Enveloping Darkness

Needs

Mika slowly walked to the room that his needs resided in, the room he hated most of all. However, he was greeted by someone who he definitely did not need in his life. "Miiiiiiiiiiikaaaaaaa-kuuuuuuuuuun. Oh Miiiiiiiikaaa-kuuuun." Groaning inwardly, Mika turned to the sound of the voice that haunted his very existence. There, peeking out from behind one of the straight white pillars was the very bane of his existence. Ferid Bathory, smiling like he always was, pompously approached Mika and placed his right arm across the blond's shoulder.

Why does he always have to be like this? Mika thought, Always so clingy and pompous, he needs to be more careful around me when I'm in a mood like this, Mika glared up at the taller man with silver hair, sneering as he made eye contact. "Go away Ferid, I really don't want to bother with you right now."

Ferid frowned down at the beautiful blue eyes that stared back at him. He released Mika from his loose grip on him, only to place his hands on his heart for emphasis. "Mika-kun I am hurt that you would ever say such things about me." He feigned shock and betrayal. "Why I never thought you thought these things about me. My dear, dear Mika-kun. Why, oh why would you keep this from me? Don't you know what it will do to our beautiful relationship?"

"With luck, ruin it." Mika said under his breath, which of course was plenty loud enough for Ferid to hear him, but he kept up the charade, nonetheless. As Ferid continued to act heartbroken, Mika pushed past him to head to the throne room. However, he was stopped by Ferid's hand on his wrist.

"Where do you think you're going, Mika-kun?" Ferid suddenly asked him in a low voice, almost seductive. Ferid licked his fangs and lips as he stared into the bright blue abyss that was Mika's eyes.

"To the throne room, where else? It's not like I came all the way over here to see you." With this, Mika tried to pull his wrist from the grip that Ferid had. However, he found the strong hand was unmoving and as strong as concrete. "Ferid, what are you doing? Let go of me."

"Awww. Now, tell me, why would I do that? You're like a bird out of a cage, Mika-kun. You're so very pretty and I can appreciate your beauty properly. But, what will a bird do if you let them go? Without a chain or some sort of restraint, that bird, no matter how well you treat it, will inevitably fly away, never to be seen by you again."

Ferid smiled his sinister smile at the distress written all across Mika's face. Mika was terrified, but he could never let Ferid know that. Ferid leaned in, placing his mouth right above the side of Mika's neck. He inhaled deeply, taking in as much of Mika's scent as possible. Smiling, Ferid released his grip on Mika's wrist.

"And you, my dear, dear Mika-kun, are a very beautiful bird." Ferid mused as he walked away from him.

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"Dismissed!"

Finally Yuu thought as he was finally released from Guren's office. I though we were gonna be in there forever, with all of Guren's scheming, and Shinoa's comments, and even Shinya's input. The meeting had taken over two hours, most of which Yuu had paid no mind to, as it was all scheduling, scheming, and strategies. The three S-words that he had no experience in, okay, maybe scheming, but it was all minor scale.

Kimizuki had headed toward the medical ward, where his sister, Mirai was, and it appeared Yoichi was tagging along. Yoichi was walking a little closer to Kimizuki as was usually allowed, but Kimizuki paid it no mind. From his body language, Yuu could tell that Mirai had had a bad day yesterday. Yuu was glad Yoichi was with him, Kimizuki looked like he would need it on today's visit.