A Familiar Scent
Chapter 9 – The End~

Closing the bedroom quietly, the Hiwatari casually paced himself through the dojo to fetch himself a glass of water from the kitchen. But once in the room, he paused to see a familiar figure sitting at the kitchen table. She was sat there with her head in her hands, yet her eyes were welling up with tears.

But to avoid any confrontation or awkwardness, Kai just carried on with his task. Yes it may have seemed cold in Hilary's eyes, but she didn't really know what to expect, especially as Kai was such an unpredictable man.

So just as a tear was about to roll down her cheek, the brunette pushed herself up from the table and she reached across the counter to grab the bottle of wine. "If anything will help me to sleep tonight, it will be this." Hilary spoke in a blunt tone – she'd clearly had enough.

Yet just as she was about to step away, Kai latched his free hand onto her wrist to restrict her movement. "I don't need another hung over teammate Hilary. So put the bottle down." He demanded in a firm tone with his eyes narrowing.

"Well it won't hurt for someone to look after me for once..."

"Stop being stupid." Kai interrupted, trying to insist that Hilary was blowing this scenario way out of proportion. "Tyson won't remember any of this in the morning, so I wouldn't let him get to you. Especially as that moron has to borrow my perfume to 'pull' a date."

Oh yes, Kai had noticed~

'That's actually a good point.' - She placed the alcoholic beverage down onto the counter and then stepped away. A little hint of embarrassment was sneaking up inside Hilary's gut, but her cheeks were burning vibrantly when she watched Kai's grip loosen and shift in to hold her hand. 'What's going on?'

"I've known for ages." A small smirk snuck up onto Kai's dry lips as he too began to blush. He loved the idea of catching her completely off-guard. "But I just couldn't find the opportunity to speak to you about it."

"I guess that's understandable." Hilary was struggling to breath right now as a million thoughts were flourishing through her head. Not only was she gob-smacked about the idea of Kai pulling her into a hug, but the manager just couldn't register the fact that this was reality and not a dream. "You are such a busy man to find sometimes."

Kai shrugged and gasped when Hilary dug her head into his chest to hide her smudged mascara that was staining around her eyes. She was really keen about getting into his private space to get to know everything about him – physically and materialistically.

"Hm." The bluenette tilted his head back slightly to study her every move. She looked more delicate as a flower petal, but this only drawn Kai towards her. He hated the sight of seeing his crush crumble, especially as she was such a strong woman. "Listen..."

Hilary rose her head up to him with a weak smile glowing on her pale face. Kai had got her full attention and she was willing to be ever so faithful and understanding to him. The girl blushed even more aggressively as her eyes trailed down to his lips to read every word.

"I don't want to get serious until the tournament has finished."

"That's fine." Hilary raised her fingertips to gently trace them over his smooth jawline. "Because I think it would make both of our lives so much easier."

'Why was this surprisingly arousing?' - The blader wrapped his toned arms around her hour-glassed figure more tightly to press her up against him. "Good. Now behave and keep this a secret and avoid the alcohol." He winked before pressing his lips back onto her fingertips.

"Yes sir." Hilary winked back as she lowered her hand to tip-toe upto her new boyfriend to passionately place her lips onto his. "I have waited to long for this Kai."

The End~