Tell Me Your Dreams by Cassandra
Chapter II Reality
Breakfast was unusually quiet and no one seemed to notice that fact aside from Taiki. He inspected his two companions at the table, trying to see what was wrong.
Yaten sat to his left in the round table that had room for four people.
The Princess wasn�t going to join them that morning for she had more pressing matters to attend to. What they were Taiki didn�t know.
Meanwhile, Yaten was eating like she always did, with grace and pickiness. Today, she was eating white bread, which she then dipped in some stuff from Earth called pesto.
She was dressed in a white dress that bared her shoulder and ended to her mid-calf over dainty white heels.
It all seemed normal until you got a good look at her.
Something seemed to be on her mind and she was in her own world for a while.
Nothing else could be more wrong than how Seiya was, he was quiet, period.
Seiya did have his quiet interludes every now and then but he hasn�t said a word since he sat on his chair and began eating his breakfast absently.
Aside from that, Seiya seemed keen on watching Yaten for the whole duration of the morning for as far as Taiki was concerned, that has been the only thing he has been doing. Add the fact that Yaten didn�t seem to mind, then you have a very intriguing morning.
Feeling his eyebrow twitch, Taiki reached for his teacup and asked, "Okay, would someone please tell me what the two of you picked up last night?"
"Huh?" Seiya asked, looking at Taiki this time.
Yaten looked at him with a puzzled look on her face. "What�re you talking about?"
The exasperated Taiki gave them a pointed look. "It�s quiet. What happened? Did the two of you fight?"
"No." Seiya answered tonelessly, as he pushed his food back and forth on his plate. His utensils made annoying sounds against the china.
Yaten shrugged. "I don�t know about the Seiya-baka but what I�m thinking of is none of your business."
Well, Yaten seems all right.Taiki observed.
She always had the tendency to be so nasty in the morning.
"Seiya?" Taiki looked on expectedly. "Anything you want to share? Is this anything to do with the ball three days from now?"
He thought that was a stupid question but then what was he to do? Nothing else came to mind that could occupy Seiya�s mind than the ball being held in honor of the first year anniversary of the rebuilding of Kinmoku.
Then again, why would Seiya be concerned about that?
Seiya looked at Taiki and shook his head. "No, I�ve got nothing to share. Taiki, come on, "And then he smiled his winning smile. "Nothing�s wrong with me. Stop worrying mi amigo."
"Seeing that there is nothing more to be said, I�m leaving." Yaten stood up and straightened her skirt before her, ever the lady. "Excuse me."
Both of them watched Yaten go and it could be just him, but Taiki just couldn�t shake the look Seiya gave the silver-haired empath�s fading figure.
********** Yaten returned to her room after fleeing the silent breakfast table.
Her heels clicked against the marbled floor with each determined step. She flipped the door open and then closed it silently behind her.
"Did Seiya piss you off again?"
Yaten smirked at the sound of the classy male voice behind her. "Quite the opposite actually Apollo." She quipped, turning around.
On her bed, stretched out an elegant gold cat with the queerest silver eyes.
"Oh do tell." It was the cat who spoke of course.
This cat, Apollo, is from the planet of Mau, the planet where the guardian cats Luna and Artemis came from. Apollo was a visiting diplomat and as esteemed as he was, the cat didn�t want to have any special treatments. He had grown quite fond of the cat-loving Yaten and stayed with her. He soon became Yaten�s friend and "guardian", as he wanted to be referred to.
The silver-haired one sat down beside the curious cat and scratched Apollo under the chin. "He didn�t say a thing to me. Heck, he didn�t say anything until Taiki asked us what was wrong."
"I think I should ask you the same thing." Apollo pulled away from Yaten�s caresses to sit at the other edge of the bed. His eyes gleamed as he sat like the King of Cats on his pillow throne. His small, regal head tilted to the side. "You yourself have been quite different this morning, little one. Care to tell me what happened, hm?"
"Nothing!" She insisted as she got up from the bed to sit in front of her vanity. She was silent as she stared at herself in the mirror in front of her.
"This is about him isn�t it?" Apollo appeared beside her suddenly. When Yaten didn�t respond, he sighed in pure exasperation. "Are you ever going to tell him what you really feel?"
"And what? Embarrass myself?" She snapped as she grabbed her comb. She loosened her hair from its customary ponytail and began to run its ridges on the flaxen strands.
Apollo just sat there, not saying a word. He continued to watch her, his silver eyes glistening with knowledge. He was convinced.
Yaten stopped momentarily, holding her brush in one hand and her length of silver hair in the other. "He�ll never feel the same way." Then she continued.
Apollo kept quiet and just continued to watch her and her reflection. With his sharp cat eyes, he was sure of what he saw in her green eyes.
They were glistening with unshed tears.
Weee�Second chapter. Man! It�s so predictable!!
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