Crimson

Unknown Stage: Extreme acceptance.

Vita watched Juno crouch behind the door .

He had a strange maniac smile plastered on , he was holding two small blades , they had been painted black .

Vita sighed , he was still not sure Juno should be moving about but ever since the possibility of a fight had surfaced , he had suddenly regained energy , his past wound forgotten .

The noises outside were getting louder , the soldiers were closer .

Juno suddenly turned and began to crawl back .

Vita looked from Juno back to the door , they had made no plan of attack but when Juno had run forward earlier , he had assumed that Juno intended to be the one to watch the door .

Now , he was crawling back towards the hidden office .

Vita hissed at him to get his attention , he turned , smiled and continued crawling .

Vita sighed , he really had no idea who was more childish between Juno and Nero .

He raised his head slightly to check if he could see any of the men through the window , he couldn't .

All the windows at The Haze were just openings , square openings that you could look through .

Only Ali's was different , he had an actual window which was an advantage , he could see out but they could not see him .

He felt air behind him and raised the blade Juno had given him , he turned swiftly .

Juno was behind him , still crouching and smiling .

Now , his smile was mocking Vita , Vita rolled his eye .

Juno stretched out his hand from behind him , he was holding his mask .

It was a simple mask , the kind that was worn at masked parties usually by women , how Juno had made that look intimidating was beyond him .

Vita crouched lower and moved towards Juno .

" Why are you giving it to me ?"

Juno still had on his smile , he crawled closer and kept crawling till their heads touched .

Vita could feel his hot breath on his cheek , his freckles were out , his blue and green eyes wild and clashing beautifully .

His lips were red and surprisingly wet , his tongue rushed out and swiped at his lips again , they were gleaming now .

Vita gulped , he was holding the mask now and he did not even realize when he had collected it .

Juno turned his head slightly and brought out a white robe from behind him , he pushed it into Vita's chest again .

" What ?"

Vita's whispers were sounding more like screams now .

Juno smiled wider , " You came through the front door , everyone will recognize you if you are dressed the same and using the same sword ".

Juno was holding out his hands now .

" You want to fight with my sword ?" , Vita asked .

His sword had been forged for him and hilted by the King , everyone knew that but he was sure Juno was unaware .

He held his sword tighter , Juno tilted his head and began to make googly eyes at Vita's swords , he stopped when Vita took a step back .

" Why are you so scared , Vitalis ? I'll keep your sword safe for you ".

Vita moved his sword back again but Juno stretched his hands latching unto the sword , he pulled it away easily .

Vita had let him have it , he did not want Juno to get injured while trying to get it .

Juno raised his sword up admiring it , Vita smiled proudly , his sword was a work of art .

Juno hissed abruptly and threw the sword under the huge bed .

He reached behind him again and produced a plain sword , just how much things were behind him ? he gave this plain sword to Vita , he was smiling again .

Vita lifted it horizontally , it was well balanced and simply crafted , it had been made for efficiency .

Juno was watching him so he nodded , he could use this .

He reached forward gently pushing Juno's hair , his braid had loosened a lot and his hair was hiding his face .

Juno produced a long silver needle yet again from behind him , Vita took it from him , holding it .

Juno lifted his hair , swiping it into a loose bun in one swift move , he took the needle out of Vita's hands and stuck it into his hair .

At that moment , Vita heard the sounds of men running up , they were finally here .

He patted Juno's hair , watching the glint that had surfaced in his eyes .

Juno , he knew now why he was called Juno .

There was no other way to describe him , no other way to label him , he was who he was .

Vita's hand fell to his neck and pulled him closer , he did not bother to register the look of shock on Juno's face .

He had held on enough , he had held on since the night he met Juno , even when his mind had been filled with thoughts of Juno , he had still held on .

When he had wanted nothing more than to forget his responsibility , he had still stubbornly held on .

But now , faced with an impending uncertainty of life after this encounter with the Agrippan soldiers , he could no longer hold on .

He kissed Juno .

Juno did not seem like the type to be shocked but he had just been .

Vita bit his lower lip roughly , he dragged it between his teeth slowly whilst holding Juno's neck firmly .

Juno still wouldn't open up , so , Vita put his other hand on Juno's waist , he lifted him off the ground and placed him on his legs , this had taken a brief moment , it had achieved it's purpose of surprising Juno .

He clung unto Vita's shirt and with his focus gone , his lips parted .

Vita dove in , tasting Juno .

Juno awoke , his tongue hot and on Vita's trail but Vita would not relinquish , he held unto his tongue wringing every last taste of chocolate he had within him .

Juno would not stop though , he kept moving and trying .

Vita pressed into him , sucking his lips , he stopped abruptly .

Juno had pushed his body into Vita's legs , he kept twitching and grinding on him and he succeeded .

Vita let go briefly, groaning .

Juno took control then , he pulled Vita closer , biting his lips .

The door flew open revealing the guards .

Juno's hands flew into action , he threw the mask unto Vita's face and jumped off Vita's legs .

He stood before Vita , his blades drawn and poised for the fight .

Vita realized , he was also covering him to enable him tie the mask .

There was no time to change clothes , so , Vita tied the mask and stood up , his sword also drawn .

The first soldier ran forward and Juno took a running start , he jumped and went out of sight .

Vita ran forward and was immediately surrounded , he began to cut through them , leaving the damage to a minimum , he didn't want any blood on his hands .

As he cut through them , parrying and dodging , he searched for Juno .

They kept coming to him , more and more of them , making it impossible to keep an eye out for Juno .

A sword clashed against his , it was the man that had been in charge earlier .

He looked angry , he was probably here to fight and gain back his dignity .

Too bad , Vita was in a hurry .

He apologized to the man and threw one of the blades Juno had given him earlier , the man jumped back again to avoid it .

He missed a step and stumbled , Vita jumped over him .

He reached the balcony and looked down , it was a bloodbath .

Juno stood in the middle of it , he was unblemished and unstained .

He was mesmerizing .

He fought like he was dancing , twirling and smiling .

He turned then and saw Vita watching him , a man's neck rested in the crook of his hand .

Vita watched with increasing shock as Juno turned his hand , the man's neck followed the movement and he slumped down .

Juno's eyes were still on him .

He watched , entranced , as Juno put his hand on his hair and pulled out the needle that held his hair together .

His hair fell over his face at the same moment that he launched the needle into the air .

Vita could not move , the needle flew past him .

He turned immediately and was sprayed .

The man in charge had been behind him his sword raised , now , he lay on the floor , gurgling .

Vita looked back to where Juno had been standing , he was no longer there.

He was running to Vita , his blades bloody ,he was smiling .

He kept running past Vita and into the room , he was out in a second .

He grabbed Vita by his hand and continued running dragging Vita along .

They went through the back of The Haze where Juno helped him scale the fence of The Haze .

Juno laughed through out this .

When they were finally away from The Haze , Vita watched Juno casually , his lips were still swollen .

" Does that happen alot?"

Juno turned to him , giving him a side glance .

" The fighting , the blood or the kissing ?"

Vita smiled despite his raging emotions , he was crossing every threshold that had made him a brigadier .

" The fighting ."

Juno shook his head , he didn't enunciate and Vita did not ask anymore of it.

They kept walking silently , Vita watching him for the barest signal that he might be in pain .

They were going to Juno's house , he knew this road .

Vita had not hidden his blades .

" Why black ?"

Juno stopped and turned to him .

Vita asked again ," Why are your blades black ?"

Juno nodded , a faint smile on his lips .

He kept walking , his fingers had crept to the blade , fingering them .

" To hide the glint ".

" I don't want people knowing what direction I'm throwing to ".

The smile had left his eyes .

It was one of those questions , one of those questions that Juno did not want to answer.

Vita squared his shoulder , he did not just want Juno for his good .

He wanted it all , every single part that made him Juno .