(Oh nezushi *~* sorry if this chapter was sappy, I just finished the Clear route in DRAMAtical murder and I'm overwhelmed with feels right now.)

An arm was draped securely around me when I woke up. I cracked open my eyes to find myself facing Nezumi, our noses lightly touching. He was still asleep with his eyes softly closed. His warm breath drifted across my mouth. I closed my eyes and leaned more into him, liking the comfort.

The sun was just peeking over the horizon and cast a light warm glow over the bedroom. It was the calmest I could ever remember being.

While lost in the comfort time passed and Nezumi finally stirred.

I brought my head up to look at him as his dreary eyes opened. He seemed a little surprised to find me right there but his eyes quickly softened.

"Goodmorning Nezumi." I smiled at him. A smile came across his face too.

"Goodmorning my prince. Had a good sleep?"

I wrapped my arms around his torso and brought us tightly together.

"Oh yes, a very good one."

Nezumi chuckled and rested his chin on the top of my head that was tucked beneath him.

We laid like that for a few minutes, enjoying each other's company.

"We should probably clean up. Your mom is gonna get back around noon and it would be hard to explain what's all over our clothes."

I blushed as he mentioned last night.

"Yeah. Ok."

We scrambled out of bed and I threw our clothes in the washer. We had kept the house fairly clean over the course of the week but still took over an hour of wiping tables and taking out trash till I knew my mom would be satisfied. As the hours went by me and Nezumi kept glancing over at each other. He seemed to distract me even more now. A few times I couldn't help but remember what we had done last night. It made me get nervous and my cheeks brighten up. Surely we were officially together now?

I glanced over at Nezumi. He was fixing the couch cushions, his head facing away from me.

The need for us to talk about what we were seemed to have just grown stronger. He was.. more than a fiend. But it felt weird to call him my lover.

Nezumi flopped down on the sofa with an exasperated sigh. I plopped down next to him as soon as I finished setting the tv remote in the right spot.

"I've decided. I hate cleaning." Nezumi confessed.

I looked over at him. His eyes were closed and he had his head tilted back slightly.

"Yeah. It's tough work."

I turned back around and stared into the space in front of me.

"When should your mom be home?" The dark haired boy asked.

"In a little more than a half hour. She was supposed to leave her hotel around 11 and it takes an hour to drive from there to here."

Nezumi brought his eyes to mine.

"And when does your friend Safu get back?"

I looked into the gray orbs, trying to read them as they slowly came closer.

"Uh not till tomorrow."

Nezumi carefully closed the space between us and brought his lips gently to mine.

"Good."

He cupped the back of my head and kissed me in the gentlest way I could imagine. Moving his lips slowly and allowing me to take my time.

My hands found his wrists and held them in place.

"Do you think we can do this more often?" Nezumi whispered in my ear. His breath sent little goosebumps down my neck.

"I would like that." I replied.

His fingers played with my tufts of white hair and slid down my neck. I brought my head into his lap as he continued. It was surprisingly soothing and I closed my eyes to enjoy it. My mom wouldn't be back for a little while, and this was my last day living with Nezumi. I didn't want it to end

Nezumi's fingers ran through my white hair and played with the shorter strands near the bottom. I sank my head into his lap a little more and wrapped one arm around the bottom of his torso. His hand traveled down the back of my spine sending little shivers through me. I could only barely feel his light touches through my shirt.

He found a sliver of bare skin on my lower back and drew little circles before lifting his hand up my shirt and feeling the skin underneath.

I closed my eyes a little tighter and pressed my face into his leg, his fingers almost tickled me as they grazed my back.

He found a stripe of extra sensitive red and traced it up and down my back. It felt like he was taunting me with pleasure.

"Do you like me touching you here?" Nezumi asked to my tense form below him

I nodded my head into his pants.

"Keep doing that." I softly begged. Nezumi gave a little chuckle.

"Will do, your majesty."

Time past quickly as his fingers drifted around my skin. Suddenly he bent down and lightly kissed my spine before drawing back up.

"Your mom should be here soon. Do you wanna wait on the porch for her? She's probably dying to see you."

I sat up from Nezumi's lap and looked into at his face, it was gentle and softened from his regular look. I dreaded going back to school where I knew that look he gave now wouldn't show.

"Yeah."

We waited for a few minutes on the front door. Even with the noon sun there was a chill in the air. My bare hands and nose tingled with the cold. I asked Nezumi a few questions about how he liked school and told him how I was grateful he had stayed home these past days with me. I owed him my life. What if I had been home alone when I had that attack?

Shortly after my mom came into the driveway. As soon as her car was parked she flung open her door and ran towards me.

"Shion! I'm so glad you're ok, I was so worried. I should of just stayed home." She told me as she grasped me into a tight hug. I wrapped my arms around her and squeezed back.

"No, I'm totally fine. It's good you went. How'd it go?"

I pulled back and looked into my moms slightly teary eyed face.

"Really well actually. I got a lot of money from the chef from showing him tips and different ways to cook. But enough about me, how'd did your guys week go?" She looked over at me and Nezumi. I felt a light blush trying to push its way into my cheeks as I remembered everything. A lot of stuff sure had happened.

"Good." I told my mom with a smile. I saw Nezumi's head nod in agreement from the corner of my eye.

"Shion didn't try to throw too many crazy parties." Nezumi joked.

My mom laughed at his words.

"That's good. Now let's get inside, it's freezing out here."

We headed into the door and talked in the kitchen about my hospital visit and my moms experiences in the city.

She told us that every other week she would be going back down there Saturday and Sunday. My eyes lifted from the wood lines I had been tracing on the table.

"Really?" I asked.

My mom nodded.

"Yup! And if you," she motioned to Nezumi. "could stay here during then that'd be great."

Nezumi looked up at her with a smile. "Sure thing."

I could see a little devilish smirk play at his lips as my mom turned away and got out meat for sandwiches.

We ate lunch together then Nezumi gathered his stuff and went home. It felt empty in the house now without him. I turned on some music and sat down on the couch with a book.

"So what happened between you and Nezumi?" A voice asked. I looked up find my mom sitting down beside me.

"Me and Nezumi? Uh not much. We became really good friends. Why?"

My mom quirked an eyebrow. "I'm your mom, I can sense when something's different. But that's good. I'm so happy he was here. Hopefully he had fun and you weren't too annoying." She joked with a slight laugh at the end.

I chuckled. "I don't think I was. He seemed to like it here."

"Good."

My mom got up.

"I'm going to unpack my bags." She said, and headed up stairs.

I didn't really like not telling my mom what had happened between us but I was scared to. Would she not accept it? It's not like we were really a couple anyway right? I brought my attention back to the book in my hands and continued reading till late at night, silently dreading sleeping in my bed alone tonight.

(Well again hope this chapter was ok! Sorry if it was too short. Anyway my first week of school has passed and things have settled so I'll be posting new chapters sooner)