25. Embarrassing Thoughts of A Teenage Fox

::::Past Tomoe::::

He woke up; Not wanting too. He was too warm. He was too comfortable.

Tomoe shifted and snuggled his face into Nanami's neck. His long hair tickling her small nose. She sighed and moaned as she turned in her sleep. Her hair was a bit messed up but for some reason it didn't bother Tomoe. Its not like he looked amazing when he woke up every morning.

Come to think of it.. It wasn't exactly morning. It was more evening than anything, And now he wanted to sighed and snuggled his face deeper and Nanami let out a sigh.

Her eyes fluttered open and a small yawn escaped her delicate mouth, " Tomoe."

She whispered out his name and it made his ears twitch.

"Get up.." she muttered; still half-asleep.

"No.." He muttered.

He sighed at her scent and his tail curled around her. She sighed in her groggily state and poked him in his side. Tomoe grunted and then maoned when she pinched his ear.

"Get off Idiot." She muttered again.

The fox sighed and moaned as he rolled away from her. He had to listen to her, That was something he learned about after kissing her. What a stupid rule, Familairs had to listen even when they were comfortable?

The girl wobbled up and started to walk by him, he propped his head up in his hand and looked at her.

Nanami glanced at him and he sighed, His violet eyes dull from sleep.

"Go to sleep if you want, But I'm not sleeping all day." Nanami sighed out.

Tomoe cocked his head and slid his head out of his hands. He boosted himself up and went to the outside door that she was still trying to escape from. When he opened the door he was blinded by the frosty snow that surrounded him.

Nanami winced at the bright light that the sun reflected and then blinked. She looked around and then at Tomoe. A small laugh erupted from her lips and the fox looked at her.

"What?" He covered his mouth to yawn and she started to laugh harder.

"You, Your hair matches the snow..Does it not?" She mocked his way of speech and the fox rolled his eyes.

"Your point?"

She smiled and then looked at the snow again, " You wanna play in the snow?"

The fox looked at her with wide eyes and he quickly backed away from her. It took her moment to figure out why.

"Oh wow, Your a pervert!" She burst out laughing and looked put again, " I mean like..Build things in the snow. Like a snow-house."

The fox looked at her and narrowed his eyes. He just got up to a REALLY nice sight; and he wasn't talking about the snow.

"I will not do something so childish. What the point in getting snow in your clothes?"

Nanami pouted and then looked at the white snow. She then smiled and ran out of the porch.

Tomoe ears perked and he looked out as she ran to her rooms door,

"OI WOMAN!" Tomoe yelled out; but all she did was stick her tongue out at him and charge into her room.

A few moments later she strode out wearing a REALLY old looking hoari half-coat. She was wearing boats that probably belonged to the shrine's old owner and her face held determination.

Her eyes shone and Tomoe's breath caught. Her eyes were lovely to look at..

Then the girl flopped over in the yard and started to move around. She thrashed her arms around and then sat up,

"SNOW ANGEL! " She giggled out, " Come outside and make a snow demon!"

Tomoe narrowed his eyes and at her stupid pun and turned his back on her. He leaned his good shoulder against the door frame and rolled his eyes.

"I will not resort to such trival matters."

Nanami rolled her eyes and since his back was turned she stuck her tongue out at him. The fox glanced at her and she stuck it in quickly hoping that he didn't see her childish act.

Thankfully he didn't because all he did was furrow his brow and turn his back again.

He was going to play in the snow, He had never really played at all. Even when he was a child he couldn't play, He was too busy surviving. Thats when a thought came to him. Did his Present self Play in the snow? He wondered if he lowered himself the far. Maybe not..Or maybe he did. He couldn't picture himself to do such a thing.

Maybe..

Present Tomoe

He moaned and shifted; letting himself tug at the blanket around him. He was in such a feeble position but his body was screaming for more sleep. He didn't exactly sleep that long, so he was more than glad to pass out again.

That was until the shrine door opened and He heard Nanami's voice loudly.

"Tomoe! Are you asleep still?"

He moaned and pulled his blanket over his head. She had no idea how late he stayed up. Apparently she had forgotten about his little rejection the other night; but maybe that was the best. He had stayed awake thinking about it...And the kiss they shared.

To be truthful he hadn't kissed someone like that in a while. He felt like his walls were going down for that split second as they kissed and sighed. He never...In his whole life let his walls get torn down like that. The only times he did was when He and Mikage had Father/Son talks.

That was the times he felt okay.

Now he wanted to sleep. He wasn't a lazy person but there was one thing that Yokai had in common with humans.

They had to sleep every once in a while..

And Tomoe was sleep deprived!

He sighed as he started to drift off again and Nanami stomped over to him. She yanked the blanket off his head only to laugh hard.

His eyes narrowed at the sudden light and he placed a hand over them.

"Oh my gosh! Tomoe! You should see your hair!"

The fox slowly took his hand away and looked at her confused. What was she saying? He had to admit that at times it would get quite messy but that was because he had cut it to a bob. When it was long it would fall into place since he didn't toss and turn in his sleep. Now?

He turned a lot in his sleep. Why? Because he would have dreams that could be terrifying, Even for him.

He sat up slowly as Nanami snorted at his bed-head. He looked at her annoyed until Mikage walked in and blinked.

"Oh wow. I haven't seen that in a while. Your hair still gets like that?" He pointed an embarrassing fact outh and Nanami started to laugh harder.

Tomoe glared at Mikage reminding himself to kill him later. Thats when his younger self walked in to see what was going on.

The younger demon blinked as if embarrassed at how he would look like in the future. Then he turned his head away and mumbled something about never cutting his hair as long as he was breathing.

Tomoe face-palmed and stood up. His blanket falling off his shoulders. If it wasn't for his stomach injury then he would be fine; but when he stood he wince and gasped for air that he hoped he would find. He did and eventually stopped panting.

Nanami stopped laughing as he started to rummage through an old trunk, He found an old hairbrush and started to comb out the nats that had formed in the night.

Its not that he cared about how he looked but...It did help to look respect correct?

He sighed and looked at Nanami blandly.

She smiled and nodded, " Thats better."

He rolled his eyes and sighed. He was so exhausted but there was noting to do. He had to recover and so did His past self. He looked at the younger demon and noticed a pained look as he lifted his arm. It was indeed swelled and the older fox wondered if he could be getting infected.

"Tomoe!" Nanami giggled, " Lets play in the snow!"

The older demon rolled his eyes, Which he saw his younger self do also.

'"No, How childish. Shouldn't you stay warm? What if you catch an unknown disease that we can't fix?"

Nanami sighed, " Stop worrying! I'm fine; Really!"

Tomoe rolled his eyes, " I am not playing."

The girl sighed a long heavy sigh and then ran outside. She looked disappionted but he didn't care. As long she was out of his hair...

Crap...Enough with the hair puns.

He looked at Mikage who was shaking his head, " You two should go play with her!"

The younger demon rolled his eyes and sucked on his pipe, " Why? It is cold and it would dampen my Yukata. I prefere to stay warm."

The older demon nodded, " As do I."

Mikage clucked his tongue as a sharp scream entered the air.

Both foxes froze as did Mikage.

Thats scream...It was..

Nanami's..

Tomoe ran out; gasped for air. Where was she? Where!? He was followed by his younger self who had an equaly scared expression.

Thats when Tomoe was tackled onto the ground in a heap. He shivered and growled until he heard giggling.

His ears perked as he turned to look at who tackled him.

"I TRICKED YOU!" Nanami stuck her tongue out and both foxes glared at her.

"DON'T DO THAT!" Both foxes screamed in unision. How dare she do somthing like that! He thought she was being killed! You know? Spread out over the snow in big bloody puddles? But no..She was played a prank!
"THAT WAS TO FAR!" Both foxes screamed again and then glared at each other.

"Oh don't be a spoil sport!" Nanami giggled, " Lets just play!"

Tomoe stood up, ignoring the pain in his stomach, " NO! I SAID NO BEFORE AND YOU DID NOT LISTEN! YOUR FOOLISH NANAMI! START ACTING YOUR PART AND GROW UP ALREADY!"

Nanami blinked and looked down, Shame filling her eyes, " I just wanted you to lighten up. You both always busy protecting me and I wanted you both to relax."

Tomoe sighed, his anger fleeing to some unknown mountain of problems for later on. This girl could do some much with a face alone.

Tomoe reached out his hand and huffed out a breath, " Grab my hand. Its cold."

Nanami nodded and gripped his hand. The younger demon sighed as his teeth began to chatter. He walked inside as The older demon yawned.

It was shameful to do but he couldn't hold it in. He was too tired..

Nanami looked at him and sighed, " You must be sleepy. Didn't you get any sleep?"

Tomoe looked at her shocked. No he hadn't; but it was because he had thought about their kiss. The kiss that drove him to a new level of crazy. He didn't like this feeling that was building up in him. It hurt and yet, Had a nice feeling too.

Was it foolish to say he had the thought of kissing her again? It was stupid.. And for that thought he had to look away. His stomach turned and his vision blurred with thoughts of confusion.

He had the thought of kissing her again, And it shamed him. She was his master was she not? A master that he would not loose to petty emotions. He wouldn't lose another Master. In fact if Nanami ever left like Mikage did? He would probably die.

He couldn't trust her all the way, not yet at least. It was hard to trust someone that forced you into things...You know like...Um...Being a familiar again?

Again his mind went back to the kiss they shared. For some reason their first kiss was something that made his breath stop. It was something that only he knew about... It was probably just his hormons because he had been alone for so long..

That had to be it.

He couldn't look at her at the moment. If she knew he had thought of kissing her again? Would she run? Or tell him to bug off?

He breathed out a harsh breath as he watched her run back into the shrine.

His face burned as it slowly turned pink with a blush that he wasn't used to bearing.

He was to embarrassed to even think about things like this..

It was just too embarrassing...