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Akira still felt a myriad of emotions continue to swirl inside of his body.

Sitting inside a fine establishment that served sushi as its main attraction, he had himself seated across Cinder. Morgana meanwhile was, as usual it seemed to him, hidden inside of his bag. Every couple of minutes, Akira kept on slipping the cat the slices of sashimi he had ordered. This place did not really allow pets, so he had to be as discreet as he could.

But most of his attention was toward Cinder. Not because of how she looked. That was more of a second reason. Indeed, the female had become very attractive when he last saw her. This fact was simply emphasized even greater due to almost every other male that passed by them glanced at the girl a few times.

No, the main reason why was because of how she was in front of him in the first place.

"You're staring." Cinder's silky voice broke him out of his thoughts, albeit he didn't visibly react terribly. He only blinked once before returning to his meal as if nothing had ever happened. However, she did not end her talking there. "Just what exactly were you thinking about?"

Akira only chewed his food for a moment, choosing not to speak with his mouth full as it was both rude and disgusting. While devouring the morsel, he subtly grabbed another slice of salmon sashimi and slipped his hand into the bag. "You." He said after swallowing.

"Oh?" Judging by the tone of her voice, Cinder was humored at his reply. "Could you perhaps be more specific?" She propped her elbows on the table and leaned forward. "What exactly about me were you thinking about?"

Akira took his time to think about how to reply. "The fact that you are right in front of me after suddenly disappearing years ago comes to mind." He answered bluntly.

Cinder did not visibly react to his words, but Akira knew that his sentence affected her. "…Yes, I do suppose that would come to your mind." She admitted, nodding her head while placing her utensils down. "But that is in the past, and now I'm back. Why don't we focus on that?"

Akira raised an eyebrow but did not say anything for a few moments. Silence was the only indication that he was thinking. "…I guess I can." He nodded slightly in agreement, but his voice was a bit hesitant.

The female nodded her head as well, sending him a content smile that looked a bit playful. It was as if she enjoyed that he did what she had asked. "Thank you." Her voice graced his ears smoothly as they resumed their meal.

"Huh… interesting exchange." Morgana said to himself for only him and Akira to hear.

"Although I do have to ask," Akira brought up immediately, putting his utensils down. Cinder only sighed patiently while putting her own tools onto the table. "Why did you leave without warning in the first place?"

She did her best to keep a mask up, but her face failed and showed a look that could be described as not pleased. "Akira, not now." Cinder warned the black-haired male, her eyes narrowed. As Akira stared at her though once again, she realized what kind of face she was making and did her best to smoothly transition back to a calm look. "I promise, I will tell you later. But right now, let's just enjoy ourselves. It has been a long time since we've even last spoken to one another."

As Cinder resumed her meal, Akira still kept his eye on her without moving a muscle. In fact, his face grew a bit of a questioning gaze. "Are you at least able to tell me why two people have been following us since we left my home?"

The question made the girl pause in her chewing for a brief moment before she quickly resumed moving her jaw. But she knew that Akira saw the pause despite the speed she recovered in and that he easily deduced that the mere mention of those people affected her. Cinder had a feeling that she was not, once more, going to be pleased with his words. "Would you care to elaborate?"

"Exactly right behind you – two booths away – are two teenagers. One is female with dark skin and green hair. The other, male with grey hair and matching colored clothing." Akira stated, as if giving a report.

"Perhaps it is just your imagination, Akira." She suggested. "It could just be a pure coincidence that they too the same route to arrive here."

"When we left my house, I noticed them just hanging around the neighborhood. At first, I thought nothing of it. But when I noticed them stopping whenever we stopped to stare at something or that they would try to keep their distance and hide most of the time. It made me think if they were following me or you. Considering how I've not done anything back here to warrant anyone tailing me…" He trailed off, knowing Cinder would mentally finish the sentence for him.

"…Excuse me for just a moment." Cinder requested with a smile that Akira knew was just for show. He nodded his head, well aware that she was now annoyed as she shuffled out of the booth and got to her feet.

Watching her walk away, exactly a couple of seconds later the two teenagers he had described began to follow her. As they moved outside of the small restaurant, Cinder turned around as she stepped to the side of the entrance. Akira could clearly see that Cinder was almost to the point of being angry.

Watching her move her mouth around while fully glaring at the two teenagers, the victims were flinching with every passing second. They seemed to try and defend themselves, but Cinder would swiftly cut them off. Her body language absolutely screamed dominance and command through the entire conversation. Displeasure was released yet restrained greatly as the conversation was one-sided with Cinder winning each second.

Eventually, those that were considered strangers to Akira went away swiftly. Cinder took in a deep breath. But as she turned her head, she froze a bit when she saw that the black-haired male was staring at her right through the window. As she exhaled, she began to walk back in and towards the boy.

"Not exactly a very pleasant conversation, was it?" Akira asked as Cinder sat back down.

Cinder leveled a glare at Akira this time, now not bothering to hide her true emotions any more. "I do not want to talk about it." Her tone made sure that those were the final words Akira would ever use to go back to the topic of those two she scolded.

Akira blinked, unaffected by the glare but went silent for a couple of seconds. "Well," He then started. "What would you like to talk about then?" His question came before shoving some food into his mouth.

Upon those words, Cinder did seem surprised for a second. Realizing what face she was showing she quickly changed her look. "That's different." She commented, allowing Akira to blankly look at her while chewing for her to elaborate. "You used to be a lot more determined to get your answers. But now… you're just letting everything be."

"Things can change, Cinder, as time progresses." Akira answered straightly. "You should know this as well." Akira then turned his head just by a bit to still keep Cinder in his sights but sneaking some food to Morgana. "Also, you seem not to comfortable in talking about those previous subjects at the moment. However, it is easily compensated with you telling me that you promised to explain yourself later."

Cinder nodded her head, noting that she would tell him what was on her mind eventually. "I realize that we've been talking about nothing but me this whole time." She eventually noted, sipping from her cup. "So why don't we turn the subject to you. How have you been?"

"Let's see…" Akira trailed off. "My blood pressure is normal. I am eating three square meals a day with the normal dietary needs met. Pulse is between 70-80 bpm. Bowels are perfectly timed. The body is working as it should be." He ended his list as his eyes look back at Cinder who was staring at him blandly.

"Did you really have to say all of that?" Cinder asked.

"You know you should try to ask much more specific questions when it comes down to those kinds of things."

Break

"…You're staring."

Akira's voice broke Morgana out of his thoughts as they were back inside of Akira's home. Inside of the human male's room, Cinder was inside of the bathroom washing up. The boy was simply waiting for his turn, sitting on his bed while keeping his eye on a wall that was littered with notes hung up on the surface.

"Yeah, I am." Morgana admitted, knowing that it was sometimes better to just be truthful or blunt to Akira. "I'm just curious. You know this Cinder person fairly well it seems and very comfortable to be around her. But you've never explained anything about her to me yet despite my curiosity. How you met her. What she's like. Things like that."

"How we came into contact with one another is linked to her past, so I will not mention anything related to that topic in respect of her privacy." Akira stated, his head glancing to the side just by the slightest to be able to keep Morgana in his view. Meanwhile, he kept most of his gaze on the note-filled wall.

Morgana seemed to be confused about what Akira had said. "Linked to her past?" He questioned. "What was it like for her before she met you?" The cat was met with silence and it irked the feline. But then he sighed. "Fine, fine, you don't have to talk about that. What about what she's like then? Personality and such."

Akira went silent, clearly thinking carefully about his words. Eventually, he figured out what he was going to say. "Ever since I was young, I was different from other children my own age. There was something about me that had all of the adults give me odd looks; some in awe, some in fear. I've made observations that no one else would notice and delved into studies almost to a meticulous degree sometimes. Everyone dubbed my as abnormal."

"What does this have to do with Cinder?" Morgana asked curiously.

"I'll be getting to that soon." Akira answered. "Being abnormal, many people my age avoided me. In all honesty, that was completely fine with me. Male. Female. They were all the same to me. They were simply… normal. Almost to a point I considered them boring. But then that changed when I came into contact with Cinder."

Morgana noticed that rather than focusing on him or the wall filled with notes, Akira seemed to be spacing out. "What happened?"

Once again, Akira went silent to make sure he would use the right words. "Let's just say this; She is, to me, THE woman. To me, she eclipses and predominates the whole of her gender."

"A very flattering compliment if I do say so myself."

Hearing a voice, Akira turned his head over to the door of his room to see that Cinder was standing around the open space. She was still wearing her red dress from earlier rather than actual clothing that would be comfortable to sleep in.

Pushing off of the frame, she strutted over. "Having a conversation with your cat?" Cinder asked, gently picking Morgana up in her arms and brushing his fur. "Seems one-sided if you ask me."

"He's a very good listener." Akira stated, fully turning his head to stare at Cinder. He then eyed Morgana.

The cat however seemed to purr under Cinder's touch. "Oh man…" Morgana meowed. "Her fingers are so amazing."

Cinder heard the cat meow in pleasure and looked down in amusement. "It seems he's taken a liking to me. Unfortunately, I must cut pleasing him short. There is something you and I must talk about." She then moved to put Morgana down in front of the door before shutting the wooden barrier. Turning around, she sat down next to Akira.

As the two of them fell quiet, not a word was spoken between them for a few seconds. "I should… apologize for what I had done." Cinder was the first to speak. "How did you feel when I left?"

"Not taking your disappearance rather well would be an understatement." Akira immediately answered, not even looking in her direction. "You were my only friend and companion for my childhood. The only person my age I could properly communicate with. And you were just gone without a trace."

"The choice that day hurt me also, Akira. Don't think that you were the only one in pain." Cinder tried to soothe a fire that she knew was burning inside of the boy. She watched Akira's head turn to the side and down, indicating that he at least acknowledged her words. "Which is why… I'm sorry." Her hands fell tenderly onto his shoulders. "And that my apology will be extended even further than that."

Akira's face morphed into confusion at first. But as he turned around while lifting his face up, he got the answer when Cinder's lips pressed onto his.

Break

She blinked, wondering what had happened so suddenly.

Even though she did not like to do so, she tried to think back. Resting her hand against her head, she started thinking of what happened a few moments ago.

That's right… she was subjected to their activities once again. Their touch, noise, attitude, their very gender disgusted her. All they cared about was themselves. Right and wrong was not a rule where she was. It was you get what you want. But then… why didn't that rule apply to her situation?

She then recalled seeing something holstered on one of their hips. A firearm. A pistol to be more specific when it came down to the size and shape. Despite being subjected to the adult's pleasure, Cinder kept her focus on the object rather than anguish she used to feel.

Snapping back to the present, she blinked once and looked down to her feet. The floor was soaked in blood and littered with dead bodies. There were many holes inside of the very faces she recognized after years of their activities. The air smelled of the very element that she stood in, as well as a bit of a smoky aroma.

Then she noticed in her hands, a single gun sitting coolly in one while the other was equipped with a knife. The blade dripping with red from what she suspected to be those that were on the ground.

As realization dawned upon her, she started to laugh with relief.

Yeah. I brought this back… sort of. I know Cinder is acting a bit OOC. But I'm just still writing as I think the characters would react or act in these situations of sorts. Also, yeah… cutting you guys off right there right before the good hot shit could happen. Guess you all will have to wait for the next chapter for… Cinder to apologize for what she had done.

Also may end up doing something you all will hate next chapter as well.

And wow... lots of you are eager to know where I got the cover from.

No flames please. Only lemons between these two.