Quickly, before I continue, here's this;
Legend:
"Akame ga Kiru." Dialogue/character speech.
'Akame ga Kiru', Character thought.
Akame ga Kiru, Character thought. [I use italics more often than apostrophes.]
"Akame ga Kiru." Specific detail/important detail/distorted voice/multi-toned voice/demonic voice.
"Akame ga Kiru." In high regard/addressing someone of higher importance/of higher social status/out of respect.
So, I forgot to mention that there is quite a bit of Tatsumi/Leone/Mein/Akame/Sheele going on. It's not official, just light. The main pairing is Tatsumi/Esdeath. I'm trying to stay as in-character for the out-of-character-ness in this story as I can [Basically Tatsumi is slowly maturing in this story, and I'm trying to make it look so.] Pretty much everyone except Najenda and Lubbock show some sort of romantic feelings towards Tatsumi, and personally, I don't mind Tatsumi/Night Raid, except him and Bulat, Najenda or Lubbock, which is evident in the first sentence of this paragraph thing.
Alright, time to continue Leone and Tatsumi's time together! :D
He always knew that Leone had a soft spot for him, but to be this flirtatious and.. well, adorable around him was kind of unsettling. Tatsumi felt like she was trying to apologize for something, but he couldn't really say what.
As she slowly closed his door upon leaving, Tatsumi uttered 'wait'. The door creaking stopped, as it slowly resumed, Leone coming right back in. "What do you need, Tatsumi?"
"I'm scared..." He felt a sudden change of heart. "I try to act all tough, but inside... I'm just a weak little boy..." Leone was going to make a punishing joke, but he's only a teenager. Leone figured she should not torment him any more than he already has been.
"Don't lie to yourself, Tatsumi." Leone issued a challenge. He blinked and was about to retaliate, until a lone finger pushed against his lips, silencing him.
"Admit it, Tatsumi~... you love killing. You relish in the mere thought. Am I wrong?" Said boy began to reflect on what she said. Was he really lying to himself? He knows he's emotionally fragile, but.. seeing villains drop dead to his feet.. lifts a weight off of him, centimeter by centimeter.
"Leone.. you're right." Leone smiled broadly. She was right.
"Sometimes... you have to be viewed as a villain to save others. I understand that now. In fact, I first started thinking this way when I killed that disgusting little blonde loli, and when... when Sheele died, and then when Bulat died and gave me his Relic, I... totally accepted this fact." Leone found herself lost in his words. They felt the exact same way.
"I was just testing you, to be blunt about things, but.. I had no idea I was right..." She found herself blushing. "Tatsumi... you're maturing." She moved closer to him.
"L-Leone?!" Tatsumi felt a cold sensation engulf his back as he felt himself being pushed against the wall on his bed by the blonde lioness.
"Wh-what are you... up to, Leone?" Leone heard him say as she pushed herself against his chest. "H-Hold on, isn't this moving a little too fast?!"
"I told you I'd be your boyfriend when you were older, or mature, or whatever... but, it's getting harder to wait." she slurred at him in a somewhat seductive tone.
Tatsumi, on the other hand, sighed in relief. "Oh, thank goodness," he breathed, "You're just drunk."
"Does it matter?" She challenged.
"Well, of course it does!" He barked at her. "It didn't feel too nice at all to have my emotions toyed with, I'll admit to that, but knowing that you're just drunk makes it a little bit better." He sighed once more. "Jeez, Leone, you could have at least been honest."
For a while, there was a quiet silence, Tatsumi finding it harder than before to read what she was thinking, and her expression was hidden by where she was looking, down to her knees, fists clenched on kneecaps as they sat sluggishly on his bed.
Suddenly, she looked up, and before Tatsumi could do anything, she kissed him.
Wh... He couldn't even so much as think as he felt the older woman's tender lips pressing on his. What... what is-is happening, here? Tatsumi wanted to pull away, but a part of him felt that life was too short for something as trivial as morals- no, something as trivial as giving a damn. Maybe it was a bad idea to let Leone have her way, and continue kissing, but disregarding that thought, he pushed himself against Leone lightly.
For a brief moment, he thought of Sheele. Tatsumi come to a conclusion rather quickly. The conclusion is that Tatsumi had found another source of comfort, and lust. He felt like he would never know of any of Leone's ulterior motives as to trying to engage in a romantic relationship with him, but he, yet again, disregards this as he indulges in this tingling sensation. He felt his cheeks begin to heat up, and began to find himself wondering if he had a fever.
After a quarter of a minute had passed, Tatsumi had pulled away from their kiss. "Leone.. you're seriously stupid." He found himself giggling. He felt like the world was moving really fast. It had only been minutes since the past events had happened, and here he had the blonde lioness, in a way, confessing to him. It felt mildly uncomfortable to be doing this, but... it is apparent that he does not care.
"Tatsumi, where's Le-" Lubbock walked in, about to ask a question he had accidentally answered himself.
"Ta...Ta-Ta-Ta-Tatsumi! You bastard!" Comic-style tears ran down his face as Tatsumi was awoken rudely by the crying of a broccoli-colored boy, and found a blonde woman sleeping atop of him. Shit.. he mentally cursed.
"A-Ano... I assure you, It's most definitely not what it looks like." Lubbock stood there, steam coming out of his ears, arms crossed and shoe tapping on the wooden floor at an exceedingly hyper rate. I see he's furiously awaiting an exceptionally believable explanation...
"Le-Leone was drunk, so-" Lubbock's face became all the more reddened after hearing this. "Tatsumi, you're so bold~ About to tell Lubby about our passionate doings last night, ne?~" Her finger trailed down his bare chest as he found himself pinned down to his bed.
"TATSUMI!" Lubbock cried. "How could you?!"
"Leone! Stop making him misunderstand!" Though it was too late as Lubbock ran off, playing along with Leone's game to make Tatsumi embarrassed, she purred at him. "What's with that immature act, Leone?"
"He's jealous of you, you know? He believes you had sex with me last night." Tatsumi paled at her straightforwardness and shook his head rather frivolously. "That's a total lie!" He barked back. "Ja ne, Tatsumi." Leone said as she got up and went to go make breakfast and coffee.
He blinked. Why does it feel like... everything is just, I don't know... moving really, really fast?
"Tatsumi, where's Le-" Lubbock walked in, about to ask a question he had accidentally answered himself.
"Ta...Ta-Ta-Ta-Tatsumi! You bastard!" Comic-style tears ran down his face as Tatsumi was awoken rudely by the crying of a broccoli-colored boy, and found a blonde woman sleeping atop of him. Shit.. he mentally cursed.
Tatsumi's heart sank into his stomach as his eyes widened at a worrisome rate. "N...na...ni?..."
He knew this situation. He had been here before... so, why was this happening again? Were the past events just a dream?
Tatsumi quickly shoved the lioness who was fake sleeping off of her as he pull out his sword and bared it before them. "St-Stay the hell away from me!" He barked.
"Y-Yo, Tatsumi... man, chill, I was only kidding..." Lubbock said in a non-intimidated, but truthful, voice.
"N-No, you don't understand! I've been through this before!" Leone's furry ears perked up at this. "What did you just say?" She shook her head in disbelief. "Bakayaro."
"Shut the hell up! I'm not joking!" Suddenly, Najenda and the rest of the group appeared from inside the doorway.
"Tatsumi, please calm down.." Najenda wanted to move close to place an artificially comforting hand on his shoulder, but the sword was pointed to her. "Don't come near me!"
Tears began to run down his face. "What's wrong with you, Tatsumi?" Mein asked.
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you, flatty?!" Mein shook her head at the empty insult.
"I've been here before..." Tatsumi's sword clattered as it hit the ground, and he slowly pushed himself against a wall, and slid down, placing his face in his knees, arms wrapped around his head. "This is all wrong, all-hic-wrong..."
"Tatsumi, explain yourself." A authoritative voice spoke from a commanding Najenda.
"I woke up to Lubbock screaming, the same lines, the same way, with the-hic-same body motions, twice... All the same tone, the same... everything!" Tatsumi stood up. "I don't know what's real or fake right now!"
Meanwhile, location disclosed, an esoteric group begins their hunt.
"Ne, Yotsuba-kun~" A blue-haired loli chirped at him. Upon no response, she sighed. "Do you always have to be so gloomy, Yotsuba-ku~n~?" She emphasized his name for greater effect, but no response came yet again.
The room was pitch black, the specific room was in a mountainside right below the snowier region. Yotsuba looked out a window, grunting in annoyance and pain as his concentration was broken, making a few small droplets of blood trickle down his left eye.
"Leave, Fuuka. I'm concentrating." A low growl came from the white-haired man. He looked to be about 22 or 24 years old, his tall, slender figure was dressed in a dark black tuxedo with a black office tie and dress shoes. His facial features made him look much like Run from the Jaegers, and light gray eyebrows compliment a five-o'clock shadow, along with paper-white hair. His right eye was a seasick blue, while his left eyeball was completely white. Iris, pupil and all-as white as his hair, in fact.
"I'm only curious as to what you could be doing, Yotsuba-kun~ Are you going against boss' orders again?" Came a barrage of suspicious phrases from a four-and-a-half foot tall, blue-haired loli. Comparing, her hair was slightly longer than Kurome's, bangs resting at the upper part of her breasts. Light blue eyebrows and stunningly ice-blue eyes adorned a petite figure dressed in blue and pink, wearing a pink cap that an Italian artist would stereotypically wear.
"Not at all. You know what happened when Kiyerou did that." Came a stern voice, returning a bubbly, curious and joyous stare with a cold, relentless glare.
She giggled playfully. "Eeyup, he got slowly tortured and slaughtered by countless people!~" Yotsuba rolled his eyes at this.
"Do you always have to be so straightforward, you moron?"
"Of course not, Yo-tsu-ba-kun~ After all, every mission may very well be out last, so it's best to have fun with everything while you have it, you know?~"
He rubbed his temples. "Well, I guess play time is over. I should stop testing this kid. I already broke him with the first loop."
"A~h~, Yotsuba-kun is scared of Night Raid's Tatsumi!~"
Pink cap met cold fist as a comical mound formed on her head, followed thereafter with whimpering and streams of comical tears.
And that's why the chapter was moving so fast! If you didn't understand what I just said, read the whole chapter again. :P Plot twists, progressions, motives unfold and plans are set in motion!