Silver Infinity ((Kamukura X Komaeda))

Chapter Twelve: Secrets

"Still, he went far beyond my expectations." The empress smirked. Komaeda could feel her red eyes staring him down specifically. As scared, and angry as he was, he wasn't going to let himself show that.
More than anything, he felt betrayed and ever so slightly turned to look to Izuru but abruptly was stopped as the woman grabbed hold of his chin, forcing the man to look into her face.
"Hajime was incredible as one of my consorts. Strong, smart, and took the admiration of all my other boys. You see, I couldn't just let him go-"
"I was a prisoner," Kamukura interjected, raising himself to his feet.

The empress released Nagito but fear quickly swept through him. The Pirate King just interrupted the empress, surely she wouldn't hesitate to...
The woman stared him down before waving off the remark.
"You abandoned me," Celeste turned her back. "You stole a ship, and you left. I didn't know what happened to you, you could have died, I would have no idea."
"I was never yours."

"I owned you!" Suddenly, she rose her hand, and Komaeda could see the dark man tense up for it but the empress exhaled before contact was made and composed herself once more. "I made you what you are, you owe me nothing short of your life."
Komaeda tried to wrap his head around what he was witnessing, but he wasn't sure if he could. Hajime and Izuru were the same people? What did she mean by she made him? No, he couldn't open his mouth, for this, he had to listen.
"I never wanted to be a monster." Izuru hushed, causing Celeste to cross her arms.
"That's right, you never fed. But it makes no difference. If you had stayed as Hajime, you would have had half the ocean and their mother after you for that treasure."

"No matter," Izuru's scarlet eyes narrowed. "They are anyway. Under the assumption I would have known where Hajime left it."
The empress paused before raising an eyebrow. "I do not understand. They are after you?"
"Multiple attempts on my life for the treasure. Tell us where it is, or I fear my life will continue being at risk."
Komaeda caught a sense of hesitance waver across the woman's face. Fear, worry, even concern, but with a mere blink, all emotion vanished. She lowered her gaze to the ground before turning to Komaeda once more.
"I never got your name, now did I? If you're going to be staying with me, tell me your name yes?"

Nagito bit his lip, feeling another pang of betrayal. He considered looking to Izuru for his confirmation to speak but seeing how he just gave Komaeda away without a second thought, what was his word worth anyway?
"Captain Nagito Komaeda, ma'am." He bowed his head in respect, but the empress merely giggled.
"A Captain? What are you doing with Kamukura? Doesn't seem like he really cares about you, now does it?"
Giving a sharp glare towards Izuru who was watching him carefully, Nagito swallowed back practically spitting.
"No, I guess not."

It probably wasn't fair to feel angry, Komaeda was the one that approached him and decided to wedge himself in Kamukura's life, yet, was there really nothing there between them?
Letting him on the ship, helping hide his collar, taking him onto land with, could there really have been nothing?
"Oh, I see," Celeste's face melted into a teasing smile. "Could the fact be that you... Ah, you like him. Stealing affection even after leaving here. But it won't ever be, of course."
Komaeda couldn't help the blood rushing to his face but he quickly shook it off. "Of course not, seeing how I belong here now."
There was a long pause before the empress gasped. "Wait, he did not tell you?"

"Empress-" Izuru began only to be cut off.
"Are you that ashamed? Kept it a secret from this cutie that adores you? Leading him on thinking there was a slim of a chance?" She released a much darker laugh, cocking her head to the side and causing her black twin tails to bounce.
"Now now, it's only fair for him to know you're a monster. A beast. A killer that cannot be killed. Do you understand yet, little Komaeda?"
She kneeled as well, matching the Captain's face. "Your affections are being given to a vampire."
"Celeste," Kamukura insisted once more, but the thoughts were already flashing across Nagito's mind.
That couldn't be right, vampires didn't exist. This wasn't some tall tale, this was real life. But the more he thought about it...