A/N: This is a side spin off of 'Breaking the Rules' that has the aftermath of what happened to Tsubaki and BlackStar. Please enjoy ;D


032 : Night

There was silence in the room and as the partner pair of weapon and meister starred each other down.

"Tell me why."

"..."

To put it more correctly, it was more like BlackStar was starring down at a silent Tsubaki who was sitting in one of their leather chairs in their small living room in their apartment they'd just arrived back in.

"Why did you do something so...unlike you?"

Yet Tsubaki still stayed silent as she starred at her tightly clenched hands in front of her, not daring to look up to the deep green eyes that she knew were starring down to her, feeling as if he was boring a hole in her head.

BlackStar sighed as he ran a calloused hand through his shocking light blue hair, favoring to move his eyes from the pretty weapon to the wooden ceiling above him.

If anyone of their friends could see this situation, they no doubt would comment with a shocked face on how the roles of the tight partnership were ironically switched. Tsubaki, who was usually the one doing the scolding, was being interregated for her 'rebelious' action of going to the club by the one who was more wild and crazy then any other.

"I can keep this up all night if I have to." BlackStar said as he moved his hands to his hips. Tsubaki didn't doubt it. His stamina was outrageous.

"All I'm asking for is a simple explination of why you did soemthing I know the normal you wouldn't have done." He continued on as Tsubaki heard him move.

She held down a gasp as she felt something drape over her shoulders and looked up to see BlackStar putting a blanket over her.

"You looked kinda cold." He snorted as he went back to his place of menacingly standing in front of her.

He surprised her again as she saw him sit right in front of her so that he was now lower then her and could make eyecontact.

"Come on Tsubaki." He said without his usual loud tone or flashy smirk.

"No." She said as she stood, letting the blanket fall away, as she tried to make it to her room. He bite her tongue after the snap. She barely EVER said no to him.

She was glad that BlackStar couldn't see her face anymore or else he surely would have seen the deep blush on her beautiful face. Although she wanted none other then to admit why she acted so recklessly, she refused to do so.

And what would she even say? It was too embarasssing.

'Yeah, BlackStar, I went in hopes that you'd pay more attention to me. I feel like all you ever do is workout. So? Did it work?'

No way in HELL!

But her flustering thoughts were interrupted as she suddenly felt herself being thrown onto the fairly hard wooden floor, barely squeaking out a 'Kyah' before she hit it. Hard. She groaned as she flipped over from her stomach to her back.

Only to find herself starring into BlackStar's intense green eyes.

"B-BlackStar?" She stuttered as she finally noticed how he was hovering over her, his knees on either side of her hips while his hands were above her shoulders, and in how his face was a mere foot away from her own, if not less.

"Those guys didn't hurt you right?" He asked as his eyebrows furrowed.

"Wha...?"

But her questioning was cut short as she gasped, feeling his rough hand creep up her thigh.

"I saw that guy touch you here..." BlackStar said as he moved away her short dress to reveal her creamy skin. "I want to make sure he didn't hurt you."

She shook her head to say no, knowing that her voice would fail her if she tried to speak.

"Where else did they touch you?" He asked as he brought his eyes back to her flushed face, noticing how her breathing had hiked.

He didn't wait for her to answer as his hands started to roam her body, Tsubaki too petrified to stop him.

"You don't look like you're injured in any way..." BlackStar finally said as he brought his face away from her neck where he'd just examined.

Tsubaki weakly nodded her head. Why was it that she didn't feel anything whenever the guys at the clubs touched her and yet...BlackStar had just succeeded at making her breathless.

"Well, if that's the case." He said as he got himself off of her, Tsubaki immediately feeling the biting cold of the late night, or early morning.

BlackStar held out a hand for her to take to help her up.

"And...ah...sorry for knocking you down. Spur of the moment thing..." He said as he rubbed the back of his neck, starring up at the ceiling again.

Tsubaki only blinked before a smile bloomed on her face that made the ninja breath a secret sigh of relief.

"Good night." She whispered as she made her way to her room again.

"Wait."

At the command, she turned around to stare at BlackStar who looked...

She gasped as she looked at his eyes.

Defeated?

"Will you really not tell me why you did that? I don't get why...maybe because you were bored? I mean, the missions have been getting kinda boring and all in this peace time, but still..." The star ninja fumbled to say as he couldn't meet her eyes.

"BlackStar..." She started as she turned around fully, her hands clasped in front of her once again.

He looked up at her again and she held down a small smile as he looked as helpless as she'd seen in quite a while. And when she thought of how SHE was the one that made him feel so insecure, she couldn't stop the large tears from bubbling up from her large brown eyes.

"Ah, Tsubaki! It's nothing to cry over!" He said in his normal loud voice that was sure to disturb the people who lived above him. No doubt waking them up from their slumber.

"Come here." He said as he opened his arms, Tsubaki so flustered that she didn't notice the small stain of pink across his tanned cheeks.

Without a second thought, she flung herself at him. She smiled, dispite her crying, as she remembered when she'd embraced him after she'd absorbed her brother those many years ago. With that simple embrace it had felt that all her worries in the world had been gone...and that's how she felt again right now.

"It's alright. I'm sure that you just wanted to have some fun." BlackStar consoled as he patted her black, tilting his head to smell her hair.

"I'm sorry." She managed to muffle out from his t-shirt, making the ninja smile. It wasn't long before they were both shaking from BlackStar's loud laughter.

"Alright. That's enough. You should get some sleep." He said as she suddenly felt herself being swung over his shoulder.

"B-BlackStar!" She said as a new blush formed, wondering if in this short dress that he could see her panties.

"Here ya go." He said easily as he put her down on her bed, her curvy body bouncing a few times before finally settling down on the soft bed.

She looked up to see if the ninja was still there but found that he'd already left. Sighing, she quickly changed out of her dress into her baggy stipped pajamas. She then turned off the lights and crawled into bed, looking up at her ceiling as she tried to have blissful sleep take her away.

But, the weapon would soon find that it wouldn't. She turned over and found the red numbers of her digital alarm clock to find 3:17.

Groaning, she got up and drozily walked to the kitchen to get herself a glass of water. But her small excursion was interrupted as she heard a snarl like noise. She smiled as she turned from the kitchen to head over to BlackStar's room, knowing that the odd sound was only his snoring.

She cracked his door open to smile fondly as she saw him in his bed, legs sprawled and mouth wide open. But she noticed, holding down a blush, as she saw he was only wearing a pair of star patterned boxers. Feeling bold (maybe she felt she was still in the club) she tiptoed her way over to him and squatted down at the bed's edge. She couldn't help but let a soft smile form on her face as she looked at his relaxed face that reminded her of when they'd first meet. When he'd just been a little kid.

But as she looked at his toned chest and arms, she noted to herself that he wasn't just a boy anymore. And, as lame as it sounded, he was a man.

Before she could stop herself, she had lifted a hand and had started tracing his muscles. But when she heard him bark out a breath of laughter before his regular snores sounded, she took her hand away and stared at it.

What was she thinking?!

Maybe it was the alchohol...she had only taken a few shots with Liz but...

Daring to lift her own eyes to look at his sleeping form again, she held down a yelp as she saw BlackStar looking at her with half opened eyes.

"Wubwaki." He slurred as he blinked his eyes.

"Yes?" She squeaked out.

"Nwot sweep?" He asked, not any more clear, as he rubbed his one of his eyes and propped himself on an elbow.

"No..." She admitted, never good at lying, as she fiddled with the end of one of his blankets.

There was silence for a few seconds before Tsubaki felt herself being lifted from the side onto his bed. She blinked as she looked at the tanned chest before her.

"BlackStar..." She started as she tried to push away. She knew that he was a little forgetful and airheaded (more then usual) when he had just woken up. He had explained to her that his amazing brain just didn't start turning it's gears until half an hour after he'd woken up.

"I don't want anyone else touching you." He said in clarity as he rubbed his nose into her soft hair that was currently down.

"I'm your partner. I should be the only one who...touches...you..." He continued to mumble into her her hair as he brought her closer.

She didn't move as she saw his chest start to go up and down in a regular pattern and before long his unique snores filled the silence.

Tsubaki smiled as she hesitantly, and with a heavy blush, brought her arm to loop around his waist. She snuggled into his warmth and sighed in happiness.

Right now, she didn't care about anything else.

Anyway, it was only one night.


A/N: I thought this would turn out differently in my head (in a BETTER way) but...sigh...oh well. Hope you enjoyed it all the same XD