Tell Me Your Dreams by Cassandra
Chapter IV Magic
"Hmm�it is just me or is the night sky brighter than I�ve ever seen before?" Yaten asked with true innocent curiosity as she looked wide eyed at the sky above her.
Seiya chuckled as he stood beside her in the balcony over-looking the palace grounds. "I think it�s just you."
"Yeah, I�ve never really looked at the sky at this time of the night." She giggled after taking a demure sip from her glass of wine. "I always try to turn in at the time of my bedtime when I was eight!"
The couple had stayed together the whole night, talking dancing and laughing without a single argument. It was rare for them to be at peace and both seemed to enjoy it.
Whatever bothered Yaten early on didn�t seem to matter to her anymore.
Come to think of it, she had been different the whole night. She wasn�t at all difficult like a load had been lifted from her shoulders.
She was smiling and laughing as she talked gamely with him.
Gone was the rude and arrogant Icicle Princess that Seiya always encountered.
With him was the Yaten that allowed herself to laugh and be free.
Both of them had gone drinking a few glasses of the wine and both were slightly intoxicated.
Seiya still had a clear head but admittedly was a little fuzzy at the edges.
Yaten was still making sense but she was getting a bit giddy and when she was giddy, she could get downright silly.
"Ne, ne Sei-chan." She began, tugging on his sleeve to catch his attention When he looked at her, she smiled radiantly at him. "Thank you for staying with me and I�m sorry for keeping you away from the other girls."
She began to giggle again as she looked at the view before her. In front of her was a wide lake and the stars twinkled against the water, creating a dazzling effect.
"You�ve been very nice tonight, Sei-chan. Thank you."
Seiya though that she was getting rather tipsy. Since when did she start calling him Sei-chan?
He refused to comment on that though.
He chose instead to smile at her. "You�re welcome Yaten. So, what else do you want to do?"
"Nah." Yaten answered. "I like it here better. Too many people in there."
Seiya gazed to the side at Yaten. Her manicured hands held at the edge of the balcony as the crisp night wind blew back her long silver hair. If there were one word to describe her it would have to be "ethereal".
"Could I ask you something Seiya?"
"Hm?"
"Are you still thinking of your Odango nowadays?"
The question came out of nowhere and one he didn�t expect. Her voice held no malice or sarcasm and it made him even more amazed.
He didn�t look at her but turned to the sky instead.
The stars gleamed invitingly to him against the dark background of the sky. Looking at the stars made certain emotions alive in him that he couldn�t explain.
Yaten always did that to him.
"I still think of her every now and then but somehow, I guess, I�ve come to accept and live with the fact that I�ll never really be with her." He smiled sadly to the stars but there was a shine in his eyes that said that he was a changed man.
"I mean come on, she�s the Neo-Queen Serenity. What am I? I�m just a senshi who happens to live in the other end of the universe. I am a senshi who lives to serve another princess and with a different path of destiny to take.
"I guess I should just be happy that I met her and made her smile once. That should be enough for me. I�m her friend. I should be happy when she�s happy and I admit that I am.
"She�s not the one for me. I know that now. I just hope that I find that person sooner or later�Ne? Yaten?"
He turned around to look at her again to find Yaten almost falling back to the floor. In a flash he was by her side supporting her against his chest.
"Nguh." She heard her moan. "I think I�m getting dizzy."
"Yaten!"
She fell limp into his arms.
She was asleep.
The alcohol finally got to her. Seiya hypothesized as he carefully picked her up and made his way into the palace to go to her quarters.
Seiya noticed how light she was and how fragile she seemed in his eyes. In the dim lights of the hall, he saw her face.
Her eyes were closed and on her lips was a slight, beautiful smile. Her hair was a shimmer of a halo around her. It gleamed like white fire against the light.
He felt himself blush as he thought of these things.
It was a hard task when he came upon the door. He managed to slip in without disturbing her sleep.
With the grace of a senshi, he placed her down on the silk blue sheets of her bed. He felt obligated to make her as comfortable as possible. Her shoes were immediately pulled of her feet and her dress was appropriately loosened.
Of course the latter procedure required him to change into a female so as to push the blush reflex that overcame him when he thought about it.
As he sat beside her on the bed, he noticed that the moonlight coming from the open window cast a light illumination to the Sleeping Beauty.
She lay straight against the silk with her hair a flaxen lake around her. The moonlight touched and shadowed her face in the right places to reveal a peaceful and dreamy expression.
He would have gasped if he could. She was the absolute personification of perfection.
As if in a trance, he reached out to touch her cheek. There was no stopping him and when he came in contact with her skin he was amazed when he felt that there was nothing wrong with what he was doing. In fact, nothing felt even more right.
The back of his fingers gently slid down the side of her face, very careful not to disturb her.
His heart was telling him that there was nothing wrong but his mind begged to differ.
Had he wanted this longer than he thought he did?
Seiya Kou was the one touching Yaten, not Fighter. Fighter has lost her control.
His fingers have slipped down to gently touch the curve of her lips and with a just a touch he knew he had lost all control of himself.
He leaned forward and closed his eyes.
Forgive me, Yaten�
He touched her lips with his in a longing kiss. He stayed like this for a long moment, somewhat disappointed that she wasn�t kissing him back.
I guess it was never meant to be then�
Suddenly, the unexpected happened.
Yaten�s lips began to move under his, shyly and hesitant at first then becoming more and more passionate as time went by.
The kiss was broken when their lungs screamed for air.
Seiya tried to steady himself as he tried to understand and believe what just happened. He opened his eyes and found Yaten looking up at him.
Lime green eyes bore into his as she tried to catch her breath.
They were so close that he could feel her breasts rise and fall under her bodice against him in a manner that reminded him of that dream.
The dream that made him realize how beautiful she was�
He tried to speak as well as he could. He needed to say something, anything to this beautiful, untouchable being that he developed some kind of indescribable feeling for.
"Yaten I�"
Her smooth hand came up to caress his cheek.
There was a slight blush on her cheeks as her swollen lips aimed to speak. She was looking at him with clarity and purpose.
"I had a dream about you." She began in a soft whisper. "You were looking down at me like this on this same bed on an exact same night identical to this. Oh Seiya, you had such love in your eyes then. I knew that it was a dream."
Seiya didn�t know what to expect as he listened to her, slowly, slowly beginning to get intoxicated by the way she spoke and quickly noted the sorrow that she tried to hide under her peace.
"I heard every word you said tonight about your Odango. I was a little drunk but I heard. I�m unconvinced Seiya, sorry but I am."
She struggled to speak coherently as she continued her hand still on his cheek. She silently told him to listen attentively.
"Seiya, I hope you let me say this to you now then please forget it. It would never be the same once I tell you a truth that I have been hiding from you for the longest time. I beg you, please remain as you are. Try to forget.
"Seiya, I ached when you asked her if you weren�t good enough. She never understood you or she chose not to. Unlike her, I understood pretty well. You want to know why? Why I understood and ached?"
Seiya nodded wordlessly.
Yaten smiled as she slowly rose to have her face close to his. "I was so in love Seiya. With you�"Then she kissed him, as if she didn�t want him to say anything more.
She pulled back before he could even respond. Then she smiled again.
Seiya felt sorrow grip him as he saw this.
She�s letting him go.
Just like that.
So gracefully�
"Forget, Seiya. You may go. Thank you for being so nice. I�ll see you in breakfast tomorrow." She tuned away from him.
A rush of thoughts filled his brain as he watched Yaten slowly, slowly close herself up to him.
He couldn�t let this happen.
He couldn�t just let her go!
Not when he now knew the truth.
He grabbed her and pulled her against him. His hold on her was desperate and possessive. "No Yaten, I can�t just forget."
He heard her laugh bitterly against him. She didn�t struggle. "Seiya, this is just pity you�re feeling. This isn�t love. Don�t try to comfort me. I could go on with my life. I would be happy if you wouldn�t change even after I have told you this. Please. I don�t want to�"
He cut her off as he caught her lips in a kiss.
She tried to pull away from him but her efforts were futile under the coaxing ministrations of the one she loved with all her heart.
Seiya�s kiss was assuring and caressing. His answer to her was all in the kiss that he began which they soon continued.
His heart almost exploded when they reached the height of feeling he wanted.
Yaten was so loving and giving in his arms.
He laid her back down on the silken sheets as he left her lips to give attention to the rest of her.
She was willing when his hands began to wander to give her the love that she had wanted for so long.
"Oh Seiya�"
He saw the traces of uncertainty in her eyes and he soothed her again with his kiss.
"I promise, I�ll be gentle."
And so the night begins.
********** Ivory limbs were against each other under the cool sheets as the sun began to rise on the horizon.
Lime green eyes were open as their center of attention began to move then to bloom under the golden, warm rays.
Green met blue as smiles of contentment lifted the sides of kissable lips.
A passionate kiss.
The woman smiled mysteriously at the man in the only way she could as she murmured quietly,
"Tell me your dreams�"
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