Chapter 97 - Under The Rain

The rain came pouring down fast and hard, as his windshield wipers battled with the heavy downpour. He drove as if he hadn't just seen his lynx this morning.

Dane hustled past cars and streetlights, already aching to see his lynx. When he parked right outside of the karaoke and bar place she sent to him, he paused before getting out of the car. It never occured to him to even ask if she were done.

He was already here but if she were enjoying her time with her friends then the beast would wait forever until she told him to come. He'd never wish to burden her youth.

"Prisana, are you still busy?" he asked, acting as if he wasn't waiting outside in the cold rain.

"I'm not busy. You can come get me anytime. When you get here, just come inside we are in room XXX. I want you to meet some of my new friends I've made."

He smiled to himself, resolving he'd act as if he were still on his way. "Okay. See you soon, my love."

Dane swore she stammered on her next words, "Hurry love, I miss you."

Screw pretending as if he were on his way. Her words threw whatever resolve he had out of the car windows. Dane got out of the car with his umbrella and made his way across to the small karaoke and bar. It was full of youngsters and the vibes were almost too hip and fun. He felt out of place but persisted walking to his destination so he could find her.

When he finally reached the room she was in, he all but froze. The door was slightly open ajar and he heard this familiar yet seductively beautiful voice that screamed inside his arms a thousand times. That voice was singing and each lyric she sang strummed the tremors that shook inside of his heart.

♪ I know that this was bound to be

♪ These things have haunted me

♪ For you, my dear, enchanted me

The beast inside couldn't stop purring at how perfect and hauntingly beautiful her voice captivated him and probably every other damn boy inside of that room. God, was this woman truly his wife and lynx?

He was one lucky man.

She looked absolutely stunning even in a casual black shirt and ripped jeans with her hair let down. Clad in anythng or nothing, he wondered if she could ever look displeasing. Most of all, Dane wished he could look to her pretty brown eyes but she had them closed throughout the entire song.

♪ Babe, these things remind me of you

When she finished, Dane let out a long breath that he didn't know he was sucking in. She found him immediately as a round of applause erupted.

"Pris, that was beautiful. You could totally audition for one of our roles and win..."

They were just watching each other, holding each other captive as the compliments kept flooding. Dane's heart was beating so furious and rapidly that it was difficult to even look at her. He simply turned and walked away. There was no way he could go in there after that.

Only when he reached outside of the karaoke and bar, underneath the roof that offered shelter from the pouring rain, did he feel like he could finally breathe.

The doors immediately opened, not allowing him to completely catch his breath.

Her sweet yet deadly voice bad for his heart spoke, "Why did you...Mmh."

Her eyes widened as he attacked her without warning.

Dane unleashed the umbrella from it's clutches so that the cars passing by or onlookers wouldn't be able to see. He then leaned down and kissed her before she could even finish her sentence. After pulling back, he made sure to cover her petite frame with the umbrella.

"...just leave like that," Prisana finished but was reduced as a puddle at their feet. "W-What was that, so suddenly!"

"I don't know. I just felt like kissing you."

She was too adorable for words because her skin from tip to toe was blushed. He chucked the underside of her chin.

Dane leaned in to whisper and elict something out of her, "Dearest, we've done far worse things in bed to blush over."

He didn't think it possible for one's ears to turn a color darker than red but hers did.

"...Geez, warn a woman when you're going to do stuff like that...I thought my heart was going to explode! Still, why did you just walk out like that? I wanted to introduce you to my friends and maybe even, show you off a little..."

The beast quietly wrapped her arm underneath his as he shielded her from the rain they treaded out to. His suit jacket on the side had become wet but as long as she was dry from the weather's harm, then nothing else mattered.

When he finally spoke, it sounded almost pained. He waitied until their shoes clacked against the wet stone pavement and until he opened the car door for her. She went to sit inside the car and peered up at him with questioning eyes.

"Because," he breathed to her endless stream of questions he knew he'd ought to answer now or suffer from later. "I wouldn't be able to control myself. Your voice, was so enchanting I'm sure you did it on purpose to have me caught up in a spell. Prisana, I'm spellbound. If I remained there any longer, I was afraid I'd simply scoop you into my arms and forget the rest of the world around us."

Prisana stepped out of the car and did the unexpected, which she was always good at doing to him. She lightly fisted his suit jacket and brought him to her lips.

Heaven and hell broke loose.

Dane dropped the umbrella so it landed on the hard, wet stone pavement at their feet so that he could return the kiss twice as passionate. He pulled her into his arms and ran his hands over her now soon to be drenched hair. They were both faced with the pouring rain trickling against their skin and clothes.

The rain made their kiss taste like salt but he actually rather enjoyed the taste of rain intermingled with her lips.

Now as he was trying not to do the very thing that drove him away, Dane really did scoop her into his arms so that they were lost to the world.