Music of the Night: The Phantom of the Opera Returns (Guile & Melody)

[Guile]

"Oh, so you can draw your mother just fine." Erik chuckled, then turned to Christine when he heard her comment. "Aw," he said, becoming teasingly sweet, "you're so kind, Christine." Erik placed a soft kiss on her cheek. "And beautiful." He took her hand in his and teased her again with a chuckle. "But mostly beautiful."

 

[Saiyan Princess]

The young mother felt her heart flutter as she heard this sweetness coming from her old music master. She had heard this all before, but something about this moment made her spirit start to soar as it sang in the wind. "So, you are saying that I am not kind?" Is what she said out loud, on the inside, she was begging for his love. Biting her lower lip, she watched his body language.

 

[Guile]

"No..." Erik began in a whisper. He sensed something in Christine. Perhaps it was the way she spoke? The way she was biting her lip? Either way, Erik saw something in Christine that he was longing to see, and it made his heart thump quickly in his chest. He grinned, his teeth shinning and his eyes twinkling at her. "Well, in all honesty, you can be a bit sharp with your tongue sometimes." He teased her softly, running his other hand down to her waist and across her back. "But, I am saying you are very beautiful..."

 

[Saiyan Princess]

Catherine, still nose deep in her drawing, pulled it closer to her face, not wanting to witness this happening. "Just kiss her already." She mumbled into the pages. "She's wanting you to kiss her." Her brother hid his face, counting down from ten, until they kissed each other. He started praying in French. Lilly puckered her lips and kissed his cheek, giggling.

 

[Guile]

Erik laughed softly and shrugged as if to say 'whatever you say', but he couldn't take his eyes of Christine. Within seconds his teasing was gone and he was moving in towards Christine, closing his eyes as their lips touched. As soon as they did, Erik was lost to the world around him. It was as if he had stepped into an alternate reality that consisted only of him and Christine. He wrapped his arms around her, still locked in this kiss, not wanting to let her go.

 

[Saiyan Princess]

The kiss seemed to take forever, so Catherine decided to put her siblings down to eat at the little makeshift table that she had put together while her parents were out and sat down with them for the meal, watching her parents kiss each other and feeling the tiniest pang of hurt as she did.

 

[Guile]

Erik eventually broke the kiss, following it up with three smaller kisses - each one shorter in time than the last. "I know I say it every day...but let me say it again." Erik smiled at Christine. "I love you." Only when he stopped to take a breath in did reality come rushing back. Which, would have been perfectly fine, except that with reality came his memories of earlier - Catherine, and her pain. Inside, Erik felt a stab of guilt that he was so open with Christine in front of Catherine, who had just confided in him her feelings.

 

[Saiyan Princess]

"Very well, say it again." She bit his ear, but quickly let go, not wanting to do anything that she may regret. When he said that he loved her, this came as no surprise whatsoever. "I love you too, my Phantom." Catherine quickly banished this pain and shook her head to clear it. She ate quietly.

 

[Guile]

Erik chuckled when she bit his ear, a new sensation trickling through his body. He smiled at her, holding her close. "So does that mean you've considered drinking your wine now? Or are you just teasing me?" Teasingly raising an eyebrow at her, and placing kisses on her neck, he figured she knew what he meant.

 

[Saiyan Princess]

She looked down sheepishly and grinned at her feet. "It's not medicine. I don't need it." She raised the glass to her lips anyway, as though it were medicine. She puckered her own lips and shook her head. "That was sour." She put it back and walked away from him. "You're trying to tease me and it won't work."

 

[Guile]

Erik watched her take a sip, a grin on his face. When Christine walked away from him he hesitated. "Ah, but now you're the one teasing me." He walked up behind her, slipping his arms around her waist and locking his hands, not too tightly, together in front of her. "And that's not very fair, is it?" Erik still teased, holding her close to his body, his hot breath unintentionally hitting her neck as he exhaled.

 

[Saiyan Princess]

"You are just awful. You should be ashamed, teasing and lying to your student of forty years." She hung her head in fake shame for having fallen for this trap. "Tell me, why do you tease me? I am not naive." She giggled as she swayed with him.

 

[Guile]

Erik chuckled at her - the way she teased, the way she laughed - she made him smile. "Aw, now I wouldn't say all that, Christine. After all, I'm not that bad, am I?" Erik considered her question for a moment. "Why do I tease you, eh? Do you want the truth? Alright, I'll tell you: I'm a man." Erik laughed softly.

 

[Saiyan Princess]

She rolled her eyes. "Until you start acting like a man and not a boy," she huffed. "This," she pointed from him to herself and back again, "does not happen." Christine repeated what Carlotta had said to the managers so long ago when she was replaced by Daae herself and the Phantom had taken the chandelier down, or rather, knocked it down. "I refuse to even sing for your opera anymore." She let 'your' roll off of her tongue.

 

[Guile]

Erik tried biting the inside of his lip to keep from smiling, but it was no use. "Alright...do you want a man?" He asked, pausing only for a few seconds to wipe the image of Carlotta from his mind, and to see how she would react. "Fine, I'll give you your typical man." Eirk rushed over to her, picked her up in his arms so that she couldn't run off. He forced his lips on hers, holding her in the air for a few seconds before abruptly throwing her on the bed and crawling over top of her. He continued to kiss her, roughly, but not to where it would hurt her. In his mind Erik knew he would not do anything without her consent, but he wouldn't let her know that - he wanted to pick on her. Pinning her beneath him, still mindful that he didn't hurt her, Erik broke the kiss just long enough to whisper, "do you still want that 'typical man' now?"

 

[Saiyan Princess]

She struggled to get away as he scooped her up. "Stop that! Put me down!" She didn't want him to be like this. Not a child. This was just making things worse. "I said let go!" He wouldn't listen and she felt the air under her and then the mattress. As he came up to her face, she wanted so badly to hit him for being like this, but she held back. Instead, she teased. "No, no, please! Why me? Take some other girl!" She laughed.

 

[Guile]

Erik sat up, abruptly stopping their kiss. "Some other girl?" He shook his head. "Nonsense! I want you, my love!" He kissed her neck again for a few moments, but stopped. Erik could tell she didn't like the way he was acting, but he was only teasing her. "What's wrong, Christine? I thought you wanted me to be a man! Isn't this how most men act?" He smirked at her, still holding her down, but advancing no further.

 

[Saiyan Princess]

She also kept the joke alive. "No, oh, please! Have mercy on my soul!" She tried her best to stifle her laugh. "Please!" She struggled under him, not using any force, because they were only joking with each other. "I have three kids! A grandson that needs me! My audience, what will they think if I am gone!?! What will Monsiuer Tremaine do without his star attraction?" Christine asked as she kissed him. "Oh, please! Be good to me!"

 

[Guile]

Erik let out a laugh that sounded evil, which he did on purpose. "Your audience can last without you for one night. Your family probably doesn't want you anyway - they'll be thanking me that they can go a night without their mother nagging at them." He teased, a smile forming across his face at his own words and that fact that she was playing along. "And Monsieur Tremaine can figure that out for himself." Erik smiled at the kiss she placed on his lips, kissing her back. "Tonight, you are mine!" He laughed again before he kissed her.

 

[Saiyan Princess]

She frowned. "God, you are confusing and insane! You've worked for years to get me in the center of the stage and now," she closed her eyes. "Now, you've taken my life away from me." Still, she tried not to laugh. "No, my audience and kids need me.." she dramatically put her arm across her forehead. "What a waste of precious time!" When she heard him call her his, like some toy, she smiled and turned on her side, holding the pillow up to his face to stop him.

 

[Guile]

"A waste of time? Why, Christine, when I'm with you I feel like I'm living on borrowed time!" Erik's face lit up - his eyes sparkled and his teeth shimmered through his smile. When Christine stopped his kiss with the pillow, he laughed and took it from her. "Now who's the child?" He teased, sticking his tongue out like a little boy and hitting her once - gently - with the pillow. "What do you have against children, Christine?" Erik couldn't stop laughing as he tossed the pillow to the other side of the bed.

 

[Saiyan Princess]

"Oh, nothing." She grinned. "I only had three and I technically have a fourth." She muttered. "I do not in any way need a fifth." She pushed him harder this time and sat up. "And, I said no." She couldn't help but stare at the pearls in Erik's mouth. "Not even your smile will help."

 

[Guile]

Erik fell back a little bit, just enough for her to be able to sit up, when she pushed him. Laughing he said, "well, what's wrong with five children?" Joking he added, "I always planned on seven! And what do you mean my smile won't help? I have a gorgeous smile, almost as gorgeous as yours." Erik placed a kiss on her lips, but gave in and shifted so that she could get up if she wished to. He wasn't about to control her like she really was his prisoner, only tease her.

 

[Saiyan Princess]

Her face was red more often then it was pale, and now was no exception. "Not on your life, Erik. I am too old for more and you know that." She felt this to be true, but it took her until now to think about it. "Maybe, if I wasn't so busy with my music and the children and their careers, I would consider having another, but, I can't." Her heart ached because she could not give him what he wanted. "Please, stop." She opened the curtains and the gate and walked along the edge until she reached her old dressing room, where a note sat there, waiting for her. "Oh, this can't be true!" She read and re-read it and sank to her knees and cried. "They can't do this! I've worked so hard for this!"

 

[Guile]

Erik stood in silence and listened to her. When she left, he watched her go until she was out of sight. It took him a while, but his mind started reeling with questions. He hadn't meant to hurt her - he had only been joking. Now that I think about it, he admitted to himself through thoughts, another child would be nice...but realistically it's impossible. The fact was, their lives were too busy. They had other children, now a grandchild, and careers to worry about, as Christine had said. Erik felt horrible as he stood there, thinking about how he had upset Christine - how selfish he had sounded, even through his laughter. Finally, Erik got up the nerve to follow her - he had to apologize. He didn't know where she had headed and almost past her, if he hadn't heard her crying. It took him a few moments to realize it, but she was in her old dressing room. Coming up to the mirror he had long since forgotten, well almost, he watched and listened to her. Unable to stand there any longer, he went in through the mirror, hoping she would not be upset by his presence. "Christine?" He asked softly, keeping his voice gentle and kind. "What's wrong, dear?" Looking around, he saw the note. Erik didn't pick it up, though. He did not wish to read her letter - it would make him feel like he were invading her privacy. Instead, he asked her about it as he knelt beside her and put a hand on her shoulder. "What does it say?"