Winged Lion
Plot: Set in a mostly modern AU, Run is a seemingly average school teacher who, while joining his friends for a quick drink, meets a spunky and upbeat dancer named Leone. Sparks fly between the two as an odd friendship (and possibly more) develop.
I do not own Akame Ga Kiru/ Akame Ga Kill
AN: This will be my first lemon. I know the main couple is a crack pairing, but this story has been in my head and I want to get it out there. It's a one shot for now, but I will happily allow others to take over or suggest other chapters.
Angel meets Lion
"How'd I get myself talked into this again?"
Run would rather not be found in an establishment such as the Night Raid Bar. A strip club and grill whose mostly female staff (and one gay with delinquent hair) catered to all sorts of patrons he would have avoided like the plague is they crossed paths in real life.
He could think up so many other things he'd rather be doing at this moment; grading his student's papers being the first and best sounding one. With that notion, a smile crossed his face.
Run lived for teaching. It was the greatest thing he could've done; filling minds with knowledge, seeing their thirst for knowledge grow….
"Come on buddy," Run's 'best friend' Wave gave him a noogie as taking a gulp of his beer. "Let loose, get crazy!"
Run escaped Wave's arms and tried to fix his hair.
"Unlike some of us, sailor man, I have work early tomorrow." Run grumbled as he adjusted one of the wing-like hairpieces. "Besides, PTA meetings are coming up, I need to be sober for all in attendance."
"PTA?" Wave smiled. "All you got to do is sit at your desk and tell all the parents 'your kid is great, next!'."
"That is not even remotely close, I also have to point out each individual student's strengths and…" Run started before sighing in realization everything he told Wave would go in one ear and out the other. He took a sip of his Gin and Tonic before looking over at his other companion for the evening.
"Bols, not to sound rude, but what are you doing here?" the teacher asked. "I thought you'd be at home trying out new recipes. Not to mention, not many married men come to places like this."
The man in question towered over many in the bar, hunched over in his stool. Clad in nothing but his worker's pants and boots, he was attracting many of the female patrons for his incredible physique alone…though no one would approach him due to the mask he constantly wore. A shame, as when one got to know him, they would learn this man was among the kindest, most gentle and loving souls they'd ever meet.
"My wife and daughter are at the movies tonight." Bols explained simply. "Without them there really is no reason to cook. And like you Run, I was under the impression we were going have a single drink and then depart ways for the evening. It seems Wave deliberately misled the both of us."
"You have to speak so eloquently?" Wave sighed at the giant. "Besides, what she doesn't know won't hurt; plenty of the guys here have a missus too."
"I'M HAPPILY MARRIED YOU MORONIC MARINE!" Bols shouted, scaring many of the drinkers. Realizing his action, he bowed apologetically and threw some money on the bar before running off towards his home. "Ursa and I shall see you on Tuesday, Run."
Once Bols had departed, Run turned to Wave and frowned.
"Was that really nessacary?" He asked. "You know how Bols feels about his wife and daughter; that he's lucky they even like him, never mind love him."
"Sorry, I'm kind of antsy." Wave confessed, taking another guzzle of beer. "Kurome's starting today and I don't want any…."
"Wait a minute," Run interrupted. "Kurome? Your girlfriend?"
"She's just a server, her sister's one of the drawing cards." Wave explained, hoping Run wouldn't make assumptions.
Run held his thoughts and listened in: As it turned out, Wave had come to support Kurome and scare off any potential stalkers or perverts when halfway over decided he didn't want to go to a bar by himself. And although their mutual friend and boss Esedeath liked him, she refused to go near Night Raid due to some….history she refused to go into detail about.
"Look Wave, if you wanted a wingman…"
Wave chuckled at the remark, buzzed already.
"Yes, hardy har har. The irony is not lost on me." Run grumbled. "Anyways, all you had to do was ask. You better to apologize to Bols."
"Already shot him a text." The young sailor smiled.
"Welcome to Night Raid!"
From the stage emerged the owner of the club; Najenda; a woman in her late twenties with an artificial arm and eye patch in a form fitting business suit black as Night.
"Get ready for drinks, grub and deadly beauties. First off; cute and deadly rolled into one package, the original assassin, the red eyed swordswoman….AKAME!"
Run could see the resemblance between Akame and Kurome; while the older sister wore her hair to the small of her back, she had the same red eyes and stoic demeanour. She wore a black shirt and skirt with a red tie with long, fingerless gloves.
"Next, the mistress of disguise, the woman of a thousand faces…CHELSEA!"
The next dancer was about had golden brown hair and butterfly headphones in her hair while wearing the clothes of a receptionist and munching on a lollipop. Many men hooted when they saw her.
"Hey boys!" Chelsea waved, throwing her eaten lollipop into the ground. Several patrons fought over it before she tore off her receptionist outfit, showcasing a black bikini that showed more skin then the law would allow.
Run returned to his drink, downing it just in time for Kurome to deliver his Rum and Coke.
"Thank you." He muttered.
"Up next; men, this one's for you!" Najenda announced. "The 100 man man-handler, the coolest knight around, here's…BULAT!"
Out emerged an armor wearing man who took off his helmet to reveal a very handsome face with a pompadour/ delinquent style hair with a halberd in his arms. He spun the weapon throughout the air, performing impressive tricks while dancing.
Akame drew a sword and the weapons clashed as Chelsea slid underneath them before throwing confetti through the air. The crowd broke into applause. The trio danced and clashed for several minutes.
As their act drew to a close, Bulat blew Run a kiss. The teacher suddenly felt very uncomfortable; a shiver up his spine.
"Don't worry, he does that to everyone." A man with green hair who was collecting mugs and classes whispered.
Run glared at Wave.
"You. Owe. Me. Big. Time."
"Y-you know what, Run?" Wave, now clearly drunk smiled. "Y-you need to get a girlfriend! Loosen up a little!"
"Yes, you've often mentioned that." Run sighed, already knowing how this conversation was going to unfold. "And I always respond the same; I have not the time or interest in a relationship right now."
"It'd help in heal-hic! Health class!" Wave beamed, making Run blush red at the implications and down his drink in one gulp. He instantly regretted it; he was never a drinker to begin with.
"And now, the moment you've all been waiting for…." Najenda announced. "From uncharted lands, the ruler of the jungles both concrete and green, the queen of the beasts, the big bad kitty herself! Give it up for…LEONE!"
Leaping out of the curtain, a feline like figure leapt onto the stage, growling and hissing playfully at the patrons. She wore a white scarf and brown tube top with pants that did nothing to hide her voluptuous figure.
Run's breathing stopped as his world seemed to slow down as he focused on the new arrival. Leone's eyes and hair sparkled like gold as she nimbly danced to the music and lights. Her movements were elegant yet fierce, making the golden armbands she wore on her elbows glisten. Her hands were covered with lion-like gloves and she seemed to be wearing yellow cat ears that would normally look ridiculous.
Yet somehow, she made it work. That, and Run found he had a soft spot for girls with apparent hair pieces. He'd look into that later.
"How's everybody tonight?" Leone shouted happily, getting cheers. "Sorry, I ain't hearing it!"
Another loud hurrah shook the entire bar. Run didn't hear anything but Leone's words.
"That's more like it!" Leone smiled, and she took centre stage dancing to the music. "Drinking contest is in 10 minutes, any you fellas tough enough to try and drink me under?"
Several men dashed over to the back of the bar, where the man (Lubbock, Run believed his name was) had just finished setting up. They all waited impatiently for the songs and dancing to be over.
As Leone danced to the music, she caught a glimpse of an awestruck blonde man with a gold wing in his hair. She was used to a couple of newbies gawking at her, but something about Wave's drinking buddy seemed…different.
The music came to an end a few minutes later and she came his and Wave's way after taking a bow.
"Hey there tweedy bird." She smiled, her eyelids batting from behind him.
"H-hello…." Run managed to utter after realizing she was referring to him.
He'd never paid too much attention to women, having focused on his studies growing up. This had cost him the chance to understand the female mind and led several of his colleges to think him gay, he often mused. But why was this gorgeous woman paying him what seemed to be genuine mind?
He saw all the other patrons awestruck by his luck, as Leone suddenly decided to sit on his lap.
'Be cool Run, be cool, be cool, be cool, be cool….' Ran thought
"Enjoying the show?"
Run mumbled incoherently.
"Please don't tease Run, Leone." Kurome said as she took away Wave's drink and started escorting him to the taxi outside. "And you go home. You've had enough booze for a week."
"I love you Kurome!" Wave drunkardly declared.
"…I love you too."
No one noticed Akame swing her sword, slicing a pole clean in half. It fell onto the head of a patron, who fell unconscious.
While the red-eyed swordswoman's demeanour didn't change, she fumed inwardly, planning to talk to Wave about his drinking habits and over the top acts of affection towards her sister.
"You know this cutie, Kurome?" Leone asked the waitress.
"He's Wave's best friend." Kurome answered plainly. "My idiot of a boyfriend must have tricked him into coming. He's usually grading papers and sipping tea at home."
From the stage, Chelsea seemed to huff at that notion as she popped a caramel lollipop in her mouth. Apparently, Wave wasn't popular with the Night Raid staff as he thought he was.
"That jerk, I don't see why you go out with him." She said before remembering 'grading papers.' "Wait, this guy's a school teacher? How're you friends with…"
"Friends since college." Run answered, trying to be as calm as possible as Leone made herself more comfortable in his lap. He tried to keep his eyes on her face, which was just as easy to look at as the rest of her
"Did it hurt?" Bulat asked. "When you fell from heaven?"
Run had grown used to that line, but as a joke.
"I wouldn't know, I don't recall." Run said, hopeful the joke would work.
It apparently did, as Leone, Chelsea, Najenda and Bulat burst into laughter, the man slapping his knees.
"Wasn't that funny…" Lubbock and Run unknowingly muttered together.
"I got to fly, birdie." Leone smirked as she got ready to go to the drinking table. "But come on by again anytime you want. Nice to see an angel in this place of sinners."
She Run her fingers across his chin and cheek before walking over, shaking her rear in a sensual way and then leaping over to the table.
She won the drinking contest no challenge. By Run's calculations, Night Raid had probably made $400 through this alone.
Run stayed at his stool, playing with his drink until Kurome snapped her fingers.
"We're closing up. You owe $15." She said, raising her hand to stop him. "Leone bought your third drink."
Realizing it was almost 1:00 in the morning, Run snapped himself together and handed Kurome the money before grabbing his coat.
"Do you need a ride?" He asked. "With Wave gone and all…"
"Akame's driving me home." Kurome explained. "Thank you for the offer, though."
"Can I take up that offer?"
Run turned to see Leone, her hand raised and a smile on her face.
"It's not too far, I promise."
Run, ever the gentleman, nodded in agreement and helped Leone slip on her cloak. He then opened the door and let her slide on in.
"You never answered my question, Tweedy." Leone joked. "Did you enjoy the show?"
"It's Run." Run answered, finding her title for him less funny then it had been an hour ago. "And I will not lie, I did enjoy it more when you came on…"
"Awe shucks," Leone smiled sweetly, lightly punching Run. "I bet you say that to all the girls."
Run laughed weakly.
"Actually, you're the first." He confessed.
"What?" Leone asked in what seemed to be genuine shock. "An angel like you and I'm the first girl you flirt with? I must be one bad kitty to make you do that."
Run's face turned red. Was he flirting back? He didn't think so….
"Left up here."
Run was surprised at the location; his own apartment complex.
"You live here too?" They asked at the same time.
"Basement level." Leone smiled. "You?"
"Third floor, room 368." Run answered.
They both smiled as Run opened the door for her.
"Thanks for the ride."
She then gave Run a hug before he could say 'your welcome', burying his face in her generous cleavage before pecking him on the cheek.
"Night tweedy bird."
Frozen in shock for several minutes, Run went to bed with the smiling face of Leone fresh in his mind.
Run's Classroom, several days later
As he finished jotting down the note he wanted his students to get from the play they were studying, Run's head was filled with images of Leone.
Her smile was so infectious….he hoped to never see her sad, he just knew it didn't belong on her face.
He then remembered their encounter two nights ago
"Hey there Tweedy bird!"
Run looked up from his mailbox to see Leone walking up from the basement.
"It's Run." He sighed. "Good evening, Miss Leone. Off to work?"
"Nope!" She smiled. "Day off, going to do some shopping. And just Leone. Miss makes me feel old."
"I-I meant no offense…"
Leone suddenly burst out laughing.
"Aw man, Kurome is right." She smiled again. "You are wound up."
Run didn't know how to take that, but was brought out of his musing (he'd been doing that a lot as of late, he realized) by the young woman snapping her fingers.
"Know what? Shopping can wait. I got just the thing to perk you up."
"I need perking up?" Run inquired.
"You don't want to grade your papers half asleep, do you?"
She then grabbed him by the arm and dragged him down to her apartment.
"What is it with you and dragging?" Run asked as he was dragged down the stairs.
Leone's apartment was the same layout of Run's; a small kitchen, a bathroom, a bed and TV. There was a weight machine in the back of the room, which was decorated by lion wallpaper.
Leone went over to her counter and opened up a cupboard after motioning Run to sit down while she fixed him a drink. She quickly found what she was looking for and took poured it.
"Here, drink up."
Leone handed the teacher a small shot glass of a brown liquid. He downed it, a creamy and sweet taste down his throat.
"Delicious." He smiled. "Thank you, Leone."
"It's just Baileys." Leone shrugged. "I know you like tonics and rum and coke, but figured this might be up your alley."
She poured him another shot, which he downed just as quickly. For several minutes, they sat in silence.
"Quick question." They both said.
"Ladies first," Run motioned, only for Leone to do the same.
"Rock, Paper Scissors?" Leone suggested.
She won with paper covering rock.
"You bought one of my drinks the night we met. Why?" Run asked.
Leone playfully pondered for a while before scooting over
"Maybe because you were the one fella actually looking at my face?" She guessed.
"Well, you're very beautiful." Run said honestly. "And I doubt I'm the first to say that."
"I've heard hot, smoking, delicious and just about every 'she can blah-blah my blah-blah…" Leone said. "But never that."
Run felt sad that Leone had never been dealt that compliment, and gazed into his empty shot glass.
"And your question?" Run asked as he headed towards the stairs.
"Three questions, actually." Leone confessed, rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment. "One: How the heck is someone like you single?"
"Pardon?" Run asked.
"You got a good job, you're great with kids from what Wave and Kurome mention, and the angel thing you got going on?" She noted. "Gives my lion act a run for my money. No easy task there."
Run just shrugged.
"I've always had my nose in a book, or listening to classical orchestras." Run confessed. "Not many women are actually instead in the Renaissance man, it seems."
"A shame." Leone smiled. "My next question; the feather in your hair."
Run froze for a second, his mood changing to a melancholic one. Leone, realizing she must have brought up something personal, was about to tell Run to forget what she'd asked when:
"It was a present from my first student." He explained with a sigh and a weak smile. "Anne. She was always daydreaming, so her parents hired me to tutor her after school. She gave me the feather pen she wrote her winning paper with as a thank you. Such a spirited girl…she wanted to be a nun."
Leone smiled at Run's happiness, before the mood soured again.
"She's dead." Run said bluntly. "She and everyone else in that class. I left for a two day conference, only to come and find the school burnt to the ground and…the kids…"
Tears started falling down Run's face. He tried to brush them and the memories of that horrid day away, only for Leone to hug him. Unable to control himself at the memory, Run broke out into bawling.
"I'm sorry." She repeated over and over again. For a good half hour, Run wept openly in her arms.
When he finally calmed down, Run wiped his tears and smiled.
"Thank you, Leone. You can let me go now."
"You know, most guys wouldn't object to staying there longer." Leone joked.
"They must not enjoy breathing." Run joked back. "Least they'd die happy."
"See?" Leone smiled. "You made a joke."
They stayed in silence for a while.
"I'd best be going." Run said, glancing at his watch. "Thank you for the drink and listening. I'm sorry to have taken up your time."
"No problem and don't worry, my shopping can wait." Leone shrugged.
Oh! And by the way, you're other question?" Run asked
"What does a girl have to do to get into your head?" Leone responded, flirting very obvious in her tone.
Classroom, present day
"Run-sensei?"
The teacher was pulled out of his musings by a student near the back of his class.
"Yes, Ueki?" He asked
"Who's the pretty lady out in the hall?"
Turning his head, Run saw Leone herself in the hallway, motioning him over.
"Do you know her, sensei?"
"Does she have cookies?"
"Is she a princess? Do you love her?"
The teacher ignored his students questions, wonder in his mind. What was Leone doing here? How'd she even find out where he worked?
"I'll be back in a moment, kids." Run announced. "Please turn to page 120 in your math books and start on questions 4-8."
He ignored their groans and closed the door before walking over to his…acquaintance, he supposed.
"Hello Leone." He greeted. "Didn't expect to see you here."
"You left your papers at my apartment." Leone smiled, handing him a folder. "Don't worry, I didn't do anything to them. Heads up though, that Hina girl really needs to shorten her sentences, and Hazuki uses 'said' too much."
"….thank you, Leone. How'd you find out where I worked?" Run asked.
"I asked Kurome, who asked Wave." She answered. "That, and there's only one school in the neighborhood."
"That would make finding me rather easy." Run realized.
"Well, I really need to get my grocery shopping done." Leone clapped as she turned around and headed for the door. "See you later, tweedy bird."
"It's Run." He corrected too late, as she was already out of earshot.
He then returned to his classroom, seeing his students doing exactly as he'd asked.
"Good news students, I have your book reports graded and ready to hand out. You all did exceptionally well…"
"Run-sensei?"
"Yes, Clover?"
"Who was that pretty lady? Is she your wife?"
Run blushed at the idea of being married, as a little fantasy entered his head
"Welcome home, honey!" Leone smiled, a cup of tea waiting for him. He'd take off his coat and accept the cup before pecking her on the lips. "Dinner'll be ready soon, how was work?"
Run shook his head clear of such thoughts. As if someone as upbeat and lively as Leone would ever be a stay at home wife!
"No Clover, she's just a friend."
"She was really pretty."
"That she is, Louise." Run agreed, a smile on his face.
"You like her!" A boy said in a way not unlike a certain blue flying cat in a manga Run knew several of his students (and Wave) read.
"Harry, I don't like what you just implied." RUn grumbled. "One more peep out of you and your parents will be infor…"
"What's her name?"
"Leone, Jerimiah." Run answered. "Now as I was staying, there are just a few minor…"
"Are you going to have a baby with her?" a boy named Peter asked.
Run dropped the folder.
"WHAT?!"
"Well mommy says that when a man and a woman love each other very…" Peter started, only for…
"I'm well aware what you meant, Peter." Run sighed, rubbing his temples as he racked his brain for a way out of this conundrum. Glancing upwards, he found it.
"Oh look at that, its naptime!" Run shouted, eager to end the questions that were growing more and more awkward. "Best get to your blankets!"
"But Run sensei…." Jeremiah started. "It's not even lunch."
"NAPTIME OR NO COOKIES AND MILK!"
The children quickly obeyed.
Lunch Break
"Come on Wave, you son of a…" Run muttered under his breath. "Pick up the phone. Pick up the phone. I need help!"
Wave never picked up the phone; he and Kurome were watching a movie and making out.
"Son of a…" Run growled, his stomach following. He ended the call and decided to try another number. "The one time…"
Run knew he shouldn't really be angry at Wave, if anything, he made a note to thank him for tricking him into going to the bar with him that night.
"Hello?" a young voice asked.
"Hello Ember, this is Run. Can I speak to your father? I need his help on something."
"Just a minute…." Ember called her daddy to the phone.
"Run, what can I do for you?" Bols asked. "Is everything alright? You usually don't call unless…"
"How did you know you liked Ursa?"
Bols, undoubtedly surprised by this, requested that they meet at the nearby deli. Run then clocked out for his lunch break and raced out the door.
10 minutes later, they sat down to pastrami and Swiss sandwiches with a side of broccoli soup. Run gave his friend a short version of what had happened shortly after he left that night, as well as the encounters he'd had with the beautiful blonde since then.
"I have no idea what to do or what is even going on." He concluded. "I can't stop thinking about her, I see her in my dreams and just today I had a brief fantasy where we were married and she greeted me with a cup of tea…."
Bols blushed and smiled under his mask at the story's end.
"Why're you looking at me at?" Run asked, taking a sip from his drink. "Please stop Bols. It's unnerving."
"You, my dear Run, are infatuated with this young lady." Bols smiled, ducking the spit take Run made. "What? There's no shame in it."
"I barely know her!" Run reminded his friend. "We've only talked three time! It's completely crazy for me to be in love with her!"
"Well, from what I can gather; she's upbeat, cheerful and clearly has interest in you." Bols reminded his friend. "And in Wave's place; she's everything you're not. Besides, I said infatuated, not in love."
"They're the same thing!" Run shouted.
"She must be something to get you so worked up." Bols smiled knowningly, a dreamly smile soon on his face. "Ah, I remember when I first saw Ursa too…."
Run sighed, before another thought entered his head; their mutual friend and the leader of their little gang.
"What about Esedeath?" Run added. "You know she hates Najenda, can't imagine she'll be happy about me and one of her friends…"
Bols paused and reflected on his friend's point.
"Regardless of that, a girl like Leone only comes around once in a lifetime, be it as a friend or love. Make the move before it's too late. As for Eserdeath, we'll burn that bridge when we need to cross it."
Run weakly laughed.
"Yes, yes," Bols sighed. "Realized the moment I said it."
"We've been hanging out with Wave too much…" They mutually agreed, finishing their lunches.
Apartment Complex
A few hours later, Run returned home, his arms filled with papers to mark and groceries.
"Hey there birdy." A familiar cheerful voice beamed. "Need a hand with those?"
"It's Run." He sighed. "Good afternoon Leone. And if it's not too much I would appreciate the help."
Leone took all the bags into her arms and urged Run to lead the way.
"I can take some of those…" Run started.
"Oh please, do I look like some fragile flower?" Leone asked playfully. "I can handle worse than this. You saw the weight machine in my room."
Run's room was clean and orderly; a desk and bookshelf with a small kitchen. There was not a speck of dirt of any trace of a mess. Several awards for teaching and thank you letters from his students were placed on a well-stocked bookshelf.
Leone marvelled at the room's order and tidiness.
"Thank you for the help, Leone." Run said as he dropped his suitcase on the table and caught his breath. "Would you like a drink?"
"A glass of water would be nice." Leone confessed. "I can't stay though, running late."
Hearing this, Run cringed.
"Don't worry about it birdy." She laughed. "I'm not that late. It's nice to help a nice guy like yourself. Sides, what're they going do, fire me?"
Run blushed as he handed his guest a glass of cold water. Leone guzzled the water down greedily, some falling onto her top, making Run blush even harder and try to discreetly hide his 'little Run.'
Unfortunately, he wasn't quite fast enough.
"I'm sorry!" Run apologized, turning around. Leone peaked over his shoulder.
"Oh relax birdie, you're not the first and you won't be the last." She teased. "And if anything, I'm flattered. Though poor Bulat's heart is going to be broken…"
Inwardly flattered at the idea of Bulat liking him and grateful that Leone was so understanding to what had happened, Run suddenly remembered Bols' parting words of wisdom from lunch:
"A girl like Leone only comes around once in a lifetime, be it as a friend or love. Make the move before it's too late."
With a deep sigh, Run brought himself back to reality as Leone put her glass down and started heading for the door.
"Leone, wait a minute please."
She did, looking over her shoulder.
"I…um….well, if it's not too much trouble…?"
"Yeah?"
His resolve vanishing with each millisecond, the teacher mustered up all his courage and then shouted
"I LIKE YOU! A LOT! WOULD YOU CONSIDER POSSIBLY GOING TO DINNER WITH ME?"
Leone stood in shock, a slight blush on her face.
"I know, stupid idea, what was I thinking? A beautiful woman like yourself and someone like me?" Run said. "Sorry Leone, I'll leave you be…"
"I'm free all day Saturday."
Run paused in mid-stride.
"Pardon?"
"How's Saturday looking for you?" Leone asked. "I'm free for whatever."
Run quickly thought back.
"You pick."
Saturday Afternoon
"I didn't think this is where she'd choose…."
It was a crowded tavern, with pool tables, loud sports on TV and beer mungs clinking. Run sipped at his ginger ale as he waited for his date, hoping this was the right address. That, and that he left this bar in once piece if it wasn't.
"Hey tweedy, sorry I'm late."
She wore her usual attire, but had added a blue flower into her hair, which made many patrons look at her in confusion. Run thought she looked even more beautiful than usual, if that was even possible.
Leone sat down and took a look at Run's attire; he had opted out his white coat for a suit and white gloves. She laughed at his overdressing, while inwardly thinking he look adorably handsome.
"You look good." She smiled.
"I know I'm overdressed." Run mumbled as she laughed. "But this is my first date and I wanted to make a good impression."
Leone, her laughs subsided, put her hand on Run's.
"Don't worry about it, you made an excellent impression the night we met." She smiled sweetly before it turned playful. "Am I really your first date?"
Run nodded.
"Having your nose in a book from kindergarten to college tends to make the opposite sex not look in your way."
"That's a shame." She smiled. "On the bright side, that just means that a nice girl is going to finish first for once, huh?"
Run blushed again.
"Hey, Leone!" The bartender shouted. "You want the usual?"
"Yep!" She hollered as she got up. "And whatever he orders, put on my tab!"
She then whispered to her date
"I got to use the little girl's room, birdy. Be right back."
A minute or so later, a waitress came over and took Run's order.
"The club sandwich…and…does Leone have a favorite drink that's…."
"More pricey?" The waitress finished. "She's a straight up beer guzzler, but she also does Baileys."
Run frowned. While through her introduction, he'd grown to like the liquor, he found it was best as a shot.
"Was thinking of a bottle of red wine, if it was something she'd like." He confessed. "Well regardless, I'll have a glass of red."
"Coming right up…Tweedy."
"IT'S. RUN." The teacher grumbled between his teeth, disliking whenever somebody else called him that.
Oh dear god, he realized. She had a pet-name for him that he liked enough to believe no one but her got to call him it.
"Take care of her, okay pal?" The bartender said quietly. "Leone's my best customer and a lot of the guys here see her as a big sister."
"I will." Run said, no hesitation in his voice. "If I fail, she'll tell you where to find me. One request; if that occurs…wait til my students have gone home."
The bartender smiled and patted Run on the shoulder, telling him he was okay in his book before placing his drink down.
Leone then came back and sat down.
"Much better." She said, putting her face in her hands. "So Tweedy, what made you ask me out?"
Run smiled at Leone's name for him
"Promise you won't laugh?" Run asked. "Or call me weird?"
"Scout's honour." Leone said, holding her hand up as if swearing in a court.
"Well," Run chose his words carefully. "Like I said; I really like you…."
"And you want me? You're wondering 'do I want you? Do I like you too?'" Leone responded.
"Really?" Run asked, a raised eyebrow and smirk on his face. "That song?"
"Come on, you practically gave me that one." Leone laughed
"True, I suppose I did." Run smiled as their orders arrived. Leone's usual consisted of a large mug of ale and a meal of meat and fries, which she hungrily dove into with gusto. Run ate his sandwich as a clean but brisk pace.
"To answer your question Leone," Run said, getting her attention. "…To be perfectly honest, I..."
His resolve shook as Leone's eyes stared into his own. Whatever he had planned on saying left his head, and he suddenly found his fidgeting thumbs interesting.
"Um…well…you see…"
Leone smiled. She reached over the table and lifted Run's chin.
"You really do like me huh?"
Not trusting his voice, Run nodded. A comfortable silence overtook them as they finished their lunch, not noticing the happy smiles on the faces of the patrons who knew Leone.
After lunch, the two went for a walk around the area, stopping at a park and sitting on a bench. They were enjoying a view of the lake when a young voice hollered:
"Run-sensei!"
The teacher looked over.
"Oh! Why hello Tommy, what're you doing here?" He smiled at one of his younger students.
"Mommy and daddy and I are having a picnic, what're you doing here?"
"Just hanging out with a friend." Run explained. "Even teachers have weekends and need breaks."
Leone then bounded over to the scene
"I remember you, you're the pretty lady who brought sensei his folder."
Leone smiled, liking this boy.
"That's right, name's Leone." She smiled, her hand reached out for a shake. Tommy accepted, thinking if his teacher knew this lady, she should be okay.
"I better get back, see on Monday Run-sensei!" Tommy smiled as his mother called him over. The teacher waved back and sighed in content, a smile on his face.
"I never really went to school." Leone confessed. "My family was dirt poor and constantly moving, so my folks were pretty much my teachers. Though in the long run, I turned out pretty good."
"That you did." Run agreed. "I really didn't have much of a choice either. I never knew my parents and reading was the only thing that ever made me feel anything. But I loved learning and decided one day to become a teacher and help kids learn."
Leone smiled gently.
"You know, you really are great with kids." She mused, remembering the admiration in Tommy's eyes when he had been talking to Run. "Ever consider starting a family?"
"Maybe one day." Run confessed. "Once things are calmer and I find the right woman…"
"And what if she's sitting right next to you?"
Run's mind went blank once again as he realized what had just happened; Leone, beautiful, upbeat Leone, was…
A confident smile soon cracked on his face.
"You know what?" Run mused. "I think she just might be."
Leone smile grew brighter, yet at the same time more…mischievous.
"And….?" She asked.
"Well, as a good teacher know, everything must be mutual." Run said. "And for that to happen…"
Leone silenced him by placing her lips on his own, giving him a passionate kiss. Run's eyes widened before they closed and he returned her passion with his own.
"My room. Now." Leone growled seductively once they'd separated and finished gasping for air.
"With pleasure."
LEMON STARTS HERE! IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 OR 21, SKIP!
Leone's apartment
Fiddling with the lock while in Run's arms, Leone's left arm held tightly onto Run's neck.
"Stupid…" She grumbled, wanting to get in. Run however, was apparently impatient and took the key from her, unlocking the door and then kicking it closed the moment they were inside.
Still in the teacher's surprisingly strong arms, Leone flipped on her CD-player on and selected one song: No Ordinary Love was soon engulfing the apartment
They collapsed onto the bed, their lips never breaking contact. Leone threw Run's jacket to the floor as he undid her scarf. She then slipped off his pants as he reached for the straps of her armguards revealing the flawless skin underneath.
"So beautiful…." He breathed.
"Speak for yourself Tweedy." Leone gasped between kisses as she unbuttoned Run's shirt, revealing a modest but well-built body. "What cage were you kept in all my life?"
"Around, merely lacking the motivation." Run smiled.
Run's lips moved away from Leone's, moving down her chin and neck, making her moan in pleasure. He stopped at her breasts, still covered by her top, but he placed a kiss on both and in the valley between them.
"Saving the best for last?" Leone teased.
Run said nothing, kissing her stomach and undoing her belt, sliding off her pants to reveal tanned panties. He then wrapped her legs around his waist and hovered over her, nuzzling her nose with his own and making her laugh.
"All of you is the best." Run said. "And anyone who says otherwise is blind."
Blush adorning her face, Leone leaned upward for a kiss, which Run gladly gave. As their tongues danced, her hands traveled his toned and while not overly muscular, well-built body.
"You're not so bad yourself." She mused. "You… read a book on…working out?"
"Not…exactly." Run explained between kisses, not really in the mood to discuss his role in the Jeagers gang right now. Feeling confident, he slowly ventured his hands towards Leone's breasts, cupping them gently.
"Quit teasing tweedy." Leone begged, amazed at the man's gentle touch and incredible self-control.
Run suddenly stopped, getting Leone's attention. He sat up.
"What is it?"
"Say my name." Run requested. "Please, Leone. No more tweedy or bird. No sensei or teacher…."
"Run…." She whispered.
His name, uttered from her lips….was euphoric bliss. A symphony he could never hope to replicate or compose. He captured her lips with his passionate own, she quickly returning the motion as he finally removed her top, leaving her in her panties. He froze again.
"Leone…" Run whispered. "You are officially the most beautiful woman in all of existence."
Leone's face reddened and her heartrate increased. Run's hands twitched as they hovered above her breasts, the young man wanting to touch them but not knowing how to ask for permission. How could he, they were the most private parts of her…
"You can touch you know." She whispered softly, a joke then entering her mind. "You know you want to. Oh, by the way; you're still overdressed." She went for the zipper, and soon the teacher was only in his underwear.
Run squeezed her right breast gently, silencing Leone's moan with a kiss. Meanwhile, she began to remove his underpants, revealing what she could only describe as perfection; not too big or small and certainly believable for a man his age. For some reason she felt the urge and indeed did grab it, stroking it with her thumb.
The second his…junk, he supposed…was grabbed, Run let out a pleasured grunt which turned into a moan when Leone's message began. The two broke their kiss to moan together as Run's finger's played with Leone's now pearched nipples.
"R-Run…" The dancer moaned. "Y-you're…"
"Y-yeah, you too." The teacher smiled as he once again kissed her. While their tongues danced again, Run's left hand's index fingers slipped off Leone's underwear, tickling her most sensitive spot.
"Faster…" She moaned, Run instantly obeying her. She repeated herself four more times before Run inserted his fingers into her. She screamed in pleasure, grabbing his face and burying it into her generous bosom.
Run then pulled out his fingers and licked them clean, savoring the taste of the woman he'd thought of non-stop. He smiled gently at her.
"Can I have a taste?" Leone asked as she flipped Run onto his back, not waiting for his answer. "You just lay down and let me handle the work."
She then licked her lips and placed her lover's tip into her mouth, sucking it.
Run cringed before pleasure filled his being, a dumb but happy smile on his face. Leone giggled, his member still in her mouth, making her gag slightly. She nonetheless kept up with her work
Leone smiled.
"Tasty as you look." She smiled.
"Not as much as you." Run smiled as he pulled her downwards, making her giggle as he kissed her neck before getting back on top.
Now it was time for the main event.
"Ready?" Run asked.
"I'm a virgin." They said together, surprising each other but smiling. Run cupped her face and moved a hair from her face. A gentle smile was shared between the both of them.
"I'll be gentle." He promised. "But if you want to stop, let me know right away."
"I know."
Capturing her lips once again, Run slid inside Leone, who broke the kiss to grunt in pain. He stopped and waited for her instruction.
"I-its okay Run. M-move around." She demanded. He ordered reluctantly, but when her discomfort was no longer apparent he moved around
They moved in tune to the music, their moans and bodies melding into each other's. Run began to place butterfly-kisses on Leone's neck and trailing downward.
"Oh!" Leone moaned once her collarbone was kissed, making her lover kiss it again. When she repeated the action, Run started sucking the spot, feeling her nails digging into his back and forcing him down onto her form.
"I've heard…missionary…actually isn't all that satisfying…to women" Run noted. "May I try something?"
Before she could inquire as to how Run had come into that knowledge if he was a virgin, Leone suddenly found herself upright, Run holding her tightly. The feeling of pleasure was amplified exponentially.
"Yes!" She roared in happiness, pleasure filling her as she rode Run, almost as if she was on a pogo stick. Run smiled
"Wave told me…" Run started, before Leone cover his mouth with her hand.
"Don't mention him." She ordered. "Don't mention anyone else. Just you and me, Run."
"Got it." Run answered. They bopped and weaved to the music for several more minutes. Run then increased his speed, even more pleasure coursing through his and Leone's bodies.
"I don't know what riposte means," Leone growled in blissed. "But if you dare pull out I'll…."
Run squeezed one of her breasts and kissed her neck.
"Dammit, stop making me feel great when I'm trying to tell you how to make me feel great!" She whined.
Run smiled cockily before kissing her forehead.
This continued for several other minutes, the bed creaking under their lovemaking until:
"Leone…" Run panted. "Not…going….to…last…"
"Me…neither." Leone gasped. "One minute…"
Deciding to make the most of this last minute, the two lovers moved at their fastest pace before Run went in for the big dive. The two howled in bliss before shouting each other's names.
"RUN!"
"LEONE!"
Completely spent, their worlds went blank.
LEMON OVER! YOU MAY READ NORMALLY.
The ringing of his phone awoke Run from his slumber. Reluctantly, he carefully pried himself from Leone's sleeping form, moving some hair to catch a glimpse of her sleeping smile. The phone stopped ringing, much to the teacher's joy. He placed a kiss on her forehead and placed a glass of water nearby for her before finally getting the phone.
"Hello?"
"Run?"
"Oh, hello Wave…" The teacher yawned, cracking his joints awake and stretching. "What's up?"
"Where you at?" The sailor asked. "Usually you're at church by now. The kids are asking were you are."
Run tensed when he glanced at the clock; it was already noon on Sunday?!
"What took you so long?" Wave asked. "Everything okay?"
"Oh yes, Wave." Run cut in.
"Run…?" Leone whined loud enough for her to be heard on Wave's end of the phone. "Run baby, come back to bed, it's cold."
Run smiled at her and promised to tell Wave the details later before hanging up. He then slid back into bed, Leone quickly wrapping her arms around his waist.
At the church, Wave just stood there awestruck.
"You told Run to get a girlfriend on many occasions." Kurome reminded him. "Should you not be happy for him?"
"I am…I JUST THOUGHT HE'D BE OLD AND GREY WHEN HE FINALLY DID IT, NEVER MIND GET LEONE OF ALL PEOPLE!"
Akame silenced her sister's boyfriend with a chop to the neck.
"Shut up and be happy for them." She dully said
"Yes mam."
"Run-Sensei and the pretty lady are getting married?" Ember asked her parents, who smiled at her innocence.
"Eserdeath will want details." Kurome reminded her boyfriend and Bols. They all dreaded that….
Back at Leone's apartment
"Quick question." Run announced, Leone weakly groaning. "Are we…a… couple…now?"
Leone smiled sweetly and kissed him on the lips.
"That answer your question, angel?"
Run smiled.
"I rather like that one, jungle queen." He replied. "But, isn't this going to be bad for business?"
Leone laughed.
"Oh who cares? None of those shmucks could ever do anything anyway. You've seen me drink them under right?"
Run nodded.
"Then again, this means you'll need to come to Night Raid more often." Leone smiled. "Show the boys you have tamed the untameable beast and that I'm off the market."
"I guess so." Run smiled back, nuzzling his nose with hers. A yawn then escaped his lips, as did one from Leone's. "But if that's what must be done, I guess I'll have to learn to do my marking in a bar."
"Let's sleep a little longer," Leone whispered. "Go get a late brunch later, or something."
Just before they fell asleep, they uttered the three or four most important words:
"I love you."
"….I love you too."
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Be gentle on critique on the lemon, like I said it's my first. I know it sucks, rewrites are welcomed.