:Previously:

" Good thing you stopped talking, just let me take care of you all right?" he said while looking at her straight in the eyes with sincerity and concern. " All right" she meekly answered and buried her blushing face on the crook of his neck.

Tokiya

' Good thing i came up on time or else' tokiya thought. I swear if anything happened to Fuuko, i'll never be able to forgive myself. That tomboy surely attracts trouble though. "Hmmmmp!" he sighed. I might as well protect her starting now. She's still a girl even if she's boyish and come to think of it... she's a real woman with all the right curves other are envious of. 'not a pervert!' he coughed I can't imagine what she'll do if ever she found out what i'm thinking right now. ' still a guy like me isn't a saint so god help me' he thought getting warm from their close proximity. and with all those thought, he unconsciously hugged fuuko tighter to himself and murmurred 'never'

Fuuko

Thank God! he finally heard my prayers. I know I'm not like any normal girl but I was shocked and powerless, i admit, against that maniac ninja. I can still feel his foul breath on my neck whispering wicked things in my ear. 'Shut up!' she shouted at her mind. I want to forget all of that already since my savior finally come. ' What? I sound like a love-sick puppy? Imagine "My SAVIOR" when pigs fly! It's embarrasing! my reputation will be ruined if this information gets out.

But come to think of it, HE was the one that i CALLED, and he came to save me and protect me from that sick ninja. I bet my arranged marriage is a jinxed! If it werent for that, this horrible things woudn't happen to me. But I'm still in debt to mi-chan and i wish HE's my fiance. i know its just a fantasy but a girl can dream right.

And at last she was lulled to sleep by Tokiya's heart beat and warmth , relaxing on the security and protection in his arms.

And when she was about to drift to dreamland, she whispered " mi-chan" before passing out. That whisper stopped Tokiya in his tracks and as if luck was on their side, he found an old cabin in the middle of the forest.

He knocked three times but no one answered and on the forth knock the door just creaked open so he just let themselves in coz he wouldn't want to stand there and be soaked in the rain.

He laid Fuuko down slowly to collect dry woods to make fire. As he finally succeeded in making a fire, his gaze suddenly focused on Fuuko and her dress. He would not want to admit it but she was breathtaking. He went on her side and noticed how mature she was already because her clothes were like second skin plastered on her flushed body. She had the right curves on her body.

'WAIT! what the hell am I thinking?' he scolded himself. She should change clothes or else she might get a cold. He decided to take his shirt off first and later on wake her up for her turn.

But when he finished and was getting near Fuuko, all thoughts fled and the woman in front of him was all that mattered. As he neared her, he carefully sat beside her and brushed some strayed hair on her face. And in return, she smiled and that brought a grin on his face. ' So, you like my caress huh?' he thought. and just when he was staring at her lips wondering how they will taste like, she opened her eyes and stared at him directly.

"Wake up now sleepy head" with concern in his voice. " You should take off your clothes and dry yourself there near the fire." she was enbarrassed that her face turned into tomato, tokiya saw this and slightly blushed too and tried to rephrase what he said. " I mean, take off your clothes but leave your ...ummmm... ehem... he was getting redder by the time he could say undergarments while coughing

Seconds passed and both of them were looking at the floor unseeingly. And tokiya decided to break the uncomfortable silence " You know, i wouldn't peak at you while you change there's nothing worth seeing anyway" he finished lying to himself but he had to do it. " Why you! JERK!" fuuko flared. her eyes blazing. 'good, my plan worked, at least we could face each other easily than having it uncomfortable' he thought " Ok Ok... Miss tomboy-im-so-modest-boy, he smirked while saying this. " I'll turn my back now so my HIGHNESS would change" he bowed to her before he turned his back on her.

She was seething with anger now. 'Gods! he's so insensible!' she thought while angrily removing her clothes while cursing him quietly. Fine if that's how you want it then so be it. " It's all right now Mr. ice prick, you can turn around now" she said with false sweetness. and went to sit with him beside the fire.

Both of them were feeling warm now and Fuuko can't help but gaze at tokiya's chest. ' if it weren't for his sour attitude i'd consider him sexy and downright HOT' can this room get any hotter?' she asked the ceiling.

"What did you just say?"asked tokiya looking at her intently while smirking. She didn't know that she spoke too loud and had to kick herself for that mistake. so she just change the subject. " I mean, I was thinking... I haven't thank you so , thank you very much for saving me" she said seriously then smiled at him. " I'm sorry I was not there soon enough, are you really ok?" he asked looking at her.

" No, it was not your fault , actually it was mine because i ran into the forest and eventually got lost" while she was saying this, tokiya touched her cutted lip ever so gently to not hurt her and she looked at him questioningly. " what happened to your lip? It's bleeding." he asked while taking out a handkerchief to clean it out. Fuuko just closed her eyes remembering that incident again " He slapped me when i tried to resist him" " But don't worry i can still survive" she said opening her eyes and smiled at his concern. " Wait! what..." she didn't continue coz she already have an idea where it came from so she just touched his cheek with gentle caress and tokiya just held her hand on his face and pressed it to his lips.

A tear rolled down her cheeks. " Gomen ne" and looked down ashamed. He only lifted her face with the crook of his fingers and forced her to look at him directly. " I will not let anyone harm you again, I promise" And just like magnet, the minute he said that he suddenly found himself pulled in by fuuko until they could feel each others breath , still not letting go of each others eyes, still an inch apart and finally they sealed the gap and kissed.

At first it was a wimpy kiss but it elevated and turned hot. Tokiya placed his right arm on fuuko's waist while the left one on the back of her head for support while fuuko's arms were now on tokiya's neck. It was a very passionate kiss, fuuko felt tokiya's toungue touch her lips and gasped at the sensation, tokiya used this opportunity and slipped his tounge inside fuuko's mouth and had to groan at the sweet taste she's giving him. and both their tounge's danced and tokiya hugged her tighter to his chest.

As this stayed for a few minutes , ofcourse they still need oxygen so when they finished , they rested their foreheads on each other and smile contentedly in each others embrace. But suddenly " HACHOO!" sneezed fuuko that tokiya was surprised coz he saw fuuko turning red due to embarrassment and anger and glazed eyes turning into red due to the passion of their kiss. all of this jumbled, he can't stand it anymore so he laughed his head off. " I ...haha! told...hahahahah! ya! hahah...you'll.. hahahha, catch ...hahha!...a.. hahhahha! cold! hahahhha! Fuuko was pissed off so she put her hands on both side of his face and his laughing was cut off by her mouth clamped over his.

At first he was surprised not that he was complaining so he respond to the kiss whole heartedly but was cut off again by " HACHOO!" this time it was him who sneezed unfortunately cathing her cold as well." Ha!ha! ha! I got you!" fuuko laughed " Just look who's sneezing now!" she continued and tokiya just hugged fuuko and muttered "silly girl." on her ear. So, that's how they stayed then drifted to sleep holding and sharing each others warmth.