10-hru C.6

Kioshi wakes up from his sleep. He opens up his eyes and rubs them. Our young music fan checks if his new lover was still in bed with him. Unfortunately, she wasn't there. Then he immediately remembered that it wasn't the weekend, it was Tuesday. Meaning that today he was going to drop off Kanna to school and return to work. Kioshi receives a flashback of last night, they kissed during the night. Which lead them to sleep in the same bed, without sex. A bummer for Tohru's part, she would be ready for their special bonding at anytime. Kioshi told her that it was best if they planned it out first.

Kioshi slips on his socks, goes to his walk-in closet to dress out, then he leaves the closet and goes out the door to arrive downstairs where Tohru would be cooking breakfast. To his surprise, he finds Kanna already sitting by the table eating the breakfast Tohru cooked.

"Mornin'!" Kanna smiled with her mouth closed to prevent any food from falling out of her mouth. She was still the hungry little dragon like back then. Feeding her well would be the thing first thing to always remember when you have to take care of her. Even if she's a handful relating to food, Kioshi still doesn't mind. He enjoys it when Kanna shows a smile when she enjoys a meal, just like now. Kanna was like the little sister he never had.

Kioshi walks closer to Tohru to greet her.

"Good morning Tohru." Kioshi said.

"Morning my love." Tohru said, catching Kanna's attention as she raised an eyebrow.

"You're breakfast's right here on the counter beside me. Enjoy."

"Thank you as always Tohru!" Kioshi approaches his meal, until Tohru decided to do something unexpected for him.

Tohru raises her green dragon tail and slaps Kioshi's butt.

Kioshi gasps from the sudden contact. "Tohru!?"

Tohru then wraps her tail around his slim body. Kioshi felt the warmth of her tail as she tightened around him. She drags his body to her's, then Tohru leans her face towards his, ending up with a lovely morning kiss. As Tohru and Kioshi were in their own world, Kanna in the background was flushing deeply as steam fused out of her ears. This was too much for the little girl, not to mention the last time when she witnessed two of her classmates kissing. But that's a story that I'll tell another day.

"Lady Tohru. Wh-Why did you kiss Kioshi?"

"Well Kanna, I guess you can say we're having a hot, steaming sexual relationship!" Tohru said, causing Kanna to blush even more.

"It's not like that at all! We didn't even do it yet!" Kioshi looks over at Kanna, who was doing the same, waiting for an answer. "Kanna, I was going tell you after you return from school. But since Tohru decided to reveal it now, I guess it's better to tell you now." Kioshi grabs his breakfast and sits down by Kanna.

"Kanna, love isn't anything you should be disgusted or embarrassed about. Tohru and I love each other very much. After I came back from work, I started playing piano late that night. That was when Tohru came up to me and told me how she felt about me. Kanna, I was so happy when she told that she liked me. I liked her a lot as well. So starting today, we're officially a couple!"

"Wow!" Kanna said sounding amazed.

"So if you ever see us kiss or hold hands, don't be weirded out, because it's normal for the people who love each other very much!" Kioshi said. Tohru in the back felt so happy when she heard his explanation to Kanna. This would prove that Kioshi had no regrets on dating her.

"Okay. I'm happy for lady Tohru. Back in our world, I would always see lady Tohru alone when I'm not with her. So I'm glad that she found someone like you!"

"Kanna! You didn't have to tell him that." Tohru blushed in embarrassment, Kioshi chuckled at her reaction.

"Then I'm glad to have met a beautiful woman like Tohru." Kioshi said as he gave a smile to Tohru, shortly smiling right at him. Kanna smiled at the the two.

Kioshi and Kanna ate their breakfast together. Kanna would retrieve her bento made by Tohru for school.

"Kioshi, would you like a bento?" Tohru asked.

"No thank you, I wouldn't want you to go through all the trouble. Thanks for the offer though!" Kioshi replied.

"No problem!"

Kanna checks through her backpack in case if she forgot anything, everything was good after she inspected it. Kanna puts on her red backpack, now ready for school, she looks over at Kioshi, her guardian.

"Ready to go?" Kioshi asked Kanna, she nods.

"Let's go."

Tohru follows the two from behind. Before leaving, Kioshi would turn around and face Tohru. The two would be in their own worlds, ignoring everything and everyone, except for the person who stood before them.

"I'll be off then." Kioshi said.

"Okay. Goodbye Kioshi." Tohru looked down shyly. Suddenly, a hand lifted up her chin. Kioshi gave Tohru a goodbye kiss on the lips. Kanna blushes as she witnesses the whole thing, but what was more important to her was school.

Kioshi felt something pull on his shirt, it was Kanna. "Kioshi, can we go now? I don't want to be late!" Kanna begged in her monotone voice.

He chuckles. "Sure thing Kanna, I just got distracted." He turns to Tohru once again. "I'll see you later Tohru!" He gives Tohru a quick kiss on her cheek before exiting the door with Kanna.

After twenty minutes of walking, Kioshi finally drops Kanna off to school.

"Bye Kioshi!" She said before joining her group of friends.

"Be safe Kanna! Don't get in any trouble!" Kioshi yelled.

"I won't!" She said.

Kioshi sighs. "Now, time to go to work." He said to himself before walking off.

＜Hours-Later→＞

Later that day, Kioshi received a call from Tohru herself. She informed Kioshi that they would be over at Kobayashi's place for a visit. They would be spending the rest of the day there.

Kioshi would finish mixing his last song of the day before leaving the studio. He walks to Kanna's school and waits for her. As she returns, their next stop would be Kobayashi's house. The same neighborhood that he lives in since he lives right next to his brother.

Upon arriving, he pushes the button of the intercom located outside of his large fence. Masanori goes to the entrance and checks the intercom to check who it was, it was his younger brother, Kioshi.

"Kioshi, Kanna! Please come in!" Masanori said through the microphone of the intercom and turns up the switch to open the fence.

Kioshi and Kanna are met with Masanori at the door. Kioshi gives Masanori a brotherly hug.

"Nice to see you again brother!" Masanori said.

"Been a while."

"Oh so this is Kanna?"

"Hello." Kanna greeted in her monotone voice.

Masanori takes his hand out to give Kanna a handshake. "Hello Kanna! My name is Masanori Kobayashi, nice to meet you." They shake hands.

A bit of background information, Masanori adopted Kobayashi's family name. Her full name is Miki Kobayashi. Masanori calls her by her first name at times, but he's been used to referring her by her last name. She found it unusual, even after marriage, but after a long talk with him, he said that he liked her family name really much. Which lead to him to adopting the family name. From Masanori Nishikawa to Masanori Kobayashi.

Masanori leads the two to the living room where Kobayashi, Tohru and a few of his maids were.

"Good evening!" Kioshi said which caught their attention.

"Kioshi!" Kobayashi and Tohru said.

Kioshi and Kanna settle down by Tohru who sat on the couch.

"Two more cups of tea please!" Kobayashi asked one of her maids.

"As you wish. Excuse me." The maid bowed before leaving the room.

"Tohru told me the news! Congratulations you two!"

"Oh, is that why you were here?" Kioshi asked.

"Hehe, more or less." She chuckled nervously.

Kioshi sighs before responding to Kobayashi. "Thank you miss Kobayashi."

"So tell me, what do you see in Tohru exactly? Anything special you like about her?" Masanori said, walking into the living room with the rest.

"What I like about her?" Kobayashi and Masanori nod. Kioshi looks over at Tohru, she stood there paying full attention on him.

"Well, I love her smile." He said, causing her to smile, giving Kioshi a blush.

"Go on." Kobayashi gestured.

"I love the way she wears her maid uniform so much. I think it looks cute on her." Tohru blushes, he continues. "But when she's outside of her uniform, she's even more beautiful, especially with her hair let down. Her long blonde hair with red ends is another thing I like about her, but that's not all! Tohru is a hardworking, intelligent, caring and charismatic woman! That's what I like about her the most. Not to mention of the fact that she chose me out of all the people around the world. If I were asked for what I'm grateful for, then it would be for being Tohru's boyfriend." Kioshi said all of this from his heart, that was what he felt about Tohru.

"Kioshi." Tohru said teary eyed before jumping into him so she could give him a great hug. "I'm so happy to be your maid and girlfriend too!" She shouted out as she gave constant kisses on both cheeks. Masanori and Kobayashi laughed at the scene as Kanna blushed deeply over it.

When Tohru stopped teasing Kioshi, they both sat down while holding each other's warm and soft hands.

"Now that the two of you are finally going out, when is the date?" Kobayashi asked.

"The date? Well you see...I don't really think that we would have the time. We could plan one for the weekend but I'm worried about Kanna. Who's going to feed this girl?" Kioshi pats Kanna's head, giving her a blush.

"We'll take care of her! You can drop Kanna off here while the two of you go off and do your thing!"

"Um, I'm not so sure about that." Kioshi said in a hesitant tone.

"Come on! My wife and I will keep an eye on her for the whole day!"

Kioshi still wasn't sure about this.

"Come on Kioshi, have faith in your brother. We want the two of you to have fun for once in a while. It'll be great, I promise." Kobayashi tried negotiating with him, which was a success.

Kioshi sighs before responding. "If you say so. Is it fine with you Kanna?" Kanna nods.

"Then it's set then. Our date will be on saturday!"

Kioshi and Tohru give each other a quick peck on the lips.

"Thank you Kioshi." She smiled.

＜Time-Skip→Saturday＞

Their long awaited date was about to take place soon. Kioshi reserved a table for one of his favorite restaurants. This had great service, great food and one more thing that he enjoyed the most under Tohru, that was music.

Tohru and Kioshi walk with each other hand in hand through the city sidewalks.

"Oh my! Looks like I'm getting a bit hungry." Tohru blushed.

"Not a problem! I know a nice restaurant where we can eat! I even reserved a seat for the two of us! Specifically for our date!"

"My, you can be romantic!" She teased.

"I know right? It's my specialty!"

"Stop!" Tohru hits his arm playfully as she laughs.

"Fine, lets get going!"

Kioshi walks her to their destination as Tohru holds onto his arm the whole way. Upon arriving at the restaurant, Kioshi signs in to confirm his reservation. After some time, one of the waiters lead them to their table. This one was closer to the stage where the jazz band performed their music. One of Kioshi's favorite genres to listen to whenever he wants to relax was jazz. His favorite instrument from every jazz song would usually be the saxophone.

"I can see why you picked this place, it's the live performance, isn't it?" Tohru said as she looked through the menu.

"More or less." He said, mocking Tohru from five days before.

"Are you mocking me?" Tohru asked.

"Maybe a little." Kioshi joked around while he was looking through his menu as well.

"You're a handful aren't you?"

"Haha! Am I?"

"Well, considering of how well organized you are at home, not really. At least you put your clothes away, unlike Kobayashi, back when I used to be her maid."

"Well, she used to be a software developer, so that could be why."

"I'm sure it did. She's a hard worker, I'm glad she's retired now. She deserves a long break. Thanks to Masanori's promotion, he's got enough money to take care of her. He even has a pack of maids in the house. They're pretty nice too, I met each one of them even better this week when I visited Kobayashi."

"That's my brother to you. Always looking out for the ones he cares for. He even sends money to our parents too, just in case they won't get bankrupt."

"That's nice of your brother." Tohru commented.

The waiter soon arrived to ask for their drinks. Tohru and Kioshi ordered their choice of drinks. The waiter then asked if they wanted more time to think about what they would like to order before going back for their drinks. They shook their heads and told the waiter their orders. The waiter collected their menus and left the two alone, the waiter would return with their meals twenty minutes later. As he left, the Jazz band started performing. Tohru and Kioshi listened to the music while they waited for their meals. The waiter returned with their desired drinks and left them there. Kioshi and Tohru took sips of their drink before holding each other's hands on the table. The more time they focused on the music, the faster the time ran. Twenty minutes later, the waiter arrived with their meals. They thanked for their food and started eating,

After dinner, they walked out of the restaurant. Kioshi was feeling tired from all the walking, so Tohru decided to fly him over to Kobayashi's house in her dragon form. So she flew him over there. They picked up Kanna from Kobayashi's house and then arrived at Kioshi's house last. Kanna would brush her teeth and go to bed, she was already in her pajamas before they picked her up. She was about ready to sleep over at Kobayashi's house. As for Tohru and Kioshi, they dressed into their sleepwear and went right to bed. But before dozing off, Tohru would first thank him.

"Kioshi, thank you for the date. Today was the best!" She kisses his cheek as she embraces him.

"Anything for my dragon." He kisses her on her lips before sleeping while they embraced each other the whole night, like always.