Inutashio's eyes fluttered open after the greatest night of sleep he'd ever had. He had the most phenomenal dream. It was that Izayoi had fallen asleep in his arms and that he had held her close all night. He went to stretch when he felt an arm rested lightly across his chest. He looked down and saw his celestial koi bito sleeping peacefully in his arms. 'So it wasn't a dream.' He watched her attentively as she subconsciously drew circles along his chest. Inutashio smiled, until he saw a familiar face pop through the door. "INUTASHIO ARE YOU UP?" Setsuki called. Izayoi's eyes shot open and her head snapped towards the door. "I-Izayoi? What are you doing sleeping in Inutashio's bed..?" Izayoi gulped. Inutashio watched as Setsuki's eyes got larger. "YOU TWO WERE… DOING THAT…! I'M TELLING MOM!" Setsuki yelled running out of the room. "NO! SETSUKI COME BACK HERE!" Izayoi yelled jumping out of the bed and chasing after him out of the room. Inutashio on the other hand just went upstairs to get showered.
"Setsuki!" Izayoi growled. "What?" He asked meekly. "If you- -." "Hey, hey don't worry your secrets safe with me!" "But we didn't do anything!" Izayoi whined. Setsuki looked at her suspiciously. "Are you sure?" "What kind of question is that? Besides you are far too young to be, well talking or knowing anything about…that." Setsuki continued to stare at her. "WHAT! I'm innocent okay! I didn't do anything last night, and I don't plan to do any of that stuff until I get married got it twerp?" Setsuki nodded and said, "No need for name calling you know. I just don't want you to get hurt is all." Izayoi was taken back. She smiled and lightly ruffled his hair. "Nice to know you cared; and do you know where Inutashio's bag is?" "Yeah, it's in my room." Setsuki replied blushing. Izayoi quirked an eyebrow at his response and decided against asking him why it was in there.
Inutashio got out of the shower and reached for a towel under the sink, only to discover that there was nothing but a very, very small hair towel. 'There is no way I'm wearing that.' He decided to take the very dangerous risk of opening the door just a tiny bit. He stuck only his head out the door and prayed that Setsuki would magically walk by. He waited a minute or two until he heard the sound of someone walking up the stairs. "Setsuki?" He called hopefully. He saw a head swing back. "Inutashio?" "Izayoi." "Yes." They replied in unison. "Izayoi…do you know where I could get a towel?" He listened closely and heard her burst into a fit of giggles. "S- Sure." She replied giggling. He heard her run down the stairs and then back up again. She appeared moments later in front of the bathroom door.
'Should I tease him? Izayoi's evil side asked. 'No, no you shouldn't!' Her innocent side replied. 'Oh but I'll be ever so much fun!' Izayoi smiled. "Here you go my koinu – Opps!" Izayoi said as she dropped the towel just in front of the door. Not close enough for Inutashio to reach it without stepping out of the bathroom. Izayoi's grin grew wider as she saw his jaw drop. "Uh…" Inutashio stuttered. "Well I've got to get ready for school now, so I'll see you later." Izayoi winked as she started to walk away. "Oh no! Wait, come on Izayoi, don't do this!" "Hurry up koinu or we'll be late for school!" She chirped skittering away into her room.
'How did I manage to get in this predicament.' Inutashio thought while closing the bathroom door. He grabbed two of the very small towels from under the sink and tried to wrap them both around himself. He took a took a quick peek out the door and prayed to kami that none of Izayoi's family members decided to take a little walk through the halls in the next thirty seconds. Who knew what three women would do to him if they saw his attire? There were of course several options. One: They'd see him and beat him with large wooden sticks for daring to do such an unsightly act. Two: They might scream. Three: They (more Azumi) might jump on me and…let's not get into that. 'Bolt out, bolt in. Bolt out, bolt in.' Inutashio told himself. One final look and he dodged out scooped up the towel and ran back into the bathroom panting. "Phew." Inutashio dried himself off and wrapped the towel around himself.
Izayoi stepped in her room and set Inutashio's bag (retrieved from Setsuki) on the floor and began searching around her room. 'Where is my textbook? I could've sworn I put it up here last night after Inutashio helped me.' Behind her bookcase?… Nope. Underneath her bed?… No, not there either. Is it in her closet? 'Yes it must be there.' Izayoi thought opening her closet door and taking a small step inside.
'Izayoi said something about having to get my bag from her brother's room, so does that mean that she has in now?' Inutashio thought while walking through the upstairs hallway. 'I wonder if she's in her room? If she's not then I can just take a quick look and see if my bags in there, then if it is, I can get it and get changed.' Inutashio concluded reaching Izayoi's bedroom door and opening it slightly. Inutashio didn't see anyone so he took a step forward and saw his duffel bag placed at the end of Izayoi's bed. 'Well, that was easy enough.' Inutashio thought stepping towards the bag.
'Did someone just walk by?' Izayoi thought her head deep under a pile of clothes still searching for her textbook. 'Is it mom? Setsuki? Azumi?…Inutashio? Oh no! I never gave him his bag!' She thought frantically. Izayoi crawled out of the closet and plowed right into Inutashio. Well, the back of Inutashio's knees causing him to tumble down. "AHH!" They both yelled in unison. "Izayoi! I- I di- - didn't think you were in here!" Inutashio stuttered pulling the towel tighter around his waist. Izayoi blushed furiously at his attire and opened her mouth to say something, but was silenced by Inutashio's lips pressed against hers. "Please don't yell at me." Inutashio whispered in her ear as he broke away from the kiss. "Why would I yell at you?" Izayoi asked a little dazed from the kiss. "Umm…" Izayoi blinked. "Is it because you've got nothing but a towel on?" She asked bluntly. "Izayoi! Not so loud, your mother might hear, and then she'd come in, and then she'd think that we're- - " Izayoi silenced him by putting a finger to his lips. She giggled at his worried expression. "Well then maybe you should get dressed instead of standing around like an incomplete Greek statue." Izayoi teased standing up and handing him his bag. "Incomplete Greek statue…" It took a moment before the wheels in Inutashio's head started turning and he understood the innuendo. He shook his head, took the clothes and headed back into the bathroom to get changed for school.
"Izayoi! Inutashio! Hurry up you two or you're going to be late!" Mrs. Takouyoi called from the bottom of the stairs. "Inu- -" Izayoi moaned softly into his shoulder. "We have to go!" Izayoi said trying to make it sound urgent. It was useless, the sweater that had once covered her T-shirt was now on the floor and Inutashio had her pinned against the wall making a trail of butterfly kisses down her neck, but hey, was she gonna complain? "Izayoi! Hurry it up!" Her mother persistently called again. "We- - have - - to…" Izayoi gave in and pressed her lips against Inutashio's. "Izayoi! Don't make me come up there!" At the word of possible intrusion the pair broke apart and headed downstairs.
"You guys!" Mrs. Takouyoi began to scold. "You missed breakfast! Tomorrow morning you are not leaving this house until you eat! Understand?" Izayoi's mother reprimanded waving a finger at the pair for effect. "Okay, okay mom, we will. See you after school!" Izayoi called walking out the front door with Inutashio.
'Today's the day. Today's the day I'm finally gonna make that little wench pay for choosing him over me. I'll make her come to me. She'll have no choice. Once she finds out the 'real' Inutashio Takashi and the truth about his dirty little past. All his secrets, once she knows all of them, I'll make sure to be there, just so I can see the look on his face when she comes running to me.'
hello! O just so u know: Kami means god, koinu means puppy . and koi bito means lover or sweetheart. Another chapter done tee hee it took me a little longer than I would've liked 2 finished this chapter BUT! I started another fic gulp lil sweatdrop but I can balance! Thank u 2 ALL who reviewed I luv ya I do :P review (again) plz! Its encouraging. Hope u liked- ja!