Hi again! Sorry it's kind of late, i was busy with my exams, thank you for waiting :D

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oXo Akino oXo : hahahaha i'm glad that you like it ;). well, Saru's thoughts will be told in this chapter. Yes, I know Saru's a bit OOC :( but i'll try to minimize it :D and i'm extremely happy that you like Akane tehehehe. Oh and thank you soooooo muuuchhh that you always give me review in every chapter, you know i love you so much :'):') and i hope you keep reading and liking this ff :):):)

Mirei-chan: -_- you know, when i read it my heart stopped for about a second but then i continued and i felt extreeeemelyyyyy relieeeeeveeed and happyyyyy! thank you soooo much for reading, liking and reviewing this ff! AkanexReishi will come in the next chapter, hopefully ;) yes, it happened after Tatara and Mikoto's death :( Well, about Akane she's very friendly and easily gets along with everyone and about red clansmen know her it wasn't because they had known her, they were just being friendly because Akane wasn't like the other blues who despise homra. And i forgot to mention that Akane told Misaki her name and to call her Akane too, so the red clansmen was told by misaki to call her Akane. Sorry i forgot...:D thank you very much, mirei-chan i hope you keep reading and liking this ff :):):)

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NIGHT

Akane was sitting alone at Scepter4's cafeteria. Staring at two tuna sandwiches in front of her blankly as she tapped her index finger continuously. It was already 8 p.m. and she didn't sense any living humans around her. The last people she saw were Saru and Karol and it was about 1.5 hours ago, when he delivered her to her room and brought Karol along with him to the strain section, leaving the red head alone with a bag full of dynamites.

Akane sighed in exasperation. She moved her sandwiches away, folded her arms and rested it on the table as she laid her head down onto it.

She remembered that Saru was going to visit her to get the sport bag.

She sighed again heavily, feeling exhausted, painful, and empty at the same time. Her first task maybe wasn't that difficult, it was rather easy. But her lack of exercise stiffened her body that she couldn't even….

Oh wait, it was because of that fall.

She already felt the pain in her bottom and back and greatly, Saru then added the pain by falling on top of her. And now her stomach was aching as well.

Despite that feeling when he was on top of her…

Akane growled, cursing herself for remembering how nice he smelled. The scent of man's shampoo that she loved, the classic scent. And Saru had that scent on him.

Great.

Now her mind was full of him.

'Great job, Fushimi Saruhiko.'

Saru knocked the door twice. He was in front of Akane's room and he had been there since about 10 minutes ago.

He promised her to get the dynamites so there he was, standing like an idiot in front of her room wearing his navy blue night shirt. He had once thought about leaving the dynamites with her, but he just couldn't trust her yet. She might turn them on and bombed Scepter4 HQ, either accidentally or intentionally. Saru picked accidentally, seeing how clumsy she was when she slipped her feet and fell right on her bum.

Yeah, she might be that clumsy.

After waiting for about 2 minutes, he knocked the door again but there was still no answer. Saru clicked his tongue and decided to leave, taking the consequence that she might use the dynamites. He didn't care anymore, he only cared about how hard his stomach had growled and how painful it was. He hadn't eaten anything since morning, he just didn't have the time for it because Seri had been giving him a lot of works since yesterday and it seemed that she didn't consider his condition. Not even once.

His stomach growled again.

And now he was thinking about having a good tuna sandwich for his furious stomach.

Saru walked toward the cafeteria. He walked through an empty and tranquil corridor by himself. He only could hear his own footsteps and the sound of drizzle. Yes, it was drizzling outside and quite chilly. With only one layer of clothing, Saru tried to keep himself warm by wrapping his arms around his body.

His stomach growled again.

He really needed that damn sandwich right now.

Suddenly, Saru felt a hand grabbed his shoulder. He turned his head around and caught Hidaka Akira standing behind him with his night shirt on. He frowned.

"Fushimi-san, what are you doing at time like this in this corridor?" He removed his hand from Saru's shoulder.

"Nothing in particular."

"Could it be that you're hungry, Fushimi-san? Didn't you eat when you were with Akane-chan?"

"I-it's none of your busi–"

Saru's stomach growled again, louder than before.

Akira chuckled lightly. "Well, can I join you, Fushimi-san? I'm kind of hungry." He scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

Fushimi twitched. "Yes you can." He then continued to walk toward the cafeteria, Akira followed.

When they had arrived at the front door of the cafeteria, Akira opened the door for them. Suddenly, his movement was stopped after he saw what was inside. Curious, Saru peeked.

Their eyes widened.

There was Akane, sleeping helplessly with a plate of two sandwiches beside her right arm. She was facing her left side so they couldn't see her face, they only saw her untied curly crimson hair that fell messily on her back.

Saru snorted. There she was.

He then walked passing Akira toward the clumsy sleeping beauty. He sat down across her and observed what was in front of him.

A red-headed girl.

A key.

Two untouched tuna sandwiches.

Tuna sandwiches.

Saru grabbed one of it, the red head certainly wouldn't mind. Without thinking any further, he devoured it like a starving monster.

Akira who was still stunned after seeing his new comrade sleeping clumsily at the cafeteria, started to walk toward Saru and sat beside him absentmindedly. He stared intently at the girl before him as he folded his arms and placed it onto the table. "Why is she here?" he asked his hungry comrade.

Saru didn't answer. He kept munching her tuna sandwich as he observed Akane. She was sleeping like a hibernating squirrel, so deep that Saru's finger-snap didn't wake her up. He took another bite of her sandwich.

"Should we wake her up?"

Saru twitched. This noisy guy really couldn't let his comrade eat peacefully huh?!

"No need. Just let her sleep here." Saru stood up abruptly and walked toward the nearest dispenser to get a glass of warm water. He had already finished her sandwich and after he finished his drink, he planned on getting back to his room. Seriously leaving the red head in this freezing cafeteria and dynamites in her room.

"Don't be such a meanie, Fushimi-san. She's a girl," Akira put his chin on palm as he stared at Akane. "a cute one."

Saru twitched again.

"Well, have you finished, Fushimi-san?" Akira stood up and walked around the table to go to Akane's side. Saru frowned at his movement. "Yes." Saru took another sip of his drink, eyes never left Akira.

"Good then, let's go!" Akira stooped, arm about to wrap Akane's back while the other hold the back of her knee when Saru suddenly chocked. "What is it, Fushimi-san?" Akira unbent his body and looked at his comrade.

Saru wiped his mouth off. "What're you doing?" he raised a brow, trying to act as calm as he could.

"I'm going to carry her back to her room. Since you don't want to do it. And besides, that's her room's key so I can straightly place her on her bed." Akira shrugged, saying all of those things blatantly.

'so I can straightly place her on her bed.'

'Place her on her bed.'

'On her bed.'

'Her bed.'

"What?!" Saru twitched as he unconsciously raised his voice. He was absolutely not peeved.

NOT peeved.

"C-calm down, Fushimi-san…if you want to carry her back to her room, just say it…" Akira stuttered after seeing his comrade snapped at him and making him startled. That was his first time seeing Saru like that. Saru had always been a quiet person when he was with his comrades so Akira didn't know what is it like when Saru's angry.

And there he was, looking at Akira with wide opened eyes and brows curled downward. There was a slight frown on his lips and he looked like he was thinking about something.

Saru clicked his tongue. "No I don't want to." Saru looked away as he closed his eyes, still frowning.

Absolutely NOT because he was peeved.

Akira scratched the back of his head, feeling really confused of what to do. If he carried Akane back to her room, Saru might be furious at him, though he believed that Saru wouldn't admit it. Akira then glanced at the remaining tuna sandwich beside Akane. He got an idea.

"Fushimi-san, why don't you carry her back to her room? I haven't eaten anything yet so maybe I will finish her tuna sandwich first. Will you do it?"

Fushimi fell silent, he was thinking really hard. If he didn't do it, Akira would probably be the one who carried her to her room. And Saru himself wouldn't be feeling pleased either. But, carrying Medusa? You must be joking.

But seeing her being carried by another guy irked him more.

Wait, he was NOT peeved.

Saru clicked his tongue in desperation. He then walked toward Akira after throwing away the plastic glass he had been holding firmly. Uncertainty filled his head, but he got to do it.

For the sake of his damned feeling.

What?

"So?" Akira tilted his head to the side, really hoped that Saru would accept his offer.

So he wouldn't see his comrade be furious at him.

Saru clicked his tongue, still frowning. "Go get that sandwich," Saru grabbed the key on the table and proceeded to lift Akane.

Seeing his comrade accepted his offer and agreed with him, Akira felt extremely relieved. He then sighed and his body became more relaxed now. He looked at Saru with a smile on his face. His comrade was placing his hands on Akane, one under the back of her knees and another one on her back. He lifted the sleeping red head slowly and made her head rested against his collarbone. Saru's face was somehow calm and caring. There was a slight smile too.

A soft smile on Fushimi Saruhiko's face.

'A soft smile?!' Akira's brows twitched and then a small-satisfied smile appeared on his face slightly.

'Fushimi-san, you really can't hide your true feelings, can you?' Akira sighed again.

"What is it?" Saru turned his head to Akira after having a feeling that that guy was watching him.

"Nothing." Akira smiled innocently at him.

Saru stared at the guy before him blankly, then he walked toward the door and left Akira alone with Akane's sandwich.

"You…troublesome girl!" Saru cursed Akane under his breath. He was now placing the red headed girl on her bed slowly. He had already removed the bed cover with his hand while he was still carrying Akane. It was a hard time for him to do something with only one hand while carrying some weights.

And it made him lost his breath.

Saru clicked his tongue. He placed his left leg on her bed to keep his balance and support him while he was trying to place Akane as gentle as he could. He really didn't want the annoying medusa to wake up and snap him because he was in her room.

Akane's soft and puffy bed made him hard to keep his balance. He held his breath and placed Akane on her bed slowly, quietly, gently, calmly…

She moved.

"WHOA–" Saru–finally–lost his balance and fell onto the bed with Akane in his arms. Right before he landed on Akane, his right hand moved very quickly to her left side to support him, so he wouldn't land on Akane–again. But it was somehow too late that he ended up landing on Akane slightly and after that, he quickly pushed himself up a bit so his body wouldn't touch hers. Saru's eyes widened instantly and there were some pink shades on his cheeks as he stared at Akane, waiting for her response.

He stared at her nervously as he watched Akane frowned continuously because of discomfort. His left hand was kind of a little bit numb because it was still holding Akane's back. Why was he needed to experience something like this? With this medusa?!

Suddenly Akane's eyeballs moved and she opened her eyes slowly, making Saru panicked even more. She focused her visions and caught a glimpse of Saru's face. She frowned. "What?" she said with a hoarse voice. Saru froze.

She rubbed her eyes gently to wake her up and make her visions more focused.

Staring blankly at Akane as he felt chilliness around his neck.

Akane opened her eyes once more and now her eyes widened instantly after seeing what was in front of her.

"GYAAAAAAAA! PERVEEEERRRTTTT!" she pushed Saru's face roughly until he fell onto the ground, obviously hardly.

He made a loud sound as his bum landed.

So loud until it echoed.

Saru groaned in pain as he tried to get up. His back was extremely aching and both of his ears were so. Akane's high-pitched scream was sure the best in making people deaf.

"W-what's wrong with you?!" Saru turned his body around so now he was lying by his stomach, and he was still grunting and covering his ears.

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU! WHAT DID YOU DO?! WHAT WERE YOU DOING!?" Akane quickly grabbed the bed cover and covered her body and half of her face with it.

"What did I do?" Saru slowly lifted his body up to the sit position. Every move he made, he grunted in pain, and it continued until he sat facing the panicked red headed who was sitting up there on her bed while covering herself with the blue coloured bed cover. "What did I do? I moved you from the cafeteria to here! You were sleeping there clumsily!" Saru snapped her with the remaining energy inside him.

Akane went silent. Was he really did that? Well, talking about cafeteria, indeed she went there to grab some food but...did she fall asleep? Looking at the current situation where she somehow ended up on her bed with Saru on top of her, maybe he was right. Maybe Akane was indeed fallen asleep.

'Oh my god,' Akane covered her mouth with hands. She observed the guy on the floor who was rubbing his back and grunting as she tried to clear her mind. She felt really awful that she pushed him like that when he himself moved her from cafeteria to her room for her own good. She really must apologize for what she had done to him.

"Saru-kun…I'm sorry…" Akane pulled the bed cover until her nose in order to hide her flushed cheeks.

"Tch, whatever." Saru made a rough noise as he stood up slowly. "I'm leaving now." He took a large step toward the door, feeling really annoyed so he didn't even glance at her for the last time.

"A-ah, Thank you!" Akane pulled away the bed cover and raised her voice. After some seconds, she heard the door was closed and immediately threw herself to the fluffy bed. She tried to recall some of her cafeteria memory but it was blank, a big zero. What she remembered clearly was, she was having two tuna sandwiches–which was the last one–while thinking about the dynamites…

Oh yeah! The dynamites!

Well, Saru forgot to bring it. Guess that he was busy with his hurting buttocks and back that he forgot to bring it with him, though it was his main reason that he looked for her, right?

Akane chuckled at her own thoughts. She then proceeded to recall her memory again when suddenly, her last memory with Saru showed up on her mind.

He was on top of her.

There were only about 15 cm gaps between their faces.

And the most important thing was…

It happened on her bed.

Akane's face turned dark red as she remembered how hard his body was on her soft one. His shampoo scent was still on him and it danced gorgeously on her nose. His pale white skin matched perfectly with the navy blue colour that he wore. His sharp gaze locked her honey eyes to keep looking at his blue one. And the way his arms wrapped her was just too good to be true.

'WHAT?!'

Akane pulled the bed cover roughly until it hid her. Akane could feel her face became hotter than before and it was rather burning. She placed her palms on her cheeks to cool her face down, but it was useless. She shut her eyes firmly as she tried to shoo the memory away.

She became more relaxed after thinking about something that awoke her curiosity. She slowly slipped out of the bed cover as she opened her eyes. She threw a soft-blank gaze to the front as if she was spacing out. She then absentmindedly brush her crimson hair gently.

"What does he think about me, huh?" Without knowing it, she fell asleep again with heart bumping like crazy.

Saru walked stiffly through the tranquil hall. The outside was still drizzling so it was still quite chilly too. He pulled his arms and wrapped it around him to keep him warm. It was already 10.30 p.m. and he felt really tired that he would just throw himself to his bed without worrying that he forget to do something.

Ah yes, he forgot to bring the damned sport bag.

"Damn it!" Saru grunted and frowned in annoyance. His hug on himself tightened as he remembered that he must talk to that annoying medusa again tomorrow.

Talking about medusa, Saru remembered that he had landed on her twice this day, accidentally of course.

Saru recalled the memory of them in that bar. The fall was hurt. That fall might be the worst in his life–well, since he rarely falls. But it sure wasn't good for his elbows and knees.

Thank god those were only his knees and elbows and thank god that he landed on Akane.

Eh?

No, Saru didn't think it that way, though he must admit that she got a gorgeous body. It wasn't too chubby nor too skinny, it was perfect. She smelled nice too, a bit of sandalwood and jasmine scent, mild and soft scent. Scent that he loved the most.

She was cute too on the bed–He had secretly observed her features when he was on top of her earlier. She looked like a doll when she was asleep. Her long and think eyelashes stood out with the support of her pale white skin. Her natural pink coloured lips looked sexy and it somehow tempted him to press his lips against those. Thank god that Saru had a good self-control so he didn't do it, though he was really tempted. He too took a glance on her body and caught a good view. Her night-shirt was pulled down slightly and succeeded to reveal a bit of her bare chest and her perfectly shaped collarbone. When she stretched out, she showed her long neck that had the same mild scent. It seriously tempted Saru to brush his cold lips around it, but the situation held him to do so.

Saru slapped his head once.

'Why am I thinking about her?!' Saru grunted, both of his brows curled downward as he continued his walk toward his room. Sure his room was far away from Akane's. Reishi didn't want his guy underlings to mix with the girls, it would be really improper, wouldn't it?

Saru clenched his hands into fists as he felt his face became hot. His heart was bumping so hard that he somehow felt excited and tickled at the same time.

As if there were butterflies in his stomach.

'Damn it, Ryuji Akane!'

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