Trigun Fan Fiction ❯ Years After ❯ Runaway ( Chapter 2 )

Runaway

I'm not gonna sleep till I touch your face….

Once Meryl ate and fed Raven she crawled upstairs, showing Vash where his room was, and into her and Knives' room. His back was too her and she couldn't tell if he was sleeping or not.

She changed into a shorter nightgown than she was used too, and crawled into bed next to the huge male plant.

The night was quiet and the only sound that penetrated the silence was the shallow breathing of Knives next to her. Vash invaded her mind, and she could see his face when she closed her eyes. But when her mind wandered over to Knives, she felt a bit guilty for deceiving him. She knew that he never had someone love him before, [besides Rem.] and that if she ran away with Vash, that she would killing him even more, especially if she took Raven.

"What am I to do…?"

Just as her body began to beg for sleep and her thoughts were out of control, she felt someone or something lay partially on top of her. Soft hair tickled her chin, and a hushed breathing hit her collarbone. And one muscular arm draped across her stomach loosely.

"No…." He whispered under his breath, he was obviously dreaming. Though she didn't want to know what about, good or bad.

Meryl, being too sleepy to care, cupped the side of his face in the dark, "Don't worry, Knives. Nothing can hurt you, I promise." She gently started to rub the skin beside by his right ear, the other arm over his left shoulder as if supporting his weight for him.

Before she nodded off to sleep she kissed his head and hummed the beginning of an old song….

When she awoke the next morning, the bright sun was filtering through the open curtains, and Knives sat on the windowsill starring out below.

Meryl proceeded to watch him from their bed for a little bit then sat up and stretched her back and arms. She looked over a him, about to greet him with a good morning, but the look in his eyes when he glanced over at her stopped her dead in her tracks. The look was so painfully obvious to her that it made her heart ache.

"K-Knives? Sweetie, are you okay?" These five words spill out of her mouth before she has time to word them correctly. His eyes close at her question.

"Kni---"

"Why?" All she could do was watch him, waiting for more. "Why, do you deceive me when I do all this for you?" He hissed under his breath, his beautiful blue eyes glaring deathly daggers at her.

Meryl just pulled the thin sheets up to neck, pulling her knees closer to her body and starting to shake. That look, yes that look, he gave Vash that look plenty of times. But why her, what had she done that he hated so much.

"What ha---"

"You know very well. Don't play dumb, you were going to run away with Vash and take Raven with you. Admit it you were planning it all along. Ever since my brother arrived here yesterday."

She pushed herself against the backboard of the bed.

"Knives I wasn't ---" He stood; she had never been scared of him up until now. He had never made any type of movement to hurt her, but now… death was very much present in his blue eyes.

"Now why would you do something like that?" He said lifting his chin higher, and seeming more menacing than ever before.

"Knives, I swear…. I wasn't planning anything!" Her words meant nothing to him, his posture never changed, and his eyes just narrowed even more.

Without lifting a finger he tore back the covers using his mind, she gasped and pulled her arms closer to her chest. Once again using his mind control he lifted her up and floated her over to him, high enough that he had to look up at her.

Her chin was forced up, as if someone was trying to strangle her. Her teeth clenched and her eyes tight, the rest of her lifeless body hung in the air like a rag doll.

Knives hand, which was up in the air fingers spread far apart, slowly grew into a fist. Meryl wanted to scream but the strong invisible force on her neck wouldn't allow her.

Before her vision blurred and turned black, eight words hung in the air along side her limp body.

"If I can't have you…. No one can…."

She awoke again back in her bed, the suns were out and shinning brightly. A sigh escaped her lips, and her head fell back on her pillow. Which she instantly regretted because a sharp pain seemed to come out of nowhere and strike her.

Her shaky hands came up and gently rubbed over the skin that lay on her neck, purple, red, and black as if someone had been choking her.

Her smoky gray eyes widened but tears fell. She had hopped that it was all a dream, and that she would wake up and everything would be normal. She would be back home with Vash and Raven would be his daughter not Knives'.

She gently lay her head back down and cried, cried till she could cry no more.

When the thumping in her head seemed to slow and eventually almost come to a stop, she, barely but surely, heard the door creak open. Her heart thumped in her throat, and her breathing grew heavy with fear. The bed shifted beside her on the edge, and a rough hand brushed against her face, and down her neck.

It hurt, it really hurt but she didn't allow sound penetrate her sealed lips. She imagined Knives, glaring back down at her, those hurtful piercing blue eyes…. His voice harsh and low….

"Meryl." She didn't respond. "Meryl?"

She didn't dare answer, though she knew that he probably knew that she was wide-awake.

The bed shifted again, and she felt someone crawl over and to the other side of her. He laid down, and pulled her over just enough that he could rest his jaw on the crook of her neck, where he gently kissed her neck as if hoping that it would make the bruises magically heal.

His right hand, lay motionless on her abdomen.

"Meryl…. I'm sorry. I was wrong, I didn't listen…. I should have." His voice was hoarse and barely audible even with his mouth beside her ear.

She didn't say a word for a few minutes, and then slowly, under the white sheets, she placed her hand on top of his. Glancing down at him the best she could, she smiled.

As if he could feel her gentle smile he grinned back, with his eyes still loosely closed.

"All is forgiven…. I'll give you another chance."

"Thank you…."

[Meryl's dream]

She was surrounded by nothing, could hear nothing, but yet see everything. Red rose petals started to fall all around her, and she turned to the soft sound of a woman's laugh.

There stood a tall women, probably in her late twenties or early thirties, her black hair was long and flowing. She wore a smile and her eyes were closed with happiness.

"Hello Meryl. I am Rem Saverem."

She felt her eyes widen, this is the women that Vash first loved and where he inherited his last name. This was also the women who Knives killed, out of pure hate.

"I'm so glad that you're taking such good care of my boys, I know Knives can be a bit testy but he's a good boy." Meryl just continued to stare. "I came to talk to Meryl, because a great unforeseen problem has arisen. Both Vash and Knives are in love with you."

"Y-yes. I-I know that, but what do I need to do, I think I love them both also, and equally?"

Rem just smiled, and tilted her head to one side.

"That is up to you, you're ticket ---" Rem stopped to let Meryl finish the saying,

"-- To the future is always open. I think I see now, thank you Rem. Now I know why Vash always talks about you." She just smiled again, and faded away, singing her favorite song.

[End of dream]

As her gray eyes opened, she felt the familiar weight of another body, beside her.

Glancing down she's not surprised to see Knives there, in the same position as earlier.

She grasped onto his hand, which was still on her abdomen, and toyed with his fingers a little bit.

He grunted, and pulled his hand away, moving it a bit farther down.

She did it again and his hand went lower. She couldn't suppress the giggle in her throat,

"Knives I know you're awake, stop It." He opened one eye, smiling.

"Good to see you smile." He lifted his head and she turned on her side to face him better, hooking one arm around his neck, while his own arms went around her waist.

"I better go feed Raven, you know how cranky she can get when she doesn't get her food." She made an attempt to pull away but felt him tighten his grip on her.

"Don't worry about it, I already fed her." Meryl just stared at him.

"But she's not old enough to be bottle fed."

"Shh… yes she is, at three days old. She did fine, and she didn't choke."

"Are you still doing that bet?" He shook his head, his smiling face disappeared.

"I hurt you this morning, remember? Vash would never do something like that."

They stared into one another's eyes for a minute before Meryl leaned her head against his collarbone.

"VASH! What the HELL do you think you're doing!?" Knives yelled at his twin, as he came downstairs, and found him playing with Raven on the floor.

"Well she didn't want to go to sleep, so I brought her down here." Vash whined, and gave Meryl a pleading look as she appeared behind Knives, wearing a high collar shirt to cover up her neck.

"It's okay, Knives. Look how happy she is." Raven giggled and stared up at her parents.

Meryl swooped her up and cradled her, tickling her gently.

"Why don't we go out to eat tonight? Let's see how she acts in restaurants." Meryl suggested and didn't get any back talk.

After Meryl packed a diaper bag, and changed both her clothing and Raven's they were off. [After Knives and Vash had a tiff about Knives' stolen car.]

They found a small café, not to far away, and Vash seemed to insist that he carry Raven in. Meryl suspected that he waned to look like the father, instead of Knives. She let him, which earned her a nasty look from Knives.

"Vash, hand her over, you know she's too young to sit in a high chair."

"But I want to hold her." He said starting to play horsy with her on his knees.

"Fine." Meryl said setting down the carrier on the little clothe table thing the restaurant provided, then sitting down herself.

The night was rather quiet though Meryl had to snatch Raven when Vash wasn't paying attention, and put her in her carrier to sleep.

Knives was pretty talkative, though most of the time the words that came out of his mouth were along the lines of fighting with his brother, or cursing the spiders in the café.

"Well she finally fell asleep." Meryl said as they walked out of the café, about twenty minutes later. When the boys didn't answer her she looked behind her, they both looked about ready to fall over. Though Knives slept a lot of the day along with Meryl, she guessed it had something to do with the fact that they were plant twins. She just shrugged it off and strapped Raven in the car seat.

The second they got home, Vash went straight to his downstairs bedroom, and they heard a loud thump, meaning that he was out like a light.

"Knives, why don't go ahead and go to bed, I'll just go put Raven to bed." She started to walk up the stairs but turned when Knives didn't follow her. He was just staring at her like she was a zoo exhibit.

"Your hair." She balanced her daughter in one nook of her arm, and reached up to her head. Her normally nice short hair, was now half way down her back.

"What the Hell?" She pulled at the strands and stared in disbelief. How could this happen? And then it hit her like a ton of bricks.

"OOOHHH! I know why, it's because I produced a full blood plant, after giving birth my body will speed up certain growths or slow down." As she talked she could feel her black strands growing longer, until it finally stopped, cupping her butt.

Once little Raven was fast asleep, Meryl found herself yawning, but that stopped when she entered her bedroom and found Knives stripping down, just to his boxers.

"Kn-Knives? What are you doing?" Facing her, he smiled broadly.

"Well, since we know each other SO well, and I hate sleeping in clothing, I thought that…." He raised his eyebrows as if to finish the sentence.

Meryl just closed the door and locked it behind her. Just to heat up the moment she really made it visible that she was swaying her hips, as she approached him.

"Well, if you hate sleeping in clothing… why are you in boxers?" she said letting the words slowly roll off the tip of her tongue.

She ran her index fingers over the rim of the shorts, her arms going under his, letting her small body press against his, while she just smiled up at him. His own smirk caught her in a trap.

His large hands traveled her back, getting his fingers tangled in her long hair, pressing her closer to him.

Meryl allowed only her index fingers to slip inside just enough and run them along the elastic.

Ever so slowly she slipped one more finger in at a time, until eventually both of her hands were invading his privates.

A low grunt emitted from his throat, and she just smirked and leaned her head against his bare chest. Rolling her body against his, she pulled the shorts off in one swift motion, he stepped out of them and kicked them aside, now totally naked, in front of a fully clothed Meryl.

"My turn…." He whispered, but before he did anything interesting he picked her up and carried her to the bed, laying down on top of her.

He moved his body down hers, unbuttoning her blouse with his teeth. Once that was tossed aside he started to work on her pants. Undoing the button, and sliding one large hand in, which undid the zipper, he flicked her nether region. She suppressed a moan, not wanting to wake or disturb Vash downstairs.

He pulled the pants off quickly and returned to claim her mouth once again as his. While letting his hands undo her buckle in front bra.

Meryl's neck was killing her, but if he got too rough she would just slap him, like she did last time.

The Bra was discarded and thrown in a corner, now her fleshy mounds were in his sight.

He nibbled around her nipple, and then ever so slowly, took one in his mouth. Meryl suppressed another moan of pleasure, as he sucked her hard.

She ran her fingers through his hair, and grinded their hips together. Knives gave a low moan that was barely even heard by Meryl, herself.

Knives gave her a wicked look and ran his tongue down her stomach, dipping it in her belly button, just to make her giggle, and bit down just enough on the elastic and pulled her panties off with his teeth.

They were thrown somewhere in the dark room, as he continued his quest. Lowering his lips to her pussy, he began to lick. Soft at first then, hungrily.

She grinded her hips even more on his face, and felt herself come closer to loosing it.

Then he stopped, and came back up to her face. Both their breathing ragged. He kissed her hard, as he slid inside her, she just made small grunting noises as their bodies became one.

Taking it slow at first, they quickly changed that and felt the bed moving beneath them.

And then they both came, and Knives fell on top of Meryl's small body, exhausted.

They lay there for a while, just breathing heavily, and their bodies to the point of dripping with fluids.

Once they had caught their breath, Meryl started to squirm beneath him. He was already half asleep, and didn't realize that he was slowly crushing her with is huge bulk.

"Knives? Knives wake up, you're hurting me." He rolled over, almost unconsciously, and fell into a deep sleep.

Meryl just scooted over and laid her head on the crook of his neck, his arm encircling around her loosely.

For the usually sunny hot planet, it was cloudy and humid when Meryl woke up. She had seen the clouds when she got up to feed Raven but didn't think twice about it.

But now that meant it was going to rain for at least a week, and they would all be stuck inside. Thank goodness Vash had gone shopping for food the day before.

Meryl just lay on the dirty sheets for a long time, half exposing herself. Knives was gone, probably taking a shower, like he did every morning.

And Vash was most likely eating breakfast or playing with raven. Today was going to be quiet.

Just as that thought floated out of Meryl's mind she heard the door open, and pretended to still be asleep. She knew that it was Knives with how light he was on his feet.

When she didn't feel the bed move, she concentrated on the figure.

Fear sank in her heart, she could see him standing there starring at her, looking at her like he did when he nearly broke her neck.

She opened an eye, against her good judgment. Yes, there he stood, looking down at her. But no evil or hatred shown in his eyes, but something Meryl saw in Vash's eyes.

"Is something wrong Knives?" He shook his head and sat down next her relaxed form on the bed.

And before she could ask anything else he had leaned over and placed his ear to her stomach. She just starred at him until she understood, and let her head fall back onto the pillow.

"Are you pregnant again?" Meryl reached out and stroked the hairs on his head, thinking about it.

"No, I can't get pregnant again until Raven starts to act like a two year old, which should be about a month away." She heard him sigh, and he sat up, slowly arching his back.

He stretched and lay himself down next to her. Her neck was still bruised badly, and he held her kissing it softly.

Meryl just closed her eyes and tried to think of something that she wanted to say. The only thing that made sense at the moment, was the dream she had, had. How and who was she going to tell… that she loved them dearly.

"Knives? Do you remember the first night we spent in that hotel back in - that little town you first took me too?"

He just snorted as if saying, `Yeah, what about it?'

"Well, I remember you telling me that Vash got everyone's love, and no one loved you."

She felt him open his eyes, as his long eyelashes hit the side of her neck.

"What are you getting at?" He sat up quickly enough to made a light whish feeling and starred down at her coldly. "Don't tell me. You're leaving me for my brother, because you still love him, ,and you can't stand me. Is that it ----" He started to raise his voice, and Meryl cringed back, drawing the covers closer to her chest. That is before she felt a powerful force within her, and a small voice telling her stand up for herself, even though he may kill you.

Meryl sat up, starring him straight in the eye, her teeth gritted and her eyebrows knitted tightly together.

"Knives, will you let me finish?" She said in a deadly whisper under her breath.

He just starred at her, no one had obviously stood up to him before. He closed his mouth and let her talk.

"First off, for me to pick you over Vash I really don't know what I'm thinking…." His eyes shown hurt for a second then flared back to anger.

"But not only because we have a daughter, but because I --- "

THE END

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