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A/N: I also made a couple of "response" for those who reviewed my other one-shot KANE!
"Megumi!" Aoshi'suttered in analarming tone. Yes, the place was a meditation temple but it was open for the public. Someone might overhear the couple's conversation – or rather Megumi's musings. "You're a hopeless case when it comes to being quiet."
Megumi heaved a heavy sigh. "I just want to do this with you. I wanted to know what makes you go to this temple."
"Is that all, koishii?"
"Also, to check if you're not hiding any geishas here so you could meet up with her alone."
"You've been spending a lot of your time with Okina."
Megumi rolled her eyes. "Go back to meditating, Aoshi!" she scolded.
"Aa."
A couple of minutes later, "Koishii, why are you suddenly so quiet?"
Megumi threw her hands in the air. "Kami-sama Aoshi. You tell me off when I was talking. Now you're wondering why I was not talking. Make up your mind husband," she expressed in an exasperated tone. In all actuality, she was having the time of her life annoying her one and only anata.
"Sumimasen. It was just – well, it's really weird if you suddenly don't talk. I mean sometimes all you say was just blah-blah-blah…" Aoshi's eyes widened. I did not just say that to her. Oh no… Here it comes!
"Shinomori Aoshi, tonight you'll be sleeping outside – without a futon nor a mere blanket. Or better yet, you will sleep beside Okina."
Okina. Asleep. Dreams of women. Drools. Kami-sama. "I did not mean what I said, koishii," he planted a kiss on the back of her hand, hoping – truly hoping – that he will be forgiven.
But, his wife is no ordinary woman. He married a kitsune, after all. "Hmmph. No amount of sweet gestures could change my mind. Unless…"
Aoshi raised a brow. "Unless?"
"You do the laundry for the whole week."
"Aa. Is that all?"
Megumi grinned slyly. "Also, you bathe Kane-chan for a week also."
"Are you turning me into Himura?"
"Great idea, anata. I also request you do the cooking for a week, too?"
Aoshi sighed. He has never sighed more in his entire thirty-three years of life. "Why can I not comprehend that as a request, Takani-san?"
Megumi sat in front of him, pinching both his cheeks. "It's because it's a punishment my dear husband."
Aoshi smirked, giving his wife a teasingly death glare. "There are certain consequences for punishing an Oniwabanshuu," he said.
"And that is?"
"You will be punished as well."
Megumi snorted. "Bring it on, ninja-boy!" she whispered huskily in his ears. She just loved flirting with her husband.
Aoshi groaned at the sensation but regained his composure. "You will from now on, meditate with me."
Megumi's mouth opened wide. "What?"
At last, Aoshi won the battle. I out-foxed the fox. After all, once an onmitsu always an onmitsu. He was able to crack the purpose behind Megumi's sudden visit to the temple. The wife wanted to find out the husband's annoyance limitations. After all, Aoshi has always been a man of patience. Megumi thought, for playful purposes, Aoshi will reach his limits when it came to disturbing his daily meditation.
"So, I've been discovered."
"Aa."
"How about we make a deal, my sweet, sweet anata? You only do the laundry and bathing Kane-chan while I let you sleep beside me tonight," she winked at him.
"Hmm…"
Megumi stood on her knees, wrapping her arms around Aoshi's neck. "I don't like this meditation-thing, anata. It is not for me."
Aoshi nodded, encircling his arms around his wife's waist. "Of course. A woman like you should not be confined in a temple like this. You are born to be part of the world. Silence is not for you. However, it is mine." He brushed her lips with his own before dislodging himself. "I don't think I can meditate any longer." He sighed once more.
Megumi agreed, glad to be finally out of the cooped up temple. Still, she was glad to have spent this little 'quality' time with Aoshi – alone. Not that she minded Kane-chan's addition but she wanted to be alone with Aoshi – completely alone. That was another reason she decided to join him with his meditation.
Aoshi knew it too.
Stepping out of the building, the couple paused to gaze into each other's eyes. Clearly, their love was growing. Megumi loved Aoshi more than the day before. Aoshi has fallen in love with Megumi once more. It would always be the story of their life.
"On second thought, anata, why not be like Ken-san for a whole month? You can over the baby, cook for the Aoiya and do the laundry. I promise you'll get your reward every night," she snuggled closer to him as they walked through the streets of Kyoto.
Once again, Aoshi was uncertain if his kitsune-wife was teasing or being dead serious.
"Aa," was his only reply.
A/N: I dont know why I wrote this - well, it's been on my mind after I wrote KaneI know it's another one-shot. I just cant seem to get enough.
i also want to take this oppotunity to tell those who reviewed Kane. it means a great deal to me even if the review are not a lot. those who took the time made me believe I can write something without totally embarassing myself.
Leila W.: it was actually the Ao?meg group that inspired me to write. I was only doing the reading but I wanted to get more from the couple so I said why not try to write one.
thief rikku: actually, i forgot to consider the age of aoshi nd meg when i was writing the one-shot. well, 43 yr old women can still have baby, cant they? thank you actually coz from now on i'll try to be very detailed and precise.
anithene: thanks, i really like our version of the meaning of KANE
surfer sea: Jiya is a very playful man, is he not?
