Hidden Under These Desires

Hidden Under Our Desires

Ch2
Just Kiss Me

Summary:
Meeting up by chance at an anime convention, Devon and Mizaki, a cosplay lover, learns to have their own fun, but at what cost?


I wonder if God secretly hates me.

Well, it’s either that or karma really does exist.
It always gets me right in the ass, too.


Mizaki’s father left soon after their introduction – actually, that was roughly two hours ago. Mizaki and Devon remained in the meeting room, one sitting on opposite ends. She did all she could to not make eye contact with him because she could feel his dark green eyes burning a hole in her forehead. It wasn’t a nice look too. She was sure it was one of those menacing looks.

Surely, it wasn’t because it turned out that he’s working for her father – it might have been because of the all-nighter and all of a sudden when the sun crept over the mountains, she miraculously disappeared only to reappear as the princess of the world.

Well, it might have been ‘cause she left without saying anything.

That would really tick a person off.

Mizaki was scared to move from her seat, afraid that he would jump up and chase after her. Then she realized that she really had to go use the restroom. Since her stay with Devon up until that very moment, she hasn’t use the restroom once. She really had to go pee. Tentatively, she pushed back her seat, and it made that loud sliding noise against the beige marble floor.

She could feel the heat of his laser glare intensify. If it was an anime or a manga, that would be a very large sweat drop coming down. She sighed; she had to take a shower, too.

“Um…” Her tiny voice barely piped up and it apparently was a cue for him to speak up.

“Why did you leave without saying anything?”

His voice didn’t give off any angry vibes, but rather, it seemed like he was hurt. Mizaki looked up at him as he spoke up, “I really thought that we had something going on, but when I woke up in the morning, you were gone…”

“I’m sorry.” That was all she was able to muster up. “I’m really sorry. I didn’t think we would see each other again. I’m truly sorry.” Mizaki wasn’t able to look up at him as she quickly pushed back her chair, ignoring the screeching sound and took wide strides out of the door. She didn’t give Devon another chance of saying anything. She ran up the marble stairs and took a left into her room.

The red-haired girl leaned against the door, her hand covering up her heart that felt like it was going to jump out of her chest. It hurt. It hurt for some reason. Seeing his face and hearing his voice – it all just screamed out, “I’m hurting.” Her hand curled into a fist as she clutched at her shirt, taking in deep gulps of oxygen. She could barely breathe. Every time she blinked, she could see a perfect replica of him standing in front of her with his brows slanted and the corner of his lips pulled down in a frown.

“I’m sorry…” She whispered, sliding down onto the ground. She pulled her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them, curling into a ball all the while closing her eyes, ‘God must really hate me.’

When she opened her eyes, she found herself lying on her bed and in her pajamas. She sat up suddenly, looking around, wondering who it was that laid her down and changed her. Mizaki sighed, hoping that everything that had happened at the convention was actually a dream – that it was actually still Friday.

The door opened and what she wished that never happened – well, immediately walked through the door.

‘Yeah. God hates me.’

“You’re up?” Devon spoke up, but his voice sounded cold with no emotions. He closed the door behind him, and made his way over to her, giving her a cup of hot cocoa. “I found you sprawled on the ground, coughing and sneezing, so I figured that it would have been better if you were on your bed. I’m sorry if I intruded without permission.” When she took the cup, he took a few steps back, looking anywhere but directly at her.

“Thank you…” She whispered, taking the cup, warming both her hands. “I guess that’s what I get for being naked all night, last night, right?” She attempted to laugh, but when Devon made no attempt to respond, she stopped and sighed. “Look. I’m really sorry. For one, I really thought that yesterday was going to be the only time that we’d ever, you know, be with each other. And second of all, I had an appointment with my father and he’s hardly ever home and when I woke up, I realized that I would have been late if I stayed any longer…” She glanced over at him. Those green eyes of his looked back at her, “I didn’t think our fate was tied like this.”

“It caught me off guard too…” He sighed, as he ruffled his hair just a little.

“Say… why is it that you’re hired as my bodyguard? You’re only twenty-two; you still have your whole life ahead of you. Why did you choose job like this?”

Devon shrugged, “My father’s in debt to your father, I guess. And I’m still in school. So, starting tomorrow, I’m going to be attending the same college as you. I’ll be a senior.”

Mizaki blinked several times as she sipped her cocoa, “So I’ll have to call you guard-sempai?” There was a slight confusion in her facial expression, but she decided to brush it off. It wasn’t that important anyway. “Well, please take care of me.” She bowed just a little to Devon, giving him a faint smile.

“I’ll try my hardest.” Instead of her informal bow, he bent down ninety degrees.

A silence fell over the two of them as she tried to think of something to say. It was deemed difficult.

“Devon, you’re on duty, twenty-four seven?” she glanced over at him as he replied with a nod, “Hmmm…” She pursed her lips trying to break the awkward silence between the two of them , “Can I tell you something?” Devon nodded. “Come over here.” She gestured him with her finger. Though he hesitated, he slowly made his way over to the girl.

“Yes?”

She leaned forward, placing her cup of cocoa on the nightstand, “Lean forward.” Her voice dropped to barely above a whisper. He did as he was told. Mizaki smiled just a little, and reached out her hands, and grabbed the collar of his suit, pulling him forward. Their lips touched just as Devon’s entire body collapsed on top of her left leg – which happened to be the twisted ankle. “AH! OW! OW!” She shouted at the top of her lungs, as she jerked her leg away from under him. Her eyes watered up with tears as she massaged her ankle.

“Are you stupid?!” Devon scolded her, his face just a little red, as he jumped off the bed. “Jeez, you need to be more careful, Miza- Miss Ashiba. I’ll go get you some bandages.”

For a moment, she forgot the pain in her ankle, when she heard ‘Miss Ashiba’ come out of his mouth. It sounded so foreign to her. It was just so unnatural. Mizaki bit the bottom of her lip as she thought more about it, and that familiar throb in her heart came back.

A few minutes later, Devon came back with a roll of adhesive bandages and an icy-hot patch. “Pull your pants up.” He sat down at the edge of her bed, and as she did what she was told, he gently took her injured leg and placed it on his lap. Devon peeled the icy-hot, placing the patch over the slightly swollen area, then applied the adhesive bandages the area, making sure that she couldn’t move it too much. “You really, really need to be more careful…”

“Thank you…” Mizaki whispered, looking down, her hands clenched at the hem of her shirt, tugging at it slightly like a child being scolded. She glanced up at her body guard, biting her lower lip, “Hey…”

Devon glanced up, raising an eyebrow, “Yes?”

“You want a reward?” Mizaki smiled just a little, raising an eyebrow, but her smile disappeared when he never returned that smile. “What’s wrong?”

Devon sighed as he frowned and his eyebrows knitted, “I really… hate people like you.” He stood up and turned away from her, “Please, have a good rest.” Her body guard opened and closed the door behind him as he left.

Mizaki sat there blinking several times, dumbfounded, but before she had the chance to do anything else, the door sounded and Rynn walked in. “Oh, hey.” She smiled faintly, as he made his way over towards her bed.

“How are you?” He places his hand on her head, smiling just a little. “I was kinda sad to hear that you ran off with some other guy… You know how I feel about you.”

“Well, you feeling the way you do about me, doesn’t stop you from screwing other girls.” Mizaki scowled as she turned her face away from him.

Rynn grinned, “Aren’t you supposed to be more humble towards your fiancé?”

“Not if I don’t want to be with him. Please leave, I’m not in a good mood right now.” Mizaki frowned a little, pushing Rynn off her bed, and made her way out of the bed, limping towards the door. “Seeing you definitely doesn’t put me in a good mood.” She slammed the door on Rynn and tried to make her way down the stairs, only to slip and fall flat on her butt, sending her flying down the hundreds of flight of steps. “KYAAAAAAA!!”

Devon rushed out of his room as he heard Mizaki scream. Just as he opened the door, he saw the top of her head and disappeared from his view. Quickly panicking, he rushed towards the steps and ascended his way down trying to catch up to her. “Damn it, do you always have to trouble me?!” He snapped as he grabbed her arm, pulling her up from her downfall. Devon wrapped his arms around the girl, pulling her against her chest and the two of them fell onto one of the steps. “You stupid girl, I told you to rest.”

He hugged her tightly as she regained her regular breathing rate. “My butt hurts…” She muttered, slightly embarrassed at what she did.

“I could only imagine… you were sliding down marble steps.” Devon couldn’t help but laugh as he thought back to the event few minutes earlier. “Are you okay, though?”

“Aside from my butt hurting, yes,” Her face was still buried in his chest, as she whined about her butt that was still in pain. “Hey…” Mizaki glanced up at him, “I can feel your heart beating fast.”

The blonde-haired guard frowned, “What, you think I’m nervous being around you?” He turned away as he felt his face flush just a little, hoping that she wouldn’t see his reaction, “I was just scared that you were gonna get your butt burned off and I’d get fired on my first day.”

“Then why are you still hugging me?”

“I’m not! I’m comforting you.” He quickly stood up, releasing his grip on her, only to make her fall backwards. Devon quickly reached out for her once more, pulling her into another embrace. “You’re such a nuisance….”

“You pushed me.”

“I’m sorry…”

“You should be.”

“Shut up.”

Mizaki giggled, wrapping her arms around him, “I like you, too…”

Devon grunted.



“Mizaki, keep your schedule free for this Saturday. You’ll need to attend the dinner party; I won’t be able to make it. I’ll be flying to America on Friday.” The girl’s father was signing some documents as Mizaki nodded, “It will be held in the Kazumi’s household at seven at night. It’s best for you to not be late.”

“Yessir.” Mizaki bowed respectfully to her father as she left his office.

Devon was standing outside the door as she entered. “Hey!” She smiled, wrapping her arm around his. “There’s a dinner party this weekend at the Kazumi’s mansion; you should be my escort.”

Her bodyguard stared down at her, “I’m busy on Saturday.”

“WHAT? NO. THAT’S NOT FAIR.” She pouted.

“I have a date.” He frowned as he pulled away from her, making his way to his room. Devon left Mizaki standing where she was with a blank look on her face.

“FINE. IF THAT’S HOW YOU WANT IT THEN I’LL ASK RYNN.”

“Better your fiancé than your body guard.” Devon turned around, grinning at the girl before shutting the door behind him.

Mizaki fumed, storming her way out of the house.

Rynn picked her up roughly about five minutes after she called him, taking her to the mall. “I’m not your chauffeur, ya’know.” He glanced over at the upset girl, “Dad told me about the dinner party in two days. Did you ask Devon to go with you?” Silence. “I’ll go with you if you want.” Silence. Rynn sighed, rolling his eyes, “You know, sometimes venting can help a lot.”

With that statement, Mizaki blew up. “ARGH! He’s so STUPID. It’s obvious that he likes me yet he still goes on a date with ANOTHER girl? ARGH!”

The atmosphere fell deathly silent even though she vented out to Rynn. But, Mizaki’s mood seemed to lighten up when they reached the mall. All the stores that were opened, beckoning her to buy their clothes seemed just like heaven. She sighed, smiling to herself. Rynn followed behind her quietly, looking around. Shopping never interested him, but since it was with Mizaki, it’s okay.

“Is there anything you want me to buy for you?” He snuck up behind her, placing his hand on her hips, resting his chin on her shoulder.

“No. I have my own money.” She frowned just a little when she felt him touching her. It wasn’t something that he would do and just like it was a reflex, Mizaki moved away and continued her shopping.

A few hours later, the two of them finished shopping and Rynn took her home. She bid him goodbye and made her way up the stairs. When she opened the door, Devon was waiting by the stairway. His hand was clasped neatly in front of him, and his green eyes were focused on her. “Welcome back, Miss Ashiba.”

“Ah.” She glanced at him, before she headed up the marble stairs.

“You have to take your medicine.” Devon followed.

“I’ll take it later.”

“You have to take it once every ten hours. It’s been fifteen hours since your last consumption.” He sighed, and stepped through the door when Mizaki attempted to close it, “I know you’re mad at me, but at least let me do my job…”

“I’ll take it later.” She glared at him, tossing the bags of clothes and lied down on her bed.

“If you take the medicine, I’ll be your usher on Saturday.” He sat down on her bed, frowning just a little.

“That’s not the point.” Mizaki frowned, and her brows knitted. “You’d rather go on a date with some girl rather than hang out with me.”

“Is that it?” He glanced down at his hands, and popped open the pills bottle and tipped out two little capsules. “I would rather hang out with you any day.” Devon unscrewed the water bottle. Without Mizaki paying attention, he slipped the pills into his mouth and took a big gulp of water. Devon moved closer towards Mizaki, and climbed over her, his eyes fixing on hers.

She blinked several times, confused for a moment, but quickly attempted to push him off. “AH! What are you doing?! Get off of me!” Her face quickly grew red as she looked away from Devon, but he was faster. With one hand, he grabbed her hands, and the other took gently pushed her face towards his direction and he made his way in for a kiss.

Their lips touched gently and when their lips parted, Mizaki gagged. The water and pills fell into her mouth and she quickly pulled away, swallowing her medicine. “Ugh, you jerk…” She took the water bottle away from him and took a few gulps.

“See, it wasn’t that hard.” He smiled softly, tilting his head towards the side. His hand reached out and stroked her hair gently. Devon tucked her hair behind her ears, and leaned forward once more, kissing her lightly on the lips. “That’s a good girl, huh?”

Mizaki blushed once more, glancing down at the bed, “you’re such a big egotistical jerk.” Her voice was small as he kissed her forehead and the top of her head. “Jerk. Jerk. Jerk.” Mizaki’s eyes found his once more and silence fell between them as their heart beats quickened. A little shy, Mizaki raised her hand, touching his. Their fingers intertwined and his lips touched her finger tips. With a tiny voice, Mizaki said, “Kiss me…”

Devon glanced up, his green eyes slightly confused. “You said something?” His slender fingers gently climbed up her arm.

“Kiss me.”

He gave her a crooked smile, tilting his head towards the side just a little, and raised an eyebrow. “Why should I? It’s not my job.”

Mizaki frowned, “It was an order.”

With a defeated sigh, Devon nodded, and wrapped his hand behind her neck, pulling her close to him. He pressed his lips against her soft ones. She sighed immediately on contact, smiling just a little. Mizaki wrapped her arms around his, falling onto the bed and brought him along with her. Their lips parted and their tongues clashed into an epic battle.

Before the two of them were able to go further, the door knocked and Devon pulled away from her, straightening his suit out. “Miss Ashiba, Master Ashiba has some words with you. He wishes to see you in the office before he leaves.”

“I’ll… I’ll be right out!” She slipped off her bed and pulled the bottom of her shirt out neatly, and straightened her hair. “I’ll see you in a bit.”

Before Mizaki walked out of the room, Devon pulled her into a tight embrace from behind. “I’ll see you…”


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Yay!
That concludes Chapter two!

I hope you guys enjoyed it.
Sorry there wasn’t any lemon or lime. I have no idea. O_o
But I’m sure there will be in the next chapter.

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