"Mogami-san if you answer my question about why you came tonight, I will spare your legs and let you descend on the first floor comfortably"
Ah, I'm so screwed! Kyoko thought while her gaze was still fixed on the handsome and sly face of the man waiting for her answer.
"Tsuruga-san... that's my privacy. There are some things I want to keep to myself..." she said hesitantly while looking straight into his eyes.
She wanted to relay a message that she was not that comfortable telling him as of the moment with the confident look in her eyes, but her voice trembled a little when she spoke.
"So there is something after all, just as I imagined." He said to her.
She nodded quietly, confirming.
"I won't deny it and hide it from you, but I would be grateful if you went along with my wish Tsuruga-san."
She slowly placed her right hand on her left arm in a self hug when she answered him back. He made sure to trace that little detail with his eyes solemnly.
Does she find it hard to confide in me like before, now that she knows about my feelings?
It's true. I wanted to make her more aware of myself as a man and not just her senpai, but now I find even that to be an obstacle between us. At least when I was just her senior of whom she looked up to, I could keep pushing for answers more persistently. While now I have to watch over my every action to not alarm her in anyway she finds uncomfortable. I really want to know but...
"Alright."
"Huh?" She looked at him with her eyes now widened by his reply.
"I won't ask you anymore and I will wait for you to tell me when you are ready for it. But please go along with my wish as well, hmm?"
He looked her with his eyes smiling and his tone was playful not waiting for her answer. And before she could understand what he meant by it, she felt her legs being lift up in the air with his hand underneath holding them and her back supported by his other firm arm around her back.
"TSURUGA-SAN!!?" She screamed by instinct and out of surprise.
She was now being carried in his arms in a princess hug.
"What... what did just happen right now!?"
She was still confused. But he just watched her in a amused way and enjoyed her flustered reactions.
"I thought you said you would let me ride the elevator comfortably, you even said you won't ask me questions anymore... then why?"
She started panicking while flailing with her hands into his hold not knowing what to do.
"I did say that, but then you showed a foul play when you asked me so sincerely and I had no other choice but to stop right there. I have to take my revenge now Mogami-san."
"What!!?"
"Relationships are all about give and take" he answered with a straight face.
"I didn't know we were in a relationship... Wait! WE ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP!? Since when??" She asked with a pale face.
"Mogami-san are you hurting my feelings on purpose now?" She was even more pale and shocked than a second before.
"I thought I was your favorite senpai actor the most. Was that just my own conceited thinking?"
"Senpai...?" she asked back puzzled with a doe like voice.
"Yes, it had started ever since you were officially accepted into LOVE ME section. It's been a year and a few months since we've been into a senpai-kohai relationship with each other."
"Oh..." so he meant our professional relationship. She thought to herself.
"Why? Did you think of something else Mogami-san?"
He moved his head closer to her ear and said the next words In a more warm and intimate tone. "Perhaps we have even a deeper link between us that connects us into this... other relationship?" after the wordy attack, his next weapon was his immediate deep look into her eyes waiting for an answer.
Her pupils had widened once more, he took her breath away and her heart kept beating rampantly as if it was gonna jump out from her chest any second now, and she could do nothing to stop that.
He felt that beating motion and he showed her a gentle smile. And without saying anything he moved his gaze away, now focused on what was in front of him and had started to climb down the stairs one by one.
Kyoko was in a state of anxiety, fear and excitement and she didn't even noticed he was now moving down with her in his arms because she was trying to calm herself down.
"Mogami-san" hearing her name brought her back to her senses.
"Ah! Yes?" Did he said something while I was zoning out?
"Put your arms around my neck."
"What?"
"It's for your own safety..." he spoke with a gentle tone.
She didn't reply back, and quietly her arms found their way behind his neck. She even put her head in a rest position on his chest. She did it unconsciously.
Tsuruga's-san scent was drawing her in. It felt so pleasant to resist it. And not to mention, her heart was longing for it desperately.
He was surprised when he felt her head on his chest, and had felt his own heart melting from the tenderness. He kept with his mission and pretended as if he hadn't noticed.
"Mogami-san... I really enjoyed our late night breakfast. Thank you for coming and teaching me." He spoke quietly.
"Mhm" She could not say anything else because that scent was so heavenly and overpowering, weakening every single bone in her body, and taking away her last resolve to resist the temptation of completely surrendering herself in his protective hold.
While him, he never wanted to see the end of that never ending stairwell, so he paced himself to walk as slowly as possible.
After a few flights of stairs, she had now started feeling drowsy in his embrace. She didn't fight the urge but instead she tightened her hold behind his neck and let herself sink further and further in the land of dreams.
The feeling of being inside something that was moving with a smooth speed woke her up a couple minutes later. She found herself asleep in the passenger seat next to Tsuruga-san who was driving her back to Darumaya.
"Omg! What have I done!???" She suddenly screamed after seeing Ren's face.
"How can I allow myself to show you such shameless behavior? I'm terrible sorry Tsuruga-san!!"
She wanted to do a dogeza but being inside a moving car and a safety belt preventing her moves, she just spoke from her seat.
"Mogami-san please calm down. You have done nothing to be ashamed of."
He personally felt himself being on the seventh cloud because she let herself fall asleep into his arms, but now he knew he had to make her feel comfortable about it as well or else she might try to run away from him again like before.
"I can't believe I did something like that!"
And now she kept screaming inwardly, stupid, you are so stupid Kyoko! You are the worst!
And Ren as if he could read her thoughts he said something to change the subject.
"By the way Mogami-san, you mumbled something in your sleep."
"WHAT!!!?"
Now what did I say while I was sleeping!? I hope it wasn't about Momiji's feelings and how much I felt hurt by it... Or even worse! What if I said something about how much I regretted not seeing his naked body while we were in our roles as the Heel siblings!!!?
Eek!! I wanna die!
When she was at the verge of having a mental breakdown, Ren said something.
"I couldn't understand, but it was something about Kotonami-san."
"Ah!" she remembered now.
"My promise with Moko-san! I FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT!!"
Ren was surprised by the sudden shouting but he kept driving without asking anything.
By now he was familiar with Kyoko's antics and this was something related to her friend and not him. So he decided to not pry into their business.
The End.
A/N: This was a short oneshot about something we hoped for but couldn't see in act 303. Of course, this is just a fantasy of a fan and something like this would not happen in the real manga. it's some sort of hybrid between canon events in a AU setting. I hope you readers like it. And if you did, let me know if I made at least one of you happy and thank you for your time :)