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The temperature in the room dropped as Bi-Han entered with Kuai Liang following closely behind. You slyly know watch as you continue to scrub the counter like you haven’t noticed the cryomancer brothers. Bi-Han stopped in his tracks to look you up and down causing his brother to smack into his back.
"Bi-Han, you have to do something. You cannot go to this tournament," Kuai Liang said.
"Brother, I suggest that you return to your quarters. I have much more pressing business to tend to at the moment.
Kuai Liang sighed in defeat before leaving the small home that you and Bi-Han shared. The Grandmaster suggested that the two of you have your own place. It was not out of the kindness of his heart, but rather because he grew tired of hearing your screams as Bi-Han would have his way with you. You found it hypocritical considering the fact that that was the reason for you being amongst the Lin Kuei. Much to your dismay, you had been given to the Grandmaster by your parents as payment for them being sparred by the clan. There was no place amongst the clan for women, at least that is what you were made to believe. However, you would be sufficient for the breeding of his best warrior. Your job was to birth the children of Bi-Han. The Grandmaster wanted more of the cryomancer running amongst the clan. It has been one year and eight months since you settled in the tiny home with the cold man, and you were beyond caring to try to escape. Dare you say that you cared for him? Could it be Stockholm syndrome, or had you truly fallen for him?
"Are you going to continue to clean the same spot all evening," Bi-Han asked you in a clipped tone.
You met his icy blue eyes as they seemed to cut you in half. With slow and calculated movements, you placed your cleaning sponge in the sink and turned to him giving him your undivided attention. He was angry. No. He was furious as he looked down at you. Perhaps his mission had gone awry. It had been four days since you last saw him. It had to be something related to whatever mission he had been sent out to complete.
"It is nice to have you home, Bi-Han. Forgive me for not acknowledging you sooner," you said as you stared at him.
He huffed before approaching to stand directly in front of you.
"What is this that I hear of you behaving like a whore in my absence?”
He didn't miss the surprised look that came across your face. You had done nothing of the sort. Being his meant being HIS. Frolicking around and flirting with members of the clan had never crossed your mind. Bi-Han was a possessive man. Though he was cold to you most of the time, he provided for you and ensured you protection. You would never risk jeopardizing that with the likes of men like Sektor in the Lin Kuei. In earlier years, Bi-Han was no better than Sektor, but he had improved since you were trusted to him.
"I have done no such thing," you confidently told him, "Where would such a lie come from?"
"Cyrax informed me that he saw you and Sektor at the dining hall. How you would smile at Sektor and let him hold your forearm. You were given to me! NOT SEKTOR!”
It made you shrink into yourself anytime that he raised his voice. Surprisingly, it was not very often. The tears in your eyes were not due to him yelling at you, but because you were only thought of as a piece of property. What you wouldn't give to be a person again. A person that Sub-Zero cared about more specifically. To be placed somewhere where you were alone and the only friend you had was the brother of the man who fucked you on the regular was world-shattering. Bi-Han shook his head in disgust and turned to leave the room. He stopped once he heard you speak up.
"I wasn't smiling at him. I was threatening him with my teeth bared. I did not let him hold my forearm. He grabbed me and forced me against him. When I told him that you would have his head for touching me...he said that the two of you have shared many whores and that I am no different. Cyrax was wrong. Your anger is misplaced," you told him, " You are not the nicest or easiest man to get to know, but I would never betray you in any way. Please believe me."
Bi-Han did not say another thing to you. Instead, you were greeted by the sound of the door to your home slamming shut. He had left you alone, again. Knowing that it would possibly be days before you saw him again, you chose to have a hot bath to wash away the filth of your day. After your bath, you worked the jasmine-scented lotion that Bi-Han had brought you after one of his missions into your skin. It was his favorite. Despite his absence, you wanted to think of him. The sun had given way to the moon as you sat in bed reading one of the books that Bi-Han had gifted you. A brown bag landing beside you caused you to scream. The shock was evident in your features as you noticed Bi-Han standing in the doorway. He seemed calmer than he was this afternoon. Dressed in lightweight sparring clothes, he took a seat on the bed and faced you.
"After the mission, I took the liberty of picking you up some of those American snacks that you enjoy," he said as he motioned to the huge brown paper bag he had tossed beside you, "I had left them at Kuai Liang's quarters before coming home."
He watched as you rummaged through the bag unable to hide your smile. You were elated to see many of the snacks that he previously brought home that you enjoyed. Also, there was a book that you had mentioned to him during one of your rambling sessions tucked into the bag as well. He was listening after all. Thinking twice was not on your to-do list as you lunged at him and wrapped your arms around his neck in a hug. His arms wrapped around your waist returning the gesture before letting you go so that you could sit next to him.
"Thank you. I appreciate these gifts greatly. Maybe you could snack with me while I read the book to you. You seemed to enjoy it last time," you said with a smile.
Your smile faltered as you took notice of the bruise on his left cheek. It wasn't there this afternoon when you saw him. Gently, you turned his face to examine the injury.
"Bi-Han, what happened?”
"I challenged Sektor during training today. This bruise is the only hit he was able to land on me. I confronted him about you. You will have no trouble out of him again.”
"You did not have to do such a thing."
"You are mine. No harm will ever be done to you. Even if I am absent."
He placed a kiss upon your forehead before standing and going to the bathroom. You could hear the water for the bath running. Your mind seemed to be tripping over itself as you tried to figure out the reasoning for his sudden softness. He was known to be brash, cruel, and hard. Once you snapped back to reality instead of trying to figure out the change in the man you belonged to, you heard him sinking into the tub of water. Despite having bathed, you shed your clothing and went into the bathroom. He looked peaceful with his head tilted back and arms stretched on either side of the tub.
"Would you like some company, Sub-Zero?”
His eyes hungrily drank in your naked form as you stood there awaiting his answer.
"You need not join me if you wish to do something else.”
Rolling your eyes at this sudden change in character, you stepped into the tub and sank into the chilled water as you rested your back to his front. Normally, he would be all over you. This was new. He wrapped his arms around you and softly kissed your neck. Those ice-like eyes met yours as you looked to him.
"Why are you looking at me this way?”
"Who are you and what have you done with Bi-Han?”
He sighed and leaned back against the tub. You turned to face him as you straddled his lap. Feeling his semi-hard length against your thigh, you raised both eyebrows at him trying to implore an answer.
"If I told you that I could get you out of here and away from the Lin Kuei. Would you go?”
"Would you come with me?”
"No. My place is here, but I wish for you to have your freedom. To live your life away from the Lin Kuei."
"I do not wish to go where you cannot follow," you say as you place your palms against this perfectly chiseled chest.
"You are a foolish woman."
He pulled you in for a kiss. Lips working in perfect sync, you press your chest to his cold one. His fingers grasped the base of your neck pulling you away from him.
"I will be your undoing.”
"I do not care. In all of my years, you are the only person to show me kindness. Be it kindness in your way, you give it to me. You protect and care for me. You ensure my comfort. I care for you, Bi-Han. Is that so hard for you to believe?"
"It is...especially when you were forced to come here and given to me for breeding purposes. I am the only man to know you. I am telling you...you can be free of me."
“I do not wish to be without you."
He stood from the water with you in his arms. You clung to him as he made for your shared bedroom. Unceremoniously, he tossed you onto the bed and climbed on top of you. His lips were pressed to yours in heated kisses. Your body came to life beneath his as he intertwined your fingers with his and brought you to a blissed state of pleasure countless times. In the afterglow of what the two of you shared, you lay there tracing one of the old scars on his arm.
"Earlier, Kuai Liang mentioned a tournament..."
"Grandmaster has chosen to send me, Sektor, and Cyrax to Mortal Kombat.”
You had heard of this tournament. It was deadly. Placing a kiss to his shoulder, you sat up and looked at the man before you.
"Do not leave me…”
"I have no choice. Know that I will always come back to you. You have awakened emotions in me that I did not think myself capable of experiencing."
"I love you too.
Perhaps fate had a way of bringing him to you and you to him. Unfortunately, fate was cruel. The Grandmaster had gotten his wish. You carried Bi-Han's child. A strong boy, much like his father. However, Bi-Han did not keep his promise. He did not come back to you from Mortal Kombat. He never met his son. Kuai Liang and yourself kept his memory alive with the restoration of the Lin Kuei after its fall. Fate sure had a way of hurting you. First, being given to the clan. Then, making you love the man you were trusted to. Then, taking away the only man who ever cared for you. What more could fate do to hurt you? Nothing. Perhaps it would not hurt so bad if you had chosen to leave Bi-Han behind when he had given you the opportunity.