Belong

"Hey Tomoe."

"Heyyyy!"

"TOMOE!"

"WHAT?! I'm busy with my duties as you can see." Tomoe yells as he was busy cooking lunch on a Sunday morning.

Nanami pouts and mutters to herself, "You didn't have to yell." But continues to answer with a question: "You know, you work really hard for me against your will and I was thinking that I should release the contract and set you free. Would you like that?"

Tomoe completely pauses for moment and turns around with a baffled look on his handsome face and says, "Don't be silly. There's no need for that, and besides, you need me."

"No it's okay, I have Mizuki now. I don't want to force you to work for me, so I don't need you anymore."

Shocked, Tomoe dropped his cooking tools onto the table. His heart tightened in pain, almost like he was offended. At the same time, his blood boiled in anger at the stupidity the little girl had. How could she be so blind? Had she not see that he belongs here? He belonged here in the Mikage shrine, with her. He grits his teeth and balled his fists. He looked at her with a pained expression and the horrible shock she had caused. With such simple words that can be said by just anyone, "I don't need you anymore", his heart begins to cry for the innocent but naïve girl he cared for.

"I get it, you don't need me. All my efforts to serve you were useless." He said darkly and silently almost like a mutter.

"N-No! That's not what I mean. I mean in the beginning you never wanted to work for me and I don't want to restrict you the freedom you wanted!"

"I know I did. But I don't want to be released. I want to stay here. Don't you remember? I sealed the contract for you when it was broken by Narukami and when I was back in youkai form. Did those moments mean nothing to you?" His ears flattened and looked at her with his sharp, violet eyes as if telling her desperately to realize how he felt.

Nanami is very well taken aback from his sudden desperate approach. She couldn't formulate any words while not knowing how she felt about what he said. She wasn't sure anymore. She always thought he hated his job and now, she doesn't know what to think anymore.

Tomoe walks toward her and grabs her shoulders. Not allowing her any time to think, he captures her lips with his own. The kiss is rough but passionate and desperate. His lips presses onto hers with craving and desire, not wanting to ever let go. A minutes passes and he is the first one to pull away and looks into the eyes intently. Nanami on the other hand is blushing furiously on Tomoe's sudden romantic approach.

She has never suspected of him to go as far to kiss away to prove how much he wanted to stay with her.

"I belong here with you so don't you ever say that again!" he snarls but hugs her waist.

Nanami, recovers by his strong voice, looks down apologetically and says, "Yeah I won't. Sorry Tomoe."

The two embraced each other for only a minute after, to only be pulled apart by the presence of the mood-killer Mizuki.

"So when's lunch?"

I apologize for the long update. I had a writer's block and there was so much going on emotionally for me. I will try to update as often as possible. On another note, I need a beta-reader to proofread my writing and catch any OOC mistakes. I'm not a very good writer but I'm using fanfiction as a way to help improve my writing since it's the only type of writing I enjoy that isn't a diary entry. So review for the next letter "C" or I will.

-iluvsoul12