Kana knocked on Obi's door bright and early, like Mitsuhide had asked her to do. She yawned as she waited for a response.
"Obi?" she called out. "Are you awake?"
She heard shuffling on the other side. The door opened, revealing a half naked Obi. Kana turned bright red as he looked at her sleepily.
"Yeah?"
"Mitsuhide said to wake you up," she told him, trying to look away, but failing.
Obi blinked at her and realized he was just in his boxers.
"Uh-"
"I-It's okay!" Kana said, waving her hand, still trying to look away, but couldn't help examine his muscular body. "I-I was just leaving..."
Obi let out a scoff as he watched her go back upstairs. He then closed the door to his room and laid back down on his bed. His heart was beating fast and he couldn't understand it. Then again, maybe he knew why, but couldn't admit it. Obi chuckled, remembering Kana's face as she saw him and how her eyes wandered over his body.
"She was checking me out," he grinned.
After getting dressed, he looked around the East Wing to find no one there. Just in case, he climbed up the stairs to Kana's room to see if she was still there.
"Kana?" He called out, knocking on her door.
He pressed his ear against the door, but heard nothing. She must have been out already. Suddenly, he heard a yelp and a loud thud.
"Kana?!" He exclaimed, opening the door.
"O-Obi!" Kana cried, covering herself up.
She were facing the door, still trying to clasp her bra on while Obi stood there gaping at her.
"Close the door!" Kana demanded, embarrassed.
"Oh, sorry!" Obi apologized, closing the door behind him.
This is the second time he's seen her half naked.
"I meant for you to leave, Obi," Kana sighed, but brushed him off.
"Why? I've seen you naked already."
"Half!"
Kana adjusted her bra and found a shirt to put on. But before Kana could, Obi strode over to her and touched her stomach. His slightly cold hands gave her chills when he made contact with her skin.
"Your body is really nice," he marveled, but then touched the scar from her poisoned wound. "I'm sorry for this."
Kana gaped at him. How did he have the tact to casually touch her in this situation...?
She met his gaze and he was giving her an apologetic smile. She grabbed his hand and shook her head.
"It's not your fault," she said. "I kinda like it. It's a nice battle wound."
She laughed a little, but Obi sighed.
"It's not a scar a future husband would like to see on his noble wife..."
"And since when have you been concerned with my nobility and marriage?" she chuckled. "Besides, I want to marry someone who understands what I've done and accepts me for who I am."
Obi smiled.
"I suppose you're right."
"Obi," Kana reached out to him, pulling his arm.
"Hm?"
"Your scars... on your body..." She said quietly. "What happened?"
"Many things," he smiled. "They're my battle wounds."
"But the one on your chest-"
Obi patted her head.
"I'll tell you about it some other time. Better get dressed. Or Mister Mitsuhide will get mad at me if he saw me in here at this moment."
Kana realized she was still not dressed and immediately put her shirt on while Obi turned around. She tied up her hair as usual and put on the boots.
"Shall we go?" She asked, smiling.
Obi nodded his head, following her out the door. He watched as she swayed while walking outside. He smiled to himself. He liked her cheerfulness, but he worried that it might attract others as well. The two of them met up with the others in the garden, Shirayuki already amongst them.
"Mistress!" Obi greeted as he ran to the group.
"Good morning, Obi! Kana-san!" greeted Shirayuki.
"Morning," Kana nodded. "What's going on?"
"Oh we're just lazing around," says Zen. "Trying to relax."
"That's new, Master. You're usually busy at this time," pointed out Obi.
"He's hiding," sighed Mitsuhide.
"Shirayuki shall we walk?" Zen offered, ignoring Mitsuhide.
"O-Okay!"

They all watched as the couple walked away separately in a good mood. Why did that feel like déjà vu?

"You woke Obi up?" Mitsuhide asked her .

"Hm? Yeah."
"She did more than wake me up, Mister," chuckled Obi.
"What's that supposed to mean?" gaped the older man.
"Naughty things?" Kiki asked.
"Kiki!" Kana exclaimed in shock.
Obi laughed.
"Miss Kiki can be funny."
"I was serious."
"We did nothing of the sort!" You cried.

Several more minutes passed and Kana watched Obi's eyes follow the couple around the garden.
"Do you want to join them?" she asked.
"Not really," he replied. "Just looking out."
"So what happened during that adventure of yours?" Mitsuhide wondered.
"You're talking again," pointed out Kiki.
Kana and Obi looked at each other and both turned red, her face brighter than his.
"Oh?" Kiki noticed.
Mitsuhide blinked a couple times trying to register their expression.
"What did you do, Obi?!"
"What makes you think I did something, Mister?" Obi defended.
"Cuz you're shady!"
"I wouldn't take advantage of Kana! I'm not that kind of man!"
"He's got a gentleman trait to him," said Kiki.
"N-Nothing happened," Kana told Mitsuhide, trying to hide your blush. "Nothing... Too big anyways..."
Kana side glanced Obi who turned his head away, but she could see his ears had turned pink.
"Ah! That scarf. You got that from Kana right?" Mitsuhide asked. "Kiki told me."
Kana looked at Obi and realized he was wearing the scarf she had given him. The dark haired man tugged at it and smiled.
"Yep. It was a nice present."

"Kyaahh!"

The four of them jolted to the sound of Shirayuki's voice.
"Zen! Shirayuki!" Mitsuhide shouted, running towards them.
"Mistress are you okay?" Obi asked worriedly.
Kana grabbed her bow and quickly followed after Kiki. Zen held onto Shirayuki tightly. Once again, there was an arrow shot next to their feet.
"Again?!" hissed Obi, observing the area. "Kana move away."
"It's fine," she picked up the arrow. "This one's not poisoned."

"Y-Your highness!"
Kana heard someone shout from the roof.
"We're so sorry! That was an accident. We're training!"
The lot of them sweat-dropped. Irritited Zen turned to Kana.
"Your trainees need to be taught better."
"I'll get on that," Kana sighed. "Sorry..."
"I-It's okay. It just surprised me," said Shirayuki, relaxing.
"Well as long as everyone's alright," Mitsuhide let out a sigh of relief. "I'll give them a talking to later."
Kana's mind drifted away from the conversation when she heard rustling in the leaves. She wasn't too sure what it was, but it couldn't be the soldiers that time. The sound of an arrow flying caught her attention and she spun around catching it, barely centimeters away from her face.
"Kana?" Mitsuhide wondered then noticed the arrow she was holding.
Kana felt her body shake as she quickly let go of the arrow. She stepped back to stare at it for awhile. She nearly got shot in the head!
"Kana-"
"There's someone here," she said, holding out your bow. "Someone shot that arrow, barely missing my head."
That caught the guards' attention. Zen and Obi hurriedly rushed Shirayuki up the stairs and Mitsuhide and Kiki followed behind. Kana stayed in her spot, scanning the garden, but found nothing. Quickly, she turned around and followed the others, but she felt a hand grabbing her from behind.
"Mmph!" Kana tried to scream.
"Kana!" Obi shouted, about to rush to her side.
Before whoever held her could pull her away, she bit the hand that was covering her mouth.
"Shit! That hurt, girl!" The man cried as Kana stepped back several feet from him.
The man had a bandit-looking feature. He laughed at how the others were on guard by Shirayuki. They looked at him sternly.
"What do you want?" Zen demanded.
"Sorry, but we're not after the red head," the man said.
Kana's had her head turned away from him as she was concerned of the others.
"We want this one," he smirked, grabbing Kana once more.
"Wh-"
He covered her mouth with a cloth covered with a chemical that made her faint.
"Kana!"
"See ya!"
The bandit threw her over his shoulder and fled away rather quickly, even Obi didn't have the time to stop him.