Kaoru snuggled against Kenshin as she walked with him back to their room, her arms around his waist with his around her shoulder. She smiled up at him softly as he smiled down at her and leaned in to brush his lips against her, causing Kaoru to blush more.
"Mmm, I've missed this….I'm sorry I was in bed last night, but that bastard Shishio doesn't give up." Kenshin murmured against her lips before yawning and opening the door to their room once they got there.
"It's ok; it's your job…." Kaoru said quietly as they walked into their room and she closed the door behind them, letting Kenshin slip away from her to strip down to just his boxers, the way he usually slept and taking his red hair out of the ponytail, letting it hang loose around his face. Kaoru's blush grew darker but she smiled and grabbed her nightgown before going into the bathroom to change.
She came back in it to find Kenshin already in bed, curled up and asleep, which made her giggle softly. He looked like an adorable little kid, she thought as she crawled into the bed next to him and laid down. Her blush darkened as Kenshin's immediate reaction to her crawling into bed was to wrap his arms around her waist and pull in her close.
Kaoru smile and wrapped her arms around his neck, letting him snuggle against her as she stroked his hair and yawned softly, smiling as she thought about how innocent and sweet Kenshin looked when he was asleep with a soft smile on his face and the way he was holding onto her like she was his favorite teddy bear.
She was slowly drifting off as well while thinking about how to bring up the subject of her growing feelings for him and if she would tell him about the little misunderstanding over the meaning of being an assassin's 'prize.'
She was also wondering when she would ask him the question that was bugging her about his past. She wanted to know more about him, since he was courting her and he obviously liked her as much as she liked him.
She slowly drifted off to sleep with a soft smile on her lips, feeling warm and safe in Kenshin's arms and hoping that he would be there when she woke up, unlike the last time she went to bed with him. Her wish was granted, for when she woke up the next day, Kenshin was still there, awake but still in bed.
He sat with his back against the headboard, one hand stroking her hair absently while the other held an important looking document that he was reading. He hadn't noticed her wake up, so she just snuggled closer to him and yawned as she relaxed under the feeling of his hand in her hair, the feeling eliciting purrs from her that made him smile and look down at her.
"Morning Koi….sleep well?" He asked as he continued to stroke her hair and silently enjoyed the sounds that he was able to coax out of her.
"Yes….I like sleeping in your arms." She purred as she smiled up at him with a soft blush. She reluctantly pulled away from his hand and sat up, stretching before sitting against the headboard and snuggling against him.
"What a coincidence, I like sleeping with you in my arms." Kenshin said with a smirk, his arm going around her waist and pulling her in closer as he leaned in and kissed her with all of the pent up feelings that he had been bottling up during the time he hadn't been able to see her. Kaoru let out a soft squeak and slowly started to kiss him back shyly, not used to him being quite so passionate in his kissing, before a loud knock came at the door, causing Kenshin to pull away and glare darkly at the door.
Kaoru giggled softly at the look on his face and laid a hand on his cheek to bring his attention back down to her as she smiled playfully and blushed a little again. She was slightly pissed about the interruption as well and was not as willing to let him go back to work so soon, not now that she had time with him and she wasn't under the delusion that he was her master.
Kenshin's smirk returned when he saw the playfulness in her eyes and something else that he could only hope was actually there as Kaoru leaned in and kissed him this time. Her kiss was soft and warm and when she pulled away, it was only so she could murmur against his lips so the person standing outside the door wouldn't hear her.
"Can't you stay here today? I don't want to share you with anyone else right now, especially not after not being able to see you for an entire day…" she said, making Kenshin's heart do a summersault and his smirk to widen. He laced a hand into her silky, ink black hair and pulled her in to kiss her again before answering her.
"I think I can pull that off. My only work is only reading over some reports and dealing with Shishio, so I think now would be a perfect day to have a day off and spend with my prize." He answered, enjoying the bright smile that it brought to her face. He was ecstatic about being able to spend time with the girl that was slowly stealing his heart as well and he knew that he had made a good choice in a prize.
"So, are we just going to ignore the knocking, or are you going to tell them off?" Kaoru asked, blushing a little at Kenshin's playful growl and giggling softly as he got up, a martyred expression on his face as he headed towards the door.
Kaoru gasped when he opened the door in only his boxers and glared at the person behind the door. Shishio didn't seem too happy about it either when his fervent knocking was met by a half naked Battousai and a blood-freezing glare.
Shishio was able to look around the room and take in the fact that Kaoru was in the bed in a nightgown, holding the bedsheet to her chest as she watched him and Kenshin in the doorway. Kenshin noticed Shishio's eyes linger on Kaoru and growled, though there was nothing playful about it this time. His normally violent eyes that were tinged with gold were slowly becoming fully amber, showing his patience growing thin.
"What?" Kenshin snarled, bringing Shishio's attention back to him. Shishio cleared his throat before starting.
"Battousai, you left our meeting yesterday and I'm not done talking to you. Now we can go back to the meeting room and talk or we can talk in front of your whore." Shishio said, a small smirk coming to his lips when he saw Kenshin's expression turn to one of pure rage.
That smirk was wiped away though when Kenshin slammed his fist into Shishio's face, sending him flying across the hall and bringing a few guards running to the commotion. Shishio stayed down and against the wall, though his glare almost rivaled Kenshin's as he rubbed his injured cheek.
"If you ever come to my private chambers again, or insult my prize, I will personally kill you." Kenshin threatened before stepping back into the room and slamming the door shut, leaning back against it and bowing his head, his red bang covering his amber eyes as he tried to calm himself down.
Kaoru waited until the door was closed before running over to him and laying her hands on his chest as she looked up into his eyes. She gasped when she saw that they were fully amber and pushed away the thoughts of how sexy he looked with those eyes, knowing that this was not the time for that.
"Are you ok, Kenshin?" she asked in a soft voice, one hand on his scarred cheek, stroking it soothingly.
"I'm fine….I'm sorry you have to see me like this…." He said as he covered her hand with his and smiled softly down at him, his eyes remaining their fire-filled amber and a soft smirk returning to his lips as his other hand went around her waist to pull her flush against him, enjoying the feeling of her body against his and the blush and squeak that it got out of her.
"It's ok…..I want to know everything about you, even your assassin side…" Kaoru said, her blush growing as she relaxed against his chest and the thoughts of his amber eyes being sexy mixing with the thoughts of his hard body feeling good against her soft one.
Kenshin's smirk widened, as if he knew where her thoughts were taking her, as he lifted her up and wrapped her legs around his waist as he carried her back to their bed and laid down with her underneath him.
He started to cover her neck with affection kisses and nips, enjoying that way the little noises of shyness and enjoyment that she made and the way she would giggle and squirm underneath him when he poked her playfully while kissing up and down her neck.
"Ok then, I'll tell you whatever you want to know…." He murmured against her neck as he continued to lavish attention on her. Her breathe came out in soft huffs and her mind was clouding over from the pleasure of what he was doing, but she realized her opening to ask her question about his past and she took it.
"How did you become an assassin?" she asked quietly, pouting a little when she felt him stop his attention on her neck and looking up at her with a soft, sad smile and a nod. He got off of her and let her sit up before sitting down with his back against the headboard and pulling her into his lap, her back against his chest and his arms around her waist.
"Very well, then I'll start at the beginning…"