(Serenity)
"Sit." I point at the only chair in the bathroom. He looks at me inquisitively, "Why?"
"Your brother has ordered me to clean you up. Apparently you need to look presentable when you go to meet someone later."
"Any idea who?" He sits down in the chair. "No idea." I sit down upon his lap, my legs on either sides of his hips. I feel a hitch in his breath, I guess that I'd surprised him. I mean, he wasn't really anywhere close to even accidentally touching me last night. "Why are you doing that?" His words come out strained and husky, he coughs. "Because it's easier to shave a persons face if you can see it up close." I take his chin within my fingers, I feel his adam's apple move slightly when I had just barely brushed it. "So sitting like this gives me the best view." Closing his eyes, he mutters something underneath his breath. I ask him to repeat it, but he doesn't answer me. It's as if such words weren't meant to be heard.
I trail his jawline with the blade and his body twitches beneath me. "Hold still." I whisper as I slowly trailed my fingers along with the blade. I shift his head slightly from side to side and place to place. I once even let my fingers slide down the curvature of his neck and he had smiled, seeming much more at ease now. The shave didn't take more than about fifteen minutes to get all of the hair off. But when I did finish, I just couldn't help but to stare. He opens his eyes and see's my face, "What's wrong?" his voice almost carries a tinge of alarm. But I just merely laugh, "It's nothing, it's just... well you really have a handsome face underneath all of that scruff. I just never realized how defined you jawline was until now, I guess. It fits you though, strong, bold and stubborn."
"Just like the fine pain in the ass that I am then huh?" He laughs quietly, I join him with a soft smile. Throwing away all of the collected hair and shifting the towel around to lie on his back now instead. I give him a wink, "Time for a haircut!" and he just shakes his head. "You do know that I am perfectly capable to shave and cut my own hair now, don't you Ren?" At this I laugh. "Of course I do, I know that your a big boy. But we want you to look presentable... not like you just don't give a fuck." He laughs even harder at this.
"True."
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Standing in front of me, he looked like a completely different person. His hair is framed around his face rather nicely and his features are now defined in ways that you just couldn't quite see before. I was happy with my product, even though he probably couldn't care less. I finish up by tying a fresh green tie around his neck, looking up I see the same color staring back at me, it's such a calming color.
"You've been kind of quiet all day, is everything alright Nikolai?" I whisper and I catch him staring at my lips. My fingers suddenly twitch as I let go of his tie and take a step back. He shakes his head and his eyes widen slightly before returning back to meet mine. He clears his throat, "I'm just afraid, I don't know what my brothers planning this time around. I know it's rather pathetic of me, I mean... I'm the evil one after all, aren't I? I just... I thought that I didn't know fear, but something about this surprise meeting just... Well, it's got my nerves on edge." My head falls slightly, so that's why he's been acting so wierd. "Think about it like this, it'll all be over soon and I'll have some food ready for you when you come back to me. Then we can both go to bed early and talk about it if you want, for our deep talk factor." Shaking his head slowly, he opens his mouth. "I don't want us to feel forced like this, I want us to be real." At this I laugh, "Why?"
"Because I like you Serenity." My eyes find his immediately.
"B-but... But I thought that you hated me." I whisper, remembering the time, which was really only just about a week ago, where he had refused to call me anything else but "it". "I never hated you, I only wanted too because I didn't like the fact that I liked you so much. I don't think that I could ever hate you. But to be honest, my only family had never truly loved me and my only brother who was once my only friend had also betrayed me. So I apologize, if I'm not always so easy to read. But I'm just, really not so great at this kind of stuff, you know? Relationships and friendships, heck even love... I fucking suck at keeping them all."
I didn't know how to respond, so I did what I always did. I just pushed my feelings back down, beneath the ground and I cleared my throat as I tried to think of the best thing to do for him logically. What I had really wanted to ask him, was what had happened with his family that had made him feel such a way. But instead I say, "I can't go with you, but is there anything that I can do for you?" He doesn't answer me, instead he suddenly envelops me within his arms. My heart is racing and I don't know why, but it feels like it's pounding about a thousand miles a minute. "N-Nikolai, what are you doing?" At this he laughs slightly, a little nervously too I might add.
"It's called a hug Serenity." I feel the warmth of his body, I accept and return the favor by wrapping my arms around him as well. "I've never... done this before." I whisper and he retreats, "Never?" he states with his eyes wide open. I shake my head and the door opens, "It's time to go Mr. Nightray." he lets his eyes linger upon mine for a few more seconds then needed, before he breaks away. The door closes and suddenly I'm all alone. Somethings different about Nikolai, he's not as angry as he used to be anymore. He's just... sad. He's changing and I just can't seem to find out the reason why.
