Title: Passion
Author: kira
Rating: T
Characters: Aya/Mine
Word Count: 308
Summary: Theirs was a passionate love affair…
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Theirs was a passionate love affair, and yet, despite the boisterous nature of the two lovers, no one had more than a glimmer of an inkling that they were more than boss and trusted employee. Things were unusually quite for them, with their passion expressed by a simple look or a casual brushing of fingertips as she handed him a fabric swatch. In fact, their only true intimate contact occurred when he unexpected transformed because of the cold. She carefully picked him up and let him nestle in the warm of her bosom beneath her frilly maid's outfit.
And in much the same manner that she kept her knowledge of his "curse" a secret, they kept their passion for one another hidden. They even managed to pass the ultimate test, keeping it from his "god" and head of his family, Akito Sohma, and her trusted minion, Kureno, during an unexpected visit. Not even his best friends and family members, Hatori and Shigure, were able to tell his enthusiasm for his pretty assistant and how well she did her job, was more than that.
When they announced their engagement several days after the breaking of the "curse," everyone in the family could not have been more shocked than if they had found out the two had a love-child. Most of the family, who were old enough to be aware of such things, simply assumed the flamboyant Ayame was gay and several family members swore it would never last beyond their honeymoon, with rest accusing Mine of being after Ayame's share of the Sohma fortune.
But as the years went by, Ayame and Mine proved them wrong, with their passion growing stronger with each passing day. Theirs was still a quiet love affair, the only outward signs of it a look, or a casual touch and their ever increasing brood…