Here is the chapter was waiting for
Akito looked through the window with melancholy, holding her haori tighter around her body. Even though she had moved her futon in Kureno's old room, she was still cold. Since that day she had eaten with Tohru, Akito tried to pull herself together. But it was a very hard thing to do when she had no company nor contact with the outside. All she had in this house was books that she already read a thousand time and files that Kureno had snatched from Ren's office. Akito was surprised that woman did not notice their absences.
However, she was depressed and she wanted to do nothing. Tohru was sometime coming to serve her meals but she couldn't stay. It was a vicious circle. Her only comfort was that Shigure was now aware of the situation. Tohru did not tell her much since then. Each time she was coming, it was at pair with another maid and they couldn't talk privately without being suspicious. Plus, Tohru was just a high school girl, she did not have time to be with Akito. It was like Yuki. Akito hoped that Tohru told him too what was happening and that he was sad, or at least that he cared. No, of course he must have cared, she was his god, her existence was important to him, wasn't it?
'Nobody needs you' Ren voice echoed in the icy room, making Akito shiver in loath and she held her head between her hands, pulling at her hair. "Shut up-ts' not true "she answered in the emptiness of the place. As if the voice of her mother will answer and to attack her, she hid into the futon she had set on the floor, searching to ease herself and her fears.
She remembered being younger and seeking comfort in Kureno's arms the night and sliding in his futon when nobody was watching. Kureno never lectured her about it, but he did not approve neither. He just let it slid and put her back in her own futon in her room before she woke up. Tears cornered Akito's eyes at the memory. Kureno was a liar, he told her he was going to stay until she didn't need him anymore and yet, he left her. She was alone, all alone and nobody cared, nobody needed her.
In spite of herself, she sobbed in her pillow until sleeping. She woke up hours later by a faint knock on the door. "Akito-san, are you here? It's Tohru! "Called the girl voice. Blinking and rubbing her eyes, still sleepy, she stood up and walked to the door to glide it open. She was welcomed by Tohru's bright smile. "Hello Akito-san! Had nice dream? "Her gentle voice was so soft, it made Akito grump. If she were to give an answer, she would say that it was rare she remembered her dreams, and when she did, it was mostly nightmare. Here, alone in the dark. Sometime she heard animals voice being muffled by Ren scream. She hated those dreams.
"I was worried, you weren't in your room, I thought the worst happened." She added, leading Akito to the living room. The woman rolled her eyes, wasn't Tohru aware that the worst already happened? Nothing could be worse than what she was living now, not even death. Akito knew if this continued, she was going to end up crazy. She just wanted to be with somebody who cared about her, somebody who loved her and would be present when she needed them. She wanted Shigure, right now.
She quickly shook her head. Don't think about him, you're going to cry, you're going to scream, you don't want to show Tohru any weakness. No, no more, she already showed her way too much in her taste. "Today meal is eggrolls and kaarage, I heard that you like it." Said Tohru in delight, surprising Akito. She blushed, thinking it must have been Shigure who told Tohru about that. Little she knew that it was actually Kureno who told her when the girl told him she had the privilege to see Akito, as one of the main house maids.
The two girls sat at each side of the table. Akito was glad that Tohru could stay with her today. "It's because today is weekend" she explained. Akito thought how strange that the maids trusted Tohru enough to allow the girl to share a meal with her after all the disaster provoked by the 'Wednesday out-day'. Then, Akito remembered that she told her that they trusted her because they considered that Tohru was at their side. Akito would have agreed if the girl haven't talked to her about the zodiac. And… For Akito, Tohru was the only link left between her and Shigure.
If Akito were to give a role to Tohru, it would be a messenger bird. Free to fly whenever they want yet used as tool. Well, Akito won't complain about it, if Tohru hadn't been here at the good moment, Akito wondered what she would have become. Sometime, it felt like nothing mattered for her anymore, not even her bonds. She felt like it was starting to disappear slowly, it scared her. Sometime, she felt like she could hear the god whispered in her ears, begging to not forget, begging to think about his friends. But Akito was tired, tired, tired. She just wanted to be free. She just wanted to go out, to tears off the bandages around her chest and wear dresses. She wanted to run after Shigure and take a boat to go away, in another country, where Ren won't find her.
Each time she thought about that, the god could find nothing to say, to change her mind. Because the god too used to live like Akito did. The difference was that he had his friends, the animals of the zodiacs who promised the eternity of a banquet. The girl had nothing she was alone. When Akito was busy crying, the god remembered how lonely he used to be before meeting Cat and he wondered if it was this promised eternity that hurt her so bad. But…the god couldn't leave before biding a last farewell to all his faithful friends, he wouldn't allow Akito to go without seeing them. It was his only condition, no that Akito could know it. The only link between his spirit and the girl was their feelings.
"Tell me Akito-san, aren't you cold in here? It's freezing. Do you want me to bring you more blanket? It would be bad if you ended sick…" Said Tohru but Akito simply rested her cheek in her palm. Actually, Akito wasn't against the idea of ending ill, maybe Hatori will come if she did. The man hasn't come here since the day Kureno have been fired. She heard later that the reason he wasn't coming was because he was busy with work and that he was helping at one of the Sohma clinic.
Tohru did not force her to finish her plate, she simply clears the table with a smile and then she looked at the closed shoji doors that were giving to the garden. "Shall we go out?" she asked and Akito simply nodded. The teenager opened the doors in a happy fuss and Akito was surprised that outside was less cold than she thought it would be, she even had the impression it was warmer. Tohru wandering around the garden. It was big enough and more than giving to the living room, they could go in Akito's bedroom from here.
Tohru walked to the wall followed by Akito. "Tell me Akito-san, you never tried to escape by the wall?" she asked quietly, as scared that somebody could heard them. Akito frowned and turned her to the rampart that was separating her to the outside. It felt like she looked at it for the first time in years. "Strange…In my memories, it was taller…" she muttered, placing her palm against the cold rock. She used to have the thought of climbing that wall, but she was too small and by the time her body did grow up, Kureno had already moved in and she had stopped to think about going out, forgetting. She thought that Kureno would be a constant in her life.
"If only there was a ladder or something…" voiced Tohru, visibly in thought and making Akito roll her eyes. "Obviously there isn't, let's go back inside." She grumped, crossing her arm and leaving the girl in the garden. She decided to move her futon back in her room and to have another nap. It was all she could now anyway. When she woke up, Tohru was already gone and she had left a note on the table in the living room. Akito was ready to put it in the trash when she noticed that on the paper there were different handwritings. Curious, she sat down on a zabuton and read it.
All of this were words from the zodiacs. She couldn't believe it at first, but she recognized Yuki's handwriting, and that little drawing of a rabbit with the pink letters, it was from the cursed of the namesake animal? Shivering, she read it again and again. Tears of slowly gathering around her black eyes and lips pursed to hold back any sobs threatening to go out. Yuki was telling her to watch out for her health, knowing how fragile she was. The tiger Kisa and the sheep Hiro, shared the same space and told her how much they desired to meet her. Momiji -the pink rabbit, was talking about his day and saying how much he had wanted Akito to be with him to live that little adventure. He had used a lot of space in comparison to others. The ox, Hatsuharu he was called, written about food, saying how annoyed he was that the new year banquet has been canceled. Kagura the boar as replying to Hatsuharu, said she wished that all the zodiac and Akito could eat shabu-shabu together. Akito found cute the way she drew hearts and smiling faces around her words. Even the cat Kyo took his time to write kind word for Akito.
Sniffing, she brought the paper against her chest. They were thinking about her, she was not forgotten by her zodiacs. She wanted to run outside and to meet each one of them. She had noticed that most of the cursed haven't wrote on the paper. She knew that Hatori wasn't here, that Kureno was probably now far, far away and that the dog left her, a part of Akito wished that the dog would had apologized -it still hurt to remember the betrayal; However, the snake, the horse and also the monkey were missing. It was half of the zodiacs, it could have been dispiriting, yet it was also saying that the other half was thinking about her, that she was still important, loved by them. That for the moment, it all that mattered to the god inside her. When she calmed down, she quickly ran to her room to hide the precious paper in her treasure box.
When was the last she took it out? It must have been since that last Wednesday she has been out. Since the last she saw him…Shigure…
She bowed her head; all her joy had now disappeared for the pain and sadness that the lack of Shigure made her feel. It hurt so much. Searching in her box, she pulled out Shigure's scarf, the same one he gave her last year and moved it to her nose. Of course, his smell had disappeared, but she was still lulled into the impression that he was close to her, it used to be his. She wasn't different from the girls she read about in light novels. Well, she was a girl and she was in love and she was heart-broken, she had nothing to be ashamed of.
Putting all her treasures back in the box and then in the closet, she decided to study a bit, Shigure's scarf around her neck. While sorting out all the files that Kureno had stolen from her, Akito discovered the password and the papers needed to access to the whole family bank account. She felt annoyed, why was she discovering that kind of thing too late. If she noticed it before, maybe she could have found a way to go out before all of it happened. She frowned and turned slightly her head toward her closet where she had hidden her zodiac letter…No, she couldn't leave, she had to find another way out.
She sighed, perfectly annoyed by the situation and her thoughts. Not feeling it anymore, she put her papers away. Guess she could forget about studying. She rolled her eyes and let her body fall back on her futon, putting her arm across her face, she stared lazily the ceiling, because she did not have the force to do otherwise. In spite of her, she thought about her lover -were they still lovers? Akito wondered painfully. Was Shigure trying to find a way to meet her or did he already move on? She hoped not. Call her possessive, but she wanted Shigure to stay faithful to her until the day she sees him again. If he dared to cheat on her…
Akito bit her lip and rolled on the side. No, don't think about it, don't think about Shigure, don't.
She waited hours after the sun set down to stand up and switch the light on. Then she walked into the living in aim to search for matchstick to light the candles. she noticed the plates left on the table. They weren't there before she retired herself in her room, the maids probably had left her dinner here and they did not bother to inform her. She reluctantly sat and took her chopsticks between her fingers, touching the rice with the tip of the sticks. For sure, Tohru wasn't the one for prepared tonight meal. Pushing the rice bowl away, she took a piece of chopped meat between her sticks and sniffed it before frowning and putting it back in the plate. If she had few appetites before, she totally lost it.
Giving up, she preferred to go back on her quest to light the candles of her house wing. That basically meant the living room, Kureno old's room and hers. She won't go to the bathroom tonight after all. All the lighting felt eerie. However, she did not dislike the ambiance. It suited her mood; she was wandering in the house like a ghost. Ironic for her who was meant to be a god to act like a phantom. She wondered how long before she became an onryou and avenge herself.
She sat languidly on the zabuton next to the book shelf and grabbed a book, a classical poetry collection from Bashou. She let her eyes wander on the numerous Haiku. She never has been into that kind of poesy. Haiku were words of fleeting sensation, Akito aspired for eternity. Her fingers slowly traced the written words of the book.
冬枯れや|世は一色に|風の音
'Winter withering, the world is monochrome, in the sound of the wind. ' She read aloud in a whisper before a sudden sound in her garden made her jump in surprise. Confused and panicked, she looked at the closed shoji doors with wide eyes for a few seconds before putting her book away and take a candle. She hesitantly slid the door open, looking into the darkness in her garden, unsure. She listened intently the night, searching for any odd noise.
Still unsure, she dared to take a step in the cold grass and held back a shiver. "Is somebody here?" she asked, uncertain. She pulled the candle higher to try to catch the sight of something strange and noticed something moving against the wall. Frowning she walked determinately toward it and was surprised to find a dog blinking hardly and struggling to stood up on its paws, it was completely knocked out, barely conscious.
Akito was ready to ask out of surprise where this dog come from when she noticed clothes around the poor disoriented animal. Awareness gradually showed on her face as she was lowering down the arm that was holding the candle. She knew the effect of the curse had on the zodiacs, but it was the first time she saw one of them transformed. Indeed, in front of her stood the cursed of the spirit of the dog, the same one who betrayed her months ago. Akito was ready to scream at it, ready to throw that betrayer out of her garden by herself. The dog suddenly snapped out when noticing Akito presence and opened its muzzle but Akito did not care.
A feminine and rough voice stopped her before she could act and called her. "Young Master what are you doing in the garden?!" she scolded, irritating Akito more than the dog presence here. Cliquing her tongue, she roughly answered to the maid "Nothing, can't I go in my own garden without being bothered?!" she roared. She maid stood silent and turned back inside to clear the table. She indicated her leave by switching off the light.
Akito slowly rolled her eyes back on the animal who sat quietly in front of her, waiting for her to talk. She frowned, showing her annoyance. That damned mutt dared to wag its tail. A freeze wind passed, threatening to blow the candle, she protected the little light with her hand.
"You came back quickly, for somebody who said he's leaving me." She said with venom in the voice, the dog looked amused. It was like Akito could see it smirk, she snorted and the dog stood up, walking at her. She heard it muttered a pained "ouch- my tail!" and her heart beat faster. She recognized that voice and she steep back, fearing that she was hearing things. But this voice, she could recognize it everywhere…It was…
In her confusion, Akito let the candle fall in the grass, blowing it out and when a 'pouf' and a green smoke appeared. As if her body was rejecting the truth, her legs turned around, trying to run back in her house but were stopped in their escape by a rough hand grabbing her by the wrist and pulling her back against a hard chest. His arms wrapped around her frail body and she was shivering in emotion. "Where are you running young girl?" asked the playful voice that Akito had missed for weeks.
She quietly turned her head toward his. She did not notice she was holding her breath until she gasped when she saw her lover face illuminated by the moon. "Hey…" Shigure just called, smiling gently.
Hesitant, she slowly moved her hand to his cheek, touching the cold skin. It was him; he was here, just by her side. Akito could almost cry of it really, if only the fact that he was the dog who had betrayed her wasn't staying painfully in her mind. Feeling her anger rising and it being stronger than her joy, she slapped him hard enough for him to wince, making him break their hug of reunion. Angrier than ever he did not have the time to pull himself together that Akito was rushing on him again, claws out and ready to tear his skin. He caught her wrists and held them high. She wriggled, trying to break free, her ego out of the window.
"Akito calm down, they going to come back!" he scolded and she yell her rage. He was a liar. She given him all her trust and love and he lied to her. "Since when?! Tell me!" she repeated again and again and Shigure roughly stick her to the wall and put his palm her on her mouth, muffling her screams. They stood in that position, him maintaining her until she calmed and stopped to struggle. When he removed his hand, she slapped him a second time, her cheeks red from humiliation and rage.
"Are you finished?" he asked with an exasperated tone, massaging his cheek. "Don't use that tone with me!" she talked back, still angry. She felt her nails planting in her palms. He looked at her for a few seconds before kneeling down and putting his underwear and his kimono. "Alright" he just said and Akito frowned, taking a step further. "I can see when my presence is unwelcomed" he put a foot on a rope ladder -where it come from? Who put it here? Akito did not have the time to ask those questions to herself. Instead she rushed to Shigure's side and took him by the sleeve, looking at him with a desperate look that begged him to stay. "Don't leave me…Not again…" she said breathlessly. Quietly, he moved his hand away from the ladder and held tight Akito against him, he was crushing her with his strength to the point she felt like her bones would crack yet, she did not try to stop him and in the opposite, she snuggled closer.
Breathing in his natural perfume that she missed so much, she did not notice she was shivering from the cold. "Akito, we should go in, you're freezing." He said gently, removing his arms. She took a step back, watching him closely, scared that he could leave if she blinked for a mere second. Shigure chuckled and caressed her cheek. "Let me in, Akito-san?" he tilted his head charmingly, he was beautiful under the moonlight.
She turned her back and walked inside, sometime looking back and making sure he was still following her, still with her. She stepped in her living room and put her finger on her mouth, signalizing Shigure to stay quiet and she led him to her bedroom, where nobody will hear them. Shigure looked around with curiosity. The picture was strange for Akito, because she never imagined, even in her wildest dreams, to see her man in the middle of her room. She felt her anger rise again when she remembered this man to be more than be a Sohma -so a part of her family, but he was also a cursed, one of her zodiacs! Goddamnit!
She frowned with rage walked to him. "Since when do you know?" she asked fiercely, sticking him. Shigure smirked. "Know what?" he said in an innocent voice, he knew that it annoyed her, feigning ignorance. She grabbed him by the collar and ah- she noticed it was the first time she saw him in traditional clothe, she liked seeing him in that unfamiliar shape but her anger prevented her to care about it at the moment. "Don't play the fool! Since when do you know you are…You know!" she couldn't say it, it was too absurd. He couldn't be…That was too far-fetched!
He smiley derisorily and cupped her hand that was holding the cloth. "that you are Akito Sohma, the god of the zodiac? Not that long to be honest." He laughed "Oh Akito, don't frown like that, it's not pretty on you, ah, just kidding!" he said and she planted her nails in his skin through the kimono and he smirked even more. That moron was having fun her expenses. "Really Akito, you don't remember when I was barely touching you?" he asked softly, stroking her cheek with care.
"That-!" she gasped and remembered in an instant. That's true that his behavior with her changed out of nowhere, it was around the time she had won her plush. "Well, now you understand why I wasn't, right?" he winked and she glared at him with a hard look. Yes, that made sense but… "Why didn't told me before then?!" she spat and he closed his eyes, tilting his head in amusement. "Oh, I tried my dear, numerous time! Don't you remember?" he bent down and whispered in her ear. "But before I could talk, you were always kissing me or wriggling your hips wildly to keep me silent." She blushed immediately. "Not that I disliked it, but since you didn't want to talk about it, I didn't force you" he shrugged.
"Bu-but then why did you leave me! That day…In the courtroom!" Shigure mouthed a 'o' before sneering. "Well, I told you, didn't I? That I have to make a choice?" he answered and Akito could see love and affection in his expression and voice, but it was contrasting with his smirk and she couldn't understand a word of that he was saying. His smile grew wider and he moved his hands down to her waists. "For more than twenty years I've been waiting to see you."
Even though he said that in a sweet, lovable voice, Akito felt like a prey in his embrace. He was the cursed of the dog, yet right now he had the look of a wolf. He kissed her cheek with his mouth half open. Her breath was caught in her throat. "Mm, it was long, but I've been patient and really, I was so angry when I realized who you were…For real." He chuckled warmly, making her moan in delight. "I left you the first time because I wanted to be faithful to my god." He explained, bringing her hand to his mouth and he rested his lips on her knuckles. He looked princely if he wasn't for the look of possessiveness that was characteristic to villain kidnapping the damsel in distress. "And the second time to be with you." He confessed.
She removed her hand roughly snapping out. Shigure was confused for half of a second before falling back on his usual stupid look. "Still…How could you! I- We…We are linked!" she was lost, didn't he feel that bond at all? And what about her…Why she didn't feel it? The first time she met Yuki, they both cried…But, she felt nothing for Shigure but trust… "Ah…It's maybe because we already met before, a long time ago~ Didn't Haa-san told you?" she frowned, not understanding "Before you dad died…With Haa-san, Kureno and Aaya. You remember Ayame? I presented you, he is the one who made your dress."
Akito eyes widened, Ayame was a cursed too. Who, which one? She did not know, she couldn't tell! Why she didn't feel the bond?! She was her god, what was that for. As if Shigure could read in her mind he chuckled "Ayame is the snake." Akito bowed her head and hug herself. Did Shigure realized how he just destroyed her world worse than Ren ever did? "Still…"
"Hum?" Shigure blinked and Akito squeezed her fist. "Still you did not have to left me like that!" She couldn't forgive him saying upfront he was leaving her. The pain she had felt that day…She won't forget it, never. He stopped smiling and his expression became grave. "If I were given the choice to do it again, I would." He scratched his nape and she gasped in shock. "What?! What did you say!" She almost yelled, heart-broken. Why, why was he telling her that? Why was he so cruel?
Shigure smiled and wiped off a tear she did not notice she poured. "I said I would do it a second time, without hesitating." She smacked his hand away, rage in the eyes. "Why are you so cruel with me?!" she screamed and she was glad that her wall was holding any sound. His smile did not fail. "Cruel? I thought that you would prefer being loved for who you are than because of a curse." She gasped, suddenly understanding what he was trying to tell her since he walked in this room. She bit her lips, humiliated. Why he was always speaking in enigma? Couldn't he be more direct like she was?
"Here Akito, still angry?" he asked, coming at once more at charge and taking her in his arms. This time she let him do and she even leant her cheek on his shoulder. "Shut up, I hate when you do that" she hissed before wrapping her two fragile arms around his back, embracing him. Shigure kissed her forehead and chuckled. "Yeah, I know"
For the first time in weeks, they kissed. He held her tighter and she opened her mouth, letting his tongue slid in. One of her hand migrated to his hair while the other clung to the kimono. She moaned in his mouth as she was kissing him back as strongly as she had missed him. As, it felt so, so good! Shigure's hands were downing back on her buttock and she hissed a soft laugh between the hot-mouthed kisses "Heh, you don't miss a trick huh…" Shigure scoffed at her lips and kissed her one last time before moving on her jaw. She closed her eyes in delight. "Well, I did miss you."
Humming in pleasure at him sucking her neck, she stroked his hair before pulling him by the collar to her futon where she forced him to lie, on the top of her. They kissed messily, the need and the desire they had kept for themselves the last weeks, maybe months, finally erupting and they clung to each other forcefully, biting and scratching the skins. Akito shifted a bit to slide down Shigure's kimono and then she caressed his torso before kissing it.
She kissed his chin and neck hot-mouthed, provoking a warm and rasp chuckle from him. Then she licked all along his throat, teasing his adam's apple before moving on his pecs, her fingers tracing with her nails the dark line of his pubic hair. Shigure took her wrist before she could slide it in his boxer and she moaned grumpily. She looked back at him, her eyes full of lust. Shigure must have found her really lewd by the sight of her expression because she felt him hardening against her knee.
They kissed again and she held his face still, playing with his tongue. They separated in a loudly 'smock' and he licked his lips afterward, like an animal in front of a delicious dish. Without her noticing, he undressed her of her kimono, the clothes were now laying at the other side of the room, and pushed her on the futon. Each one of their actions was showing carnal desire and Akito felt even more wet than ever. She moaned loudly when his tongue came to caress her sensible part through her underwear. She had to put her hand on her mouth.
"I have to be honest. I prefer you in panty than in boxer." He smirked, his eyes dark, aroused. He removed the masculine underwear and plunged his head between her legs while a hand went higher, palming a breast. Akito shook her head aimlessly, not knowing what to do with the hot sensation of his tongue rimming her in and out, teasing her clit. She spread her legs even more and grabbed Shigure by the hair, keeping him close.
She whimpered and bit her lips to keep silent. His breath and licks were making her go drunk in pleasure. She was bucking her hips unconsciously and she was begging him to continue, calling his name helplessly. She missed it so much that now she has what she desired; she didn't want to let it go. Akito felt herself being on the edge of her pleasure when Shigure retired his face and straighten himself up on his elbows. She moaned in loss, tears threatening to fall when he kissed her cheek with his warm breath. "No… No that!" She sobbed, she wanted to come and she was now frustrated, and she knew Shigure did it in purpose.
He chuckled and kissed a breast before resting his nose between them. She panted hard when he started to rub himself against her slicks already half open in excitation. Fuck, she wanted him in, she wanted him to makes a mess out of her, to take her by the waist and moving roughly like he usually do. But instead, he stubbornly rubbed the entrance of hers and she clawed his back, pleading him to ravage her. She saw him gulp, his adam's apple moving mesmerizingly and she licked it. She was satisfied when she heard him jolt, feeling him having goosebumps under her touch. He embraced her close, French kissing her -and wow, she could taste herself; before moving his lips on her drenched forehead. "Akito… I don't have condoms" he explained in a breath "But, I'm clean, I promise." Oh god, he was as desperate as her. She nodded vividly and slid two fingers on her pussy, opening it.
Shigure eyes went darker and then, without asking a second time if she was alright with it, he slid in. Even if she was wet from the stimulation and the foreplay, she was tighter. It's been so long since the last time they did it and it felt. Her head was starting to get dizzy again as he started moving. She threw her arms around his neck and wrapped her legs around him. Having his raw cock was so different and it felt so, so good! "Ah! Yes, right there!" she moaned in a wrecked breath.
He removed her arms and pinned her wrists down as he straightened him back. Akito could see him move madly between her two legs. She moved her hips as well in rhythm with his and she bit her lips suddenly as she came, her head threw in her pillow and her back arching. Shigure retired himself directly after, letting her inside pulsing lively around the emptiness of hers. She felt frustration rising for an orgasm that didn't last long. Shigure quickly stroked himself, moaning in a way that Akito found adorable and he ejaculated on stomach, covering her skin in white jizz. Ah, that's why he withdrew? She felt her annoyance disappear as he wiped the cum with a tissue.
She moved her hands on his cheeks and then put a bang of his hair behind his ear. He smiled charmingly and kissed her wrist before collapsing on her. She lazily placed a hand on his back, using the other to stroke his hair. They were both panting, exhausted but happy. Shigure kissed her nose before putting the blanket on them. She snuggled right unto his chest and she blinked sleepily, resting her cheek on his pec while he was caressing the milky skin of her back. She rose her head to look at him and blushed when she saw the expression he had while looking at her. Embarrassed, she hid her face back in his chest.
They stood in silence, enjoying each other presence after that long absence. However, a dark thought crossed her mind and she frowned. "What's wrong?" He asked, stopping his caresses. Akito lips went downward and she straightened herself, looking at him. "You will be gone as soon as I will fall asleep." And I will be alone.
She pulled the blanket to her chest, searching a form of comfort in it and stared at the distance. She heard him move and feel his strong arms embrace the small shape of her body. "I will come back." He said softly before pulling her back on the futon. They talked for a little hour after and in spite of herself, she closed her eyes and fall asleep. When she opened them, it was morning and she was alone.
"Come back soon…"