-Tsubasa's POV-
I pick up my warm tea and take a long sip, sighing in a mix of content at the wonderful flavor of the tea, and exhaustion from all the work I have in front of me right now. I close my eyes and lean back slowly with a groan. I shouldn't have stayed up so late last night, I was stupid for being egged on by Kurumi, I should've told her to behave and come straight home, instead I ended up staying up way too late after I got back. Now I have to deal with this fatigue along with all this piled up work. I sit back up straight and take another sip from my tea as I continue working on my list of emails. Despite Cupid being known as a company that develops different types of games, their major business and profit actually comes from its software and hardware development. I finish the paperwork that had been piling up all week and been neglected while I dealt with other business just before my phone chimes.
"Ma'am there's a call for you on line 2. They're calling about the Ratatoskr contract." I groan as I hear my receptionists voice over my speaker but quickly shake it off, this is an important deal after all.
"Go ahead and put them through right away." I tell her, closing all the emails and documents I was looking at then pulling up all of the emails and paperwork related to the Ratatoskr deal. I turn on my earpiece and wait for the line transfer tone before speaking. "Good morning Kannazuki. I've been expecting your call."
"Ahhh good morning Miss Tsubasa it has been far too long." The obnoxious voice of the vice commander of the Ratatoskr, Kyouhei Kannazuki calls out over the phone causing me to groan internally. "How do you fair this lovely morning?"
I bite my cheek to stop myself from cutting back at him with a sharp response. Come on, I can't let myself get annoyed so easily, this is a business deal after all, the biggest one we got. "Well I must admit I've been quite busy today already Kannazuki, but you called at a good time as I've just finished clearing my day."
"That is wonderful news. Now I was just calling to see how the parts we ordered from you are coming along." His tone shifts from his usual annoying self to a more serious one.
"Your shipment is just about done. Your request wasn't exactly an easy one but our chief developer managed to pull off the adjustments to the territory generators you ordered." I answer.
"As expected, your development team really are miracle workers." I can't help but smile as I recall Ayako pouring over the blueprints of the original machine and calculating the changes that needed to be made to meet the specifications of the order. "There is another thing I would like to talk to you about other than the shipment."
"Another project already? You really are working my team hard, aren't you?" I say with a little laugh. I'm gonna owe Ayako a big reward for this one. Hmm a trip to the public bath maybe, she does seem to love when we go there. Though depending on the project that might not be enough, I could plan a hot spring trip with her on her next break from school.
"I suppose you could say that yes. The commander would like to offer a new contract to your company. This new contract would have your development team working exclusively with Ratatoskr to further develop countermeasures to Spirits as well as more equipment and improvements for our ship. To this end the Commander would like to meet face to face with you and your lead developer at the next most convenient time for you." He finishes as I sit there quietly for a few minutes while I consider the offer.
"What exactly would this deal entail for Cupid?" I ask him.
"In essence you'd lend the majority of your development team to aid us in any and all projects we start. Even if we don't have any project going on at a given time we would still fully pay for the development team. The specifics of the deal will be covered in the meeting with the Commander." He replies and I can't help but rub my chin in thought.
"Very well, I believe both my development manager and I are both available tomorrow around noon, does that sound agreeable to you?" I ask.
"Excellent, I'll send for you tomorrow at noon, please be at your office to make the process of getting you to the Ratatoskr easier." I assure him we'll be here and after a brief goodbye we hang up and I clap my hands together happily.
"Not only is this a major break for the company but now I can get an in with Ratatoskr, right as they are about to put their plans into motion. I look forward to meeting you tomorrow, Commander Kotori." I smirk and pull my phone out. I shoot a quick message to Ayako telling her to come straight home after school then lock my computer, shutting down all the programs on the machine. I grab my bag and slip my phone into my pocket and head out of my room.
"Ma'am are you leaving?" I groan inwardly as my secretary calls out to me before I can leave the office
"Yes actually, I finished all my backlogged work and cleared my day so I could head home early. I also won't be in tomorrow, I have an important business meeting I will be attending that will take the majority of the day." I tell her quickly, glancing toward the door occasionally.
"A meeting ma'am? There are no meetings on your schedule and all your meetings go through me." She says confused while looking at me accusingly.
"It was set up while on the last call you patched through if you must know. They invited me and the chief developer to a meeting to discuss a new business venture." I tell her, annoyance filled my voice.
"The head developer? Will they even be free? I've never seen them come into the office." She admits.
"Oh yes, they will be coming with me to the meeting." I confirm, dismissing the fact she obviously wants to know what's the deal with the development lead. "Have a good night." I wave to her and step out of the building before she could say anything else and head towards home. I hate to admit it, but ever since Ayako pointed out how she acts towards me she has been getting on my nerves more and more, if this continues it might be time to post a new ad. My phone buzzes and I quickly respond to Ayako's message telling her I'm stopping by the store to get the ingredients to make fajitas tonight. I make a quick detour to the store to grab everything I need and make my way home to begin cooking.
I put the meat, which I bought pre-marinated, on the grill and start working on making the sauce and the vegetables for the meal, humming happily to myself as I wait for Ayako to get home to tell her the good news. Hopefully with this new deal, we'll have insight into all the moves Ratatoskr's gonna make, not that I'm worried about their intentions, but I would like to keep tabs on their progress; and what better way then be brought into their plans and supply their gear?
I finish setting the table right as the front door opens, signalling Ayako getting home from school. "Onee-sama I'm home!" She calls out as she takes her shoes off at the door. "So what happened at work that caused you to message me?"
"Now now, come to the table, I just finished the food. We can talk about how school was as we eat and then we can talk about tomorrow." I tell her as she walks into the dining room and takes her seat across the table from me. I quickly build some fajitas for her, making sure to avoid any of the spicy toppings as she can't handle anything hot for the life of her. Though I have to admit, her face when she gets something overly spicy is always super cute. I think to myself as I pass her the plate and start to make my own up. "So how was school? You told me before that there was a test today." I ask while making my own plate of food.
"Onee-sama you know I passed the test with no problem. The schools here don't challenge me at all when it comes to information. While the programs aren't bad they just don't provide any challenge for me, though college might be different." She complains before she takes a bite. "Oooh! Onee-sama's fajitas are so yummy! Mmm the spices you used in it are the best!" She says, squirming in happiness at the taste and I can't help but smile in response. Best part about cooking, I get to see her smiling face as she enjoys it.
"Yes I know, you're the smartest person I know so I really shouldn't be worried about your grades. However I'm still your big sister so of course I'm curious about how you do and worry all the time. So just bear with me on these kinds of things ok?" I smile at her and she blushes slightly.
"Yea fine, I guess that's ok." She grumbles back in response and continues to eat, spooning some rice onto her plate since she has finished her fajitas. "So did you want to talk about, ya know, the thing you mentioned in the text."
"Alright alright, someone is eager to hear about what happened today." I chuckle happily.
"Of course I am! I always wanna know what Onee-sama is up too. Not to mention I work at Cupid too, you know. If not for me you'd be way behind on the deals you have." She exclaims, and while what she said is true I give her a scathing look in response.
"Watch it Ayako, get a big head and I'll have to do something to correct that." I warn her which she instantly apologizes. "Now then, tomorrow we have a meeting about a new business deal."
"We? You've never brought me to a meeting before." She looks at me with a mixture of confusion and curiosity.
"They requested that my head developer come along with me. The meeting is with Ratatoskr and they would like to meet in person to discuss a business deal where we will work much more closely with them than we have been already. I figured this is a great way to get an in with their organization. Not that I am worried about their movements, but I like to be one step ahead of everyone involved." I explain.
"Wow this is a great chance then, but do they know your development lead is a young highschool girl?" She asks with a cheeky grin.
"No, they don't, Kotori will be in for a big surprise when her big brother's friend shows up to the business meeting being called the head developer for an advanced company like Cupid." I can't help but smirk back at Ayako. "Anyway I called school and let them know you'll be out tomorrow, so go take a bath and then we can watch some TV before bed ok?"
"Yea! We have to catch up on Japan's got talent after all." She says excitedly as she takes her plate into the kitchen, rinsing it in the sink quickly before heading off to take a bath.
-The Next Day, Tsubasa's POV-
"Hello Miss Tsubasa, a pleasure to see you again." Kannazuki says extending his hand which I take as I enter the waiting room he had been taken to.
"Likewise Kannazuki, I must say I'm quite excited to go to the Fraxinus and meet your commander for the first time." I respond warmly.
"Where is your head developer? It's just about time for us to be taken to the ship." He looks around confused but I smile at him reassuringly.
"She's coming right now, she went to the restroom. Ah speak of the devil, Kannazuki, it's my pleasure to introduce to you Cupid's chief developer and my younger sister Ayako Tenshima." I say proudly as she walks into the waiting room and gives a polite bow.
"A pleasure to meet you Mr. Kannazuki, Onee-sama said I was requested at this meeting, so here I am." She smiles politely and takes a seat next to me and I hide my smirk behind my hand at his perplexed look.
"I'm sorry, Tsubasa did you say this young girl is the head developer for Cupid as well as your sister?" he asks for clarification.
"Yes she is, my younger sister is incredibly gifted you see. She's the smartest person I know if I'm being honest. After she took over the development branch in the company the quality of our products and games became much more desirable. In fact it wouldn't be a stretch to say that she completely revolutionized our company's products." I tell him, ruffling Ayako's hair gently as I sing her praise, glancing over to catch her happy smile.
"Interesting, well we can discuss this more at the meeting, for now the Fraxinus is able to receive us when you're ready." I nod my head giving the go ahead and after a few seconds we're engulfed with a bright light and the next second we're standing on what appears to be a receiving pad for their teleportation system. A little crude and not nearly as effective as my own teleportation, but not bad I suppose. Kannazuki waited a second for us to 'get our bearings' before leading us out of the receiving room and down the hall. "In here, the commander will be in shortly." He says and then leaves. We take our seats at the table and relax a little while we wait for the commander, but we didn't wait long before the door opens again.
"Greetings, I welcome you aboard my ship, I am the commander of Fraxinus. My name is-."
"Kotori? What are you doing here?" Ayako asks, cutting her off with false surprise.
"Ayako? Kannazuki what's going on here? Why is Shido's classmate here?" Kotori demands, turning to face Kannazuki who followed her in through the door.
"Commander I had no idea you knew her. Honestly, this is my first time meeting her as well but Miss Tsubasa assures me that she is the head developer for Cupid." He answers.
"Well Ayako is smart, but I wouldn't call her a genius. Just because someone gets top grades and can tutor someone else doesn't mean that they can be the lead developer for a company." Kotori says, her eyes never leaving Ayako.
I look at my sister, nod my head and Ayako quickly gives the exact specs of the recent upgrades she made to their territory generators that was just finished, as well as going in depth of the recently made dating sims game as well as the custom copy that was made, listing the exact parameters and specifications that were requested by them for the training program and once she finishes both Kotori and Kannazuki are staring at her in shock at the information she just put out.
"As you can see Ayako most definitely is my head developer. The details on the territory generators were given exclusively to the head developer as per your request Commander Kotori. Trust me, Ayako's the most brilliant person any of us have ever met, now then, shall we get down to business?" I ask, wrapping up my praise of Ayako who can't help but smile next to me, and change to a more business oriented tone.
"First I have to say, you don't seem nearly as surprised about how the commander of the most advanced ship in the world is a little girl." Kotori says and I easily notice the shrewd look she is giving me. So Shido's little sister is testing me huh? Cocky little girl… I approve.
"I have a belief that in business you should never judge someone based on their age or appearance. We've already had plenty of deals and interactions, just because I found out you're a young girl doesn't mean anything. Much like how, even though Ayako is only 16, it doesn't mean that she can't be the Head Developer of Cupid, no?" I give her a little wink at the end and she smiles a little bit. "What exactly do you want to do that requires such a significant deal with Cupid?"
"To answer that I have to ask you a few questions. First off, I want to go over the fact that you both know the cause of Space Quakes and the existence of Spirits correct?" We both nod and she continues. "Unlike the AST who try to eradicate Spirits, Ratatoskr's goal is to seal a Spirit's power and allow them to live a normal life."
"How exactly does someone go about sealing a Spirit though? If it was something easy I'm sure the AST would've tried it already." Ayako asks.
"Well we do have a way to do it, and it isn't something the AST could pull off. Before I can divulge that information to you let me present a deal to you Tsubasa. You and Ayako will work directly with Ratatoskr to improve our equipment and ways of dealing with Spirits. Of course you can continue to do your normal business within Cupid, but we will of course compensate your company for your help but everything you do will be confidential. So what do you say? Will you lend your knowledge and expertise to us to save these Spirits from a fate where they're constantly under attack and isolated in this world?" Kotori asks as she finishes her explanation.
I make a show of thinking about it, pausing for several minutes before nodding my head. "As long as you keep us in the loop and explain everything that is going on, we would be glad to take you up on this business venture." I answer, much to her surprise.
I stretch out my hand and she takes it, shaking it to seal the deal. "Now then I suppose I'll explain how exactly we plan to seal a Spirit's powers." We nod our heads. "My brother Shido was born with the ability to seal a Spirit through a kiss, however he must make them fall in love with him first. To that end, we requested Cupid to build us a one of a kind dating game to help him study up and get ready for the dates he'll have to be performing. Not only that but a large majority of our crew were selected to aid Shido in his job to seal the Spirits."
"Wait wait, how can Shido seal a Spirits power with a kiss?" Ayako asks, cutting off Kotori's explanation.
"Honestly we aren't entirely sure ourselves. We know he has the ability to seal Spirits but we can't explain how." She explains. "We do know that Spirits have to be in a positive mental and emotional state to actually be sealed though."
"That's all well and good, but please explain to me why exactly you are using a dating sims to train Shido on how to deal with girls? Sure Ayako took a great deal of time in creating this game, especially the limited version you requested, but that doesn't mean it's good enough to help him." Really? Using a dating sims to teach him? That boy has a good head on his shoulders, I doubt he'll run into that big of an issue other than reading their happiness levels, which they've already taken care of.
"It's more like a guideline for him to follow, he can trust our experts to help and it's not like he's totally hapless." She responds in a dismissive tone.
"Commander there have been signs that Princess will be appearing shortly at Shido's school." Kannazuki cuts in and Kotori nods in response.
"This couldn't be better timed, it's time to start Shido's first date. Would you two like to join us on our first Spirit sealing operation?" Kotori asks as she stands up from her seat.
"I would love to observe how exactly you're going to go about pulling this off." I get up and follow Kotori and Kannazuki through the halls of Fraxinus with Ayako trailing behind me. I look around impressed as we step onto the bridge, the command center for the Fraxinus. I notice Ayako looking around intently at the consoles and their stations.
"So it might not be my place, but the command room really should be refitted." Ayako speaks up after analyzing the room. "Spirits are dangerous and you never know when you'll fight one so obviously you'd have defenses in place to combat their strength like the territory generators I modified. Despite this, the bridge doesn't seem defended nearly well enough. A personalized territory per station to protect from any direct attacks and reinforcing the bridge itself. I have some designs for weapons as well but I can get into that later if you'd prefer." She says and everyone in the room just stares at her and I'm smirking next to her.
"That's not possible, the energy it takes to power a territory is much too immense to make personal fields for each desk here." An older balding man who Kotori introduces as Masaomi Mikimoto, aka "Boss".
"No it's completely doable, it would require a lot of number crunching and a complete reinvention of how the territories would work, so it would take me quite awhile, but I would be able to come up with a suitable alternative for how the territory will operate. Though they probably wouldn't be malleable like a large standard territory, they should protect everyone should a Spirit ever launch an attack against the bridge." I ruffle her hair proudly as she finishes and she smiles up at me in response.
"We can discuss that later, for now Shido has arrived at his school already so I'm going to activate comms with him. Shido can you hear me?" Kotori asks after hitting some buttons on her console.
"Yes I can hear you Kotori." His voice comes through and an image of him standing in front of his high school appears on the main screen for everyone to see.
"Excellent, remember Shido this is something only you can do. You've been training the last few days non-stop in your training simulator for today and you didn't even try to run despite all of your complaints. So let me ask you, you want to save this Spirit don't you?" Kotori stares intently at the monitor as she waits for his answer and I look on from next to Ayako, also mildly interested in his response.
"Yes, I don't want her to make that lonely face anymore, I can't let her make that face anymore." He pauses for a moment then, "Kotori are you sure I can do this?"
"Of course, have some faith in yourself. Don't forget we have the Fraxinus' crew here to support you. Not only that but we just got two new additions to help with your dates, and one of them is the one who made the training simulator you used." She smirks as she gets ready to reveal the surprise on who we are to him. "Why don't you give your classmate Ayako and her older sister Tsubasa a warm thank you for supporting you?"
"Wait what?" Shido stops and looks up at the sky just before entering the building.
"I'll explain later Shido, just know Onee-sama and I are here to back you up so there's nothing to worry about." Ayako assures him.
"Right… Yea we will have to talk after this Ayako. Seems like you've been keeping secrets from me." He grumbles and goes into the building. He doesn't know the half of it.
Kotori gives Shido some last minute instructions and a small pep talk as he walks up the stairs of his school toward the room Princess' currently in. We watch as Shido enters the room where Princess is and as soon as she notices she attacks him with a burst of energy, scattering the debris in the room around. Ayako gasps and looks over at Kotori. "Are you sure this is safe Kotori?"
"We just have to trust Shido, and besides, even if he dies once, he can start a new game right away." I glance sharply at her as she says this. What does that even mean? I've been watching these two for the last 5 years and there has never been any indication that Shido could heal himself or regenerate.
Shido takes a step towards Princess but stops as she fires off another warning shot and demands to know who he is but before he can answer Kotori quickly stops him and the choices on how he'll answer pops up for everyone to vote on and I nearly choke as I read them. "Hold on, who in their right mind would actually use these as options when introducing themselves?" Ayako says as everyone begins to vote on their preferred answers. "Just give your name, drop the heroics and the bullshit and treat her like a person." I give her a bop on the head and rebuke her slightly for swearing like that, but she's right regardless.
"Trust us, our experts have this under control, Shido, option number 3." Kotori says over the comm. Shido hesitantly repeats the answer and nearly gets blasted by Princess, who then aims an energy attack at him and demands an answer, and that if he refuses then she'll assume he's an enemy and act accordingly. We watch tensely as he talks her down, giving her his name and assuring her that he has no intention of fighting or harming her.
She and Shido converse back and forth a bit as he tries to convince her not all humans want to kill her and finally she asks him if he has no intention of trying to kill her why he is here in the first place and once again 3 options appear on the screen. "I… I wanted to meet you." We hear Shido say, much to Princess' surprise who questions him on why he would want to do something so dangerous. There's a slight pause and she asks him why he would want to meet her. 3 more options pop up and Kotori says go with option 1.
"Are you sure that's a good idea? I feel like a response like that could be taken in a negative way judging by her no nonsense mood." I walk over to the comm. "Shido, I'm going to give you a fourth option and you can decide what you want to go with. You don't want her to make that sad face anymore, right? Then tell her the truth, tell her you came to talk to her, that you want to get to know her, and to understand one another. If you aren't honest then any connection you make would be a lie, right?" I step away and walk back over to Ayako.
There is a slight pause before he does exactly what I said and I smile softly. He's a good boy, he'll be fine as long as he uses his head. My smile widens as he finishes his speech, telling her that he won't reject her like everyone else. The other Spirits are lucky he's the one who can save them, I don't think anyone could do a better job at it, except maybe Ayako, though she definitely wouldn't want the job.
I sit down in some of the extra chairs that were brought in for us and watch as he and Princess sit down in the classroom and begin talking about anything and everything that comes to mind with no other issues, except for an almost slip up when he learned that she didn't have a name. The crew gathered ideas from everyone who owned the game and when Shido gave her the name Tome she nearly blew him up, while Ayako and I just looked on in disbelief. Are these people stupid or are they just trying to fuck with Shido, I honestly can't tell. He quickly apologizes and gives her the name Tohka, which she seems incredibly happy with. He tells her that he wants to take her on a date to get to know her better, but before he can explain the AST breaks in to attack Tohka. I sigh as the newly named Tohka launches an attack against the white haired AST girl who Ayako says is her classmate Origami. Tohka attacks and wounds her before disappearing in the smoke cloud she created with the force of the attack.
"It's unfortunate that it had to end with the AST interrupting things when it was just getting good but I'd say that the first mission was a success. We've already beamed Shido aboard and he should be here momentarily." Kotori says, turning off the main holo screen and turning to face us both. "So what do you think?"
"I think the only reason that went so well was because Shido's a smart kid who understands other people's feelings. While your options are nice as guidelines overall they're terrible choices." I tell her and she glares at me in response. "I'll have Ayako update the system for practical use and implement more options for situations so they aren't so useless."
The door opens to the bridge and Shido walks in and his gaze darts between Ayako, Kotori, and myself. "Hey Ayako, so how long have you known about all this?" He asks her after a deep breath and she just shrugs.
"About the operation as a whole? About a year or so, about Kotori being in charge of the whole thing? Today when I joined Tsubasa for our business agreement meeting." She answers him.
"Well we'll have to talk about all this sometime now that I know you know about it too. Though I'm more surprised about the fact you're a lead development engineer for a successful company like Cupid. No wonder you have perfect grades, what we're studying must be easy for you." He chuckles and I ignore the pointed look I get from my sister as he makes that last comment.
"Commander Kotori I think it's about time Ayako and I return home, if you wouldn't mind returning us back to my office. I'll draft up the documents for our new contract and send them to you through the usual channels once they're done. If you ever need mine or my sister's assistance feel free to make a request through me. It was a pleasure to see you all at work, have a great day." I thank them for showing us their work and ship and Kannazuki leads us from the bridge after Ayako waves bye to Shido and Kotori.
After getting returned to the office we quickly made our way home, waiting to discuss what happened today until we're where no one will hear us. I close the door behind us and drop down onto our couch and let out a sigh. "Well today was certainly interesting, it wouldn't surprise me if Princess, sorry, Tohka came back in the next day or two to see Shido, I'm sure he'll have no problem sealing her as long as he trusts himself." I remark as Ayako sits next to me and I hug her to my side absentmindedly.
"Think we should help them with the date?" She asks but I just shake my head.
"Not our job, if they need our help they'll let us know. I expect things to get a lot more interesting from here on out, so make sure you keep an eye on Shido, and Tohka if he manages to seal her. If they succeed she might just start going to school with you in order to ensure that if something happens Shido can easily reseal her." I muse. I pick up my phone and go through the food apps and order us some food to be delivered so I don't have to get up and cook. I watch TV and cuddle with Ayako, not something we get to do too much as of late, while we wait for the food to arrive. "What say we just relax for the rest of the evening? After dinner you can go to your room and work on some of your plans for a bit before bed time." She agrees and we settle down to catch up on some of our shows.
-Later, Tsubasa's POV-
"Is this your new favorite hangout Kurumi?" I step through my portal and back onto the roof I met her on just a few days ago. "It's rare to find you in the same place twice in such a short time." I walk over to where she is sitting on the railing, her feet dangling over the edge of the building. One small mistake and she could fall all the way down to the street below, not that it stops her. She doesn't respond as she continues to kick her legs idly over the railing. I move closer but freeze as she turns around, her pistol pointed at my forehead and a vicious look on her face.
"Ara ara, Tsubasa-san just because we know each other doesn't mean you can constantly approach me so casually." I note the not so subtle threat in her voice and it takes all I have to keep my poker face
"I apologize Kurumi, I forgot that you still have some claws left." I apologize sarcastically, but when Kurumi presses the barrel firmly against my head I can't help but grin at her smugly. "Aww don't tell me my rough treatment of you last time got under your skin Kurumi, you seemed to enjoy it so much."
She growls in frustration and doesn't move the gun from my head. "What brings you today Tsubasa-san? Another kiss in the moonlight? If that's the case I promise you, you won't be the one leading this time."
"Is that so?" My grin widens as Sariel officially takes the stage. "And what makes you think you'd be able to handle me my dear Kurumin?" I lean in, ignoring her gun which falls uselessly to her side and our faces are just a few inches apart. "Well then Kurumin, I'm waiting." I purr and I can see the involuntary shiver run down her body.
"What did you come here for?" She says after a few moments of silence, trying to change the subject, but she got me riled up, so there's no way this will end yet.
"I came to ask a favor of you, and in exchange I was willing to listen to any one request you had, but... you've been so mean to me that I've changed my mind. Instead of asking a favor for a favor, I want your help with something and as a reward I'm going to kiss you again. Don't worry, I'll be gentler this time since it seems my last kiss was a little too much for you to handle, if that's what you want."
"... What do you want?" She finally asks after a period of silence. I'm going to make sure she enjoys this kiss.
"It's very simple, I just need a guide to the Quasi World on my next free day, and who better than you?" A simple request for her.
"Fine, just let me know when that is." She moves to turn away but I catch her chin with my fingers.
"Well then it's reward time, stick out your tongue Kurumin." I order her.
"Why? ... and stop calling me 'Kurumin'!" She protests but I ignore her and direct her again to stick her tongue out, which she does with a roll of her eyes. I close the gap between us and capture her tongue with my teeth, biting it gently before sealing her lips with my own. I wrap my arm around her and pull her close while lightly sucking on her tongue that I'm holding captive. I nibble on it gently, enjoying the shuttering reactions I get out of her each time I bite down on it. I maneuver her off her perch where she has been sitting and pin her between the railing and my body as I deepen the kiss, using my own tongue to explore her mouth slowly for a while before giving her tongue one last affectionate bite and breaks the kiss, leaving her gasping in the cool air.
I lick my lips and smile seductively. "Mmm, I hope you enjoyed that my dear Kurumin, I know I did." I turn and start walking away. "Enjoy the rest of your night, I look forward to our trip together." I wave goodbye and step through the portal, leaving her alone on the roof.
