Journey to the Land of Lightening

Chapter 06

In any other place and at any other time in her life, Mikkay would have thought that the way she woke up was all right or really romantic. Where she was now and at this point in time, it was just plain awkward. She found herself with Kankuro totally not respecting her half of the bed or her personal space. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and, she hated to admit it, but it was oddly comfortable. She knew she had to get him off, though. It was kind of weird.

"Kankuro," she whispered, squirming. "Get off of me." She tried to get away from him, but when she pulled away, she was pulled right back, and closer than she was before. Instead of being a few inches away from him, the diplomat found herself right up against him. His chest was pressed into her back with his arms around her waist tight. Also, this time she was close enough to him to feel his morning wood against her ass.

"Kankuro, let me go!" she demanded. "I know you're awake."

The ninja pulled her closer to him again, refusing to let her go. "No, damn it," he said.

Suddenly, she thought of a way that would probably get him to let go of her. It was rash, but damn it, she had to do something to make him release her. This was getting awkward. She groaned in her mind. I can't believe I have to do this, she thought. This is humiliating. Swallowing every ounce of respect she had for herself, Mikkay leaned a little back and started to grind against the boner touching her butt. Kankuro groaned, his grip loosening a little bit. She took that as an opening for her to free herself. She jumped up and away from him, her face flushed. She then started yelling at him.

"What the hell is the matter with you?" she scolded. "Why the fuck did you do that?"

Kankuro shrugged his shoulders, looking at her lazily. "You were comfortable and you were there."

"That's no reason to do that!"

Frustrated, Mikkay stormed off to the bathroom, wanting to take a shower and change so they could leave this damned town. Behind her, she heard Kankuro laugh. She scowled.

"How dare he?" she muttered, getting undressed. "That was so…gross!" She didn't have any other word for what just happened. Though it wasn't really that gross, it was all she got.

She looked at the bracelet that he had bought her. She had accidentally left it in the bathroom the night before on the sink so their it lay. It was so weird. Kankuro was like three different people. The nice one that bought her this bracelet and comforted her during the storm; the one that she was so used to having back at Suna; and the one that she had just experience – the one that was trying to seduce her, it seemed. Why couldn't he just pick a side that's actually him and stick with it? This was getting so confusing.

Fifteen minutes later Mikkay came out of the bathroom wearing the clothes she wore the previous day. She and Kankuro were supposed to go back to the laundromat and pick up their regular clothes today, the sooner the better. She entered the bedroom were Kankuro was lying on the bed, already changed back into yesterdays clothing. He looked at her and smirked.

"You look hot," he told her.

She looked at him and frowned. "What is with you lately?" she asked. "You've been acting so much differently than you usually do. Why are you being nice to me? And why the fuck are you trying to seduce me, or whatever that was? We hate each other, remember? That's not the way you're supposed to act."

Kankuro stood up, the expression in his eyes unreadable. He walked towards her and grabbed her wrists. She tried to move away from him, but she was too mesmerized by the look he had. She was too busy trying to figure out what was going on to move away. He tugged her by the wrists and moved them close together. His eyes bored straight into hers and she flushed. He looked so serious that it was getting her flustered. That and he was so close to her again. She could feel his warm breath on her skin.

"Let – let me go," she said. "This isn't funny."

"What if I don't want to let you go?" he said.

Her response to that was a stomp down hard on his foot. He shouted out in pain, which she thought he pretty much deserved. She did not appreciate being man handled.

"Damn it, Mikkay," he swore. "It was a joke. I was kidding. Why can't you take a joke?"

"You don't kid around with someone like that!" she shouted. "I don't want you to fucking touch me." That having said, she stormed out of the room and down to the lobby. She didn't stop until she got outside. That's when she realized that she didn't have a clue where she was going. She hadn't the choice but to wait for Kankuro, as much as she hated it.

Kankuro was down not too long later. He looked at her, but they exchanged no words. She was pissed and he wasn't too happy either. Silently, they walked back to the laundromat. The same woman that had given them their clothes was back that day, too. Maybe she owned the shop.

"Oh!" she said. "I remember you two! Your clothes are ready."

"Thank you," Mikkay said. "May we have them so we can change in the back?"

"Sure thing, little miss."

The woman left their clothes in one pile on the counter. Mikkay grabbed her clothes and started to head for the changing rooms in the back, not bothering to wait for her escort at all. He followed shortly after. They changed in their separate changing rooms, no words being exchange between the two.

They then left after paying the woman. She looked at them with a slightly worried look on her face, but she didn't say anything. It wasn't any of her business any way.

There was less than two days left in their journey to the land of lightening. She only had to deal with him for a week more, tops, and then she was done. Hopefully she could last that long.