A/N: Sorry for the very late update. Been very busy in school. But now, it's vacation so I'll have time updating this fan fiction. Thanks for the reviews and please keep on reviewing! :D

Here it goes!

Saturday morning, Tsurara was about to open the shoji screen from her room but stopped.

'I can't face Rikuo-sama after what had happened last night!' Snapped out her mind.

FLASHBACK:

"I love you."

Tsurara looked up at the sakura tree and at that moment her heart stopped beating. There standing was the bewildered Rikuo Nura. His crimson eyes were in shock.

"Tsurara…" Rikuo uttered in a deep, husky voice.

"W-waka!" Tsurara shakily gasped, covering her mouth by the sleeves of her kimono. Her heart started pumping hysterically and despite being the yuki-onna, she felt hot. She stepped backward and ran panicky to her room and shut the shoji screen leaving her beloved master behind who didn't uttered any single word other than her name.

~end of flashback~

Tsurara shook her head. "It's still early. I'll just help prepare breakfast and after that I'm out!"

She opened the shoji screen a bit and popped out her head looking from left to right.

'All clear…'

She then opened the shoji screen wide and closed it. She left the room and headed towards the kitchen. She was out of space that made her surprise to see Wakana Nura chopping ingredients for their breakfast. She made Wakana worried since its usual for them to prepare breakfast together with Kejoro.

"Tsurara, is something wrong?" Wakana asked worriedly.

"N-nothing Wakana-sama!" Tsurara replied right away.

"Ohayou." Just-woken-up Kejoro greeted them behind her.

"Ahhh!" Tsurara was taken aback and looked somewhat scared. Her soul almost parted from her.

"Tsurara what's the matter with you?" Kejoro asked curiously with her hands on her hips.

"I-I don't have a problem at all! Ahahaha… Come on, let's cook breakfast. Haha… Haha.." Tsurara headed towards the chop board.

Kejoro pondered, 'There's something wrong for sure. Could it be?...' She smiled oddly.

The phone suddenly rang.

"Oh, who could it be?" Wakana wondered.

She stopped on what she was doing for a moment and exited the kitchen.

"Care to share what's bothering you Tsurara?" Kejoro asked while putting spices on the boiling water.

"There's no one bothering me Kejoro." Tsurara replied calmly, not noticing her small sudden slip.

But Kejoro noticed it, "No one? So it's-a-who?" She asked teasingly.

Tsurara's heart began to pound. "W-what are you saying? Ehehehe…"

"Hmmmm?" Kejoro eyed her suspiciously. "Is it, Rikuo-sama?"

Tsurara blushed so hard that she chopped the ingredients so fast and about 10 seconds, she's done. She was panting deeply.

"Just as I thought. Did you do something reckless than what that human girl did?" Kejoro asked her with a grin.

"T-that's not it!" She denied.

'Can you even call it being reckless? The truth is, it was just an accident!' Snapped her mind.

'You can't even call it a… confession.'

Wakana suddenly entered the kitchen.

"Let's move faster. I already woke Rikuo up."

Tsurara sweatdropped. "M-my duty is finished! I-I'm going!" After that, she ran away from the kitchen.

"Tsurara-chan?" Wakana wondered worriedly.

Kejoro just smiled.

'Must escape the mansion. Must escape the mansion…' Tsurara thought over and over again while walking in the corridors of the mansion.

Tsurara stopped on her traces upon seeing Rikuo showering Kappa with a bucket of water in the pond. She stepped back and made a robotic turn.

"Yuki-onna!" Aotabou called out as she turned. He was with Kurotabou.

"Ohayou." Kurotabou greeted her.

"O-ha-you." Tsurara greeted them as she leaned against the wall while stepping sideways and then ran away.

"She sure is weird today." Aotabou said with a questionable look.

Kurotabou only nodded as a response.

Tsurara didn't know where to go when her stomach growled.

'I'm hungry but, I know I just can't eat in front of master. It'll be too embarrassing!'

Somehow, Tsurara headed the dining room. There, were Kubinashi who was having a conversation with Nurarihyon who was drinking tea. The foods were already served on the dining table.

'The foods are already served? They're fast. But I hope Kejoro and Wakana-sama don't hate me for leaving and letting them do the other works.' She thought guiltily. Her stomach growled once again.

Tsurara breathe deeply and went inside the dining area.

"Ohayou Kubinashi! Ohayou supreme commander!" She greeted them cheerfully but deep inside she was panicking.

"Ohayou." Kubinashi and Nurarihyon simply replied in duet.

Tsurara took some foods on the table. "I'll… I'll eat somewhere else. Ehehehe." After that, she exited the dining area.

Kubinashi's head floated towards the dining entrance eyeing Tsurara.

"Tsurara?" He wondered.

Tsurara went straightly to her room. "I'll just eat here then. Itadakimasu." She mumbled. She started to eat.

'I hope they don't think I'm weird today.'

"Yuki-onna acts weird today." Aotabou opened up a conversation while having breakfast with the Nura Clan, except Tsurara, in the dining area.

Rikuo paused eating.

Kejoro was secretly observing Rikuo and grinned.

"She sure is. She left the kitchen first and since then, I didn't saw her anymore. I wonder where she is. It's already breakfast." Wakana said.

"She took some food awhile ago and she said she'll just eat somewhere else Wakana-sama." Kubinashi informed her.

"Where could have she been?" Kejoro said and then eyed Rikuo.

"Rikuo-sama?"

"Y-yes?" Rikuo stiffly replied.

"Did you by any chance, talk to Tsurara today?" She asked slowly.

"No. I haven't seen her this morning." He continued to eat his breakfast.

Kejoro's grin broadens. "Do you think something happened, waka?"

Rikuo blushed and quickly lowered his head to hide his now, red cheeks. But Kejoro still noticed it.

"W-why are you asking me? I'm finished. I'll put my plate in the sink." He excused and left the dining room.

Kejoro giggled devilishly as if she had just an eureka moment.

"H-hey, Kino." Kubinashi whispered on her.

The attention was then drawn to Kejoro.

'Seriously, where's Tsurara?' Rikuo pondered as he was heading towards the kitchen. He was thankful enough to eat all his breakfast so he could be able to avoid what the conversation will be leading next.

I love you

Those three simple yet meaningful words that Tsurara uttered rang inside his head. He blushed. He might not be in his human form last night but still, he and Night Rikuo are still one after all. 'Though the fact it's weird that he completely remembered what happened last night specially on Tsurara's accidental confession when before, he hardly remembers what happened the night he was in his yokai form.

'Tsurara…'

When Tsurara finished eating her breakfast, she went to the kitchen and decided to wash her own dish. While washing the dishes, footsteps were heard towards the kitchen. Tsurara panicked and hid under the table.

Those footsteps were no other than Rikuo's. Tsurara's heart beat hysterically the way it beats last night.

'I-it's Rikuo-sama…'

Rikuo put his dishes on the sink then he noticed that someone left the dishes in the middle of washing it.

'Could it be Tsurara?'

"Tsurara…" Rikuo uttered.

Tsurara who was still under the table was shocked upon hearing her master uttering her name. She crawled towards the exit of the kitchen. 'Must escape, must escape…'

When she stood up and about to run, Rikuo heard screeching sound behind him and when he turned around, he saw Tsurara making her escape.

"Tsurara!" Rikuo called her up.

Tsurara stopped, gulped and then ran.

"H-hey, wait!" Rikuo ran after Tsurara.

Tsurara ran outside the mansion, away from Rikuo.

"Yuki-onna?" Natto-Kozo, who was sweeping on the ground, wondered by the sudden running-away-from-the-mansion drama of Tsurara.

Rikuo who was panting tiredly stopped in front of Natto-Kozo. "Where did Tsurara go?"

"She ran away waka. I'm not sure what diection she went." Natto-Kozo told him.

Rikou didn't respond. Instead, he ran trying to catch up with Tsurara.

"Where did she go?" He asked himself.

He went to places where Tsurara might possibly go including where she works part-time and also at the restaurant where yokais go. But still, Tsurara was nowhere to be found.

"Maybe I'll just leave her alone for awhile." He gave up and went back to the mansion.

It's getting dark when Tsurara went back to the mansion. She tiptoed on her way back to her room.

"Playing hide and seek, huh." A deep voice behind her suddenly spoke.

Tsurara's heart almost pumped out from her chest and sweatdropped.

Uh-oh…

Wait for couple of weeks for the next chapter guys. Please be patient and review! :D