Naoki didn't know what possessed him to kiss her. All he knew was he watched his control wave at him as it flew out of the open window. Damn it. if someone had told him a year ago that he would buy the strange nurse Aihara Kotoko from a secret black market auction, had her move in with him and nearly kill herself in his bathroom, then to top it off that he would kiss her when she woke up in the hospital, he would have offered them a free head examination. Possibly a painful one at that. So what was he doing? He was still kissing her; her eyes were wide as she looked up at him, the tear tracks still covering her face. Her red face with the bloodshot eyes, well she didn't look pretty crying that was for sure. So why were his lips still pressed against hers? And why please God tell him was his tongue trying to push its way into her mouth.
Kotoko blinked as she looked at him, her mind blank. He was kissing her, her! What should she do? She couldn't kiss back could she? Wouldn't that mean that she liked him? Or would he feel hurt that she didn't respond to the kiss? Just as she was coming to a decision about what to do his tongue decided that it no longer belonged in his mouth and would rather be in hers she mentally laughed, there were so many nurses that she knew who would rather be here than her. She didn't want this to happen. Or did she
"Damn you mind" Kotoko thought before giving a mental shrug of her shoulders and decided that the best thing she could do was enjoy the kiss and respond. That was just what she did.
Naoki thought he was going to have a heart attack as he felt Kotoko's hand slid up his thigh. He wasn't sure if he was grateful for the cloth that covered his leg or not. But he realised that his pants were becoming uncomfortably tight. Not good, not when Kotoko's hand seemed to be heading in that direction. Trying to seem as natural as he could he grabbed her hand, bringing it up to his chest and let her press there, she couldn't do any damage there. Or so he thought. Kotoko's fingers began to brush his nipples in a way that Naoki was sure should be against the law!giving a low growl that made Kotoko giggle slightly Naoki grabbed her arms and pulled the around his neck. There really was nothing there she could use as a weapon against him. Threading her fingers through his hair Kotoko ignored the sting and slight tug from the needle in the back of her hand, how could she focus on that when Naoki's hands had just slipped through her hospital PJ top and were caressing her in a way that made her knees turn to jelly, giving a silent thanks that she was on a bed and not standing up! Throwing her head back Kotoko gasped as she felt his mouth move across her jaw and down her neck to where he could feel her pulse and lay an open mouth kiss on it before worrying the skin with his teeth, then soothing it with a gentle lick. Kotoko pulled Naoki's hair harder and made him look up at her. Her face was flushed, her eyes darker than normal and her lips looked wonderfully swollen. Looking at him Kotoko suddenly started giggling
"What?" Naoki growled his voice deeper making Kotoko's insides do strange things
"I feel like I'm in a porno" Kotoko spluttered "You know, DR, patient, hospital bed" Kotoko giggled and Naoki leaned back. In the silence that came from them they heard the frantic beeping that came from the monitor attached to Kotoko to monitor her heart rate and oxygen levels.
"Since when have you watched them?" Naoki asked, damn it this information was not helping with his little problem downstairs
"Ex-boyfriend, he thought it would be good one night, brought the film back" Kotoko snorted at the memory "He got off to the film and fell asleep" then she looked at Naoki, a sly smile on her face "What about you? You ever watched porn?" Kotoko looked at him while Naoki became most interested in one of the walls, conveniently one that mean he wouldn't be looking at Kotoko. Not that he could turn much, his hands being up her PJ top and all.
"No I've not" Naoki muttered his cheeks stained red
"Tell me you've at least had sex before" Kotoko snorted
"Yes I've had sex before" Naoki growled
"You sure, you sure you're not a virgin still?" Kotoko said grateful that this was distracting him from the beeping of the machine, which was nearly back to normal, if he would just move his hands, or did she want them moving?
"I've had sex before" Naoki growled again turning to look at her, his face flushing again as he realised where his hands were still. Luckily for them because just as Naoki put his hands on his lap (to help hide a certain problem as well, but we won't mention that) the door flew open and Noriko ran in, pulling Kotoko into such a tight hug that the girl went blue.
"Mother" The younger boy that followed the whirlwind that was known as Noriko said before smiling at his older brother
"Hey Yuuki" Naoki gave a nod to his younger brother
"Hi Brother" Yuuki smiled again before looking at his mother trying to strangle Kotoko by the noises the girl was making
"What are you doing here?" Naoki asked shifting on the bed so he was more covered with his little problem
"I was visiting Papa, then I saw mother running like a mad woman and followed her" Yuuki replied sitting in the chair on the other side of the room
"Kotoko, poor sweet little Kotoko, are you alright? There was such a lot of blood in the bathroom, what happened?" Noriko asked without pausing to take a breath
"Mother, I don't think she wants to discuss it now" Naoki said
"You" Noriko whirled on her son glaring at him "what did you do?" She hissed Naoki blinked, she'd really hissed at him, him. She'd never been like this with him before
"Noriko, it's okay, I'm fine really" Kotoko said placing a hand on the older woman's arm hoping to calm her
"The only time you should be in hospital is when you're giving birth to yours and big brother's baby" Noriko said while Naoki seemed to be choking on his own spit
"Baby?" Yuuki raised an eyebrow at this "is this your girlfriend?" Yuuki pointed at Kotoko
"No" Naoki snapped before remembering the whole reason he'd bought Kotoko in the first place, well Kin Chan had bought her, he'd just used Naoki's money "I mean yes, but she's not pregnant" Naoki tried to back track before changing subjects altogether
"So how's dad?" Naoki tried
"He's fine, upset because he found out he's got to change his diet radically but apart from that" Yuuki shrugged "He's upset that he hurt his friend, and that his friend's daughter hasn't gone to see him yet"
"Well I'm stuck in this bed aren't I" Kotoko snapped glaring at Yuuki, "I was sent home because they thought I'd be too emotional to work"
"Wait" everyone in the room froze and turned to look at her
"Then you're" Yuuki began
"Aihara Shigeo's daughter?" Noriko finished her mouth hanging slightly open before turning to look at Naoki "Did you know?"
"Well her last name is Aihara" Naoki muttered
"This is perfect, now all three of you can move in with us and we can be one big happy family" Noriko clapped her hands together her eyes shinning
"Why would I move back home?" Naoki asked raising one eyebrow "And why would Kotoko's dad want to move in?"
"Didn't I tell you?" Noriko frowned "I thought I had, his house had fallen down, that's why he was in the car with you dad, he was bringing him over to our house"
"His house fell down?" Kotoko snorted "Thought it would when I moved out, cheap git"
"I'll call the people when I get home and get your place up for sale then you can come back to us" Noriko said ignoring Naoki's protests, really he should know by now, she always won on this kind of thing
"Kotoko, we'd better let you get some sleep, but if you want to go and see your dad then I'm sure big brother will take you" Noriko smiled in a way that made Naoki wish the floor would swallow him, she was planning something, that he knew.
"I'll go and see him after" Kotoko smiled at the strange woman and waved as she dragged her youngest son out of the room muttering something about grandchildren and interruptions
"Well that was fun" Kotoko sighed
Naoki pushed Kotoko's wheelchair down the corridor, ignoring her protests of she could bloody walk and still had her legs, and he better stop it before she killed him
"You are a patient and as a patient you are to remain in a wheelchair" Naoki snapped before knocking on one of the doors, opened it and pushed Kotoko in.
"Kotoko" Shigeo looked surprised to see his only daughter being pushed into his hospital room
"Hey dad" Kotoko grinned, all irritation disappearing as she saw him awake
"What happened to you?" Shigeo asked concerned
"Oh this? I fell down the stairs" Kotoko lied smoothly, making Naoki wonder, didn't her father know about her habit?
"You should be more careful, I'm always telling you that" Shigeo shook his head
"Yeah baka, says the one in a hospital bed as well" Kotoko snorted before getting out of her chair and hugging her father, ignoring the glare Naoki sent her, what part of stay in the chair couldn't she understand?
"it wasn't my fault I ended up here" Shigeo laughed before wincing, broken ribs the cause
"You flat lined" Kotoko whispered and hugged him tighter, "I thought I was going to lose you like I lost mum"
"You can't get rid of me that easily" Shigeo laughed "Not until you're married and I have a grandchild"
"Stop with fobbing me off to someone else, who says I'll get married?" Kotoko snorted before pulling back "I told you, I'll be the crazy old lady with hundreds of cats" She smiled and Naoki snorted making Shigeo realise he was there for the first time
"Who are you?" Shigeo asked frowning
"Sorry, my name is Irie Naoki; you're my father's friend" Naoki smiled "Jerk" Kotoko thought
"Oh, Shigeki's son, nice to meet you" Shigeo smiled much to Kotoko's annoyance, did everyone like him when they met him?
"I understand you're living with my parents now" Naoki smiled
"Ah yes, my house fell down and I had nowhere to stay, I think it was your mother who found me" Shigeo rubbed the back of his head
"I told you to get that house done properly" Kotoko sighed glaring at her father.
"You're absolutely right Kotoko" Shigeo ruffled her hair "I should have, don't worry when you bring a man home to introduce to me I'll be living in a wonderful house"
"What part of crazy old lady with cats don't you get?" Kotoko huffed
"I'm sorry but I'd better take Kotoko back so you can both rest" Naoki said as he walked forwards and helped Kotoko back in the wheelchair ignoring the "I can bloody well walk by myself now, I'm a big girl"
"Ah yes, well I'll see you later then Kotoko" Shigeo smiled at his daughter
"Yeah, dad. And when they'll let me work again you'll get to see what a great nurse I am" Kotoko punched the air, narrowly missing Naoki's nose. It wouldn't do to break it… again.
"I think I'm in trouble when that happens" Shigeo laughed and watched his daughter be wheeled out of his room. Hearing the mild threats she sent to Naoki about walking
"You dad doesn't know?" Naoki asked once he got her back into bed
"Know about what? The meaning of life? How to set a program to record? How to use a computer? There are a lot of things he doesn't know" Kotoko smiled at him as she shuffled the pillows and leaned back, the stitches aching slightly.
"The real reason you're in the hospital" Naoki sat down on the bed, completely ignoring the chair again
"Yeah, did you guess that when I said I'd fallen down stairs?" Kotoko raised an eyebrow. "No wonder you're a doctor, such observation skills" She snorted
"Play nice or I'll be forced to punish you" Naoki smirked and Kotoko remembered the dream she'd had not long ago, same sorts of words being used, but a lot less clothes in the room, or on the person
"Why don't you tell him?" Naoki asked softly taking one of her hands and slowly stroking the back of it
"What tell him that his only daughter is really in hospital because she nearly bled to death trying to cope with him being in hospital? Because that would go down well wouldn't it" Kotoko snapped pulling her hand back
"Who knows about it then?" Naoki asked leaning back slightly
"Well, apart from you now. Jinko, Satomi, Kage and Taka" Kotoko counted them off her fingers
"What about the porn obsessed boyfriend?" Naoki asked, why the hell did he care?
"It was after him that I started" Kotoko muttered looking at her hands clasped on the top of the sheets
"Oh" Naoki said foolishly, there again there wasn't much else he could say.
A few weeks later Kotoko was released from the hospital, no one being any the wiser to the real reason she'd been in there. The story was that she'd fallen down the stairs and through a window, falling on the broken shards as she landed resulting in her admittance to the hospital. The only ones who knew the truth in the hospital were the DR that had stitched her up and the ambulance drivers that had taken them there. Naoki trying his hardest to make sure no one found out the real reason, and when he asked himself why he cared so much he decided that he was protecting the hospital's reputation, yeah we'll go with that.
You could imagine their surprise, when they came home, Naoki carrying Kotoko's bag, her not being able to life heavy things for a little while, just until the stitches were removed, when they found that their key no longer worked in the lock
"That damn woman" Naoki growled as he pulled his phone out and rang his mother
"hello?" Noriko answered a smile in her voice
"Why won't my key work?" Naoki bit out
"Because you no longer live there remember, you're living with us and Kotoko and her father" Noriko replied, the scary glint in her eyes once more, not that Naoki could see it
"I never said that I would move back in" Naoki growled
"You didn't say you wouldn't. you should show Kotoko how to get to the hospital from our house" Noriko said before hanging up leaving her son stood there phone clutched to his ear
"What's happening?" Kotoko asked getting to her feet again having sat down while Naoki rang his mother
"She's sold my house and we are to live with them" Naoki growled
"I don't care where I live at the moment, I just want a bed" Kotoko sighed
"Well, be prepared for whatever my mother has planned" Naoki said picking up her bag again and leading the way to the house that they would now be living in with the rest of his family.
When they finally arrived Noriko rushed at them, knocking her son out of the way, to pull Kotoko into a hug
"Kotoko are you okay? Was big brother nice to you?" Noriko asked hugging the poor girl to the point that she couldn't answer, even if she wanted to
"Let her go mother, you'll aggravate her stitches" Naoki sighed walking into the house ignoring the 2 women behind him
"Brother" Yuuki cried rushing up to him
"Hey" Naoki nodded his head
"Your old room, mama went mad with it" Yuuki snorted
"What do you mean went mad with it?" Naoki asked already uneasy about the answer
"Well come and look at it yourself" Yuuki said grabbing hold of his older brothers arm and leading him to his old bedroom. Pushing the door open Naoki could only stare. His stuff was in there, there was no doubt about that. His stuff, in a bright pink, lacy bedroom!
"What?!" Naoki exclaimed
"Ah, big brother you've already seen" Noriko said coming up behind him and placing a hand on his shoulder
"what did you do?" Naoki growled softly
"Well, if dear Kotoko's going to be staying with you she can't stay in that room like it was, so I made it better" Noriko said then went to fetch Kotoko so she could see her new room
It was then that Naoki saw his old single bed was gone, to be replaced by a large double bed, with pink and white lacy sheets. Please god kill him now
"Wow, pink" Kotoko muttered as she looked at the room before going bright red as she saw what was lay out on the bed covers. Quickly she rushed forwards and snatched them off the covers and tried to hide them behind her back
"what's that?" Naoki asked curious
"Nothing" Kotoko squeaked
"Oh, the sexy nightdress, don't worry, I put a lock on the door for you" Noriko said before grabbing Yuuki's arm and forcibly dragged him out of the room leaving a confused Naoki and an embarrassed Kotoko alone
"sexy nightdress?" Naoki asked looking at Kotoko who went even more red, a feat he didn't know possible
"It's nothing, just a joke someone gave me" Kotoko muttered trying to hide it somewhere, that was until Naoki strode forwards and grabbed it off her
"GIVE IT BACK" Kotoko screamed and leapt at him before falling to the ground in pain as she pulled at her stitches. Giving a quick look Naoki made sure she was okay before turning around to have a look at this "sexy nightdress" and almost at once wished he didn't. it was black, it was see through, and it was so small he thought it would only just cover her butt, never mind anything else. Why the hell did she have this? And why the hell wasn't she wearing it for him? Wait… what!? As soon as those thoughts came through his brain he imagined Kotoko wearing it, her creamy skin barely covered by it and still visible through the see through material. He felt the blood from his body head south again. Damn it!
"Give it back" Kotoko said then moaned as she stood up, her hand moving to cover her hip where one of the set of stitches was, really she should have had them out ages ago but she kept ripping them so they had to be redone, and then she would rip them again.
"Why do you have this?" Naoki asked his voice dipping to become deeper, not that he noticed
"I told you it was a joke someone gave me" Kotoko moaned again, seriously not helping!
"Have you ever worn it?" Naoki asked, he had to know, if someone else had seen her in it, seen her like that with all that skin
"Do I look stupid, no I've never worn it" Kotoko snapped. Before grinning "why want me to wear it for you?" Kotoko slinked closer before brushing her hand across his chest. They stood like that until there was a bright flash making them look towards the door. Noriko stood there, camera in hand and grin on face
