handcuffed us together! "What, why'd you handcuff us together!?" Roku held up a small key in front of Misaki's eyes. The key! She reached for it but before she could grab it, it was slamming against the wall on the opposite side of the room. "Y-you can't keep us handcuffed together like this! It... It'll.. It'll bruise my wrist!" "Not if you walk wherever I walk without struggling." "I-I'll keep pulling on it, it'll hurt your wrist!" "Misaki my wrist is stronger than yours. By a lot. And I can stand firm when I choose to, leaving your trying to hurt me useless." Misaki gulped. It's true. If he chooses to, I'll be stuck to him as if I were chained to a light pole. He smiled and pulled Misaki up. She balanced on her feet and found that they were no longer numb. It really was the antidote. But I still can't walk where I want. Roku walked out of the hallway and Misaki was forced to follow him like a lost puppy. She glared at the floor as they walked out of the cave and into the forest.