Chapter 6
*Amayas POV*
I woke up early and Ina had just left to go to class. I got ready and took off to see Shigure. I wanted to pick the manuscript before he decided to do anything funny. I got in my car and made my way to his house. There was no traffic so I got there pretty quickly. I parked my car and I got and started walking the path to go to Shigure's house. I arrived to his house and I knocked. It took a while but he finally made it to the door.
"Good Morning, Shigure" I said to him then I noticed he was only wearing a robe. "Did I wake you up? "He yawned and she scratched his eyes.
"Oh no not at all Ms. Amaya." He said as he continued lying. Damn liar. I looked him and rolled my eyes.
"Where are the manuscripts?" I asked him as he ran his hands through his hair.
"Please come in Ms. Amaya." He said and gestured for me to walk in. I followed him in.
"Just sit down for a moment Ms. Amaya, I need a coffee and then I'll print out the manuscripts for you." He said and I rolled my eyes. I walked in at sat in his office. I noticed a cushions lying around in the room. He came back in the room holding two coffee mugs.
"Here Ms. Amaya" he said and handed me a mug.
"Thank you Shigure." I said and took a sip. He brought his cup up to his lips and he sneezed and the coffee spilled all over him.
"Damn." He muttered. I looked up at him and I stood up.
"Are you alright? Did you burn yourself?" I said and he looked at me while holding his robe away from his body.
"I am alright, I will be right back." He set the printer to start printing and left the room. I picked up the pages and started to read was breathtakingly good. He is such a good writer.
"Is something wrong Ms. Amaya?" He asked me and I looked up and he was only wearing his pants. He was shirtless.
"Uhmm e everything is alright..." I stuttered. I could feel my cheeks turn red. Why is he shirtless. He walked up to me and and reached for my forehead and I could smell his cologne. It was intoxicating.
" your face is red Ms. Amaya. Do you have a fever?" He said. I quickly pulled my phone out of my pocket and pretended I had a call.
"Oh yes um excuse me Shigure I need to take this." I said and I ran outside and to the side of his house.
*poof*
I transformed. I ran behind his house and hid my clothes behind a bush. I try to calm myself down but I hears him calling out to me. He was getting closer and closer but he just saw a wolf.
"Oh look what we have hear, that wolf is back. Shoo get out of here..." He said and I just growled at him to stay away. He put his hands up in defense.
"Easy now." He said.
"This isn't good I need to find Ms. Amaya." I heard him mutter. I barked at him and pretended that I was going to pounce at him. He stepped back and walked around to the other side of the house and called out my name. I picked up my clothes and ran away from the house. I transformed back and as I was walking back to his house I tried and scraped my leg and it was bleeding pretty bad.
"Damn it. That's just what I need." I muttered.
"Ms. Amaya there you are. I was looking for you... Oh no what happened did that wolf go after you?" He said and rushed to me when he saw the blood running down my leg.
"Wolf? What wolf? I didn't see anything. I just tripped over a branch and scratched my leg. I will be fine. I guess I just bleed easily" I said and tried to to limp. It hurt pretty bad. I had little scrapes on my arm too.
"Please, come in. Let's get that clean up so it doesn't get infected and I hope that wolf doesn't return." He said and grabbed my hand and we walked back to his house. I had to take deep breaths to keep myself calm. He was holding my hand and it was warm and this was embarrassing. We got to the house and he had me sit down at the table.
"I'll be right back. I'll go grab the first aid kit." He said and he ran off. He found it pretty quickly and he started to clean the wound on my leg. He was so gentle with his touch. He bandaged my leg up and he looked at me and smiled.
"There you should be fine. I am no doctor but I think you will live." He said and chuckled. I laughed too.
"Are the pages ready Shigure?" I said and I rolled my pants down again to cover the bandage.
He nodded and he went back into his office and he grabbed the manuscript for me. He put it in a envelope and handed it to me.
"All the pages are there Ms. Amaya I assure you." I looked at him and squinted at him and he laughed at my reactions.
"Feel free to double check if you'd like." He said and sat next to me. I opened the envelope and checked and it looked like everything was there. I looked back him.
"Thank you Shigure and as I promise you. I will continue to work with you." I said and he smiled at me.
"That makes me really happy to hear Ms. Amaya." He said and he moved the part of my hair away from my face and he looked into my eyes. I looked up into his eyes and I could feel butterflies in my stomach... No no I can't be feeling this. He leaned in closer to me.
"Alright I should get going and drop this off the Mitchan. She will be thrilled to know that for once you've turned in something early." I said and I turned my head away from him.
"Alright Ms. Amaya." He sounded slightly down. I stood up and I immediately felt the pain in my leg and I was limping toward the door.
"Ms. Amaya let me help you to your car you're injured. It will be safer this way."
"I will be fine." I said and continued to limp.
"I will walk you, since there's a wolf prowling around the woods." He said and we started to walk back to my car.
"So Ms. Amaya for how long have you know ms. Kasai?" He asked as we walked.
"A long time. We've been friends since we were little." I said nonchalantly. I had to be careful being this close to him.
"I see..." He got quiet and we continued to walk.
"What do you like to do besides being my editor?" He asked and kicked some of the dry leaves on the ground. I looked up at him and he was just looking up at the trees.
" I like to turn in things on time... So please make sure you stick to the deadlines." I said and we finally arrived to my let out a sigh and he opened my car door for me.
"Please Ms. Amaya, tell me something about you. Something I don't know. I'd like to know more." He said in a soft voice.
"I don't know what you want me to say Shigure." I said and I got in my car and I was about to close the door but he held it open. And kneeled down and leaned in closer to me.
"Just tell me something that not a lot of people know about you?" He said almost whispering in my ear.I blushed a deep red. He was so close to me. I was getting those butterflies in my stomach again and I had to look away.
"I like singing, there happy" I said and he stepped leaned back and stood up. "Yes I am happy. I would like to hear you sing sometime." He said and I blushed again.
"Well maybe. I need to go I'll see you later Shigure." I said and I started the car and drove off to the office. I couldn't get him out of my head What is with this guy? Why does he make me feel like this? I just don't know what to do.I arrived to my office and I dropped off the manuscript to Mitchan and she looked surprised that I had more manuscript from Shigure.
"Ms. Amaya I am very impressed. Shigure has never handed his work in on time let alone early. How did you do it?" She asked me. She was smiling and she looked shocked.
"I threatened to stop working with him..." I said and she laughed I guess she thought I was lying. When I didn't say anything to dispute it she looked serious.
"Oh you're serious. I tried that but it never worked!" She said annoyed. Why would it work when I said it then? I ignored her comment and I walked back to my desk. My ankle was hurting, I am glad she didn't notice it. I sat and looked at my ankle and it was swollen.
"Great, I think I twisted my ankle." A few minutes went by and Mitchan called me back to her office.I walked back in there slowly as to hide my ankle being hurt.
"Yes Mitchan?"
"Ms. Amaya, Shigure called me to inform me that you hurt yourself when you were picking up the manuscript. Are you alright?" She asked out of concern.
"I am fine... I just tripped." I said while standing on one foot avoiding to put the weight of the other.
"Oh and here, is a bonus for getting all this manuscripts done." She said and handed me an envelope. I opened the envelope and there was a check with a large sum.
"I've never seen so many zeros..." I mumbled.
"Well you earned it dear, why don't you take the rest of the day off and relax your ankle." She said to me.
"Th... Thank you Mitchan... But I will finish working then I will leave." I said and I walked back to my desk. She followed me to my desk.
"Amaya I can see how swollen it is from her and I will never hear the end of it from Shigure if I let you stay with that ankle. Go home and rest. That's an order." She said defiantly.
"Alright Mitchan, I will go before Shigure himself shows up." I said and I grabbed my bag.
"Hello Mitchan, Ms. Amaya what are you still doing here?" Mitchan and I turned around.
"Speak of the devil." I said and I looked at Shigure walk in with an envelope.
"Mitchan I thought you said you were going to send her home?" Shigure asked and he bent over to look at my ankle.
"Oh it's swollen. Let's go to your house Ms. Amaya and I'll call Hari to come and look at it." He said concerned. Mitchan looked at me and smiled.
"What are you doing here Shigure?" I asked and he looked at me and Mitchan.
"After you left, I noticed a few pages weren't done printing so I hurried over here to make sure I submitted it all so you won't stop working with me." He said and handed the envelope to Mitchan. Mitchan took the envelope.
"Well Ms. Amaya your method really does seem to work." She mumbled and then she looked to Shigure.
"Thank you Shigure. Can I trust you to make sure Ms. Amaya gets home safely?"
"Yes Mitchan." He said and grabbed my bag. He helped me up and we left.
"I can drive if you don't mind. Ms. Amaya?" He said and I handed him my keys.
"How did you get here Shigure? I don't see your car." I said to him as he opened the door of my car.
"I took a cab here. Figure it would be easier that way if case I need to take you somewhere I could just use your car." He said and smiled at me. Every time I saw him smile I got butterflies in my stomach. I nodded and he helped me into the passenger side. He was being very careful to fully touch me or hold me, which was odd but I wasn't complaining. He got into the front and he started driving.
"Where to Ms. Amaya?" He asked me and I gave him the directions to my house. We made it to my house and he helped me out of the car and I opened the door. We walked in and he took off his shoes and helped me take mine. He then walked me to the couch and I sat down and he picked my leg up and elevated my ankle.
"I will go grab some ice and call Hatori." He said and went to the kitchen and I just grabbed a magazine on musical instruments. He quickly called him and I couldn't help but listen in.
"Yes Hari I know you don't but please just this once? It's my fault she got hurt in the first place...Thank you, Hari" I heard him say and he walked back to me and placed the ice on my ankle. He looked around the living room and he saw a light blanket and covered me with it.
"Shigure is a twisted ankle, not a fever." I said him while he finishes covering me.
"You might get cold because of the ice pack." He said and sat on the the other couch. I blushed and looked away.
"You really don't need to go to all this trouble." I said.
"Of course I do Ms. Amaya, you got hurt on my property it's only right that I take care of you."
"Don't worry, I am not going to sue you, Shigure" I said and looked at him and he looked concerned.
"Shigure it's not like my leg will fall off." He came up and he knelt down in front of me and looked at my leg and I blushed.
"I'm not worried about that, I'm worried about you Amaya." He said and he looked up at me.
I gave him a gentle smile.
"I will be fine okay." I said and he leaned in close to me.
*Knock Knock*
"Oh that must be Dr. Sohma." I said and I turned my head towards the door. Oh thank heavens. I thought he was going to kiss me. Shigure stood up and opened the door.
"I don't like house calls you should know that by now Shigure." Hatori said as he walked in.
"Oh Hari, you can be so cruel." Shigure said in response. Hatori rolled his eyes and he walked over to me.
"How did this happen?" He asked me as he inspected my ankle.
"I was walking back to Shigure house after I was on the phone and I tripped and twisted my ankle and scraped my leg." I said and he removed the bandage Shigure had put on. He inspected it more and he put some type of cream on my scrape.
"This will burn but it will keep it from getting infected." He said and I nodded. He grabbed a different cream now and he rubbed into my ankle. I winced at the pain but the cream was cool and once he stopped rubbing it on the swelling looked like it was going down.
"That cream will keep your swelling down and I can prescribe some medicine for the pain of you like." Hatori said to me.
" I guess that will be all I can do for you now Ms. Amaya." Hatori said and he stood up.
"Hari, would it be okay if you gave me a ride home?" Shigure asked Hatori in a begging manner that made me laugh. Hatori let out an annoyed sigh.
"Very well I will be waiting in the car." Hatori said and he nodded his head at me as a form of good bye and he went out the door. Shigure walked up to me.
"I really hope you feel better soon." He said and he smiled at me.
"Thank you, Shigure." I said and looked at him and he reached his hand to my cheek and leaned in and he kissed my forehead.
"Feel better Ms. Amaya." He said and walked out of my house. I felt as if I was about to transform but the pain my ankle was seemed to keep me from transforming.I put my hand up to my forehead. It felt warm and the blush came back to my cheeks. He kissed me...His lips felt so soft on my forehead... I started to smile like an idiot. I picked up my phone and texted Ina.
"Hey, Ina how's school?" She texted back immediately.
"Horrible and dull. Yuki and the others aren't here today. :-(" she texted me.
"I am sorry, they weren't at Shigure either. Btw I won't be able to come see you at work today. :-(" I replied. She texted back almost immediately.
"Why what's wrong?" She texted me.
"I twisted my ankle while I was at Shigure's house. He just left our house now, even Dr. Sohma came over and took a look at it."
"Well damn. Did the pervert try anything?" Before I could reply she texted me again.
"Tell me later I just got called into work early." She texted and I let out a sigh. I took the pain meds Hatori gave me and I started to feel a little drowsy.
"I am going to take a nap, see you later Ina." I texted her and I went to sleep.
*Inaris POV*
I walked to work and I noticed, this wasn't the first time I noticed mind you, that I kept thinking about Yuki and then sighing. I didn't see him at all today. I didn't see Tohru or Kyo either. I was disappointed. I had left the house early before school to go to the bookstore and I had gotten Yuki a book. It's called 'The Great Gatsby'. I thought he would enjoy it and I was really excited to give it to him but he never showed up.I went in to my changing room and got dressed and started my shift. Of course I kept messing up today at my job. Everywhere I turned I got an order wrong or something wrong. My head was so scattered today after not seeing Yuki and worrying over Maya.
"Hey Inari you alright?" My coworker Hina asked as she came over to me.
"Yeah just stressed I guess." I said quickly and I went back to work. I still kept sighing over and over.
"Ina, there's a gentleman that would like to see you at table 9." I heard my boss say. I was over to the table and it was an old creepy man who would come in just about everyday. He would flirt with me and I didn't like him at all.
"Hello Inari you are looking extra beautiful today." He peered at me and his lips formed upward into a perverted grin. This guy always creeped me out, but I had to be respectful or I would get demoted or worse and lose my job.
"Hello Mr. Sankotsu. Would you like your usual?" I asked him with my fake smile and fake preppy voice. His grin got broader.
"Yes Inari, that would be marvelous." He said and he showed his teeth as he smiled at me now. He was so disgusting. I nodded and I went and put his order in.I returned with the order and I placed it down on the table and the old man tried to grab my arm. When I heard a familiar voice
"Sir, please keep your hands to yourself." The old man and I both turned around and Yuki was standing there and he moved to stand protectively in front of me.
"What are you her boyfriend or something?" He asked. He was getting angry.
"Ms. Kasai. Are you alright? Yuki said and turned to me with a warm smile. He completely ignored him and he smiled at me. I blushed and smiled and I nodded back at him.
"Hey brat I was speaking to you!" Mr. Sankotsu yelled and he put his hand on Yukis turned around and looked at the Mr. Sankotsu. When my boss came out.
"Ms. Kasai is everything alright?" He asked and noticed Yuki standing between me and Mr. Sankotsu.
"Are you the manager?" Mr. Sankotsu said raising his voice.
"Yes may I help you?" My boss asked.
"This young man ruined my meal!" He yelled.
"No Mr. Momotaro, Mr. Sohma here was just keeping Mr. Sankotsu from grabbing me inappropriately." I said coming to Yukis defense. My boss looked at Mr. Sankotsu.
" Sir, you are aware we have a no touch policy, if you can't follow that rule I am afraid but you will have leave." My boss and went back to work while Mr. Sankotsu glared at me and Yuki. Mr. Sankotsu looked angrily at Yuki.
"You son of a bitch!" He yelled and he raised his fist prepared to quickly grabbed the man's fist in mid air and and squeezed.
"That's enough" I said and I escorted Mr. Sankotsu to the exit door with Yuki. He yelled angrily and my boss ended up calling the cops. I let out a sigh as I sat down in one of the booths.
"Inari why don't you take the rest of the night off?" My boss said as he came up to me and I nodded. Hina ran up to me now.
"Inari do you want anything?" She asked me and I nodded.
"Yeah just some of that bubble tea would be great Hina." I said and she nodded. Yuki sat across from me in the booth.
"I grabbed one for you too."Hina said while she looked and Yuki and winked at him. He just looked confused and looked back at me.
"Thank you." He said. "Ms. Kasai would like me to walk you home?" He asked as Hina walked away.
"Yes please." I said as I laid my head down in defeat on the table.
"It's been a long ass day." I mumbled. He petted my head. I looked up at him and he smiled at him.I blushed and finished my tea quickly.
"I just need to change really quick." I said and then I ran in the back to change. I came out through the back door and Yuki was standing there waiting for me.
"Shall we go Ms. Kasai?" He said and smiled. I nodded and we started to walk towards my house.I had to ask him.
"Yuki where were you today? You and Kyo and Tohru didn't show up to school." I said in a worried tone. Truth is I was worried. He looked at me.
"We went to visit the Sohma's main house." He said but didn't seem happy about made the atmosphere between us really awkward.
"I see is everything alright?" I asked him out of concern.
"Yes, everything's fine. Did I miss anything at school today?"
"Well we had that test in Lit and your fangirls were just heartbroken without you there." I said trying to joke with him and I saw the look on his face and I started laughing.
"Oh the test, I will have to contact our professor about it." He said "I wish those girls would just quit." He mumbled under his breath. And I looked up at him and I remembered the book I had gotten him.
"Oh shit I almost forgot." I started going through my bag and I got the book out for him.
"This is for you." I said and I handed him the looked at it .
"Oh the Great Gatsby, thank you Ms. Kasai , I've always wanted to read it." He looked at me and smiled.
"I remember you talking about it and I wanted to get it for you." I said and I blushed and looked down at my walked in front of me and stopped.
"Thank you again Ms. Kasai, I really appreciate it. I look forward to reading it." He said and I looked up at him.I blushed again and I smiled.
"You're welcome Yuki." I said to him and we continued walking and arrived at my house. I turned around and started getting my keys out and I turned to face him.
"Yuki thank you so much again."
"Yes, no problem. I am sorry about earlier, but I didn't like how the man was looking at you. I just had to stop him. I am sorry if that causes any trouble to you." He said.
"No it's fine that customer has been pestering me for awhile. It was like you were my knight in shining armor." I joked and laughed nervously.
"Sorry that was stupid forget I said anything." I said and I looked down at the ground.
"There your cheeks are red again, it looks cute" he said with a smile and I could feel myself melt. "I wouldn't mind being a knight." He said. I blushed more and I looked away and laughed a little.
"Kami Yuki you're a dork." I joked and I playfully punched him in the arm.
He then placed his hands on my shoulders and looked at me and tilted his head to the side and laughed too. I looked up into his eyes and I practically froze.
"Yuki.." I mumbled.
"Yes, Ms. Kasai" he said and moved his hands.I looked down at my feet and backed away and my face felt like it was on fire. I felt like I was gonna transform.
"Well um thank you again." I stuttered out and I unlocked the front door. I turned back around and faced him.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow in class?" I asked him."Yes, I will see you tomorrow. Ms. Kasai. Have a great evening." He said and left. I watched him walk away and I let out a sigh a little disappointed and I don't know why. I really thought he was gonna kiss me. I don't know why I thought he was. I don't know why I want him too. I let out another sigh as I turned the key.
I walked in and found Amaya laying on the couch with the TV on.
"Hey how's your ankle?" I asked her and I set my things down.
"It feels better but it hurts... You won't believe what happened today?" She said and tried to sit up a little.
"Tell me all about it." I said as I sat down next to her.
"I got to Shigure's early today and I woke him up, he then made coffee and spilled some on him so he left the room and when he came back I had no shirt on and I couldn't help but notice how nice he looked. My cheeks turned red and he approached and thought I had I have a fever. And I pretended to have a phone call and stepped outside and I transformed."
"Well that's...eventful. How did you get hurt though you never told me." I asked her.
"Well after I transformed back I was walking back to Shigure's house when I tripped over a tree root and twisted my ankle and scraped my leg."
"Oh." I said and I sat back. "Remember that pervert that kept visiting me at my work?"
"Yes, I remember, then Shigure should up at the office and brought me home and called Hatori to come take a look at my ankle then Shigure kissed my forehead..." She said she was blushing.
"Holy crap! Wait you didn't transform when he kissed you?" I asked surprised.
"I didn't... I think the pain in my ankle kept me from transforming. Oh and I got a bonus from Mitchan."
"Well that's good. But Maya you know what this means right?"
"What means what?" She looked confused as if she was daydreaming about Shigure kiss
"Maybe we can kiss people and we not transform!" I said excitedly.
"Well he didn't kiss my lips, maybe the lips would be different."I pouted.
"You ruin all my fun..." I mumbled.
"Haha, why were you planning on kissing someone?" She said and immediately came to my mind and I blushed.
*poof*
"What is it Ina? What made you transform." I put my head down.
"I thought about Yuki..." I mumbled lowly.
"Its seems to me that he likes you... I noticed that he seems worried about you when he saw us at the doctors office." I said to her. I felt my cheeks grow warmer.
"I doubt it he just sees me as a friend. Shigure obviously likes you." I said.
"Well, Shigure is a flirt so I don't trust his actions very much... Plus I work with him... He knows what would happen if there was something between us." She said and looked disappointed. Amayas cellphone started to ring. She picked it up and checked the caller ID and it was Shigure.
"Are you going to answer it?" I asked her. She nodded and picked it up.
"Hello, Shigure" she said and smiled instantly when she heard his voice on the other side of the phone. I could hear him talk too.
"I will have the next set of manuscripts done in the morning. How are you feeling?" He asked her.
"I am feeling a lot better, and that's great, but your other manuscripts aren't due for another two weeks, Shigure." She said.
"I know but I wanted to have them ready for you so you can stay home and relax." I heard him say.
"Aww!" I said loudly and I put my paw over my mouth. There was no doubt he heard me.
"That's really nice of you Shigure. I really appreciate that but don't worry about I will be able to pick it up in a few days." She said and I could hear shigure
"I just wanted to call you and make sure you were doing alright, do you need anything? I could swing by tomorrow." He offered and I transformed back and I took the phone out of her hands and jumped off the couch.
"Hey Shigure it's Inari, I'm really worried about Maya being here alone, can you just stay here with her for a few hours?" I asked him sweetly. I wanted to mess with her so bad. She looked at me and her eyes were huge. Her face turned red. I put the phone on speaker.
"Oh Ms. Inari yes I can come, that's no trouble at all." I covered my mouth to keep myself from laughing.
"Okay sweet thank you Shigure." I said and I handed the phone back to Shigure.
"Shigure I gotta go now." And she hung up the phone. She glared at me and I was trying not to laugh.
"Ina, what was that?" she exclaimed.
"That was me playing matchmaker! You so have it for him and you know it." I said as I winked and then I went and put my clothes back on.
"Yes, but what's the point if I can't touch or hug him... What if he hugs me and I transform? Did you think of that?" She shouted from the living room.
"You rarely ever transform because of people accidentally hugging you. You'll be fine." I yelled back and I came in and sat with her.
"Remember I bumped into that mailman and I transformed...ugh." She said and stood up and nearly fell over.
"This damn and and this damn curse. I am hungry." She said while she limped toward the refrigerator.
"Sit back down I'll make something for you to eat." I said and I walked her back to the couch. My phone on the couch started ringing.
"Maya can you check that?"
"Yes sure...Hello.. Not this is Amaya. Oh hi Yuki, how are you?"
"What?" I dropped what I was doing and I tried to get the phone from her hand. She tried to move around but she couldn't because of her ankle.
"I just wanted to make sure Ms. Kasai was alright she seemed upset when I left." I heard Yuki said and I still couldn't reach the phone.
"Oh she is fine trust me, by the way Yuki, how would like to come over and study with Ina?"
"What!? Maya no!" I voiced.
"Well do you mean right now?" I heard him ask.
"Yes, sure you can" we both could hear Shigure in the background saying that he would come over with Yuki. I finally got the phone from her and hung up without so much as a word.
"What the hell Maya!?" I yelled and she just laughed the entire time.
"Do you think they will come over?" I put my hands up to my cheeks.
"Oh I hope not." I mumbled. Amaya check her phone and she had a text from Shigure.
"On our way, we are bringing food. Hope you like it." She read it out loud.
"Dammit! Well atleast I won't be alone.." I mumbled and I started to put the food away that I made.
"Well we need to something about the fur lying around." She said and started to laugh
"You're funny." I said and I let out a sigh.
"I'm taking a shower then. It will be awhile before they get here." I said and I walked into the bathroom.
"Alright, I am going try to vaccuum real quick, and change too." I got into the shower and I let out a sigh. How was I going to do this? I thought I would have a little break to cool down before I saw him again.A half hour went by and I was ready and I was working on my homework when heard knocks on the door coming from the front door. I let out a sigh and I got up and opened the door.
"Oh Girls I brought wine!" Shigure said happily as he walked passed me over to Maya.
"Is he always like this?" I asked Yuki.
"Yes... Worse now since he had met Ms. Okami." Yuki answered and walked in.
"Oh Yuki, you are so mean to me!" Shigure said and he giggled. He turned to Maya and he gave her the puppy dog eyes.
"How are you feeling?" He asked her. I had to keep myself from laughing.
"I am doing well. The pain meds Hatori gave me earlier really helped." She said. Then Yuki walked over to her.
"Oh Ms. Okami what happened to your ankle?" He asked then glared at shigure. I walked up to him.
"She tripped while over at your house earlier." I said to him and he nodded.
"No doubt it was because you were giving her trouble." Yuki said and I started laughing.
"Oh Yuki you are so cruel. How could you think me to be so reckless?" Shigure said and Amaya laughed.
"Anyways Ms. Kasai could you show me the notes that I missed today?"
"Oh um yeah they are in my room." I said and I walked into my room and I looked frantically for my notes.
"Dammit where did I put them?" I said as I looked for the notes.
"I can help you find them if you'd like" Yuki said while he was standing behind me.
"Oh um yeah, they would be in a purple notebook." I said and I kept looking.
"Is this it?" He said and I turned around, the notebook was on his hand but he was looking at the pictures on my parents.
"Is this your mom and dad?" Yuki said and sat on my bed.I stood up.
"Yes and yes." I took the notebook and I opened to the notes from today.
"You've never told me what happened to your parents Ms. Kasai?"I looked down.
"They um died a long time ago." I said dejected.
"I am sorry to hear that." Yuki said. He said and walked over to the desk where I was sitting
"It's alright. Like I said it was a long time ago." It's always been a difficult subject for me to talk about and I had to fight back tears.
"These are the notes." I nodded and flipped through the pages of my notebook.
"Thank you Ms. Kasai." Yuki said to me.
"No problem. You would do the same for me right?" I asked him and I felt sad still."Of course I would." He smiled I faked a smile and I looked down at the books. I could still feel my eyes watering up.
"Um the stuff that's underlined is the stuff we will be quizzed on tomorrow." Yuki kneeled down and moved my hair from face and turned my face to him. He gently wipes the tears that were about to fall from my eyes.
"Do you want to walk about it?" I backed up.
"I'm sorry I didn't even realize I was crying." I said quickly and I wiped my face.
"It's okay. Ms. Kasai... You can talk to me." I looked down and I didn't care if I cried now.
"When I was five I was home and Amaya was there and.." I let more tears fall. "My parents were murdered right in front of us."
"I am so sorry to hear that Ms. Kasai."
"After they were murdered there was a landslide. Amaya and I got caught and we were in the hospital for while. Amaya was in a coma." I said and the tears just kept falling. "She used her body to shield me from the debris but we both a hurt pretty bad and lost a lot of blood. We got blood transfusions. Amaya's family took me in as their on and amaya and I have been pretty much sisters." Every time I think about this it's like I relive it all over again. I feel all alone again. I put my arms around my body to hug myself and I put his hands around my shoulders and made sure that was distance between us and he tried to comfort me.I hate this damn curse. There was nothing more that I wanted than a hug right now.I turned my body. I hated having people seeing me cry.
"Can we not talk about this anymore? I don't know if I can take it." I said but my voice was shaking.
"I am sorry I asked you about it. Would like me to go get Ms. Okami for you?"
"No I'll be fine." I still had tears falling when I looked up at him. He just sat there looking at me, he looked really sad, it seemed that he didn't want to hug me either.I was thankful he didn't want to hug me it also made me sad. I wish I knew what his feelings were. I let out a sigh and I dried my got up and went to the kitchen and returned with water for me. I nodded my thanks and I drank it.
"I'm sorry about that Yu-" I stopped as he leaned closer to me. His hands dried my tears again and he brushed the hair from my face.
"Yuki, we should head back now, it's getting late" we heard Shigure call out from the living room I looked down at my feet and stood up.
"You can take my notebook with you and just give it to me in the morning." I said as I looked up into his eyes and I had a soft and sad smile on my face.
"Thank you Again." He leaned in and kissed my forehead. I could feel myself want to transform but I held my breath trying to slow it down.I could feel the blush still coming to my face but I nodded.
"I'll...I'll see you to-tomorrow." I stuttered out and he nodded and left my room. I put my hand to my chest to calm my racing heart.
-Meanwhile with Shigure and Amaya-
*Amayas POV*
I watched as Yuki followed Inari into her room. I wanted to get up and make sure she would would be alright but I couldn't move. I was just worried. I knew Yuki liked her there was no doubt in my mind but I was worried about her sat on the other couch and place the food he brought on the coffee table.
"I hope you like it" he says and opens us the containers.
"Yumm it smells wonderful. Thank you Shigure" I said and I turned around and put my feet down so I could grab some. He quickly got up.
"No no Ms. Amaya you must keep you feet up." He said as he lifted my legs and places them again on the pillows.
"Shigure I twisted my ankle, I didn't break it." I said to him. He looked at me and gave me a sad puppy look. I laughed at it.
"I will feed you so you don't have to move okay." He said kneeled in front of me.I blushed.
"Shigure this isn't nec-"
"Of course it is! You got hurt because of me, a princess needs to be treated like one." He said as he smiled at me. I laughed even harder.
" yes I guess my prince charming is lost somewhere." I said and he looked at me and his smile faded a little.
" would you like some wine?" He said as he poured some and handed me the glass.
"Yes thank you Shigure." He poured some into a glass for himself and he held it up.
"Cheers?"
"Cheers." He clinked the glass together and took a sip. He then set the glass down and started to feed me and he was being careful to not drop anything. It felt nice having him around. He wasn't making any perverted comments.
"How is it?" He asked me with a smile.
"It's delicious" I said and I closed my eyes.
"Hmmm It's the best chicken curry I've ever had." I opened my eyes again and he was holding a napkin and wiping the side of my mouth. I could feel my body tingling.
"More ahh" I said and opened my mouth and he continued to feed me and laughed.
" this is fun Ms. Amaya. I might set up traps around my house so you can get hurt again and I will care for you...hmmm I might get a doctor costume too. And if I get hurt you can wear either a nurse or a maids costume and call me Master" he said and leaned his head back on the arm on the couch.
"You know Shigure, if I didn't know any better I'd say you were flirting with me." I joked but his smile softened.
"I suppose so Amaya." He said in a soft voice and it caused me to look at him.
"I think I will need more wine." I said trying to change the conversation. He handed me the wine and I drank it pretty quickly. I could feel my head feel light.
"I would slow down if I were you, those pain pills Hari gave you are pretty strong." He said but it was too late. My head was already spinning. I couldn't stop giggling and I laid my head down on the couch.
"Yeah I think you're right about having enough." He moved the food away and sat at the edge of where I was seating and started to to massage my feet. I looked at at him with head resting in the back of the couch.
"Shigure, what are you doing?"
"I thought this might help you relax. Don't worry Amaya I won't move from your foot." He said and he winked me. I've noticed he stopped calling me Ms. Amaya and just Amaya. I watched as he gently rubbed my foot. I started to smile at him and I didn't even notice.
"What are you smiling at Amaya?" He said and he continued to massage my foot.
"Hmm... I just think that the first time you've ever called me just Amaya." I said to him.
"I suppose you're right. You would like me to stop?"
"Oh no Shigure it's fine." I said quickly and he smiled at me again.
"Okay Amaya."
"I've been calling you Shigure for a while too, so I guess it's only fair for you to call me Amaya." I smiled and he smiled back at me. I let out a moan by accident and felt my cheeks turn red.
"Did I hurt you?" He looked me and he looked concerned.
"No, that actually felt really good." I said try to hide my cheeks. He smiled and he kept doing the same motion and I had to bite my tongue to keep from moaning.
"You look cute like that" he said and looked at me. I looked at him and he had a mischievous smile on his face. It sent a chill down my spine. I tried to sit back up and I winced in pain from moving my leg. He jumped and he looked into my eyes.
"Are you alright Amaya?"
"Yeah I was trying to adjust my back and I moved my ankle by accident." I said and looked into his eyes and I had to away... I can't be feeling this way for him. I felt the couch move and shift and he was standing up now.
"I suppose I should be going. It's getting late."
"Yes, I need to get some rest too." I said and I sat up. "Yuki, we should get going now. It's getting late." He called out for Yuki. He looked back to me
"I was thinking about getting a haircut, what do you think?" He said and he pulled his hair back. I shook my head.
"I like it just the way you are Shigure." I said and I blushed immediately.
"Um I mean-" he came down and he kissed my cheek.
"Thank you Amaya." He said before Yuki stepped out"Goodbye Ms. Okami." Yuki said and Shigure waved goodbye to me and then they left.
Ina came out and sat next to me.
*Inaris POV*
They both left and I went back to the living room and Amaya had a huge smile on her face."What happened with you?" I asked her as I still tried to calm myself down. I could still feel his lips on my forehead.
"Hmmm... Were you two having fun in the room?" I blushed bright red.
"Shut up! I asked you first now tell me!"
"Shigure was taking care of me. He was rubbing my ankle and the he fed me. He was really sweet."
"Aww that's so cute." I said and I pinched her cheek and laughed.
"Yeah how are you and Yuki? I can tell that you were crying but you also look really happy now.."
"He asked about Mom and dad." I said dejected. "But he comforted me and then.." I blushed bright red. "He kissed my forehead..."
"I told you liked you... But are you alright?" Amaya said and I nodded.
"I mean yeah but what's weird was , he look like he wanted to hug me but he didn't. " it was still bothering me the more I thought about it.
"Hmm I get the same impression from Shigure." She said
"You don't think they know do you?"
"I don't think so, I never said anything..." She said and started to clean up the mess on the coffee table.
"Neither have I but maybe they saw transform or something before." I said. It didn't make sense to me at all.
"I don't know, I think they would've had said something about it.
"I hate this curse. " I put my head in my hands.
"I really like him Maya." I admitted.
"Yes I can tell... And I think I am starting to like Shigure too..." She said
"What are we going to do?" I asked her and I laid my head on her shoulder.
" I don't know... I don't even know what caused this to us." She said and rested her head on mine. I helped her to her room and I went into my own and I laid in my bed and I stared up at the ceiling for awhile before I fell asleep. I couldn't stop thinking about Yuki.