~Ch.10~

Her face reddens and she quickly sits up, hiding her face from him, and rubs her forehead. "W-what was that for, idiot." She gets up from the couch and stands straight in front of him, looking somewhat angry. He scoots back a little, not wanting to get hit for simply kissing her forehead.

"C-calm down. No need to get mad." He laughs a little nervously, hoping to get her to calm down a bit. She turns abruptly to walk out of the room, but before she can get very far Kaede reaches out and grabs her wrist, stopping her in her tracks. He gently pulls her closer to him and makes her sit on the ground in front of him. "It's so weird…" He sighs heavily and looks down towards the ground to keep from making eye contact with her. She sits there quietly and watches him curiously, wondering if he's going to say anything else.

"What are you talking about?" She whispers quietly, not sure if she should've said anything to him. She looks off to the side nervously, wondering if he's going to say anything to her. After a moment she sighs and tries to stand up, only to be held in place by Kaede's hand still on her wrist. She looks at him and tilts her head curiously, her ears twitching a bit. "Kaede…what's wrong?" She asks him quietly, hoping to get an answer out of him for once. Without warning he reaches forward, his hand gently cupping the back of her neck, and pulls her closer into a gentle hug. She blushes brightly and tries to squirm her way out of his arms, only to feel his grip tighten a bit. She stops moving around and sits there quietly, her arms at her sides, not sure what to do. She suddenly feels him flinch a bit and leans away from him trying to get a look at his face. "Kaede, please tell me what's wrong…" She watches him for a moment before standing up, making sure he wasn't hanging onto her hand anymore. She leans over and lightly lays her hand on his head, much like a mother would to her child. "Okay, you don't need to say anything if you don't want to so don't worry." She smiles at him and stands up straight, turning to go into the kitchen. She makes some tea for herself and after a while she walks back into the living room, only to find Kaede had crawled up on the couch and had fallen asleep. She sighs lightly and went to go get a blanket for him from her room. She came back and lightly laid the blanket across him, making sure he was covered up completely by it. She sits down on the floor in front of the couch and watches him sleep for a few minutes before reaching forward and lightly petting his head, smiling gently at him. Without meaning to she manages to fall asleep on the floor right in front of the couch, her tail sways lightly as she sleeps happily.

The next morning Kaede is the first to wake up, sitting up and noticing the blanket laid across him while he was asleep. He smiles a bit and swings his legs over off the couch to get up, but stops just before his feet touch the ground, noticing Mikita asleep on the floor, curled up in a little ball, tail swaying lazily behind her. Watching her for a moment to make sure she's good and asleep he sits there quietly, making sure she's truly asleep before standing up and stretching. He walks off to the kitchen to make some coffee or tea or whatever she has in her home, already acting like he lives there. He sits down at the table in the kitchen with a cup of black coffee, looking out a nearby window at the bright blue sky and few puffy white clouds that dotted it. He zones out while watching the sky and sits there, his coffee slowly cooling off on the table next to him. Without him realizing it someone sneaks up behind him quiet as a mouse and pounces on him, slender, skinny arms proceed to wrap around his neck. He freezes for a moment before realizing who it was. "Good morning foxy." He says calmly, though surprised on the inside, wondering what's gotten into her all of a sudden. She takes her arms away from his neck and steps back a bit, smiling at him.

"I'm glad to see you're doing better than last night…I was really worried about you…" She looks down a bit. He turns around in his chair to face her, his eyes widening a bit after hearing that she was worried about him. He smiles at her and stands up, grabbing his cup of luke-warm coffee from the table in the process, and walks over to her. He lightly lays his hand on her head and gently pets her like a dog, chuckling a bit and walking past her, stopping for a moment at the doorway before going into the living room. "I'm fine, no need to worry about me so much." He leaves the kitchen without another word, leaving Mikita standing there by the table, blushing lightly. She shakes her head a bit and walks out of the kitchen as well and heads down the small hallway that leads to the bathroom. "I'm going to take a shower so don't even think of coming down this hallway!" She yells at him before going into the bathroom turning the water on full force. Kaede sits there on the couch, hearing the water in the shower running made him feel oddly uncomfortable and nervous in a way. He stands up and shakes his head a bit and quietly talks to himself. "W-what the hell is wrong with me…why do I always get like this around her, she's just a girl…a simple friend that I've made." He sat back down on the couch and took the free time to think about what's been going on with him lately. Without meaning to he begins to think of Mikita, her smile, her laugh, even when she gets angry and her face goes red. He chuckles lightly before realizing something. He feels an attraction to Mikita. His face goes red and he shakes his head furiously. "No, no, no! I can't let this happen! I don't deserve to develop feelings towards someone!" He groans loudly, just as Mikita walks out of the bathroom, dressed in a tank top and a knee length red skirt, towel drying her hair. She walks into the living room and quietly watches him for a moment before quietly speaking up. "Um…what's with all the groans?" She asks him curiously, walking around to sit on the couch next to him. He sits there and gently shakes his head before looking at her and smiling gently.

"It's nothing, don't worry." He leans back against the couch and sighs, his arms acting like a pillow behind his head. Mikita sits there and watches him in the corner of her eye, wondering what is wrong with him right now. She sighs lightly and tucks her knees close to her chest and rests her chin on her knees, bored and wanting to go walk around town a little. She smiles as she comes up with an idea. She jumps off the couch and stands directly in front of Kaede. He looks up at her questioningly, his eyebrows scrunching together a bit, and sighs. "What's with the sudden look of confidence?" he asks her curiously. Suddenly she takes hold of his hands and pulls him up from the couch. "W-what the hell are you planning?" He cocks his eyebrows at her curiously while she just stands there and smiles at him. Gently she tugs at his hands and starts to lead him towards the front door of her apartment.

"I had a fun idea. I wanted to take you around town and get out of this apartment for a while, get some fresh air." She smiles at him, hoping he won't mind going around town for a while with her. He stands there quietly for a moment before smiling at her.

"Sounds like a fun idea, Mikita." He says quietly, saying her name in a way that made her blush lightly. She smiles brightly, causing him to chuckle softly at her cute reaction. He stretches a bit before walking over by the door to put his boots on, having been days since he last put them on his feet. He stands up and looks back at her, holding out his hand for her to take. "Well? Are you coming or what?" He smiles at her sweetly. She simply nods her head and gently takes hold of his hand, putting on the ballet flats she always keeps by the door, and the two walk out of the apartment to have a nice enjoyable day together around town.

~Ch. 10 End~

~~~~~Author Note!~~~~~~~~

Alrighty so I've managed to get enough time to update the story again and not too far apart from the last chapter I posted! YAY! Thank you to all my fellow readers, I hope you are enjoying this story so far, I just have one request, I am going to bust my butt to write up chapter 11 but before I post I am simply going to ask that I get at least 3 REVIEWS! before I update this story again, I want to make sure there are actually readers and that I'm not just posting this for no reason. THANK YOU -RenaMakoto2012