Author's note: An update at last! Sorry for the delay, i was busy with my ah, er, life. hehe!



Roses. That's the first thing she sensed as she drifted back to consciousness. Then, she felt it, something warm around her and soft beneath her. Botan slowly opened her eyes only to find out she's lying on top of Kurama who was sleeping soundly, not knowing she had awaken.

She glanced around and saw a very unfamiliar surrounding, much more like a lair-Kurama-kun's lair, she thought wistfully. She turned to look at him and noticed he wasb't wearing any shirt on, showing his porcelain-like skin not used to the harsh rays of the sunlight.

That's when she noticed it. She's wearing something like Kurama's clothes and nothing underneath it. She lifted the blanket up and immediately dropped it back as she blushed furiously. Oh my, Kurama-kun is stark naked!

But what made her blush is his obvious desire for her even when he's asleep. Due maybe to our body contact a while ago, she thought stupidly. But then, what if something happened to us last night?

Wait a goddamn second! Something happened? Botan screamed.

Kurama suddenly sat up when her heard Botan's bloodcurdling scream. "What is it, sweetheart, are you okay?" he asked worriedly, moving towards her. To his surprise, Botan punded his chest so hard.

"You hentai! What have you done with me?" Botan shrieked.

"What have I done with you?" Kurama repeated, now as confused as ever. "Sugar, I think you're dreaming," he said softly as he tried to pull her in his arms again, but Botan just pushed him hard, he almost fell off the bed.

"Dreaming, Kurama-kun? Now that explained why I'm wearing nothing underneath YOUR clothes and you're obviously wearing nothing!" Botan said hotly, her eyes wild with rage. "How could you rape me?"

Kurama's eyes widened. "Raped you? I did not, you're wrong," he spluttered, "To hell with that, Botan-chan! You know damn well I wouldn't do that!" he shouted as he grabbed the blanket around his waist so as to cover his nudity.

"So am I a willing participant?" she demanded while wrapping Kurama's clothes tighter around her. Botan hated herself now when she had just made a fool out of herself with the person she loved most.

"Listen here and listen well, I did not touch you, got it? How can I when you're half dead when I found you. After saving your life, the least you can do is believe me and not insult me by implying as if I'm a sex maniac who would take a girl shivering, as pale as a typewriting paper and already half dead!" Kurama said, hurt plain in his voice.

When Botan did not speak, Kurama continued. "As for our indecent state, we were both soakingwet last night and all I have was an extra clothes I'd gladly given to you since you're the one who needed it, I stripped ourselves nakedwhile you have my clothes so we can maximize the warmth from our bodies without the hindrance of wet clothes clinging to us," ha said, and before he finished, he was already calm.

"I suppose our clothes are dry now" Can I wear them now?" Botan asked meekly, hurriedly changing the topic now that the initial reaction of finding both of them naked was gone. She stood up and went to where it was placed and was about to slip out of Kurama's clothes when she noticed that Kurama is still looking at her.

Botan blushed. "Can you at least turn around?" she said not looking at his eyes.

Kurama obeyed and did not even object that there's no point in turning around since he'd already seen everything in her and felt it, too, last night when she came in his arms.

"You can look now," Botan said and waited until Kurama looked at her. "I'm going now, thanks for saving my life," she said, bowed and turned around. But before she could take another step, Kurama's already in front of her, blocking the only way out.

"I don't think you understand the situation you're in. If you can't manage to get out of my woods, how the hell do you expect to get out of this very lair of mine?" Kurama said naughtily as he lead her back to bed.

"Will you show me the way out?" Botan asked hopefully though she already knew what his answer would be.

"No, not until I get what I want," Kurama said flatly.

Botan winced at his answer. Just as I expected, she thought. "But Koenma-sama-"

"-knows you're here with me."

"My job-"

"-can wait," Kurama interrupted, while looking directly at her eyes.

Botan turned scarlet at his stare. How could I ever have a decent conversation with this kitsune again when he'd already seen me naked, and I've seen him naked, too! And with obvious desire for me, a naughty thought came. "Are you going to ask me now to sleep with you?" Botan asked nervously when she finally found her voice.

Kurama chuckled.



Author's note: Evil, real evil! Another cliffhanger. Hahaha! What would happen next? Review or else, hehe!