Saving Soushi Chapter 3

*Sadly I do not own any of these amazing characters just the plot*

Previously- I really was a mess. One minute I am willing to do anything for and with Soushi, then I act like a school girl blushing uncontrollably. 'I can't back out now,' I thought to myself before closing my eyes and taking this moment in.-

It was well into the night by the time I started walking to the elevator to go back to sleep. After we had separated from the hug everyone explained what had happened to them so that we could piece everything together. I was sitting down in one of the many chairs in the room with Soushi standing behind me, his hand on my shoulder. I was dreading my turn to speak for I didn't want to bring up Soushi's near experience with death.

When my turn finally came I was still fretting but before I could start Soushi began to explain, no doubt noticing how I felt about it all. He started by talking about the small child, leading up to when I came in. His words were surprisingly starting to calm me even though they were explaining what I dreaded. He told every occurrence of that night leaving out the part between us in the grass.

When he was finished I looked up into the faces of all our friends and saw the worry in them. I gave them a reassuring smile, hoping that it was convincing. This night had been dreadful for all of us and after listening to everything that had happened I felt drained. I excused myself by saying that I was terribly exhausted which was partially true. In all honesty I just wanted to escape this and try to forget everything that happened tonight with sleep.

By the time I had reached the elevator and pushed the button leading to my floor I was breathing heavily and my hands were shaking. I leaned back on the elevator walls and pressed my hot cheek against the cooling wall. My head was hurting as the thoughts of Soushi came crashing all around me.

My eyes were stinging with tears and all I wanted was Soushi to be here with me and tell me everything was alright. Tears were streaming down my face and I slid to the floor wrapping my arms around my knees. I let out another ragged breath trying to calm myself down but it didn't do much good.

I hurriedly wiped at my eyes trying to stop the never ending tears. My floor was the next stop and I needed to get myself together. I was still rubbing my eyes when I heard the familiar ding of the elevator letting me know I was on my floor. I started to rise when the doors opened and someone was standing in the opening.

His beautiful, shining face started to turn into a look of worry at the sight of me. Soushi rushed into the elevator wrapping me in his warm arms and lifting me off the ground. My cheeks flared red with embarrassment. I didn't want Soushi to see me like this ever but when I looked into his gold and blue eyes all that faded. He didn't have a look of disgust at what I looked like but one of pure concern. I turned my face putting it against his shoulder trying once again to silence my tears.

He carried my like this all the way to my room and opened the door. He laid me gingerly on my bed and left to get a box of tissues off the table. I gladly took the tissues trying once again to dry my face, the tears were surprisingly starting to stop.

"Ririchiyo-sama, is there anything I can do to help you? I've never seen you like this before," Soushi questioned with his brows furrowed.

"Can you…,"I paused embarrassed at what I was asking. I took a deep breath and started again, "Can you stay here with me tonight?" My face was hot and I quickly looked away from Soushi's face not wanting him to see how flustered I was about this situation.

I heard him chuckle then felt his gentle hands on my chin, lifting my face up to meet his. He had a look of amusement on his face which made me blush even harder. All of a sudden his look changed to one of seriousness as he slowly brought his face closer to mine.

"Of course I will stay with you Ririchiyo-sama. I would do anything for you, you should know that by now," Soushi said with his face so close now that our noses touched. His eyes had darkened and his breaths were ragged. When our lips finally met it felt like a weight was being lifted off of my chest.

Having Soushi here with me made me feel as if everything that had happened was all a bad dream. That all I needed and would ever need in this world was him and it was too much to handle. I lifted my hands up his back entangling my fingers in his hair. All I wanted was to drown in this moment and bring Soushi with me so that we could both forget and move on from what had happened.

Soushi broke away from the kiss first and gave me a questioning look. I pulled Soushi down on the bed next to me and curled up next to him. I laid my head against his chest when I felt him let out a deep breath.

"I was worried there for a second," Soushi said. He sounded slightly disappointed.

"Hmm?" I murmured as I turned my body so that I could see his face.

"I don't know if I'll be able to stop myself next time," he replied as casually as you would say the time of day, "you have no idea what you do to me."

He placed a soft kiss on my forehead before closing his eyes to go to sleep. I mulled over this as I slowly drifted off to sleep.

Author's Note: Okay there is another chapter and I hope you guys liked it. I'm trying to stick with this story and keep updating for all of you but it is getting kinda hard right now. Thankfully my school gets out next Thursday which means I'll have more time to write for all of you! I know I started to bring in a little more M rated things but I really don't know if its too early or if I should wait a little longer. It would really help if you guys could comment and let me know what you think and let me know what else you want to happen. Thank you for reading!

-Haybell