One day had passed since the test started, and I, Amethyst OlwHeart Orchids, was just relaxing in my comfy and warm bed, using the new all black pajama my father gave for me. I was longing quite a bit for Tulipa and trying to think in something to do when, in all of the sudden, I receive a call from my clock. How strange, normally, a person would call me by my common phone, not my personal. But okay, I guess, it must be something important then.
I stand up and go pick up my clock, opening up, the phone springs out, and I answer the call.
It was a woman calling... From the Esmeralda castle. It seems that Sume asked to call me and say for me to come at the place, he must have gave my number for such--
But then, i remember... With eyes widen and a shock expression... I KEPT THE SCRIPTURE IN HIM!!!
***
I arrive at the place, flying down and transforming back into my human form, and with the magic circle I made before leaving, I finish the recite and put on the floor while transforming, stepping in, making clothes dress my body up. Of course, they called Amethyst the friend of the worker Sume, not Madam of Flowers the seller, but I at least have to keep elegance and fashion.
arriving at the entrance, the worker who had called, along with other two workers, guides me towards the area where Sume requested to be waiting for me. In the pantry of the brothel.
"He is here, mistress." Says the woman.
"I'm glad you had bring him here. Now you can go, this is a private moment." I spoke gently, to not scary them off, but to make them understand that is not to peak in any way possible.
They bow politely before closing the door. Good, now I can focus on him.
***
Sume was laying down on the floor, breath heavy, flushed, and sweating quite a bit.
"Don't tell me you lost control on the quantity and now you're all drunk." I murmur to myself as I approach him. I crouch down, but when i was about to lay a hand on him... He started to attack me out.
Giving strongs kicks towards my direction, one of those hit my belly, which make me contract ever so slightly.
"Sume, Sume!! It's Amethyst!!!" I exclaim, while holding his leg out, almost hitting my face. "Don't worry, it's just me, and only me. Amethyst OwlHearts Orchids."
He calms down after hearing my voice, but it seems he become shy and hide his face with his hands from me.
"My apologies." He whispered, so low, yet I could hear very clearly.
"It's okay. I gave you a duty to do, and your reaction is very valid." I reassured him. "Now let me see the scripture... Wait... Where did I draw the circle?"
***
How could I forget the location of the circle that I drawn?! This never had happened before!! But let's calm down, it's Sume i'm handling. I will just make sure that he's fine with it and that he let me.
"Sume, sweetheart, I need to see if the scripture is in place. But I did forget about the placement of the magic circle I put in you to kept it safe." I start to explain, in low tone gentle, to not frighten him out.
"You forgot?" He said, still not wanting to take his hands of his face.
"Yes I did, and because of that, I will need to take your clothes off. Would you let me?"
Sume only nodded with his head, but he started to shift and become restless.
"Hot... I'm feeling hot... too warm and fuzzy..." Sume mumbled. The alcohol he drank must had been very strong, but even so, he wouldn't be all restless on the floor... Unless...
***
I started lowering the upper part of his kimono, slowly, to not startle him off, of course. I looked at his back, and nothing.
He was very reactive, every touch, every delicacy of my hands in his skin was a shiver, a goosebumps, a breathy sound escaping from him. It was as if I was touching a a very delicate ice sculpture, if I don't handle it right, it might melt. He wasn't in control of his reactions either, the hypersensitivity bashing his being making him more vulnerable. Bunnies doesn't let themselves be vulnerable with someone that easily, so my efforts to making his drunk self trust me are working.
I turn him around, now his face facing upwards, and he still didn't want to uncover his face. How funny, I had seen him in many ways, yet he always felt shy when the thought of doing something that he thinks it will make me angry.
"Sume, are you feeling shy just because you didn't want to me see you in such estate?" I ask playfully, not leaving the opportunity to tease him, even if just a bit.
He didn't respond, but the way he had turned his face could answer my question.
"I'm not angry at you at all, Sume, not even a bit." With my hands, i carefully take his from his face, seeing the completely flushed Sume staring at me with shame of himself, and embarrassment. "You don't need to hide from me when you commit something. Never forget that--"
He, in a bliss, grab both of my wrists. I let him, He might take my hands of him.
But no, i was wrong.
By himself and own will, he guides my hands towards the collar of his kimono, and urge me to open it.
Well, I do what he wanted, and open it up. To my great surprise, the circle was there, right under his belly, perfectly neat and untouched.
"So you knew were the circle were? Why didn't you tell me?" I asked, actually surprised.
He blushes even more, his hair coming down to cover his eyes. "I... wanted to feel your hands in and on me..." He whispers. "I wanted to feel it was really you who was here with me, and not another person. I know how you pass your hands in a living being."
"Very a very pretty way of speaking, bunny boy." I praise him, while i take out the scripture from the circle. He shifts and turns until he was able to rest his head on my lap, snuggling in and finding comfort in the warmth of my... legs.
Looking with a loupe, I analyze the seal of the scripture to make sure it wasn't open. Th seal is made of jade, yet when opened and closed again, the rock will have a thin line in the middle, as if it broke.
Gladly, the seal was close, which might mean that no one grabbed it. Even drunk, Sume always do very well the missions and commands i gave him to conclude.
"Very good job by keeping it, Sume. It's now my turn to have it, okay?"
Sume just nods, now mattering about the warmth his feeling.
I adjust his clothes, putting them back to how it was, however, I couldn't help but get confused about something.
"Sweetheart, how did you got so drunk???"
Sume look up at me when I asked that, with a confused expression, grabbing my hand and placing at his cheek. "I don't know, darling, the taste of the sake was a little different."
Different?
"Could you see who, at least when and how, you got that drink?" I start caressing his cheek.
"It was a ocean blue hair person, I don't remember more than that because everything started to spin and get slow. My body was starting to feel fuzzy and warm and bothered... And my first thought was to call you."
Oh, he got drug out. Is it one of the people who was in charge of stealing the scripture who did that? If is, then what the person did, was a very low blow!
"You did a great job calling me and waiting me here. I will reward you later. Now, give me your arm." Carefully, i grab his arm. I inject a medicine that would made the effects stop quickly, and while that, i made sure to be next to him, giving the support he deserves.
Well, I could notice the presence of the three workers behind the door. Owl thing, you know?
They didn't peak out through the door, clearly, but i'm certain that, by the noise Sume did, even under breaths and small gasps, they must be thinking that a different thing had happened.
***
----
While that, Rick was leaning on a tree, irritated that he couldn't grab the scripture. Nurse Rose calls out by a rose flower, and Rick answers it.
"Did you get it?" She asked, while sipping on tea.
"No I didn't." He huffs. " That bunny was too good at hiding. Even after I put opium on his drink."
"Hm, impressive indeed. But no worries, it's much better you steal from someone you know very well then a stranger that you don't know anything about them." She advices, her monotone still.
Rick just sighs and hangs the phone, or rather, flower. He takes quite some minutes to truly understand what Rose was trying to say, and the realization made him open a big, wicked grin on his face.
"Well, well, well. I know a person who will be very happy to see me again after a while." He starts to walk out of the place, his plan starting to form on his mind, leaving the establishment and starting to walk towards the place he knows very well that he will find this acquainted.
***
Who this person might be? And how they will handle this encounter?