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Revealed Confusion
Moonlight took a long sip of tea. Her eyes closed as she listened to her guest's reason for his surprise drop by. She perfectly well knew why Shense had decided to visit. In fact, before he made the final decision to come to her house, Moonlight knew he was coming. How else would he react to the suffering headaches of not knowing what drawn him to her? "I see.." Moonlight spoke as she finally set her now empty tea cup on the clear glass coffee table before her. "So...Just dropped by to say hello...And to interigate me for what you dear friend Garrison told you...? My my...." She grinned, her soft voice hinting she was amused. "Does Shense feel threatened by me..? Oh no...That could not be it....Someone like Shense couldn't possibly feel threatened by a mere woman...No. That wouldn't be like him..."
Shense sat across form Moonlight. The mockery in her voice towards him annoyed him greatly. It was pushed aside by the last bit she had said. Those words, it was if she had known him for quite a while. "And...How would you know what would be like me? You would think assumption would be beneath a woman of your stature." Shense's eyes scanned the room, obsorbing the exquiste, astonishing, and happily noted Gathering Room.
The room was quite large. The stone walls, haunting yet inviting. Red velvet shrouded in black lace covered the windows. Two black couches sat across from eachother in the middle of the room. The glass coffee table laid between them shined in the glow from the fire that was ablaze in the stone fireplace. There was something different about this fire. It's color was a shocking blue and green. The strange fire seemed to be the only substance keeping the Gathering room lit.
Moonlight smirked. "A woman of my stature has a variety of ways of getting her answer dear, dear Shense. Are you still wanting yours?"
Shense tore his eyes slowly away from the strange fire and looked towards her. "Of course." He answered in a low voice. "Shouldn't that be obvious? Or is someone such as you oblivious to the obvious?" Shense smirked back at her.
"Hm? Did you say something Shense?" Moonlight asked innocently then grinned.
"Answer..my..question." Shense growled.
Moonlight's face grew dark and serious. "If you insist." She closed her eyes then sighed. "About four years ago, I erased your memory, as well as everyone else's, of ever knowing me. You and I used to be....friends. That is how I know you, and, how I knew what to do to knock you unconcious last night. Through the kiss, I used the energy you took against you. I would of just done so the easy way, but we had Garrison accompaning us. So, I decided to put on a show. There is the answer you so dearly wanted. Any questions?"
Shense sat in silence. He stared in shock at the floor through the glass of the coffee table. A few minutes past before he lifted his eyes back to hers. "Ju-...Are you...crying?" he asked as he caught sight of the few pink tears that slowly slide down Moonlight's face.
Moonlight touched her cheek gently with her finger tips, just in time to have a single pink tear slide down them. She quickly turned her face away. "No."
Shense rose to his feet then walked around the coffee table and sat himself next to Moonlight. He placed his hand softly on her cheek, gently turning her face to meet his. "What...What about this has driven you to sudden tears?"
"The answer....To the question you were going to ask....I erased your memory to end the game my creators had set before me. I...I did not want to get you involved..You had already been involved in so much with me...I could not ask of more. They made a deal with me....'Take something from the one you love in exchange for freedom from this game you find so cruel.' is what they had told me. I had nothing else powerful enough to satisfy them except....your memories of us. I had to leave you afterwards was the other part..Leave and never see, nor speak to you again. Seeing me in pain from this action, they accepted. Who knew how cruel God could be when you are considered unwanted...now that I have told you though..." Moonlight sighed then continued. "The game will begin again."
"Then why did you tell me?! Why did you not continue refusing..?!" Shense asked, unaware of the anger in his voice.
"I-It was hurting you...Not knowing angered you...I couldn't..." Moonlgiht managed to say through the unstoppable tears she was forcing herself to control.
Shense's face paled from the antagonizing feeling of guilt that dwelled inside him. Those tears made him feel asheamed. Why couldn't he just ignore his stubborness and just leave when she tried to push him away with her continuous mocking of him? 'Because,' Shense answered himself inside his head. 'As she said...That wouldn't be like me.'
Moonlight moved herself away from him. This closeness is something they had in the past, but oh how she longed to bring it back. 'No.' She told herself. 'I must push myself away. If-'
Shense pulled Moonlight to him, holding her close. "Don't."
Moonlight looked up at him. "Don't?"
"Do not think on it anymore this night." Shense spoke softly.
"Shouldn't....Shouldn't you be angry? Shouldn't you feel betrayed? Why are you being so nice? Wh-" Moonlight asked repeatedly until Shense covered her mouth.
"I should feel angry....I should feel betrayed....but, I cannot." Shense said with a sigh.
"You..cannot?" Moonlight asked, slightly confused as to how he could not be angry.
Shense shook his head slowly. "It just...left."
Moonlight let her eyes stare down at the floor. Slowly, Moonlight pulled herself from his and stood up.
Shense grabbed her wrist, his eyes meeting hers.
Moonlight smiled at him then slipped her wrist from his grasp. She walked over to the fireplace, reached into the fire and pulled something out. Moonlight walked back over to Shense then dropped the object into his shirt pocket.
Shense stared at his shirt pocket then reached up to see what she had given him.
Moonlight touched his hand softly. She shook her head gently and smiled. "Not until you are home."
"What is it?" Shense asked in a quiet voice.
Moonlight's smile softened. "A gift."
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