The green eyes opened slowly, when Shuichirou felt his wife's kissing on his abdomen. She had losen the obi of his yukata. He looked at her and touched her purple hair, that was completely loose.

"Kaori, what are you doing?" he asked, still sleepy.

"Good morning. I am kissing my husband's beautiful body." She looked at him with a sensuous smile. "I moved my schedule around this morning so I could be with you."

"Is that so?" her kisses reached his navel. It was the first time they didn't sleep at the same time since they got married. Oishi was hurt with her words and when his wife's arrived to their chambers, he was already deep asleep.

"Yes." she whispered. "It took me a great effort to move things around; it is going to delay many things, but…"

Her words stopped when her husband sat down and looked seriously at her.

"I am sorry for disturbing you again from your duties. You do not have to do this, you should go to work."

"What are you saying?" she sat in front of him. She was really confused. "I want to make love to you." Her hands touched his face, but his expression didn't change. "I told you we were going to make a child after everything was solved, right? I want to do it now."

"I am not in the mood, sorry." He stood up and started to close his yukata.

"Are you okay? Is your back still hurting?"

"I am not at your disposition, you know." Her husband looked at her from above, with cold green eyes. "You cannot treat me like yesterday and expect me to just have sex like it did not matter. If we are going to have a child, I want it to happen in a happy occasion." He was about to leave when his wife stood up and grabbed his arm.

"So, what is this? Are you…rejecting me?" her heart was tight. "I am your wife!"

"And I am your husband." Oishi said, turning around. "But even though, you never treated me like a priority. Muramasa always comes first and you never think twice about pushing me aside to solve the state's problems. I am always waiting for you to remember about me in your list of important things. I feel like I am always begging for your attention." He was at the door and took a last look at her. "And, frankly, I am tired of feeling like that."

Kaori could feel the tears burning down her eyes, but she was too proud to let them fall or go after him.

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Sakuno was happy her legs were finally strong enough for her to walk around. She looked at Ryoma and her husband was deep asleep. She wanted to let him rest for a little while and left the room. The mermaid took a deep breath, being able to feel the sun after such long days.

She wanted to walk on the garden a little, since it time she saw the grass. But, she stopped when she saw Kaori walking in hard steps on the castle and she turned around to follow her. Sakuno was not used to wear such long furisode, so she held the layers tight.

"Kaori-san!" her sister-in-law turned around when saw her and stopped.

"What can I do for you, Sakuno-san?" she asked, seriously. She was feeling extremely frustrated about the things with Shuichirou.

"I wanted to talk to you. About what happened to Ren, I…"

"It is not necessary." She was about to leave when Sakuno rushed in front of her.

"I am really sorry." She was sincere and her hands were over her heart. "I didn't mean to hurt him, I don't even know what happened. I was so worried, but Ryoma said he wasn't mad at me, so…"

"Shut up!" Kaori screamed. Her head was down and the purple hair was over the pink eyes. Her hands were closed tightly.

"Kaori-san?" she didn't know how to react.

"It is all your fault!" she looked at the mermaid filled with anger. "Why did you have to appear here?! Ryoma doesn't want to return home because of you, he is still not taking his seat as the new lord and you are the reason Ren is dead! I am so overwhelmed and it is all because of you!"

"Kaori." Ryoma appeared in the hallway, surprising her. He walked towards his sister with a deep frown on your face. "What do you think you are doing, talking to my wife like that? Apologize."

"You told her you were not upset our brother got killed?!"

"And why should I care? Ren made my entire life absolutely miserable. He was the reason I left. Do you have any idea of how hard it was to survive on that forgotten place? Of how much I struggled and suffered? And you were here, in the castle, living comfortably while I was out there. He tried to kill me again and he hurt Sakuno. I am glad he is gone otherwise I would kill him myself."

"Ryoma, stop." Sakuno was about to cry. She held his hand but he did not pay attention to her.

"As soon as Sakuno is better we are leaving. You can have Muramasa all you want. Make good use of it. I am done with his place."

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Sakuno followed her husband inside the room. He walked one side to the other and she closed the door quietly.

She could sense his heart beating fast and his blood boiling inside his veins.

"Ryoma, please, calm down."

"I am sick of her talking to you like that." he sat down on the outside porch. She hugged him from his back and kissed his face gently.

"I am sorry."

"Why are you apologizing, Sakuno?" he turned around and touched her face. "You did nothing wrong."

"But Kaori-san said…"

"Forget about her. Nothing that happened was your fault. My relationship with Ren was bad enough since the beginning. You are the best thing that ever happened to me."

"Really?" she showed him a small smile.

"Yes." He kissed his wife and the mermaid kissed him back. The kisses were slow and moist and Ryoma gently pulled her to sti on his lap. He couldn't remember the last time they shared such intimate kisses.

He was very upset and wanted to completely forget about that feeling on Sakuno's beautiful form. His wife moaned on his mouth and he held her even close, being careful with the small roundness of her belly. But, when he was about to lose her furisode, she broke the kiss and looked worried at him.

"Ryoma, wait!

"What is wrong?"

"You want to make love!" she accused him.

"I do." he responded with a small smile, going to kiss her neck when she pushed him from his shoulders.

"No, no, no! We can't!"

"Why not?" he was worried.

"Because it will hurt the baby!" she looked down. "After all, it is so big!"

Her husband chuckled with her words.

"It is not that big at all. And, you do not have to worry. Making love is perfectly safe."

"Really?"

"Yes." He caressed her face. "I would never do anything to hurt you or our child. But we do not need to do anything if you do not feel comfortable or do not feel like it."

"I want to do it!" she cupped his face and brought him close, her legs around his hips. "I really want to do it. Can we? Now?"

"Yes." Ryoma whispered on her lips, before kissing her. He stood up with his wife on his arms, never letting go of her mouth. He gently placed her on their bed. It was a solemn reunion and Ryoma was going to take his time.

The young human was about to take her clothes off when Kaori's voice interrupted them. She was by their door.

"Ryoma! Sakuno-san, come here, quickly!"

"Oh, no." Ryoma said, disappointed. He really wanted to have a private time with his wife. "What now?"

It took them a moment to open the door. Kaori had an excited smile on her face.

"What happened, Kaori?" he asked, still a little annoyed.

"There a young man here, who wants to talk to Sakuno-san! His name is Toshio and he said he is a merman!"