Loveless Fan Fiction ❯ To Love and To Be Loved ❯ Little Love God ( Chapter 2 )

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Little Love God

'The little Love-god lying once asleep
Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand,
Whilst many nymphs that vowed chaste life to keep
Came tripping by, but in her maiden hand
The fairest votary took up that fire,
Which many legions of true hearts had warmed;
And so the general of hot desire
Was, sleeping, by a virgin hand disarmed.
This brand she quenched in a cool well by,
Which from Love's fire took heart perpetual,
Growing a bath and healthful remedy
For men diseased; but I, my mistress' thrall,
Came there for cure, and this by that I prove:
Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.'

- Sonnet #154
By William Shakespeare.

- Loveless : Ritsu : 38 -

Not many hours had passed from when I brought Ritsuka to Angora before I had laid with him. He was a very cute little thing, this I had always known. But, lying on the bed I had laid out for him he had seemed infinitely beautiful.

It was as the Gods intended, I am sure. Ritsuka, too, seemed resigned to what fate had dealt him. He was saddened deeply, I am sure, by the thought of being forcefully removed from Soubi's love by fate's cruel hand. At the same time, I was deeply determined to show to him the beauty of what a relationship that was intended for him from birth could bring.

I tried my best to be kind as possible, as we were brought together somewhat roughly. But, Ritsuka was still young and it soon became obvious that Ritsuka had never made any move to completely subjugate Soubi, nor Soubi him. I went slower for this reason, pushed with less insistence, but Ritsuka was still left in a sore state afterwards, all the same.

I remained by him and treated him kindly and he soon began to warm to me and my attentions.

I explained to him, slowly and patiently, what our school was meant for and how I was acquainted with Soubi and Ritsuka's late older brother. He seemed to take it all in well, considering what he had just been through.

More than ever, after I had explained everything, I understood why the two of us were to be together. He was quiet, reserved, contained even after the deep stress of the evening. I respected his strength and commended his elegance in holding himself. A very good master of himself and, hopefully, for myself as well.

- Loveless : Ritsuka : 14 -

My premonition might have been a bit off. I had expected that, when I slept with Soubi, it would tear us to pieces. Perhaps I should have been predicting that when I lost my ears all together, we would never have a chance of remaining with one another.

Ritsu was very pretentious, I do remember now, in insisting upon me right after we arrived at Angora. I, of course, was thinking along the lines of my being kidnapped like many young ladies are in horror movies these days and taken out into the middle of nowhere to be abused and raped. Ritsu only further concluded my beliefs by prevailing himself upon me.

He was kind, it was to be sure. At first I was terrified and kept my composure only because I did not want to give him the pleasure of hearing me scream and complain. But, after only a short time, that strange undefinable feeling came over me as we touched. It seemed that all other feeling in my breast were quelled, leaving a quiet nothingness. When he kissed my neck, I felt nothing. When he touched me, I trembled not. When he pressed deep within me, I remained cold and unmoved. It was unnerving.

I was reminded of how Soubi's lips felt on mine, on my face, on my neck, on my hand. My heart would beat and burn. I would catch fire.

Ritsu's touch was deeply akin to a quenching water, but was nothing compared to the fiery fervor of Soubi's kiss. I began to worry about whether I would ever feel that fire again. However, I resolved to quiet these feelings as well, at least for the moment.

As Ritsu began to talk to me afterwards, I came to understand that I was to never return to my house or my parents. Ritsu would arrange for all of my things to be brought to Angora and I would continue my education there, under his tutelage. A lie would be created for the sake of explaining my absence, probably of studying overseas. That way, other people could still keep in contact, if I so wished, but I could never reveal my location.

He calmly explained that, though it pained him to say so, Soubi would not likely be coming to see me or write to me. With what Soubi had done as a Warcraft (taking an impressionable Sacrifice from another respectable Warcraft), he would not be able to show his face at Angora without provoking great disruption of the peace.

It slowly came to dawn upon me how unlikely escape was. Stranded all the way in the middle of nowhere, physically displaced from all humanity, as well as mentally secluded amongst others of my own kind. At the same time, I realized that, aside from Soubi and my friends at school, I had little reason to run.

Ritsu was kind and quiet, a likely version of myself if I ever were to reach his age. As his sacrifice, I was assured a small seat of power at the school, not to mention I would no longer be submitted to the rigors of life at home or the mindless work at school. There would be no more long and useless mental and physical examinations at the hospital or worried calls from school to home.

It was an ideal position, except, as I mentioned before, I would be afforded no connection to Soubi and little communication with my friends.

I began to despair.

Ritsu's watery love, could not cool my desire for Soubi. Alas, it mattered not. I had not a clue as to what to do about it.