Chapter 12: Fabricated Love

Mitsuki frantically began to pack her things. "I'm not going back! I don't care anymore! If Orochimaru starts looking for me, I'll just keep running! I'm not gonna serve him anymore! I can't serve someone like that!" She winced hoping that by doing so, the tears would stop. Unfortunately, it only made more tears. "I hate my fucking life!"

"Hate is such a strong word, don't you think?"

She whipped around and found Kabuto stepping into the room. "Y-You!"

"Where are you headed at this time of night?" He turned on the lights.

"It's none of your damn business!"

"Whoa there, that's no way to talk to me, your friend and sempai."

"Sempai my ass!"

"Speaking of hate, don't you think you should apologize for saying that you hate me?"

"Stop telling me what to do, okay? It's your fault that this is happening!"

"What're you talking about?"

"You…You forced me to kill! You're just like Orochimaru!"

As if that's a bad thing! "Mitsuki, didn't I give you the option of staying behind?"

She thought about it. "…Oh what the fuck do you know!"

"I know that you don't hate me." He sat on the loveseat, trying to tend to his wounds and talk at the same time. "Mitsuki, I'm so sorry."

"…Go on, I'm listening."

"All of this that happened is my fault. I was so tense this whole time. I kept telling myself that you might screw up because of…what you've been doing. I didn't mean to yell at you like some sort of drill sergeant, it just happened. I've known you for such a long time now. I'm your friend Mitsuki and I was just trying to look out for your best interest. I'm sorry, but please, don't run away, not like this."

She stopped folding her clothes. "Kabuto…"

"It hurt, Mitsuki. It hurt when you told me that you hated me." He looked down. "I never knew that words like 'hate' could make someone fell like the worst person in the world. It's like stabbing someone in the heart. Who knew that words could cause such pain?"

She set aside her belongings. "K-Kabuto, I'm so sorry." She walked around to him and sat next to him. "I didn't mean it, really. I'm just such an idiot."

He rubbed her head. "You? An idiot? No, you're not an idiot. You're a smart girl. It's just that you're emotional. I'm the idiot."

She leaned into his hug. "Kabuto, you're the smartest person I've ever met. What are you talking about?"

"Mitsuki, I just…" he blushed, "…I just like you a lot." He put his arm around her and rubbed her shoulder. "I guess I've always liked you a lot. This might sound weird coming from me, a nineteen year old man, to you, a sixteen year old girl, but one might say that my affinity to you is on the verge of becoming…" he looked down at her, "…love."

Her heart skipped a whole beat. If he means what I think he means…! "N-No, that doesn't sound weird at all…" He's so honest and open about his feelings! I've got to be more like him! "T-To tell you the truth, I feel the same way…"

"What?" He blinked thoughtfully.

"Kabuto, there's something that I've always been meaning to tell you…" She blushed and looked down. "When I turned fourteen, I kinda fell in love with you."

"H-Huh?" He blushed again.

"That day you made me feel so good about myself and you were just so handsome that I…fell in love. Kabuto, what I'm trying to say is that for two years…my…love for you deepened…"

"…So are you saying that you…love me? Me? Your friend of so many years?" She nodded shyly. "…Mitsuki…" She hesitantly looked up at him. Ha, got cha right where I want you. I knew it, you were in love with me the whole time. This will make things even easier! Aah Mitsuki, you're such a naive fool! Aha! "…Oh…"

"I-I can understand if this bothers you. L-Like you said, you're a man and I'm…a teenage girl…"

He pushed her down onto the loveseat. "It doesn't bother me at all…After all, love is love, right?"

She blushed furiously. He's never been so close before. And he just said that he…loves me. She hesitantly removed his glasses and put them on. "…Sempai…" He pressed his lips against hers as soon as she whispered his old nickname. His tongue traced the shape of her lower lip, then prodded between her lips. Once inside her mouth, his tongue explored the entire region. She could feel a hesitant hand making its way up her body. Oh, Kabuto…Sempai…

My mission will soon be ending…

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Mitsuki fumbled with her clothing, trying to take all of it off. "A-Aah!" Kabuto helped her out of her clothes, then pulled her down onto the bed. She blushed as she pressed shy kisses onto his bare chest. He caressed her cheek while he kissed her. His kisses traveled down from her lips to her neck, her chest, then her stomach. "Kabuto, I am yours."