Firstly I do not own 'high school of the dead' or any of it's characters. I am not affiliated with it's creators in any way. Constructive criticism is always appreciated and OCs possibly in the future. Set after episode 12 in the anime when they leave the mansion.

Bold and Italics = thoughts

Chapter 1: Respite Under the Dead

"Onii-Chan, Rei-chan says you have to come in or you'll catch a cold." Takashi turned his gaze from the street to look at Alice. It had been 1 week since the world turned to hell and the group had taken refuge for the night in a large house on edge of Tokonosu City. Saya was slowly recovering from the loss of her parents and all of 'Them' in the area had slowly dragged themselves towards the blazing wreck of what was once the mighty Takagi mansion. Takashi was lost in thought out on a deck chair on the balcony whilst everyone else were either snoozing, chatting or searching through the house for usable items.

"Tell her I'll be inside in a few minutes. I just wanna relax for now." Takashi groaned back not wanting to end his moment of peace. "Ok Onii-Chan!" She replied happily before turning and running back into the house with Zeke yapping at her heels.

"TAKASHI! Get in here now! I want to talk to you. It's important!"

The young leader sighed scratching his head. Obviously Rei didn't quite approve of his answer from Alice. He stretched his arms before reluctantly dragging his tired feet into the living room to be greeted by an angry blond. The two strands of hair which Takashi used to jokingly call antennae were swaying in the breeze from the open door. He blushed slightly noticing she was wearing the same night outfit she had back at Rika's house that revealed her white pants and long legs. "What took you so long? Never mind just follow me I need to talk to you ALONE." She yelled glaring daggers at Kohta as he directed his ear towards them trying to listen in on their conversation. Rei grabbed the spiky haired teen's wrist and dragged him upstairs into her room. "Alright so what exactly was it that you wanted to talk about that was so important you couldn't wait a few minutes?" Takashi groaned as he flopped onto the bed. After closing the door Rei marched over and sat down next to him. "We need to talk about us." She replied glaring at him with cold eyes.

Oh god here we go again…

"Rei is this really the best time to be discussing this right now? I already told you there is no us at the moment. We need to rest. Tomorrow we need to-" He didn't get a chance to finish before she interrupted him. "Stop trying to avoid the subject! Every time I try to talk to you about it you always say there is something else you have to do or you don't wanna talk about it. No more excuses please Takashi!" tears had started to well up in her caramel eyes. The truth is he didn't want to talk about him and her as he didn't want to upset her. Ever since that moment at the temple he had had ever growing feeling for Busujima-Saeko. He had felt his feeling s for Rei being replaced by ones for Saeko but he still cared deeply for his child hood friend and couldn't stand to see her with a broken heart. Rei herself had sensed something between the two and had grown jealous from the sudden affection Saeko-san had gained from her ex lately. She hated the new competition for Takashi's heart and now she was desperate to know one thing.

"Do you still love me Takashi?" She said with wet puppy dog eyes. "Rei I- Look I'm to tired to be discussing this right now. I promise I will talk to you again later ok." "Fine but you don't keep your promise I'll take the answer as a no." "If I don't keep my promise you can punch me." She smiled faintly at his statement as he shut her bedroom door and stepping out into the hallway.

Sighing with relief he turned his head to see a familiar fat butt sticking out and peeking through a certain pink haired genius's door. "Hirano?!" He said with a small smirk. The gun otaku jumped at his sudden appearance bashing his head on the metal door handle before falling back against the wall clutching his skull. "Komuro! Don't startle me like that!" He said pouting with his arms folded. "What exactly are you doing?" He snickered.

"Uh I was-" The door opened with a bang and out stepped a walking volcano. "What exactly is going on out here?! At this rate we'll get complaints from the zombies about noise!" Hirano's nose exploded from Saya's outfit and Takashi's face looked like an apple. Saya was wearing only a tight white tank top that was way too small for her so it hugged her slender form tightly and a pair of pink lacy underwear. " Komuro can you and Hirano keep it down? I know your stupid but you should remember they react to sound." Hirano are you listening?!" He didn't respond as he had fainted from the loss of blood. "BAKA!" she yelled before finally retreating and slamming her door. Though she didn't show it much she was clearly still moping about the loss of her family.

Hirano finally came too and stood up. "Was I dreaming?" He muttered before shaking his head. "Oh yeah Komuro I saw a box of cookies on to of the refrigerator earlier. Care to join me? You know we don't have to tell the girls…" He said winking at Komuro. "Yeah sure. I could use some to get my mind off of a few things." He replied recalling his conversation with Rei earlier. "Right. Lets go before Saeko-san gets them. She fell asleep in the kitchen so you will have to sneak in and grab them without waking her if we want to avoid sharing." "Can I have some cookies too Kohta?" said a little voice from the stairs.

"Umm Alice me and Komuro were wondering if we could have them to cool off a little. Maybe next time." "I'll wake up Onee-Chan and tell her if you don't share with me!" the young child pouted with a sassy smirk. Takashi was surprised at her cheek. She may only be 7 but that kid has sass. "Fine but you can't tell any of the others." Takashi groaned back. He couldn't believe he had been beaten by a kid not even half his age. "Yeay! Don't worry I pinkie promise!" She squealed holding out her pinkie. Komuro shook it with his own and smiled at the innocence of the group. Her young playful personality always reminded him that he was still human, even if he was going to get a smaller share of the cookies now.

The two teenagers, the child and the little dog poked their heads around the door and into the large kitchen. Saeko was fast asleep in a chair resting her head in her arms on the oak table. She was slightly drooling as she slept peacefully. Takashi smiled at the adorable sight of the violet haired beauty. Her Katana that Saya's father gave to her was on the other side of the table in its read sheath. The two teens relaxed knowing that there was no risk of having their heads cut off out of reflex if they were to wake her. "Alright Komuro. Sneak around her, climb onto the work surface and retrieve those cookies!" Kohta whispered. He was obviously excited. "Alright I'm going in." Takashi replied with a sigh. He crept past the sleeping Busujima, stopping half way to look at her adorable sleeping face. Sometimes he couldn't believe she had a hidden dark side. He took one last gaze before gliding past and climbing the work surface. He grabbed the box of chocolate chip cookies from the top of the refrigerator and triumphantly punched the air. As he was about to climb down and make the return trip he slipped on some water on the work surface from earlier and fell on his bottom with a clunk! Saeko stirred before looking up and around before gazing at Komuro wincing in pain with the cookie box a few feet away from him. Takashi turned seeing Hirano covering his face in defeat and Alice silently giggling at his epic fail. "Komuro? What are you doing? Are you alright?" Asked Saeko in confusion.

Damn…

"Uh yeah I'm fine Saeko-san. Sorry for waking you."

"It's fine. What were you doing anyways?" She asked. "Oh er nothing! Just messing around!" He replied still clutching his bottom as he stood up. "Hmm. Ok." She said knowing fully well by the evidence he was after the cookies so she decided to get back at him for lying to her. "Oh look that's a box of 'Bakers Bests Cookies' my favourite!" She said picking up the box. "I'll take this up to the girls. See ya!" She said running upstairs before he could say anything. Alice looked upset and Hirano just sighed shaking his head at Takashi with the look that says 'unbelievable'. Alice was about to cry before Saeko popped her head back down the stairs and called out "Alice come up here and have some cookies too!" She didn't have to be asked twice before Alice stampeded up the stairs with the sword master. "Today really hasn't been lucky for us two has it." Hirano said sitting next to Takashi. "I'm going to bed. Are you coming?" "Nope. I wanna mess around with our guns a bit longer." "Alright I'll leave you two it." Takashi yelled as he ascended up the stairs.

Flopping onto his bed He desperately tried to get to sleep twisting and turning trying to find a comfortable position. At one point he twisted and turned so much he actually fell out the bed. All of a sudden he heard a knock on the door and a familiar voice. "Komuro-kun, can I come in?" "Sure Saeko-san." He replied standing up. The door opened to reveal his crush in a purple night gown that went just past her thighs. He felt his face warm up slightly as she sat down on the bed next to him. Those sparkling blue eyes drew him in. She placed a cookie on his lap and he eyed it greedily. "Thanks!" He said gratefully as he quickly wolfed down the golden biscuit savoring every bite. "I gave one to Hirano as well." She said smiling at how quick he devoured the treat. "I bet he was grateful. He was the one who begged me to retrieve the box." "Oh did he?" She replied thoughtfully. "You looked adorable sleeping like that." He said staring at the ceiling. He hadn't thought about his words and hadn't noticed the samurai blushing at his comment. He stood in thought for a moment and then realized what he had just said. "OH! I'm sorry I didn't mean to-" "It's fine. Your so sweet sometimes Taka-, Komuro-kun." She leaned her head against his shoulder making him turn pink. Before he could react she had put her arms around his waist and was hugging him tightly making his head turn into a cherry. Upon noticing his reaction she giggled slightly letting go of him. She found it rather entertaining to tease him like this every now and then.

God he's such a sucker …

"I expect the girls and you had fun." He listened to the girly giggling coming from Rei's room where the females had held there little party." "Miss Marikawa got drunk with Rei and Saya's attitude lightened up a little." "It's good to know she's recovering. I'm gonna miss Yuriko and Souichiro. And I guess cookies just weren't enough for Shizuka and Rei. I hope we don't have another 'incident' like we did at Rika's house."

Although it was kinda hot…

"Alice insisted we have a slumber party in Rei's room. Minus you and Kohta of course."

Takashi wasn't pleased at him being banned from coming in. "Saya is afraid of you two doing hentai things or taking advantage whilst we sleep." Saeko said nudging Takashi's side with a smirk. Komuro apparently hadn't reached the impossible blush shade just jet and looked like he would have a heart attack any moment. "Saeko get back here NOW!" came a feminine voice from across the hall.

She got up to leave but was stopped by someone grabbing her wrist and pulling her back towards the bed. "Komuro-" She was stopped by two fingers over her lips. "Please stay a bit longer Saeko-san." He stared into her oceanic blue eyes. They never failed to amaze him with their beauty. "Komuro I have to go." She pulled away again but he stood up and pulled her into a reverse embrace. Her eyes widened at his actions. She did have some feelings for the teen but had tried to push them away believing she didn't deserve love still. She stopped struggling and just stood their in shock with him clinging tightly to her as if he was going to die if he dared to let go for a single second.

What the hell am I doing?!

He let go of her and she just stood there paralyzed for a few seconds. "Uh I'm sorry about that! I really didn't mean to make you uncomfortable or anything I just I-" He was lost for words and The violet warrior just stood there not appearing to be hearing anything. "Saeko?" He snapped his fingers in front of her face and she came back into reality.

"Komuro?" She was still slightly in shock from what had just happened. "I'm so sorry about grabbing you I should have thought first!" His voice was panicked with worry that she might hate him. "No No it's fine I'm not offended I think I… I gotta go." She said making a break for the door. Takashi relaxed a little that she had sounded embarrassed instead of angry. If she was angry he would never forgive himself. He knew that he loved her there and then during that embrace. Although he felt like an idiot and a pervert for his actions he couldn't help but notice how nice her slender body had felt.

Awakening from his little hentai fantasy he face palmed himself over and over again.

Stupid, stupid Takashi! You look like a fucking pervert now!