Imprisoned to Love You [Edited]

♦⊱ Chapter 22 - Waking Up ⊰♦

This chapter is dedicated to Kira_xx! Happy reading!

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Kichiro pov:

My fists clenched tightly in annoyance, I walked to my chambers. It had been two days since I had brought Ruka back to the palace and she hadn't woken from her sleep. The royal doctor had said that she was exhausted and needed to rest, that she would probably remain sleeping for a few days but I was frustrated by her taking so long to wake.

I wanted to know what she meant when she had said that she loved me. I wanted to kiss again, I wanted to experience those strange, overwhelming feelings...why was she still unconscious?!

"My Lady, you're awake!" I heard her personal maid exclaim just as I reached the doors of my chambers. She had been with Ruka, tending to her for the past two days and I halted at the doors as she continued to speak, "How do you feel, My Lady?"

Ruka was sitting up and had a hand pressed to the side of her head. She was frowning deeply with her eyes closed when she answered, "I feel horrible..."

I frowned but relaxed when the maid held out a glass for Ruka to take, "Here, My Lady, drink some water. It might help ease your head ache."

"Thank you, Kyo chan," Ruka replied, taking the glass with a smile. She drank all of it in one go and sighed, leaning back against the pillows the maid had stacked behind her back.

"My Lady, may I ask what happened? I heard you were kidnapped..."

"I was...and I ran away," she answered. I narrowed my eyes, feeling rage stir within me. Was everything that she had said when she held me in the rain a lie?

"I...I don't understand," said the maid.

"I was kidnapped by a group of people from an organization standing up against Kichiro sama – they took me to their hideout as a prisoner because I'm an ally of Kichiro sama. I thought that I was going to be harmed or, in worst cases, killed by them but...I reunited with a friend."

"A friend, My Lady? An enemy is your friend?" pressed the maid.

I narrowed my eyes, confused by her words. She sounded so contradicting now...but her answer cleared the confusion I had. "Yes, before Kichiro sama first brought me here, I used to live in a village dojo with a friend named Tomoki. I thought he was dead but I saw him in the rebel organization's hideout," said Ruka. "He's alive and the leader of the Red Eagle's Organization that is fighting against Kichiro sama."

I felt irked by what I heard. That brat...I thought I had killed him that day. He had survived like the cockroach he was and now stirring trouble. If he thought that his organization would be able to deal with me so easily, he was wrong.

The expression of annoyance that came to Ruka's face suddenly intrigued me. "And, can you believe it? He asked me to marry him! No, he didn't ask me, he ordered me to marry him. He even shackled me when he figured out that I tried to escape! I'm so grateful to Akari for helping me escape before something terrible happened. Anyway, that topic aside, how long was asleep?"

"Two days, My Lady," said the maid. "You were very exhausted and it looked like you were having nightmares. You were groaning and flinching in your sleep often."

Ruka shivered, wrapping her arms around herself. She shut her eyes and mumbled, "I hate thunderstorms..."

Having stalled enough, I stepped into my chambers and walked to Ruka. The maid stood and bowed deeply in greeting. Ruka met my gaze and stood rather hurriedly. She stumbled and nearly collapsed immediately, though the maid caught her while exclaiming in worry. Ruka laughed softly and pushed away from the maid to stand on her own, though still a little wobbly.