Lacuna

Chapter 5

Katsuki woke up enraged once he realized why he didn't get the letters sooner. Shoto had been getting them all yet he didn't give him a single one. Those letters were his. Not Shoto's. Shoto had no right to open each and every perfectly packed envelopes. He read each and every one of them. Those were not his letters that he could read. They were Katsuki's.

Katsuki made sure to hide the bag in a good hiding place. He needed to find out more about this house, why he can't leave, and who the man is. The ring was still on his finger shining like it was happy to be back with its rightful owner.

He knew no one in the house would give him answers. Except for one person. The one person that knew everything that happened inside the walls, and one of the only ones that spoke to katsuki.  Katsuki opened the door to the library and walked in. Memories came back to katsuki of the incident. He blushed in embarrassment.

Katsuki walked to a section of the library that had three tables of chessboards set-up. A woman was sitting at one of the tables, looking at the chessboard with concentration. The board already had some of the pieces gone and moved. No one else was with her and katsuki assumed she must be playing alone.

He sat in the chair in front of her and watched her as she played. The woman didn't even look up to Katsuki. She continued playing like katsuki wasn't even there. Her soft, dark colored hands reached for a piece and moved it.

Katsuki looked at her and took in every detail. Her hair was as dark as the night and it was very curly. Each piece of hair was curled into perfection with all the other pieces. Her skin was darker than the other servants. It was a natural dark, a brown color to it. Katsuki loved the color of her skin and hair. He didn't see many with the same skin color so seeing one in front of him made him want to take in every detail. However, his favorite of the woman were her eyes. Under her white-colored cat mask were her eyes, shining in the shade of the mask. Her eyes were a bright blue that popped in her figure. Katsuki loved those eyes, they reminded him of the ocean waters. Well, from paintings he had seen and vivid memories.

The woman looked up at katsuki, finally recognizing he was there. Her mask lightly shined in the light of the library.

"Are you going to move," she asked with slight annoyance in her voice.

"O-oh." Katsuki didn't realize he was playing and decided to move a pawn to not run out the last of her patience.

"I'm surprised you've come to me. You usually don't spend time in the library," she said. Not leaving her eyes off the board. She reached for the bishop and moved it across the board, taking one of Katsuki's pawns.

"I wanted to ask you some questions," katsuki replied. He looked at the board and calculated all of the possible moves. He grabbed the rook and moved it a couple of spaces forward.

"Always questions with you." Her voice was smooth like a river. But had a slight snappiness to it.

"What are the questions you want to ask?" The woman moved the queen a couple steps forward.

"I wanted to ask about some letters and why I'm being kept here," he said.

"You have to be more specific than that," she replied. Katsuki moved his bishop and took one of her rooks. The woman let out a tch in annoyance.

"Why would Shoto had the letters that were sent to me?" That was a good question to start with, katsuki believed.

"He wanted to make sure you wouldn't remember what happened in a bad way. And I mean by having headaches and night terrors," she continued, "It was mainly jealousy as well." Katsuki went quiet. Night terrors? Jealousy? Why would he be jealous?