-1I do not own TWEWY, Square Enix and Jupiter.

It had taken her some time to notice

"Joshua, are you paying attention to any thing I'm saying?" the teenager demanded, adjusting her glasses, flicking the stray strands of brown hair from her face.. He tilted his head up, a cat like smile curling onto his face.

"Naturally dear Shiki, it would be rude not to,"

She huffed and gave him a cute little pout; this only made him giggle though. She fell into a sulking silence, delicate arms crossed over her chest. I wish Neku, Beat and Rhyme would hurry up!

She was so deep in her thoughts that she was very surprised when he moved from the same sitting potion he had been in when she got there an hour and a half ago. His elegant pale hand took hold of her elbow, gently pulling her right arm free.

"J-Joshua?" she stammered, this was odd behavior even considering who it was.

"Shh, if you keep quiet, I'll tell you what I'm doing," His voice had dropped down to a whisper. Chills ran threw her body, his words had slipped over her body like silk.

"Fine," she tried to whisper back, but her voice cracked, drawing aouther giggle from him. Yup, it was Joshua, just as creepy as ever, but something more, sensual?, lay under this laugh.

He leaned across the small table, his thin lips tracing up her forearm, stopping at her wrist.

"Has anyone ever told you that you have thin wrists?" he asked. His breath was hot; she could feel it tickling her wrist. Squirming she snapped

"Yes you ass, they have and I don't need someone else point out my fla-,"

"Did I ever say it was a flaw?" He asked her. She more felt the question then heard it via his lips on her wrist, delicately moving over the sensitive skin as he spoke.

"W-well…I…you…" she tried to pull her arm away once more, she could feel her face burning. She almost let out a sigh of relief when Joshua let her delicate hand slip threw his. She clutched her hands to her chest, eyes locked on Joshua.

He looked up with those damned half lidded eyes of his and she swore her heart stopped.

Shit, he wasn't done with her.

Like a cat, not just a cat, an honest to god panther that could rip you apart, he rose.

"My my Shiki, are we shy?"

She swallowed, her body was trembling from…Fear? Excitement? Damn, she was lost on what to do, so she did nothing, paralyzed in her chair, thin legs trembling.

By now he was looming over her, he bent over his hair falling down and tickling her face, one thin arm circling her shoulders. His other arm lightly traced the path of her left arm this time.

"I-You…stop?" she asked meekly. He just gave her another smile and shook his head, pulling her hands apart.

"Why ever would I do that?" he asked, his breath ticking her face along with his grey hair. Slowly he brought her left wrist up to his lips, lightly kissing it several times be for he started to nip at the skin.

"Joshua…"

He paused only briefly, "Hm?"

"I-" she was cut off the sound of the bell at the Café's front door opening.

"YO!" Beat's voice boomed threw the tinny café. "Sorry we're late! Some fools had a scrap wit' Phones here…" he stopped, "Yo Shiki, you sick or summen? Yo face is all red,"

Shiki's hands hand fallen limp into her lap, Joshua sitting in his original position, a devilish smile on his face.

"My my Neku, causing more problems?" Joshua asked. Damn him and his nonchalant behavior…

Then he glanced over to her, their eyes locked, there was no need for words, she knew the message.

We'll finish later

Maybe thin wrists weren't so bad after all.