Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Petals & Thorns ❯ A Thorn By Any Other Name ( Chapter 2 )

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Petals & Thorns
Chapter 2: A thorn By Any Other Name...
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< br> [Akito]
I hate her constant cheerfulness. Her optimism makes me want to puke. I want nothing to do with her.

And yet, somehow I still find myself fascinated by her.

It is a fascination like watching someone die. The analogy relaxes me somehow, as I pull my robe tighter around my shoulders. I want her to pay for causing this chill to wash over me.

So I called her. Big fucking deal. I talked to Shigure, because I couldn't stand to hear her voice. It was grating to my nerves.

Though the mere thought of her being near me had caused me great annoyance, I realized that I was anxious for her to come. I could feel my rage beginning to boil over as I had waited.

The door opened. I heard her voice saying my name. Asking me a question.

As though she had the right to ask anything! I didn't turn from my current view of the outside.

She doesn't deserve my gaze upon her. She doesn't deserve anything from me!

I sensed her fear. Good. I want her to suffer. Suffer the same way that I am suffering. The fear. The loathing. Not knowing what is going to happen to her today.

I smirk to the bird on my finger, bringing it closer to my mouth. I murmur something against it's downy head. Somehow this does not comfort me.
Her presence there makes me angry, and spoils my already foul mood.

Yes, I know that I ordered her to come. She had no choice. But still. The idea that she was dirtying the air around me pissed me off.

I sensed that she stirred. I smirked

Good! Let her be uncomfortable! This would make it that much more fun. I wanted her to fight me. I wanted her to hurt. I wanted to cause her pain.

Besides, what animal doesn't like playing with it's food before it eats? Toying with it, torturing it?

I smiled giddily.

This was so much fun. I wanted to torture her for as long as possible. I had already told Hatori and Kureno that I was not to be disturbed while the bitch was in my room.

I was running it over in my head all of the things that I wanted to do to her. It was becoming a long list.

I heard her sigh uncertainly. This only added to my ego. This proved that it was working.

She had been in my bedchamber for over an hour. I have yet to say anything to her. As I closed my eyes, I breathed in the sweet scent of her discomfort.

I slowly turned to look at the wench. She noticed my movement and straightened her posture.

She respected me. Or was terrified. Or so she would have it appear to me. I knew better. Way fucking better than she could have even fathomed in her tiny mind.

She was staring at the base of the wall ahead of her .

So she was smart enough not to meet my glare? I smirked at her. So she seems to have a vague awareness of the trouble that she found. Interesting. I didn't want to speak, I want to savor this moment, this fear that exudes from her. How to play with this bitch?

I sat down on the floor across from her, leaning my back against the wall. I just glared at her for a while, before finally speaking.

I would start softly.

"Tooru-san? Daijoubu? You don't look so well. Are you coming down with something?"

LIKE FEAR YOU DAMN BITCH?!

She looked at me, with those wide eyes of her wavering like she was about to cry. THEN CRY DAMMIT!

"Akito-san?"

How DARE she open her mouth!? I didn't give her permission to speak. Asking a question is NOT giving permission to speak. I felt my "gentle smile" strain. I struggled calmly to maintain a look of serenity even though my rage screamed inside of me.

"Hai?"

The idiot seems comforted by my tone. But surely she must know by now that I own the Soumas? And as long as she was staying the a Souma, then I owned HER as well?

"Ano, you said that you wanted to see me?"

She looked unsure of herself. GOOD! Like I would actually WANT to see her? No, you idiot, I WANT TO CAUSE YOU PAIN! Of course, I don't say this. I want to give her a false sense of security before the physical torture begins. Emotional torture was always my best talent.

I've used it enough to have perfected it by now. It seems that my years of practice have led me to this one perfect time to use what I have learned from my encounters with Hatori, Kyo and Yuki.

I smile at the thought of the last two names.

How wonderful it felt to destroy them. How absolutely wonderful! I wished that I could go back in time to do it all again!

Kyo was easy to destroy. He was inhabited, not ONLY by the cat, but also the filthy vengeful spirit of the cat. Turning him into a grotesque monster, hideous to smell and look upon. It didn't take much. But Yuki....

Yuki tested my abilities. Once I beat him down, he was mine for the taking. It began with the hair. I owned him early on. I made sure that his hair always looked like mine. It wasn't brutal per se, but it was enough of a start. Then the emotional torment, followed, inevitably by physical torture. He was delicious to torture. His feminine cries were music to my ears.

I turned my attention back to the bitch before me. I smiled again.

"Sou.... I was wondering if you were hungry?"

I plan to draw this out for as long as I can.

Her look of surprise is absolutely stunning. She is so filled with emotions, happy emotions which piss me off. Relief. I want her to cry, Dammit. I want her to cry out in pain and fear.

But...there is time for that.

I rise to walk over to the door and rap lightly on the wood. In a matter of seconds, Hatori has opened it and l can see him look past my shoulder at the blob of a girl sitting in the same place as he had left her an hour ago. I hide my smirk and request some food be brought to my quarters. Hatori looks past my shoulder one more time, a lingering look, that sends shivers up my spine.

So he feels something for the nitwit in my room, eh? Let him have his foolish *dream*. It won't last for much longer... I want to draw this out...I want to make her tremble in fear before I am done. Part of me doesn't want to wait, because I know what I have in store for her.

"Hatori-san... bring me food. One plate." I look over my shoulder at the twit kneeling there dumbly. "For Tooru-san..." I turn back to see Hatori staring at me with a tense look on his face.

Are you frightened, Hatori-san? Are you remembering your dear Kana? Do you feel like you're reliving a nightmare?

Hatori nods at my order and casts another look at Tooru-san before leaving. I watch him leaving, with a smirk on my face.

Poor Hatori-san... I will make this bitch pay for making you feel bad. This will be for you Hatori-san...

I turn and walk back to Tooru-san. She gives me a smile, but I can still see the fear in her eyes.

This will be fun...

"Tooru-san, your food will be here shortly."

I smile at her. She smiles back hesitantly. I smile even wider. I kneel before her.

"Ne, Tooru-san..." My voice trails off as I reach out my hand to touch her face. She moves slightly, though I can see that she is trying to resist moving away.

"A-hai Akito-san?"

I HATE THEM ALL!! I WANT EVERYONE TO SUFFER LIKE I HAVE - but most of all...THIS GIRL MUST SUFFER THE MOST!

I caress her face slowly, cupping her face in my hands and rubbing my thumb along her cheekbone before moving my hand down to her chin. I tilt her face as gently as I can restrain myself.

"Do you want to know the secret of the curse?"

She looks surprised. I wonder if her look will be one of horror later this evening? I think it will. I can't wait...


*****To be continued*****

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