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What You Don't Know	By : SanitysStorm Category: +S through Z > Tales of Symphonia Views: 3946 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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The Palmacosta inn was just like Sheena remembered, having only been here once, back when she'd been trying to kill Colette. Weeks and weeks of lonely traveling with only rumors to go by, and only Corrine as her companion. So long ago...

Still, the place was decent, not luxurious like Tethe'alla, but she couldn't complain. It was okay for being Sylvarant's capital; calm, peaceful...

...And she was such an idiot.

Sheena groaned and flopped on her bed. She was alone in the room, Raine having gone with Genis to check on Mithos, and Presea with Colette to sample some Palma Potion. It was early evening, with the sun just beginning to set, and Sheena was suffering a severe case of jet lag.

However, as badly as she wanted to, she couldn't sleep. She just kept going over the day-er, night's previous events.

They'd been looking for Raine, who'd gone missing back at Altessa's. Thanks to a couple of workers from the Lazareno company they'd managed to find her at some ruins called the 'Otherworldly Gate.'

They'd barely been able to talk when suddenly they were attacked by Palpal Knights. They were quickly overwhelmed, and then something unexpected happened...

Kuchinawa... He appeared. He blamed her for his parent's deaths, and he wanted revenge.

She hadn't seen any other way. She offered herself so the others could escape. Hoping against impossible hope that perhaps, if she were to give herself up, she could make up for her sins. She could make up for all the lives lost due to her mistakes. She could bring back her old friend, apologize to him in this way, save her new friends with her 'selfless' sacrifice.

She groaned, like Kuchinawa was really going to let them go after he was done with her. She was so stupid.

Suddenly, Sheena was interrupted from her not-sleeping by a knock on the door. Sighing, she went to open it.

She got a surprise, out of everyone the last person she'd expected to be there was Lloyd.

She stuttered, flushing in embarrassment. “Oh, uh, hey Lloyd. Somethin' I can help you with?”

He gave her a sheepish grin. “Hey Sheena, sorry if I woke you... Can we talk for a bit?” He asked.

Sheena could feel her blush deepen, so she ducked her head to hide it. “Y-yeah! Sure..um...come on in!” She moved aside so he could pass, mind whirling at the knowledge that Lloyd, of all people, wanted to talk alone with her. Her crush on the young man had grown quite a bit, he was just so inspiring! And Colette wasn't nearby...

Needless to say, Sheena didn't really know what to do with herself.

Lloyd cleared his throat awkwardly, clearly uncertain how to start. “So,” He began. “I was wondering how you were doing... I mean,” He looked flustered and Sheena felt the brimming embers of hope flutter in her stomach. “what with Kuchinawa back and everything-not that I mean to bring him up! I...” He seemed to be stuttering over his words. “I just...after Kratos, I think I know how it feels, getting betrayed by some one you thought you could trust.” He looked down and swallowed heavily. “Some one you cared for...”

Sheena's heart sank, and she sighed mentally, of course he'd wanna talk about Kuchinawa. After everything with Kratos, Lloyd would understand a little what it was like. He'd become close to the Mercenary, even though they'd bickered so much. Sheena had seen it, seen how much the betrayal had hurt the young man, and something about her situation probably reminded Lloyd of his own problems. He was worried about his friend, nothing more.

He shook himself out of his melancholy. “So anyway, I just wanted to know....are you okay?”

How disappointing...but it was sweet of him to check up on her. Sheena gave some serious thought to his question.

“I'm...okay I guess.” She shook her head. “No, that's not right. I'm furious, and hurt, a-and...” She flushed in embarrassment, uncomfortable barring so much of her feelings. But Lloyd understood, was dealing with the same thing. He deserved this honesty. “I feel a little sad, I just wish he hadn't been hiding it all this time. I had no idea Kuchinawa still...” She swallowed. “Blamed me for everything.”

Lloyd looked at her, sympathy in his features. “I have to ask,” He said, making eye contact so she couldn't look away. “Were you really going to give yourself to Kuchinawa?”

Sheena's eyes widened, surprised. She knew what Lloyd meant, and she didn't know what to say.

“It was just, when you started going towards him, I didn't know what to do. I didn't know if it was my place to get in the middle or not and...well, we can't do this without you.” He said earnestly.

Sheena's heart clenched. Oh Lloyd...he was right. She'd forgotten that no one else could summon, forgotten in her grief and need to atone for her past sins. To think she'd been selfish enough to forget the world and what they were trying to do to save it...unforgivable.

As if she needed more reason to feel guilty. She couldn't lie to Lloyd about this.

“Well...yeah. I was.” She looked away, ashamed, but then she turned back to him, determination in her eyes. “But I wasn't gonna just let him kill me! I was gonna fight, too.”

Lloyd looked relieved, and she was careful to keep the guilt from her features. Yes, she hadn't lied. She would have fought him for her life.

Lloyd smiled. “Ah, so you really did have everything under control didn't you?” He laughed. “That's our Sheena! What a relief, I should've known you wouldn't just lie down and take it.”

She smiled back, though hers was more subdued. Thank goodness Lloyd didn't read more into it.

He wasn't done however, his smile grew on his face and an odd glint appeared in his brown eyes. “Y'know, even if you were gonna fight him, I'm really glad Zelos came in and got you out of there.” The smile grew sly, and Sheena wondered if the red head's influence was effecting the boy or not. “I honestly don't wanna see what he would've done if Kuchinawa had managed to hurt you.”

She huffed, annoyed that the Chosen had gotten into their conversation. “Oh please, that pervert care about anyone other then himself? Like I'd need his help dealing with my problems.” She tossed aside a certain night near a certain temple. Not in front of Lloyd. “That jerk wouldn't risk his neck even if it did come down to that. He likes his pretty face the way it is.” She looked away again, glaring like the man was in the wood flooring she was starring at.

“Actually, I think you're wrong.” Lloyd's voice wasn't playful anymore, it was serious. She looked back at him in surprise. Why was he defending Zelos of all people?

Then again...Zelos had reacted strangely, though he'd gone straight back to his normal perverted self in Sylvarant. “Well, it still wasn't his place y'know!” She protested. “And...why the hell would he care?” She felt like she was asking the question more to herself then to Lloyd, obviously the swordsman wouldn't know the answer to that.

Lloyd shrugged. “I think it'd be obvious. He does care about you, though he's lousy at showing it. He...” He looked away, frustrated at his inability to find the words. “Look, I know he was a jerk when you thanked him, but you didn't see his face while he was pulling you away.” Her looked back, complete honesty in his eyes. “He, he looked angry. I think he was afraid for you.”

Sheena let out a long breath, feeling like some one had punched her in the gut. It shouldn't be so much of a surprise, since they'd known each other so long...but...

Zelos didn't care about anyone else. He was a noble, a pervert, a selfish chauvinistic philanderer. The fact that he'd agreed to set up their little 'deal' proved it.

But...there had been a time when he'd cared...when they'd been friends. The memory of those days cut her heart each time she recalled them, especially with their agreement in place. She should have stopped going along with it after...after Volt. Should have cut off all ties to that agreement, because it hurt. It hurt so much each time, having him so close, yet knowing that there was a wall there she could never breach.

She was such a masochist. That was the only reason she could think of for why she still went along with that stupid pervert and their 'trysts' and...and she shouldn't be thinking of that with Lloyd still in the room dammit!

Thinking of lonely nights and warm arms and shameful tears and lightning dancing harmlessly across the sky...

“No, that...that couldn't be him.” She whispered out loud to herself, her mind elsewhere.

“Ah, well, I'm not that good at reading people anyway. You'd know him better then me after all.” He smiled at her, deciding not to get involved in that particular drama. “Well, I'm relieved to hear you had things under control like that, so I feel a bit better. I...wish I could help with the pain of Kuchinawa's betrayal though.” He frowned, and his words cut through her contemplations.

“Huh? Oh, don't worry about it.” She put on a brave face. “I'll just have to settle the score with him when we meet up next. I promise I'll make it so you guys aren't in danger this time.”

Lloyd nodded. “That's our Sheena, yeah, Kuchinawa won't know what hit him when he challenges you again!” He yawned. “Well, I'm gonna go check on Colette, then I'm getting some shut eye. Feels like we're still back in Tethe'alla, the day shift is really messing me up.” He got up and turned to leave. “Goodnight.”

“Yeah...goodnight.” She was lost in her thoughts again, though she felt a bit down hearing the blonde Chosen's name from his lips. However, something about what Lloyd said wouldn't leave her alone. The image of Zelos' face, right before he'd turned and literally dragged her all the way to the gate.

He couldn't have been seriously angry at her, out of fear and worry for her well being. Could he?

“Hey, Lloyd?” She called out before the swordsman passed through the door. He turned back, looking at her curiously.

“Yeah?”

She swallowed for nerve before asking. “Do you know where Zelos went off to? I...kinda wanna talk to him.” She wasn't blushing, she refused to.

Lloyd blinked, confused. “Uh, well, actually I think he mentioned something about going out to the docks. You can check around there.”

Sheena nodded. “Thanks, I'll do that.” And after Lloyd left she quickly got up and out to go hunting for the red-head.

She'd ended up searching all the ports in the city before she found him, surprisingly, not in the docks, but down some dingy alley for no reason whatsoever. What made it stranger was that the only reason she'd found him there was because she'd though she heard voices before she checked it.

It was odd, then, to find him alone.

He didn't look up at her as she approached. “Hey...” She said, moving warily for reasons she didn't exactly understand. “Was there someone here with you just now?” Not that she wanted to know if he'd been in the middle of another tryst...despite the fact that according to the 'deal' he wasn't supposed to pursue such activities to others but her.

Really, she wouldn't have been surprised if did get some extra on the side. She highly doubted she'd be enough for him, though surprisingly the thought of it was a relief. She...didn't want to hold his affection, especially not with her crush on Lloyd.

He smirked at her, but there was something a bit...off. “Oh, no one important really.” He answered flippantly. “Just some warm company for a lonely night.” He looked at her, his gaze oddly dark. “Care to join?”

Sheena huffed, slightly relieved that he'd proven her suspicions correct. “In your dreams. Like I'd do something as degraded as that.”

His smirk grew. “Heh, that's a shame. You might enjoy it.”

She scoffed, thoroughly grossed out. “Says you.”

He leered. “Is there something I can help you with Hunny?” He asked.

Sheena wasn't certain what exactly was wrong with him, though it was clear there was something, so she didn't want to come out with her actual question just yet. “I...” She started, her mind quickly grasping for something. “I wanted to apologize for earlier. I over reacted, and shouldn't have yelled at you. I didn't get around to doing that with everything else going on.” She looked away, unable to take that strange look of his anymore. Seriously, what was with him?

He chuckled, some actual humor in his voice. “Oh hun, if you really wanna make it up to me, I can think of a few suggestions.” The sly tone made her glance up, irritation in her glare. He responded by giving her a slow, appreciative once over.

She growled. “If you think I'll sink that low, you can think again. I'm not giving you an apology fuck.” She wrinkled her nose, he was a bad influence on her, she didn't used to curse nearly as much before.

His smirk turned into a full out delighted grin, obviously pleased at her wording. “I didn't say anything about that. Oh, Sheena, your mind is just filthy. I love it.” He took a step towards her, his smile getting an edge to it. “Though, personally, I don't like pity fucks either. If there's another kind in mind however...” He let the sentence hang in the air for her to finish.

Sheena's exasperation grew to the point it boiled. “Argh, you're disgusting!” She griped, her fists clenching at her sides. “Can't you ever think of anything else?”

His eyes narrowed, becoming colder. “Well, I can think of plenty of other things, but around you...” He stepped closer, one of his hands moving to lightly graze her cheek. “I just can't help myself sometimes.” His voice was husky, though the edge in his eyes was still there.

Sheena swallowed, feeling a bit uncomfortable, as well as irritated. She would've been furious were it not for the strange edge of ice in him. The ice that told her there was more beneath the layers, told her...perhaps he was trying to drive her away.

It was the same ice that was in his eyes even as she'd been screaming at him outside of Palmacosta. She remembered it now, while anger had kept her from noticing it before. His gaze pierced her, and she didn't know why.

She wanted to find out.

“W-well, you should work on it.” She griped, giving him a glare for good measure and pretending her cheeks weren't flushed. “Anyway, I...had something else to ask you.” She took a deep breath, ignoring the way his smile lit up and his hand started playing with the edge of her robe. “I wanted to know,” She mentally wrenched herself away from wanting to slap his hand as it crept to the bare skin of her shoulder. “Why did you pull me away from Kuchinawa?”

He froze instantly, his hand flinching but otherwise staying still. “Care to repeat that one for me hun?” He said, his voice low, having lost the husky undertone.

She narrowed her eyes. “What's there to repeat?” Sheena growled, pulling his hand out of her robe. “It's exactly what I said. Why? Why did you pull me from Kuchinawa? I wanna know.”

He chuckled humorlessly. “I seem to recall having this discussion before.”

Her growl became louder, and it was she who stepped forward then. “Yeah, and I recall you never answering me with a straightforward response. That's what you always do, Zelos. You never answer anything!” She faced him, inches away, trying desperately to see if she couldn't see beyond that frozen shell of his into something more real.

She saw the false smile die, the ice creeping to the rest of his face. “Sheena.” He sighed, his eyes closing momentarily before piercing her with a look of their own. “Were you planning on going through with it? Giving yourself up to him?” He asked.

She supposed she shouldn't have been surprised that he'd deflected her, but the question itself...so similar to Lloyd's question before, caught her off guard for an instant. “That's...Of course I-”

He growled and glared at her. “Don't lie to me. I've known you long enough that I can tell when you lie.”

She huffed and glared back, finding herself on solid ground again. “I wasn't going to!” It would've hurt her pride to do so. After all, she'd told Lloyd the truth. “I was okay? But I still had everything under control!” All of her apologies and laments were forgotten in the face of her anger. She just couldn't admit to the idiot that he was right, not when he was pissing her off so much.

He smirked, a mocking undertone to it. “Oh? Tell me, how exactly did you have control over a situation like that, hmm?” He didn't have to say more, he'd already mentioned his thoughts on her suicidal attempt.

Sheena stomped her foot in frustration, not even caring where he was taking this argument of theirs. “I was going to fight him! I wasn't gonna just lay down and let him kill me if that's what you're thinking!”

His smile grew, mocking laughter underneath his voice. “Oh, on the contrary, I think that's exactly what you were doing. Thing is, sweetheart, you may have been planning on fighting him, but you weren't expecting to win.” His eyes narrowed, glaring at her with accusation.

Sheena took a step back, shocked that Zelos of all people had thought to look deeper into her words than Lloyd. Still, something more shook her then the reaffirmation of the red-head's oddly accurate perception. That being that Lloyd was right.

“You're angry at me.” She stated numbly, then blinked and put her focus more on the man before her. “You really are pissed at me aren't you?” She clenched her fists in exasperation. “Why?”

The Chosen sighed, running a hand through his hair in frustration before stepping to the side and slowly walking past her. “Next time you decide to off yourself, be sure to keep us out of it.” He tossed flippantly at her, his footsteps echoing sharply off the alley walls.

Once again Sheena felt like he'd pulled the floor out from beneath her. She was getting sick of him taking her off guard with his deflections. He refused to answer, yet again, and she found herself more surprised that she found it surprising. He always kept his secrets close to his chest, but she was a ninja and uncovering hidden secrets was what she did.

That, and he was, in fact, angry. Pissed as all hell at her if she was reading him even a little correctly.

Angry people let their secrets loose more easily then calm, rational people did.

She straightened and stiffened her stance, determined to get to his secrets once and for all.

“What, that's it?” She called out to him, knowing from the sound that he was only a few feet away from her. She heard his footsteps pause, and smiled to herself.

“Were you expecting me to jump you?” He chuckled darkly, and Sheena was glad she was turned away from him so he couldn't see her blush. “Sorry Hunny, believe it or not, I'm not in the mood.” His voice was back to that light syrupy sweetness that she hated, and she quickly turned around as she heard him start to walk away again.

“Well, isn't that what you've always done when we're alone lately?” She knew her voice sounded flustered, it was irritating, but she let it slide. She tried not to think of all the times that had happened, where Zelos would initiate a frisky encounter the second the two had a moment alone, or even by pulling her away from the group for some reason or other. It was like he had gone out of his way to prove one of her last statements wrong, that they'd not have time to act on their 'deal' during the adventure.

He turned back to face her, his shoes scraping on the cobbles. “Careful Sheena.” He warned, his face carefully neutral “Keep that up and I may think you actually want it.”

She was fairly confident she had her own mask secure, letting none of her former flush show. “Well, maybe I do. Maybe I'm the one who's in the mood.” She challenged.

The red-head started walking to her, her moving aside until she was leaning against the wall, her face set, with him in front of her. A hand rose to her face, playing with a few strands of her hair. “Is that so?” He murmured. “It's rare of you to feel frisky without me riling you up first.”

She gave him one of her own arsenal of charming, and deadly, grins. “Think I can convince you to join me?” She asked him false sweetly.

His hand moved to her cheek, a thumb brushing gently against her lips. “With you, it doesn't take much.” His voice was low, his eyes dark. Sheena wasn't certain if he was affected or not.

She took a deep breath, and decided to test the waters. The first cast. “Would be a shame to loose such a nice piece of ass, wouldn't it?” She spoke softly, barely above her breath.

He paused momentarily, his hand tucking a stray lock behind her ear as his mouth moved next to it. “If that's what you think,” He whispered, sending shivers down her spine. “I wont deny it. That would be a shame after all...”

Sheena felt herself begin to subconsciously reach for his coat, the heat he always brought with him fogging her mind. She mentally wrenched herself away, reminding herself of her goal. “S-so,” She swallowed, had to focus. “You pulled me away from Kuchinawa 'cause you wanted your fuck buddy to stick around, right?”

He froze, his face still by her ear so she couldn't see his expression, but she could sense the tension in his shoulders. He let out a loud breath, before abruptly punching his fist hard against the wall beside her. “Damn it Sheena!” He pulled away and glared at her, his eyes flashing like winter sunlight. “If that's what you want to believe, then fine. Do whatever you please.”

He dropped his hand, but she caught his wrist, all subtlety lost with her own anger and frustration growing. “I don't want to think that, but that's all you give me to work with! What else am I supposed to assume, Zelos? You keep everything locked up so tightly,” She hit the wall as well, her fist stinging with newly acquired scratches. “I'm not a mind reader!”

He growled and looked away, mussing his hair angrily. “Why do you care anyway?” He muttered, face flushed with irritation.

She stomped the ground, her patience with him lost. “Because we were friends once!” She yelled, her own face a light crimson. “Why else would I care?”

His eyes widened momentarily, before he slowly turned to give her another penetrating gaze. “Then our reasons are the same.” He said quietly.

Sheena sighed, the tension in her body relaxing as she looked down. “...So that's why.” She should have known, they'd been close before. Still, there was something else, she knew. He was still hiding something.

“I'm not a total jerk, y'know, despite what you think.” He huffed, crossing his arms over his chest, the usual pout gracing his lips.

Her eyes shot back up to his, a growl making it's way back into her voice. “Then why do you act like one?!” She demanded desperately, outright refusing to acknowledge the idea that she was tearing up. Because she wasn't, especially not over him.

His eyes darkened before he casually flicked a red lock behind his shoulder. “Probably because it's my nature. I mean, that's just the way I am Hunny.” He grinned before placing the same hand on his hip. “Can't change what's natural y'know.”

She gritted her teeth, looking away again. “...You weren't that way when I first met you.” He'd been a pervert, of course, a bit of a playboy, but it hadn't been nearly as bad to her as it was now. Oddly enough, even if his reputation had been the same back then, he'd been polite as could be expected with her.

In fact, Sheena could honestly say the difference seemed to be that he'd...respected her back then. At least respected her body and her standing as an intelligent woman. Now...he didn't do that as much.

It made her heart ache in sadness when she thought about it.

She felt his gloved hand lightly stroke her cheek again, moving her to face him. “People change Sheena. For example,” His eyes moved to watch as his hand lowered to her shoulder, rubbing it soothingly. “back then you weren't nearly this...” He paused, hand moving to rest between her breasts, thankfully not actually fondling either one of them. “Enticing.” His eyes gleamed.

She smacked his hand away, thoroughly disgusted as she glared at him. “Ugh! Is being shallow part of your nature too?” She griped.

He leaned against her, his other hand planted beside her head against the wall, effectively trapping her. “No point in going any deeper hun.” He mused, the free hand she'd slapped away idly playing with her dark hair.

“Oh?” She tilted her head, her eyes narrowing in warning that if he provoked her any further pain was going to be in his near future. “How so?”

He chuckled, leaning closer. “Think about it for a sec Sheena. Me, falling in love, raising a family, getting married, then before we know it in five years she'll be a widow and the kids'll have the same damn thing to look forward to. And that's if I'm lucky.” His eyes became distant as he starred at a spot to her left. “Generally if we care, when the person we care about is hurt it tends to hurt us.” He was silent for a few moments, and Sheena let that statement sink in, her mind flashing back to her vision of him becoming a full angel.

Then his eyes snapped back to her with the usual goofy mask in place, his grin broad as ever. “And I'm pretty much destined to die for the world, so tell me Sweetheart, how exactly is that fair?” Before she could respond, the chosen leaned even closer, his body heat encompassing hers, his hand lightly gripping her side, squeezing it firmly.

Sheena felt herself flush deeply, her mind slightly derailed as she took in just how close he was, how completely he'd trapped her to the wall, and while it was a position she'd deliberately chosen herself, she couldn't help the natural discomfort at being in such a vulnerable state. She suppressed her urge to escape the position, and tried to ignore the equally powerful urge to goad, even encourage the Chosen in his actions.

“...I thought you said you weren't in the mood.” She muttered, ignoring her own heavy breathing, pretending her cheeks weren't tinted red with arousal.

Zelos let out a low rumble from deep in his chest, his thumb stroking her side. “It's your fault y'know.” He said, edge to his tone and pitch low with desire. “You started this, you might as well finish it.” The hand at her side slid along her stomach, slipping in her robe to the shirt beneath. He moved closer, his breath hot against her lips before he stilled. “...Unless you're not up for it, of course.”

The reaction was natural at this point. Him so close to her, covering her with such heat. She couldn't deny her arousal anymore, however she knew she couldn't get fully lost in it, needing to see if she couldn't crack his mask. If she just so happened to let him into her pants as well...

So be it. She kissed him, her intensity catching him by surprise and allowing her to dominate it at first. His lips opened at her coaxing, allowing her to probe his mouth, searching for the secrets on his tongue. He responded in kind, swallowing her voice with an audible moan. His hand slid beneath her shirt, rubbing the soft skin of her stomach. She sighed and softened the kiss, feeling a slight tug and sudden freedom around her hips as her obi fell free, pulled undone by his hand.

She broke the kiss, panting in an attempt to cool herself down. She had a mission after all. “Does that answer your question?” She asked, her blush fading only slightly as she managed to get her mind to stop spinning. She thought back to his words, before he'd started seducing her. His excuse for being shallow. “...it sounds empty, that kind of life.” She muttered under her breath.

He sighed, shaking his head hopelessly at her insistence on keeping the conversation going. “And just what were you expecting?” He whispered in response, his body pressing her more firmly against the wall, the hand beneath her shirt moving to her back, running along her spine. “Honesty?” His free hand went back to her hair, petting it softly. “Idealism?” He gave a dark chuckle, his warm breath ghosting along her neck. “Justice?” The word was filled with more sarcasm then the others, and he faced her, smirking, the cold in his eyes once again.

Sheena blinked, shifting uncomfortably against the brick wall. What was he getting at?

His smirk then fell, the pressure he had on her body lifting as he leaned away. “If that's the case, you should just make your move on Lloyd while you can, he's not gonna be available forever.” He stated, his voice hard and flat.

Sheena sputtered in surprised, backing into the solid mortar behind her. “Wh-what?” She blushed a deep crimson, further betraying her feelings.

Zelos' smirk then returned, and she felt a shock of warmth shoot up her spine as he moved the hand in her robe back across her stomach and down to her sex, fingers curling against her slit through the soft fabric of her undergarments. “But until you get around to doing that, let's just enjoy these little 'empty' moments between us, shall we?” he leaned in, fingers sliding along her entrance causing her to fist her hands tightly to his jacket.

Sheena's breath came out heavy, her blush creeping down from her face, her entire body becoming hot with desire and need. She closed her eyes, trying to wrench her mind back on task, and she opened her mouth to say something, but Zelos' was there first, capturing her words with his lips before they could escape. She moaned instead, a plan spurned on by her passion being formed in her mind. She quickly worked to undo the clasps in his coat, her hands reaching underneath his black shirt after she was done, bare fingers leaving cool trails along his abs, his skin jumping underneath her touch.

His breath hitched against her mouth, then growled, the gloved hand against her covered sex moving the fabric aside so he could rub at her entrance unimpeded. She felt her moan vibrate against his lips, her nails scratching against his sides as she gave a reactionary start to the feel of invasion inside her entrance. He probed her carefully, the felt of his gloves quickly becoming soaked as the familiar heat overcame her senses.

He broke the kiss, not pausing as his finger slowly began the task of thrusting into her quivering sex. He watched her, the shadow in his eyes looking hungrier by the second, even punctuated by a small swipe of his tongue along his lips...but it was the darker shadow she was interested in, the one hiding his secret.

She swore she'd uncover it this time, but to do that, she needed him to lose a little more of his cool. She let go of a loud gasp, the noises coming far too easily to her thanks to the quickening of the Chosen's probing finger, much to her chagrin. She didn't bother to suppress them though, he'd always seemed to like her noises. She lightly grazed her nails along his toned abdomen, making it shiver, he'd always seemed to like that too.

Zelos closed his eyes and moaned, a deep rumble in his throat, his finger slowing briefly, causing her to whimper “Mmm, enjoying yourself?” He asked lightly, eyes slowly opening to look at her again, amusement flickering within.

Sheena answered him with a glare, her legs tense with his infuriating teasing. Even when she was the scheming one, he always seemed to hold the cards. It was so frustrating!

His smirk grew and Sheena's eyes widened briefly as she felt another of his fingers slide inside her. He curled them, making her moan loudly and claw at him more desperately as he inevitably hit a certain spot inside her.

“There we go...” He muttered, his voice dark and husky. She felt his forehead rest against her, she didn't even remember closing her eyes this time. “That's the spot, that's where you like it.” She could feel his warm breath against her face, and he curled his fingers again, causing her to gasp and jump. “Right, there.”

He increased the pace of his hand, thrusting inside of her sex and curling against her sweet spot until she was moaning and writhing with need. Her mind kept repeating that she was supposed to get him to lose control, but the heat was currently too damn good to resist, so she told the voice to shove it and wait until after she came to go ahead with her plan.

She felt his breath become heavier against her, likely due to his becoming aroused by watching her get off, and she reached shaking hands into the rim of his pants, hesitating at the edge.

He chuckled. “My ass is yours for the taking gorgeous.” And like the ass he was he punctuated the remark with yet another curling of his fingers. After the inevitable squirming Sheena glared at him and gave him a good pinch for his sass, causing him to yelp and pause briefly in his ministrations.

The look he gave her was part shocked, part amused, and all challenging, the dark shadow of his eyes receding briefly before returning full fold as he, if possible, leaned further against her, so they were literally chest against chest. “Oh, now you're gonna get it.” He growled, still smirking, the hand not deep in her soaked sex grabbing the back of her head once again, tangling in her dark tresses as he guided her into a rough kiss, almost feral with the amount of passion and dominance he put into it. Sheena was so aroused she only gave a halfhearted attempt to fight him, and she sank into it with an almost tangible relief.

However her relief quickly shifted into a hot spike of bliss as his clever hand shifted to allow his thumb to brush and rub against her sensitive clit, his fingers curling and thrusting with a renewed vigor that had her quickly approaching her finish with every moment he touched the throbbing nub. She could feel her breath become more rapid, her heart pounding in her chest, her body writhing, bucking against his hand as she begged, whimpered for release.

Her cries were swallowed by his lips, captured on his tongue. He refused to let a single one escape, all of her noises, his, then he bit her bottom lip, letting a small whine of her's go, marking his territory.

He broke the kiss, pressing her chin against his shoulder with his free hand as his breath ghosted against her ear. “Come for me Sheena,” He whispered, his hand increasing it's pace, his thumb swirling against her clit. “let it out.”

She couldn't disobey, she'd already been as close to the edge as possible, and her cries went out into the night as the heat overcame her and she released onto his hand, the hot fluid soaking into his glove; not that he'd ever complained about the small inconvenience before.

He chuckled lightly as he allowed her to recover, slowly pulling his hand from her sex, the free one moving down to rub soothing circles along her back. “There, was that so hard?” Man never could shut up. “Nice little hollow connection for ya. No drama, no ties, no relationship needed.” He kept talking casually as he wiped his hand along the wall, though the gloves would need a more thorough washing to clean them up.

Sheena was still out of it, so the words didn't register for a few moments. When they did however, what little fog lingered in her head abruptly dissipated in the wake of her irritation. He was such a jerk! However, her mission kept her from smacking him, and she had to resist making a smirk of her own at the idea in her head.

Instead she let her irritation back in and scowled. “You really don't know when to stop talking.” She growled. “Ever.”

Zelos smirked before moving to kiss her neck, breath sending goosebumps along her skin. “You know you love it.” He declared, his hands working to release her from her robe, kissing and nipping where the flesh was uncovered.

Sheena moved to let him undress her, her responding growl only partially sincere. It was time for the next part of her plan, the second cast. After becoming free of her robe she leaned back, shifting her thigh so it slid between his legs, having to suppress a low moan at the feeling of just how ready he was. Zelos himself shuddered visibly, and instinctively rocked his hips against her, his grip on her skin tightening as his breath audibly hitched.

“Gah! Oh fuck Sheena...” He panted, his feverish kisses moving from her neck to her shoulder, his arms crossing behind her back to pull her flush against him. Sheena responded by sliding her arms around his lower back in turn, and she paused, hesitating.

She took a deep breath, preparing for the inevitable, and after slowly inching her hands up his spine, she quickly drew them down again, raking her nails along his sensitive flesh.

His reaction was instantaneous, every part of Zelos froze, even his breath, before trembling violently with the force of the loud groan that escaped him. “Goddess...” He hissed, before his hand tangled into her hair again, directing her face for another rough, possessive kiss. She didn't know quite why he was so dominant tonight, though it might've had something to do with his anger from before. But Sheena was fairly certain that that'd been drained out of him already, so what...?

But that was what she was determined to find out, and she gave all her attention to the kiss he was giving her, tongues fighting for dominance that she gave to him after only a token effort, even she wasn't dumb enough to keep fighting when he was clearly determined to be in control. No, tonight, she'd let him do what he wanted, and she'd find out what was in his head while he was sufficiently distracted.

Though, speaking of distracted, she'd been so caught up in his kiss that she hadn't noticed until her back felt a totally different kind of resistance against it, she was now on the ground instead of against the wall. The rounded cobbles were only a slight annoyance, thankfully having been worn smooth to the point of being nearly flat due to traffic, though, how an alleyway gained enough traffic to wear at them was anyone's guess.

Her distraction caused her to almost miss it when the Chosen's hand reached down to grab at the waistband of her pants, tugging to free her of it. She quickly complied, lifting her hips so it rolled neatly over her thighs and down her calves before coming off and being discarded completely.

With her laid so bare before him, only her white shirt and worn undergarments on her, Zelos paused, his dark eyes glazed with lust as they looked over her person, something that'd been a source of debate between them for a while. She'd always felt slightly uncomfortable under his gaze, especially when it was like that, but she ignored it this time. No, this time she focused on what she could see beneath the lust, because she was certain there was more then just that fueling his actions tonight. And she did see something else, something darkening the azure depths beyond the surface, but she couldn't identify what.

It was frustrating, but she was determined to keep trying, so she leaned up to tug on his coat, irritated that she was the only one stripping at this point. “Hey, quit starring jackass.” She grumbled, shocking him out of his haze. “You need to be undressed yourself if we're gonna get to it.” She glared, she really didn't like it when he openly ogled her.

He only looked at her blankly for a second before smirking wryly. “Heh, whatever the lady wants...” He stated flippantly before working his pink jacket off his shoulders, the black shirt quickly following suit. He crawled atop her after that, resting his weight on his hands and leaning over her prone form, his long hair falling to curtain around her face. “Someone's quite frisky tonight.” He murmured, smirk softening and his eyes becoming lidded.

Sheena's own eyes lidded in response, a hand idly lifting to lightly run along his side, causing him to quiver. He really was quite sensitive, she'd discovered. “Oh, like you're one to talk. You're being pretty damn dominant Zelos, it's out of character for you.” Her eyes narrowed. “And you still haven't said why you're so mad at me.” Though she guessed it had to do with what happened at the gate, but he'd acted so...blase about it after the fact.

He chuckled and leaned closer, brushing her nose with his. “Now, who said I was mad hunny?” He closed his eyes, their foreheads lightly touching. “You're the one who keeps bringing it up y'know, it's almost enough to make me think you really don't want this.” Oh yeah, that was frustration in his voice, and as his eyes opened up and his head leaned back she could see the bitter twinge in his smirk. “You really need to make up your mind Sweetheart.”

Did he honestly forget their little shouting match earlier? They didn't get into those often, or more accurately, during their fights it was usually her doing the shouting, not him, and the fact that he'd been angry enough to raise his voice told her a lot. Also, he was getting angry now, but that could be more due to sexual frustration really. Still, she could tell he was off his game, but his patience was obviously wearing low so she didn't bring it up.

Instead she responded to his silent challenge, growling at the hated pet name of 'hunny' she chose to give him a little payback by way of raking her hand along his shoulder blade.

Again, his reaction was instant, giving out a loud grunt, his eyes becoming dilated from the shock of sensation all throughout his body. He shuddered and let out a long breath, his eyes closing tightly. “Fuck.” He moaned, his head tilting downward to rest again against hers. “Every Goddess damned time you do that...” His breathing was broken, his skin flushed in excitement.

Sheena allowed herself a smirk, her own skin flushing in response to his heat, recovering from her earlier release. “I think my mind's made up, thank you very much.” She stated, cheekily.

Talk about a role reversal.

He gave a shaky grin in response, a hand moving to pet at her hair once again. “Smart ass, that's my job.” He griped, before pouncing and giving her another rough and needy kiss. She responded in kind, both hands moving down his back, causing his kiss to become more desperate, more hungry, using the arm at her hair to brace him as his other hand moved to quickly free himself from his rather constricting pants.

He broke the kiss, panting heavily, his body shifting so he rested between her legs, his pulsing member right at the edge of her covered entrance. He leaned down next to her ear. “You want this?” He asked, his voice quivering, whispered words sending goosebumps over her skin.

Sheena swallowed, her skin tingling all over. It was becoming increasingly harder to stay focused. He always knew just what to say to rouse her, in every sense. However, she was the seducer this time, not him, no matter how determined he was to be. It was her game they were playing.

And she was the one with all the moves.

She answered him, not with words, but with action. In one sharp motion, like a cat, she pounced upon his tender neck, giving it a good, hard, bite not unlike the ones he was always giving her, though perhaps a bit harder. She was more aggressive by nature then him, no matter how pissed he got.

He got the message rather quickly. “Oh fuck me.” He moaned, and not wasting any time he pulled her undergarment to the side, positioned himself, and thrust as hard as he could inside her.

Both cried out at the sensation. Sheena had to take several deep breaths just to regain coherent thought, and she didn't get much time to recover before the Chosen slowly pulled himself out and thrust again, hard as before.

He repeated the action again, keeping his pace, causing her to give little cries with each thrust, and low moans as he pulled out. Sheena clung to him, just barely keeping her sense as she clawed his at his back, only to cause him to thrust even harder as she did. Her breathing came out heavy, as difficult as it was to breath at all with him jolting her like he was. She ground her hips against his, her insides clinging to him tightly as he withdrew, causing him to hiss.

“Ennng, oh fuck Sheena.” he gasped, increasing the tempo in his thrusting, his eyes closed shut, clearly lost in the feeling of being buried inside her. “Fuck...you just...You're..Mmmmhh!” Clearly he couldn't even string a coherent sentence together, and he increased his pace, one arm reaching behind to grasp at her leg, lifting and spreading it so he could pierce her even deeper inside. She began to gasp, her peak coming upon her far more rapidly then she'd expected it to.

It was now or never, any control he had was purely instinctual Time to strike with her plan...

She leaned forward, fingers tangling in his hair, her lips brushing against the shell of his ear. “Zelos...” She whispered, voice wavering, he letting another deep moan out in response. “What am I to you?”

He didn't even think. “Everything.” He gasped out, stealing her mouth in another passionate kiss, his groans and frantic thrusts taking all the last vestiges of coherency away from her. In the back of her mind, a thousand questions arose, all muddled by her overwhelming confusion. The confusion soon gave way to lust however, and with a few short thrusts the questions were forgotten in favor of giving in to the all encompassing heat.

He thrust faster, harder, with her grinding back as their hips met. She could feel her peak rising, and with it, her voice, crying out against the seal that was his lips.

With a last, sharp, nip he broke the kiss, letting her voice free to cry out as he hit a particular spot inside her. He grinned, and moved so he was nipping at her neck, the hand not holding her leg moving her shirt collar aside, firmly grasping at the soft mound of flesh beneath.

“J-Jizou!” Now she was the one loosing all ability to speak rationally, and she swore if that idiot didn't stop laughing soon she was going to make him a eunique.

Lucky for him, the feeling of his gloved hand on her breast felt like heaven, and with a few hard thrusts and a twist of her peak, she came harder then she'd ever come before.

Of course, after a bit of coaxing along his back with some grinding, her finish wasn't near to the intensity of his. He snarled, and bit at her neck, his voice coming through signaling that he'd just barely managed to keep from screaming. Sheena could feel his member pulse inside her, a warmth filling her like no other.

She rode the haze for a bit, letting her mind wander while waiting for him to recover from the intense experience as well. Perhaps she'd let him cuddle this time, they weren't needed anywhere for a while yet.

Then it hit her.

'what am I to you?' 'Everything.'

Oh goddess, he didn't just say what she remembered him saying, did he? A callous pervert like him, he couldn't possibly...

She felt him withdraw, causing her to shudder, then he moved away.

It jerked her out of her inner musings, and she braced herself on her arms, looking at the Chosen in bewilderment, not knowing how to react to him at this point.

He started gathering his things, quickly redressing and straightening himself up, not looking at her. For some reason, it caused a lump to form in her throat, though she tried to ignore it, it and the anxiety forming in her chest. Why? Why was she feeling these things for him all of a sudden? Again? Why was it that just one word, one little word spoken in the haze of passion was all it took to break through the defenses she'd put up in order to deal with the infuriating, selfish man before her?

“Zelos...” She called out to him, a hand lifting uncertainly, unsure as to whether she should stop him and ask, or if she should just write the whole thing off as him playing with her as usual.

He stopped and closed his eyes, and for a moment she thought she saw the flickering s of a grimace across his face, but it was smoothed immediately, leaving her to question if it'd really be there at all. “Thing about hollow connections, Sheena.” He said, his voice low, soft. “If one of them suddenly decides to go and disappear, it won't matter. It won't kill the one left behind.”

Sheena blinked in confusion, unsure what he was getting at. She sat up, a hand repositioning her shirt to recover her chest. “What are you talking about?” She asked.

He turned his face to her slightly, his eyes still not meeting hers, his hand finished doing up the clasps of his jacket. “Nothing.” He smirked, leered more like, though the edge in his eyes was back. “Next time you feel frisky like that babe, don't hesitate to look me up. Hottest time we've had yet.” And without waiting for her to answer, he started walking away, flicking his hair behind him casually, not even looking back to her fuming self.

And she was fuming, OH she was fuming. That idiot, that stupid, selfish, perverted, callous IDIOT. Of all the damn things, she couldn't believe she'd started to feel something for him. She knew he was a womanizer, she knew! Fooling girls into feeling things for him was what he did! To think, that she would fall for such an obvious ploy when she should've known better was just-

He didn't look at her.

Her eyes widened as the realization struck her. And she shook a little as the thoughts and implications started to come up, though she tried hard to deny them. No, no, it couldn't have meant anything, he couldn't have been sincere back with what he said, and he certainly hadn't been ashamed while he was being a pervert. That just...wasn't how he worked. Was it?

'generally, when we care, if the person we care about is hurt it tends to hurt us'

Sheena focused on breathing as she got up and shakily started to put her clothes back together. She couldn't handle this right now, the man that was Zelos Wilder had been nothing but an annoying enigma for as long as she'd known him. More so an annoying distraction, consistent as he was with his insulting tendencies. For the man to actually care sincerely about her, or about things like the consequence of his fate on his lover's well being...

...or to be hurt if she were to ever disappear...

It was unthinkable. Unfathomable. It wasn't who Zelos was, never had been. Even when they'd been friends he'd always maintained a level of detachment from everything and everybody, carefree in all he'd done. So, maybe that carefree attitude was to keep him from feeling the pain of loss? She could understand that, she did the same thing with her proud attitude and determined demeanor. Maybe his detachment was to keep others from feeling the pain when his inevitable fate came upon him? Also understandable.

...but was it necessary?

Sheena groaned and rubbed her temple, the beginnings of a headache forming. This was way too much to think about so late in the night. Zelos was who he always was, and if there was just a bit more under the surface then she'd expected, well, looking at Colette, and the way she tended to cover everything up with a smile, it was just obvious that he'd be hiding a few things with his cheery grin and perverted ways himself.

…

But how much was he hiding? How much pain...

Sheena growled and angrily snatched at her pink obi, tying it up with a frustrated vengeance. No. She was done. She wasn't going to think about this anymore. Zelos was using her for sex. End of story. That was, and would always remain, the same. No matter how much pain he hid or how much the false cheer of his was an act the fact remained that he didn't care about her. She was his distraction, just as he was hers. That was as far as it went, and caring for him, or even trying to help him...

It would wound her in the end.

Sheena sighed and crossed her arms around her stomach, at a loss for what to do. She yearned for Corrine's advice, for someone to talk to about all these confusing thoughts roaming around in her mind. She just wished she knew what the right thing to do was in a situation like this.

She wouldn't know for a good while yet. All she could do was try to follow her heart.

No matter how much it hurt.
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