Mid-Autumn - Fallen leaves were flying around in the streets of Tokyo, getting caught up in people's hair. It was romantic season, where lovers huddled up in the streets talking walks and sighing at the beauty of the falling leaves. Yet, it was also a season where people started feeling melancholy, for winter was soon to come and everything would turn cold and bare.
In the midst of this poetic setting, two people were doing things in a very unpoetic manner, and in a very unromantic place.
The place in question was a director's office on the top floor of a very tall and very famous skyscraper. This building, named the Yang Skyscraper, was owned by a world famous fashion designer whose line of clothes was so popular that it had thirty thousand branches worldwide. His clothes were always endorsed by some international supermodel or actress, thus increasing its popularity even more.
His name is Yang Tse Yuu. He is also Arian, the archenemy of our hero Mariteus.
In the director's office, a couple was doing some activities normally confined on bed. The male was pushing strenously, until beads of sweat poured all over his face and dripped onto the female's skin.
"C'mon, Yoichi! I know you can do better than that! I expect no less than five times from you! Only you can satisfy me!!" The female grunted.
"FIVE TIMES?!!" On hearing the number, Yoichi's eyeballs bulged out from his sockets as far as they could go.
"Ayako....give me a break! Nobody could do five consecutive times! Besides, we have already come two times, aren't you tired already? " He panted but continued his actions, unable to resist the lady's demands.
"Don't tell me that you are just like any other ordinary male! In that case, I think I'd better get someone else who can meet my requirements!" She sneered at him with contempt, and rolled off his body. Then she proceeded to smoke a cigarette, looking out of the window.
Yoichi was so shocked at her sudden withdrawal that he almost fell off the desk he was on.
"Ayako!! You can't leave me like this, now that you have me standing! Come back to me, I'll do whatever you want!!" He pleaded.
Interested, Ayako turned back and raised an eyebrow.
"Do you really mean that, or are you just trying to get me back?"
"I do, I do!! Tell me what you want me to do!" He slobbered all over her.
She gave a cunning smile. So cunning that it would have fitted very well on a fox.
" I want you to seduce Mikamiko and claim her heart, again."
Yoichi experienced the second shock of his life. This time, he could not speak, just simply stared at Ayako.
" Do not ask me why, just do it, or I'll go find your replacement." Ayako second guessed his doubts and questions and answered them with this stinging remark.
Yoichi was angry this time with her taunts. He held her down onto desktop and proceeded with their unfinished business with renewed vigor.
"Alright, if that's what you want, that's what you'll get!" He repeated gruffly throughout the process.
All through the night, their sounds of lovemaking kept emitting from the door, which the security guard ignored when he patrolled the floor. He had seen, or rather, heard this too many times to be bothered by it.
Actually, he was bothered, only he didn't show it. He wanted to rip the man's throat to pieces. How dare he touched my Skylar so many times with his dirty hands! That Skylar who would not give me the time of the day however hard I beg! And this mere mortal, a scumbag at that, has the chance to bed her every Friday night! He stewed with white-hot anger which was threatening to burst out any minute. He did not know what he would do if he lost control. Maybe he would bang the door open, throw the man out and have his way with her. Or maybe he would go in and kill both of them, and himself as well. Nobody knows, not even himself.
Then, before he could act rashly, he heard some voices at the door. It appeared that the man was getting ready to leave. The "security guard" quickly stood in the shadows to avoid being seen by them. As the man passed him, he could smell Skylar's scent on him, making him jealous and yearning at the same time.
"Come out, Fabian. I know that you are there." Skylar held the door open to let him in. "How long have you been eavesdropping on me?"
"I wasn't eavesdropping, just patrolling the building"
" That is the lamest excuse I've ever heard. But it's so damn funny that I want to laugh" She did laugh, so long and hard that tears fell from her eyes. Then, the tears didn't stop when she stopped laughing.
"I'm sorry, I never meant for you to be sad."
" Oh my dear brother! You know that I'm not crying because of you! I'm just pitying myself for the state that I'm in!" Skylar dabbed at her eyes with the handkerchief, which had a faint masculine scent.
"You know, sometimes I wish that we weren't siblings, so that I can stand a better chance at competing with Arian for you. But sometimes, I feel lucky cos that's the only thing that links my heart to yours, even though it's a sibling love you have for me. I am always fighting with myself inside, you know that?" Saying that, he turned his back to her.
" Oh Fabian! You know that we can never be togther. My heart is already with Arian!" She regretted treating him so cruelly, but she had to crush any hopes that he might hold for her.
"I know that! It's just that I can't stand the way he treats you. Can't you see that he doesn't love you at all? Not even brotherly love? He's just using you and your powers, that's all!" Fabian tried to make her see the truth. But as they always say, love is blind.
"I know, I know! I can feel that he loves another from the way he always stares off distractedly! But he is willing to let me be his wife. And that to me is enough! Otherwise, what can I do? Tell me! I have already fallen so deep into his love trap, I can't escape now!!" She was wrecked with sobs and bent down huddled in a corner, holding and rocking herself.
Fabian could only stare at her helplessly. He couldn't think of a way to console her, and her sobs kept stabbing at his heart like pins on a pincushion.
She suddenly turned her tear-streaked face at him. "You know who it is he loves, don't you? You knew, and yet you kept it from me! Tell me who it is, now!" She demanded.
Fabian refused to tell her, for he was afraid the shock would be too much for her.
"Is it Claudine?" She voiced out one of her suspicions.
"No, no! You know that she wasn't his type!" He denied profusely. She would never guess who it was. He thought, as a name flashed across his mind. Then to his horror, he tried to stop himself from thinking the name, but to no avail.
For Skylar could read minds like an open book.
But too late he tried to stop thinking of it. For Skylar stood up, white-faced at the revelation.
Fabian took one look at her and knew that all was doomed.
"I...it's M....ma....."she couldn't continue her sentence, for she fell into a dead faint.
Fabian rushed forward and caught her as she fell. He looked at her pale-as-a-sheet face and cursed himself for letting his guard down and allowing his thoughts to be read. Now, he did not know what kind of foolish things she would do now that she knew who was Arian's greatest love.
Speaking of Arian, he sure does has weird taste, for a guy.
"Why am I thinking of such thoughts at a time like this!!" He shouted at himself, furious. Seeing that a strand of hair had fallen out of place on her face, he tenderly tucked it behind her ears.
She looks so lovely even though she is unconscious and white-faced, he sighed. Unable to contain himself, he kissed her soft lips, something he had been wanting to do for a long, long time. Her lips tasted so sweet against his......
After a deep kiss, he suddenly became very melancholy. Is it only when she's asleep or unconscious that I can hold her and kiss her like this? Becoming very upset, he laid her on the couch, covered her with a blanket and stormed out of the office with his frustrations.
What a stupid man, the author says again. This story is filled with fools, but as they say, only fools fall in love.
Author's notes: What's next? I have not idea. Just stay tuned, for it will be a bit unpredictable, which is why I don't know what happens next myself. Thanks for reading.
The rest of it......
The introduction
The Beginning
The Awakening
Mikamiko = Claudine?!!!
Journey to the Centre of the Jungle
The Second Condition is......
Chapter 7 - Old Flame Attack!
The Yisheigai Gallery
