The Night Life: Round 10
Greeted with the darkness and its companion silence, Aoshi pushed open the wooden door and held it open for his guest to enter his rather modest "hole-in-the-wall", which his "companion" would like to keep referring it to. Aoshi, to this day, still does not know why after a couple hundred or so years, he still would associate himself with that cross dresser. 'Ah well... Kamatari I guess is good for some things...' He paused for a second, pondering why that thought, seemingly innocent, provoked such unsettling cold shivers... and then quickly added, 'For spying!'
"Ugh..."
"Are you okay Aoshi? You sound sick..." Misao asked quizzically as Aoshi turned away to switch the light on. 'He sounds like he's going to hurl...'
Aoshi, mildly shocked that he actually made that noise out loud, but recovered quickly and softly said, "I'm fine... I'm sorry for the mess of this place. I don't stay in one place for long and if I do, I don't have that much to furnish it with."
"I see... ano... do you live here alone?" Misao asked as she took a seat on the old coach in the center of the room and then looked up at him suddenly and added, "I mean, I wouldn't want to be, you know, barging in here and then your girlfriend comes home and like she's going to think, you know..."
"You said that already..." Aoshi said softly, trying his best to suppress his chuckle.
"I know... but you kno-" And then stopped herself as she was about to say 'you know' again and turned to Aoshi who was trying his best to swallow his laughter.
"You know you could just let it out. Kami-sama, it's like you'll explode if you don't laugh." Misao chided at him as he walked out of the living room into what seemed to be the kitchen.
"I couldn't do that." He said from the other room. Seconds later he emerged with a tray of tea and placed it on the wooden coffee table. "It wouldn't be good for my image. My reputation won't be able to handle that kind of blow." He said with a wink as he placed a cup of steaming tea into her hands and then proceeded to sit down next to her.
Misao smirked slyly, as she turned her attention to the warm liquid in her tea cup. Smiling into the ceramic goblet, she thought, 'What the heck! Who cares if he wanted me for some underhanded plan-' then she snapped her head around to confront him. 'Misao! Stop it girl! You must stay focus! You must con-' her thoughts stopped abruptly as she felt his presence in her comfort zone.
Her face froze within a centimeter from his. His breath coated her lips like warm silk and soon looking up from his succulent lips Misao saw a storm of ocean grey pulse in the depths of his eyes.
"Why don't you show me what exactly this reputation that you seem to love boasting about is?" She asked him, leaning in closing the gap between herself and Aoshi.
How could he say no to that, as her eyes closed on there own accord, her whole body aurora was begging to be satisfied. He too closed his eyes and leaned in...
Movement from outside of his window caught his primal instincts. His eyes snapped open suddenly at the second her lips softly grazed his. Grabbing her around the waist he flipped her over the coach to use it as a shield and seconds later the sounds of gun shots penetrated his half broken window, sending shattered pieces of glass into the living room.
Misao yelped in shock at the sudden movement but that shock quickly grew into anger. 'Damn it!!! Who ever that bastard was that was doing this is going to pay big time! I was sooooooo close...'
Xxxxx Treefairy – Your Turn xxxxX
AN: Weee! That was so much fun! Hope you guys like it... I know it's short but... oh well... I didn't want to write too much! Good Luck final writers! It has been an honor to be able to be part of this.