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Shuichi: OMG! I loved all of the reviews! I wasn't expecting very many. O.o; Well, thanks all the same!

Now…ON TO CHAPTER FIVE! …believe me, you'll love it…and you'll want more.


Chapter 5

That evening, Akito and Sara were back in that room. Akito was writing in a small book at his desk while Sara was sitting in a separate futon of her own which lied next to Akito's small bed, reading a random book.


Earlier, when they got back from their walk, Hatori had met them at the door. Of course, Hatori had no clue to who Sara was at the time, so you can imagine the shock and confusion that crossed over Hatori's face.

But, after some more introductions, all was well…except that Hatori was still wondering why they were walking together holding hands…

After reaching the house, Akito received his daily check-up from Hatori, which went well considering Akito only had a very small fever of 99.6 degrees F. Sara was just sitting by watching.

Some time went by, before Akito's check-up was over with. Once Akito had his check-up and was sent to go lay down, Hatori went and helped Sara to set up some kind of sleeping arrangement. That sort of went like this:

Sara handed Hatori a piece of paper that read, "Where will I be sleeping?"

This caused Hatori to pause and stare at a random wall, "That's a good question…"

The problem: there were no empty rooms at the main house at the moment.

Hatori sighed and led Sara back to Akito's room holding Sara's bed things in his arms. Opening the door, Sara walked in first, then Hatori.

And, just like anyone else who's supposed to stay in bed…they never do. Instead of being in his bed sleeping, Akito was at his desk writing down something in a book that looked like it was handmade.

Hatori huffed, "You're supposed to be in bed…"

Akito just glared and rolled his eyes as he went back to writing.

"…Fine, suit yourself. There aren't any free rooms in the main house…"

"…Your point being?"

"Sara needs a place to sleep while she's here."

That statement caused Akito to break the tip of his pencil, "…and what are you implying by this…?"

Hatori cleared his throat, "Well…should Sara just stay in here?"

Akito looked over at Sara after Hatori spoke to see what she thought on the idea. She just shrugged her shoulders. She didn't seem to mind.

"…Fine. Set her things up next to my bed."

And that brings us back to the beginning of this chapter...


The book that Sara was reading was just some random book on birds and how to identify them. Akito was now not writing, but he was drawing random pictures in his book.

After a good while, Akito looked up from his book to find Sara fast asleep on her bed, the book about birds lay forgotten on the floor next to her. Looking at the clock to see how late it was, "…one in the morning…"

Deciding that it was a little late to be up, Akito stood up and walked over to the two beds. He sat down on his bed, pulled up his blankets and was about to lay down to sleep, but not before he noticed that Sara didn't have any blankets over her.

Staring down at her face, it caused something in his chest to clench. Perhaps it was the way that the silver moonlight reflected off of her pale face, or the way the shadows made her seem so mysteriously beautiful to him. She looked so calm and peaceful while she slept, that Akito was almost reluctant to put her blankets over her for fear that it would disturb her sleep.

Trying to be as careful as he could, Akito picked up her blankets and slowly put them over her, bending down over her as he did so.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) when Akito did this, his hand that remained on the floor slipped and just barely caught himself with his other hand that had the blankets and found himself about three inches away from Sara's face.

'Oh no…' this situation wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that Akito's hand was slipping away from him again.

"…Oh…shit…"

And then…he slipped…

…and his lips came in contact with Sara's.


End Chapter 5

Shuichi: Oh, I know, I'm evil as can be –dodges random flying metal objects- I'm sorry, I promise loads of fluffy scenes in the next chapter! I PROMISE!