The Morning After
Chapter 10: Seduction
Once she opened the door, her smile immediately faded at the lean figure that had allowed his intrusive self into her room, seated comfortably on the side of her bed.
The russet haired man bared his straight teeth in a beaming smile at her presence.
"I've been looking for you, Nana."
Speechless, she held his intense eye contact as she closed her eyes to instantly cool herself down, mentally considering her next course of action.
When she finally opened her hazel eyes, she deviously returned his pleased expression and grinned widely.
"Kai." She spoke happily.
She would not mess this up.
After mentally circulating the perimeters to check for any exceptional chakra builds, she determined that Kai had arrived unaccompanied.
Most of the villagers were ready to sleep at this hour so there wouldn't be many prying eyes to cautiously be vigilant.
However, she desperately wished that her resilient comrades and sensei were present at the moment; this would've been the perfect time to capture Kai.
Although she was confident of her own abilities, she disgruntledly decided that she would be unable to singlehandedly seize this potentially harmful man without causing a ruckus.
For a moment, she thoughtfully imagined of how Neji had the best chance out of the three of them to independently capture their target.
The skillful prodigy could utilize his strong offensive move, the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, to rapidly dispatch his enemy by striking many of their tenketsu, making it difficult for Kai to both move and control chakra; that would then be the perfect opportunity to capture their target.
She quickly broke out of her trance and mentally murmured dejectedly to herself.
I'm not Neji. I can't do that.
Suddenly, Tsunade-sama's words rung loudly through her head.
"You, the perfect image of a woman that Kai has been searching for, can effortlessly isolate him from his individuals where your other teammates can then ambush him…"
She soon recognized her own affirmative abilities; ones that neither Neji nor anybody else could accomplish as successfully as she could.
"What brings you here?" She spoke playfully to the unguarded man, closing the door behind her as she did so while she unwaveringly kept stern eye contact with Kai.
"I wanted to see you…" he began gingerly as he abruptly rose from her bedding and headed her way in steady footsteps.
"Why?" She questioned him casually, placing her hands on her thin hips as she did so. He disregarded her question, concentrating more on her physical being, rather than what she was saying.
Though outwardly hidden, her nervousness increased with every inch he took towards her until he had finally reached her; she sharply held her breath to contain her anxiety.
His muscular figure was gently pressed upon her lean one as both of his arms were positioned on either side of her upon the wall, leaving little to no room for excessive movements; she listened to his steady, slow breathing fill the soundless room.
It took all of her strength to restrain herself from prying this unacquainted man from her comfort zone.
He grinned at the obvious discomfort radiating from the tomboyish woman and replied coolly before releasing his confinement.
"I wanted to apologize." He stepped away from her and returned to his former seat on the side of her bed. She quickly regained her composure and inquired casually.
"For what?"
"Coming on too strong to you."
She earnestly grinned widely at his answer; he arrived at her room unannounced to apologize for coming on too strong yet he had just done so again a moment ago.
"I suppose you can't help who you are."
"It's not," A serious look on his face replaced his former cheerful one, causing her to instinctively copy his expression as well.
"What do you mean?" She asked cautiously at the abrupt transformation in the atmosphere.
"I've never felt this way about anyone before."
Though she recognized that she should have utilized this somewhat confession to her advantage, she couldn't restrain her true feelings from surfacing and spoke honestly.
"But you don't know me." That statement was true on many more levels than she initially intended it to be.
"It was love at sight," he laughingly spoke at his own outrageous words.
She widened her hazel eyes and raised one of her eyebrows in disbelief.
That concept had never been quite comprehendible for her; she witnessed it multiple times whenever Lee had sudden infatuations with random girls he encountered and though she admitted to thinking certain boys were attractive, she never considered herself anywhere near in love with them.
The only person she would consider herself the closest in love with was her well-acquainted, pale eyed teammate. However that resulted in countless years of being together and slowly understanding each other without words; it surely wasn't a sentiment she received within instants of their encounter.
Unsure of how to respond to his declaration, she decided against it in fear of turning this advantageous occurrence to an obstructive one.
Kai, concluding that she wasn't going to speak, acknowledged her unconvinced self and continued on in a kind, persuasive tone.
"I want to get to know you, Nana." He offered her a gentlemanly smile and stood from the bed for a second time. "It would be an honor if you would let me take you out tomorrow."
Though still mildly confused, she was still rational enough to understand that she should graciously accept this open opportunity to develop his trust of her.
"I suppose you could." She forced herself to grin flirtatiously.
He smiled and began to make his way to the wooden door, seeing himself out.
"I'll pick you up at noon."
"I'll be waiting."
Tenten, standing at the entrance of the door, stepped over to the side to make way for his departure when he had finally reached the door.
Once again, they found themselves in close proximity to one another, only this time there was no awkwardness or anxiousness. Rather, she felt a strange flicker of excitement within her.
Her opposite, perceptibly realizing the difference in her reaction from previously, situated his strong arm around her small waist and quickly pulled her in.
Before she could even comprehend what was happening his cold lips were firmly pressed onto her warm ones; the exhilarating sensation sending chills throughout her compact body.
Suddenly breaking the short-lived lip lock with his target, he pulled away and smiled at the dazed brunette while parting with a short farewell before leaving and politely closing the door.
Carefully bringing her fingertips to her sensitive lips, she grinned playfully and silently prided herself upon her own acting abilities; she internally mused.
Let the games begin.
Honestly I was originally thinking of having Tenten actually begin to become somewhat attracted to Kai in this chapter and create an irony; she was the one being seduced by him when it was supposed to be the other way around! Buuuuuuuuut I decided against it because I remembered that a tough girl wouldn't fall for a touchy guy so easily ^_^ and then I pressed backspace on the whole chapter and rewrote it.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Thank you for reading :D