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'thoughts'

"dialogue"


Hot Flashes

Anis let out a long sigh as she reviewed the day's events. She knew Mutsuki was on night duty outside her apartment. She had strictly told him to stay outside, which had made her feel a bit guilty since the night air was so frigid, but she figured a Dark Stalker would take it better than any of her other knights. Anis was in the process of taking a bath to relax herself. She couldn't help but be worried about a possible attack from the society but having Mutsuki outside helped to calm her nerves a bit.

'I hope Tenjou-sempai is still on our side, and doesn't try to capture me.' Anis shivered at the thought.

"Better turn up the temperature." Anis drained some of her bathwater and turned the hot faucet on full blast. "Ah much better." She smiled.

'I'm just glad I didn't accidentally have a second awakening with Tenjou-sempai just in case he is going to be our enemy. I'm glad that he is not on an even playing field with Kaede, and Mutsuki.' At the mention of the awakenings, Anis blushed remembering her awakenings with her black and red knight.

'I can't believe I've come that far with both of them. I'd better make sure it doesn't get any more out of control. There's no way I'm doing that blood marriage thing!' Anis's heartbeat sped up as thoughts of being intimate with her knights infected her brain.

For some reason Mutsuki popped up the most. 'Probably cause that jerk stole my first kiss…with a human.' She chuckled at remembering the "kiss" with Ninufa but quickly returned to scowling at Mutsuki.

She knew pretty much all her knights were interested with her in some way whether it was true love or not was another question. 'Or true desire…' Anis blushed again as the images of intimacy with her knights flashed through her head.

The bath was getting really hot and she felt a twinge of guilt again at being in a nice warm bath while Mutsuki was out in the cold. She imagined his dark figure huddled up outside in the tree near her window. He had such a stern face most of the time. He wouldn't let you know he was uncomfortable.

Then flashes of his rare breath-taking smile and strong embrace enveloped her. 'For a Dark Stalker, Mutsuki sure can be warm and caring at times.' She let her mind take over remembering the kiss they shared. 'Maybe it wasn't so bad.' Her heart was racing now, and she could almost feel his firm, enveloping embrace that made her feel safe, and also maybe wanting of something more.

Anis's eyes flung open as she realized she was having…pleasant...thoughts about Mutsuki. " OK! This bath is a little too hot for me."

She stood up fast catching herself against the tile wall as she almost fainted. She pulled the drain plug and turned the shower head on cold full blast, trying to cool down her body and mind. 'Get a hold of yourself Anis. No teenage hormones allowed!'

After she felt sufficiently cool, she grabbed her fluffy pink towel, and exited the tub.


Mutsuki lay in a nearby tree keeping a close watch on the rose princesses dwelling. He was not tired at all with the threat of a surprise attack looming.

The thought of Anis being captured by that damned white rose made him sick. 'Well actually the thought of her with any man makes me ill. Any man except for…me...'

Mutsuki had recently come to terms with his infatuation with his dominion. 'There is no doubt. I love her.' Images of her smiling face came to mind. Oh how he loved her smile. He also loved her flustered face. Seeing her heat up with such a lovely shade of red gave him such a thrill.

'I suppose there is no love in existence without a fair amount of desire accompanying it.' Mutsuki was still trying to understand all there's feelings completely.

He glanced back at Anis's home and imagined what she was doing right now. 'The hour is late. She is most likely asleep.' He imagined her sleeping face; he had seen it a few times now. How he longed to embrace her sleeping figure, envelope her body so she felt him and him alone. He could imagine her smell, such a lovely fragrance, unique, enticing, indescribable…

If he was cold before he wasn't anymore. He found himself, for a lack of better words, turned on. His breathing had increased and he could feel a throbbing desire within him. He took a few slow, deep breaths and tried to clear his mind. 'This is not helping my focus.'

A loud crash removed him from his thoughts. A storm had snuck up on him while he had been preoccupied. Not only had he gotten warmer, the weather had as well. A flash of lightening immediately followed along with a terrifying scream from inside the apartment.

Mutsuki flew from the tree and used his strings (he had been summoned earlier) to unlock the balcony door. He was in the room occupied by his dominion in a matter of seconds. What he saw there left him immobile.

There, on the cool tile floor a very exposed Anis sat shivering; her towel sprawled on the floor. She was gripping her ears, and keeping her eyes shut tight. Her legs were on either side of her hips as she shivered uncontrollably.

Mutsuki could not move…or speak. He could only stare at the most beautiful sight he had ever beheld. He burned the image of her body into his mind. Her wet, pink hair clinging to her glistening, pale skin. Her smooth, supple, curves and hard, pink nipples. He took everything in.

He then noticed how terrified she was, and wanted, more than anything in the world, to reassure her, to comfort her. He took a step forward. "Anis." His voice with like silk.

Anis came to her senses and her eyes flung open. She stared into a pair of red eyes filled with concern, and…a hint of desire. She realized now that she was completely naked, only a few feet away from the man who had recently occupied her thoughts in such intimate ways.

She shook her head, grabbed her towel and covered up. "Get out!" Anis stammered as she stood up to emphasize she was not joking.

Mutsuki stood his ground, entrapped by the beauty of her heated gaze. She was now so radiant, ravishing. No longer did she show signs of fear which caused Mutsuki's desire to return in full force.

Anis saw him take another step forward as he bore into her with his passionate gaze, and she knew she had to do something. She used her Dominion powers and commanded. "GET OUT!" Her thorny rose whips wrapped around Mutsuki and pushed him right out the door which slammed in his face.


A/N: Hope you enjoyed. Please review on your way out.

~Jessica Watsuki~