“katerina, what do you take me for? i’m not a man who jumps from beautiful woman to beautiful woman. i can’t believe you’ve become so insecure to think that i wouldn’t want you. i don’t care how you’ve changed kat, i don’t expect you to be the same as you were two centuries ago, for i am no longer the same man i used to be.”
“ i would not be able to confirm that, would i? any woman you would have been with would be deadby now. i am not insecure; i have become wiser with the world & how handsome men like you choose whom you show your love to charming women like myself. & i do not know if you have changed for the better. all i will say is your queen has become no more than a snake. ”
“for once, i don’t feel like ripping every human i see apart limb for limb. all i want to do is cuddle and you’re acting like it’s the worst thing in the world that i’m actually in a good mood. i really don’t understand you sometimes.”
“ i’m very proud of you for that, i really am. it’s a hint of progress after two centuries. i’m not trying to act that way —— i’m just —— are you sure that you want me? i’m sure you must have some kind of new toy. i do not feel love the way i used to. ”
“ fine. what does his highness need so much attention for? attempts at going for my lips will result in a very high pitch scream. & this time, it won’t be coming from my mouth. ”
{he remained surprisingly calm during her rambling. he refused to look down at his stomach; he knew that he didn’t have a muffin top and his insecurity would satisfy her.}
“nice try, katerina. your rambling no longer phases me. i’m here because we need to talk. and not the throwing things at each other, ridiculing the other, accusatory talking. no- we need to talk, like civilised people, about the elephant that has been in the room for over two centuries now. also, i didn’t stalkyou. i had a witch do a locator spell for me.”
{ she approached him close enough for her busted chest to lean against his God-made flattened chest. her eyes looked up to his emerald hues with such a hypnotic & psychotic, in the best way possible, of course, stare that would make anyone fall under her vixenous spell. }
“ oh, dmitry. i love it when you act like i’m not getting under your skin and inside your head. it’s always been one of the few attractive things about you. i must say, you are getting quite good at pretending that what i say doesn’t affect you. we both know that has never been the slightest bit true. ”
{ her hands ended in gentle position on his lower waistline where she eventually curved her long fingers & stuck her nails into his side and dragged them along. when she finished, katerina took out her sanitary wipes and wiped off anything left behind on her hands. she moved away standing poised and proper as if nothing had happened. }
“ civilized people??? you have realized that we are no longer in eighteenth or nineteenth century russia, right? no need for your anaologies, dmitry. you’ve tracked me by witches & here you are. wanting to get ‘the elephant out of the room.’ so, tell me what you have to say & why you’re itching to say it to me so terribly. should we take normal positions? i stil on the throne and you kneel? ”
“oh, katerina, you haven’t changed a bit. always so suspicious and accusatory. have you never heard of coincidences? because i assure you, our meeting here is nothing but pure coincidence.”
“ i am neithersuspicious nor am i accusatory !!!! you haven’t changed either; you’re still arrogant, belligerent, and most definitely cantankerous. oh? wait, i think i see something different. maybe you should lay off of the ptichie molokos. you’ve let yourself go. you might want to work on that. ”
[ & with that, she patted his stomach twice out of pure mockery to get in his head. ]
“ you & i both know that this is not at all a mere ‘coinsidence.’ i know you well enough to properly assume that you have followed me all the way to new york. this city’s only big enough for oneroyal & that’s the one without the muffin top. ”
“a simple ‘hello, dmitry, it’s been nearly two centuries. how are you?’ would have been really nice. not an accusation of me being a stalker.”
“ a simple ‘hello, dmitry’ doesn't cover two centuries of not seeing someone. it’s not exactly a ‘hi, how are you?’ situation as if you’ve seen the person two days before. & it’s not just convienientthat you magically show up in the same place at the same time. so you will answer my question. how did you find me? ”
