Chapter 6: Convincing Lies

"K-Kabuto, I'm worried…" Mitsuki said. She played with her hair nervously.

"Why?" Kabuto asked. He looked up from the scroll he was reading.

"…Because I feel as if…someone is gonna find out…" she replied in a hushed voice.

"Mitsuki, please, try to relax. No one's…gonna find out."

"I know this must be very awkward for you and I apologize for that."

He looked at her. It's been two weeks and I've only gotten a bit of information from her. Why is she stalling? "No, that's alright."

She looked down. "…Kabuto...You…You swore that you wouldn't tell anyone…Are you…keeping your word?"

"What?" Damn, is she catching on? "Of course I am!"

"…You're not…lying to me, right?"

Dammit! This can't be the end! "Mitsuki-"

"Tell me the truth. That's what I want to hear."

He held her by her shoulders. "Mitsuki, why are you acting as if you don't trust me?"

"It's not that I don't trust you…It's just that…I know that you're completely devoted to Orochimaru…"

"But-"

"And to tell you the truth…" She looked up at him. "Not even I know where your loyalty lies…"

"So," he stood up and slammed his hands on the table, "are you trying to say that you don't trust me?"

"No, that's not what I-"

"I provide you with protection and this is how you repay me!"

"Kabuto, I-"

"I'm betraying the only man that I devote myself to just so I can help you and you discover that you can't trust me? Me of all people!"

"Will you just-"

"I've done so much for you and you doubt me!"

"Just stop it Kabuto!" She slapped him, knocking his glasses off. He stood speechless as he touched his cheek. She froze in doubt, digesting what she had just done. Oh… She bent down and picked up his glasses. "I-I'm sorry. You wouldn't hear me out, and I kinda just got a bit angry." She walked around to the other side of the table to him. "Here." She gave him his glasses. "I didn't mean to upset you, I just wasn't thinking before I spoke."

He put his glasses on. "I-It's alright." Damn her, that was a cheap shot! "It was my fault. I shouldn't have taken that the wrong way." He took her hand. "Mitsuki, you have to trust me. I wouldn't tell anyone about this. When we share something that's just between us, it stays between us."

Mitsuki looked down at their hands. "K-Kabuto…" Her heart began to race as the blood rushed to her cheeks.

Kabuto brought her hands to his face. "Aah, Mitsuki, I care for you too deeply to let anyone kill you."

"Y-You…do?"

"Yes. I swore that I wouldn't tell, and I'll stick to that!" He stared warmly into her eyes. "Mitsuki, I would never lie to you, nor betray you."

She sighed. "I know Kabuto. I…also care for you deeply."

He blinked. "You do?" She nodded shyly. …What a fool, trusting my so willingly…I can't stand her faith in me. She's too sincere when she talks to me…Why is that?

"I shouldn't have asked you if you were lying to me. That was stupid." She got closer to him. "I said I trusted you with my life, so I shouldn't have doubted you, not even for a second."

"O-Oh…" He blushed. Now what is she trying to do? Getting all close and crap…

"Kabuto, sometimes…I just can't…help myself…"

He suddenly found himself getting closer to her. "What…do you mean?"

"That's just it…I'm not sure what I mean…Sometimes it's…hard to understand…" Her eyes slowly closed.

"…I know what that's like…" His eyes were gradually drifting shut. What…am I doing? What's going…on?

"Kabuto, Mitsuki, what're you doing?"

Mitsuki and Kabuto sprang apart like polar opposites. "Oh, hello Lord Orochimaru."

Orochimaru looked at Kabuto suspiciously. Just what is he up to now? "What were you guys doing just now?"

"Oh, Mitsuki said that she saw something on my glasses, so she was inspecting them," Kabuto replied. "I had to make sure that they weren't cracked." To be honest, I don't know what was happening!

"Y-Yes. It just turned out that it was a piece of hair," Mitsuki added.

"Aah, I see then."

"I-Is there something you need, Lord Orochimaru?" Mitsuki asked.

"Aah, yes, there is! If you two would be so kind as to report to my office, I'll explain there." He walked over to the door. "Don't dawdle now." He walked out.

"C'mon Mitsuki," Kabuto said following after Orochimaru.

"I'm right behind you!" She waited for him to leave. "Oh…" She sighed. "Kabuto and I…were we just about to…to kiss?" She thought about this, then shook her head. "No, no of course not." She ran after Kabuto.