Just A Touch/Cuddle
(Kelly's P.O.V.)
We lay on the posh and plush bed together, Orochimaru lay on his stomach, his arms around my waist and his head on my abdomen as I stroked his long, ebony locks. It felt like it had been forever since we had just cuddled like this.
And in a sense it had, he had been so tense our last few cuddle sessions it had been more like spooning a plank of wood than a living person.
"I know you and Jiraiya were talking about the Snake God. Or Goddess." I said, purposely elongating the "S" on the end of that word.
Orochimaru chuckled.
"Yes we were. I'm a little curious as to how the Serpent clan will react to me, or to Kabuto for that matter."
"Yeah, four-eyes is kinda a mutt isn't he?" I replied.
"Hm." Orochimaru affirmed as he concentrated on the feeling of my fingers in his hair.
"Can't sleep?"
Itachi, who had been sitting on the engawa of the small home on the palace grounds he and the Akatsuki were sharing, turned to see Griffin approaching him. The lamps lighting the steps leading up to the house made her feathers give off a warm glow.
"Never really could," he admitted, "not since…"
"Yeah, I get it." Griffin said, sitting beside him and laying her head against him.
Itachi put his arm around her, and together they watched some small foxes playing in the trees.
Eh, short I know. But I am trying to get back into writing this story. From my notes I had some pretty cool stuff to show you over the next few chapters. Reviews help me write this. They do. Honest.