"Nuurrriiiikkkkoooo!" Polaris cries and suddenly grabs him. Nuriko's
eyebrows go up. "What." he begins, trying to nudge her off. She gets a
tighter hold on the back of his kimono and clings on for dear life. "Get
off of me!" he yells, pushing at her shoulders. There is a long, loud
ripping sound.
Polaris passes out on the floor. Nuriko steps away, now bare from the waist up. He puts his hand on his hip. "Well, I guess once again, the cat's outta the bag." Hotohori comes walking up. "Nuriko? What just happened?" Nuriko nods slightly. "Well, your highness, this heathen just ran at me like a bat out of hell and started clinging to me. I tried to push her off and my shirt ripped. Now, she's passed out at our feet." Hotohori blushes a little. Nuriko frowns. "What? What happened, Hotohori-sama?"
Hotohori clears his throat. "Well, I had just gotten out of my bath and was removing my towel." he pauses, blushing more at this. "There was a knock at the door. It was so faint I thought I was just hearing things. But then the door opened." He stops there. Nuriko stares at him in shock. "WHAAAAAATT!?" 'Oh, when she comes to, she's really going to get it!' He broods to himself.
"My apologies, Hotohori-sama, for allowing her to wander off like that. I should have paid better attention to her whereabouts." Nuriko says with a slight bow, his face twitching with a slight anger. Hotohori looks from Nuriko to Polaris then back again. "Why don't you take her to your room and let her rest a little?" Nuriko nods. "Yes, your highness." He picks up the still girl and turns away from the emperor. "Nuriko." Hotohori says softly. Nuriko turns around. "Yes, Hotohori-sama?" Hotohori pauses, looking at both the people in front of him, then smiles slightly. "Be kind to her." Nuriko, dumbfounded, nods yet again. "Yes." He then turns around and walks away, leaving the emperor to himself.
Nuriko thinks deeply as he walks back with Polaris in his arms. "How did Hotohori-sama know?" A picture suddenly forms in his mind. 'It must have been Chichiri. He heard the whole thing last night.' He frowns. A little gasping noise catches his attention. He looks down at Polaris, concerned. 'Hey! I'm not supposed to be concerned over this little mistake! She did make Hotohori-sama upset with me.' They finally reach the room. Nuriko walks in and lays Polaris on the bed. For the first time that day, he realizes how weary he is. With almost no thought put forth, he lies beside Polaris and falls asleep.
** ~I know this chapter is even shorter than the others, but I know I couldn't write a better ending to it. ^. ^ I doubt I could be any happier with my story. I have a few ideas for more stories, but this one is far from finished. Yay! Teeheehee.
Polaris passes out on the floor. Nuriko steps away, now bare from the waist up. He puts his hand on his hip. "Well, I guess once again, the cat's outta the bag." Hotohori comes walking up. "Nuriko? What just happened?" Nuriko nods slightly. "Well, your highness, this heathen just ran at me like a bat out of hell and started clinging to me. I tried to push her off and my shirt ripped. Now, she's passed out at our feet." Hotohori blushes a little. Nuriko frowns. "What? What happened, Hotohori-sama?"
Hotohori clears his throat. "Well, I had just gotten out of my bath and was removing my towel." he pauses, blushing more at this. "There was a knock at the door. It was so faint I thought I was just hearing things. But then the door opened." He stops there. Nuriko stares at him in shock. "WHAAAAAATT!?" 'Oh, when she comes to, she's really going to get it!' He broods to himself.
"My apologies, Hotohori-sama, for allowing her to wander off like that. I should have paid better attention to her whereabouts." Nuriko says with a slight bow, his face twitching with a slight anger. Hotohori looks from Nuriko to Polaris then back again. "Why don't you take her to your room and let her rest a little?" Nuriko nods. "Yes, your highness." He picks up the still girl and turns away from the emperor. "Nuriko." Hotohori says softly. Nuriko turns around. "Yes, Hotohori-sama?" Hotohori pauses, looking at both the people in front of him, then smiles slightly. "Be kind to her." Nuriko, dumbfounded, nods yet again. "Yes." He then turns around and walks away, leaving the emperor to himself.
Nuriko thinks deeply as he walks back with Polaris in his arms. "How did Hotohori-sama know?" A picture suddenly forms in his mind. 'It must have been Chichiri. He heard the whole thing last night.' He frowns. A little gasping noise catches his attention. He looks down at Polaris, concerned. 'Hey! I'm not supposed to be concerned over this little mistake! She did make Hotohori-sama upset with me.' They finally reach the room. Nuriko walks in and lays Polaris on the bed. For the first time that day, he realizes how weary he is. With almost no thought put forth, he lies beside Polaris and falls asleep.
** ~I know this chapter is even shorter than the others, but I know I couldn't write a better ending to it. ^. ^ I doubt I could be any happier with my story. I have a few ideas for more stories, but this one is far from finished. Yay! Teeheehee.