The day I lost my freedom

Birthday wish

I wandered around the mansion for a while. I even found a kitchen but there was no finished meal so I just took some fruit. I wasn't sure how long I was gone but it was time to go back to Kuro if I wanted to obey his order.

I entered his room and found him still working on his bed. He smiled when he saw me.

"Welcome back, latecomer," he greeted me.

"Am I late?" I asked as I headed to the bed. I didn't feel like I was wandering for that long period of time.

"Yes. Exactly 2 minutes late... Did you do it on purpose?" he asked.

"Then you should punish me," I teased him and sat down next to him. He smiled mischievously.

"Give me your hand, Keira. I will punish you."

I wondered how he wanted to do it. I did what he asked. Handcuffs clicked around my wrists. He attached the other part to his hand.

"Now you won't run away from me," he said happily.

"You know that I don't have a watch right? So I couldn't watch the time effectively, could I?" I asked for sure.

"Then you'd better come much earlier next time."

I had nothing more to say to him. With his handcuffed hand he grabbed mine. He slowly intertwined our fingers and strengthened the grip.

It seemed strange to me. I wouldn't expect the owner to want to do such a thing with his slave.

"You can't work this way," I softly laughed at him.

"I can handle it," he said with a smile and continued his work using one hand only. He seemed so happy.

I rested my head on his shoulder and kept wondering what to give him as a birthday gift. It was bothering me.

"Are you all right?" he asked me. I nodded.

"I just... you never did anything like this before. Are you sure? Don't you have a fever or something?" he asked, reaching for my forehead.

"Does it bother you?" I asked quietly.

"No, quite the opposite. And that's why it's so strange... I know you for doing exactly the opposite of what I would like," he told me.

"Then you should not try your luck by talking about it so much," I teased him.

"Oh, you won't hear another word about it from me," he said quickly.

I had a good view of his laptop now. I noticed he was in his bank account. God, I couldn't even count how many numbers had in his overall balance .

At the moment, he was transferring some of his money. He sent away millions! It made me dizzy. Especially when I thought of my own bank account where I had only a two-digit number. For him that 2 millions he paid for me meant nothing. I looked away from the laptop.

It wasn't long before Kuro was done. He closed the laptop and threw it away from us. I become more nervous. Maybe it was a good time to wish him Happy birthday.

He softly grabbed my chin and lifted my head off his shoulder. For a moment he looked deep into my eyes. Then he pressed his lips to mine. I started kissing him back but I didn't want this to turn into something more serious, so once he paused between the kisses I stopped him.

"Kuro..."

"Yeah?"

"... Happy birthday," I said softly, still a little nervous. He froze.

"How do you know?" he didn't understand.

"I met your brother."

He studied me suspiciously.

"Did he touch you?" he asked.

"Do you think he would still have his hands if he did?" I laughed. When he finally realized that I wouldn't let him do something like that he chuckled. Then he became more serious again.

"Keira... I don't want you to be nice to me just because it's my birthday today," he scolded me. Did he mean that situation when I rested my head on his shoulder?

"But that has nothing to do with it," I protested. He didn't believe me.

"I like when you are happy Kuro. I'm just not willing to be submissive because of it," I explained to him honestly. He thought about what I said for a while. Then he smiled.

"Ok, thank you for your wishes. I appreciate it."

"I... I would like to give you a present but I don't have anything here and I don't know what you would like," I confessed to him sadly.

"Don't worry about it. I don't want any presents from you," he tried to comfort me.

"But..." I didn't know what to say but I wasn't satisfied with that.

"Now I will be honest with you. Keira... I am sure you know what I'd like but you wouldn't do something like that anyway. I know this because then you wouldn't have a reason to ask me this. Plus I am not willing to force or convince you of doing anything for me just because I have a birthday," he told me.

Damn! Why he was so smart.

"Then you have to come up with something else with which I would agree," I blamed him. I was so helpless. He sighed.

"Ok, I have an idea. What if you promise me not to run away from me just for this one day?" he asked.

"Why?" I didn't understand.

"I would like to take you out, Keira," he said. We still held our handcuffed hands. He raised my hand and kissed it. I was confused. Why did he want to take me out?

"You should wish for something that would make you happy and not me," I rebuked him. He smiled.

"My wish is to make you happy. Then I will be happy too."

"Well ok. As you wish I promise I won't try to escape for this whole day."

He stared at me for a moment, unsure if he should trust me or not. He moved away from me so he could go to the bedside table. He pulled out a small key and unlocked the handcuffs. He didn't let go of my hand though. I could see how uncertain he was.

"If you are not sure, we don't have to go anywhere."

I wanted to make him happy with a gift and not to bother him even more.

He finally let go of me.

"I trust you, Keira."

It sounded more like he was trying to convince himself rather than me.

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