Akatsuki rolled over and looked at the canopy over his bed. It had been over twenty-four hours since Kaname had told Boston to remain with the other Fae. She hadn't been happy and he knew it. She had wanted him to stay but he had to follow kaname's rules or risk getting in trouble.
Hanabusa had come in the room and flopped down as soon as the sun came up. Akatsuki didn't have that luxury of passing out as his cousin and roommate. He tended to stay up brooding over something he couldn't do. Boston was out of his reach at the moment because of Kaname's order.
He ignored the door when it opened with a hand over his eyes. He finally looked up when the covers lifted and the bed dipped. Boston wriggled closer to him, nestling her head in the curve of his shoulder. Not able to do anything to push her away, he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her tightly to him. He felt her breath against his skin as she settled into sleep.
The getting to know of her family was a tiring process to her. She wasn't used to it at all. Even when she got to know the night class it took a toll on her emotions and body. She hadn't been used to staying up all night and going from the Day Class to the Night Class hadn't been easy. Gradually she adapted and excelled in the Night Class. Now all this had come and she wasn't doing well with it.
Sighing, he knew there was nothing he could do. He rested his cheek against her head and went to sleep.
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"What's the meaning of this?"
Both Akatsuki and Boston came awake at the shrill voice that yelled over them. Both were groggy as they looked up. Mab stood above them, glaring down at them as she took in the scene before her. Her daughter was in bed with a man, someone she knew nothing about. And to make it worse, he was a vampire. They were known for sucking the life essence from Fae, inevitably killing them.
She looked to the door."Oberon!"
The Summer King came into the room and stopped. By this point Boston had sighed and rolled on to her side, content to ignore them. Akatsuki looked down at her as she pressed her head into his side, her breath cascading over his tattoo. Her nonchalance was going to get him killed. Shortly Kaname walked in the door.
"Look at this!" Mab exclaimed. "Look at what living here has done to her. She is sleeping with the enemy."
"I like Akatsuki so he's technically not my enemy." Boston said softly from her spot in the bed.
"You should not be sleeping with men anyway. It is unladylike."
Boston sighed and rolled over, giving up on sleep as long as they were in the room. "Then I'd become like you, four kids and you didn't raise a one."
Mab's face turned red under its paleness. Obviously she was upset about being told that she didn't raise her children. That was partway true since she hadn't raised Boston at all. She didn't say a word as Boston threw the covers off her being and stood up, stretching to get the kinks out of her joints.
"Relax. We haven't done anything so there's no chance for you to have a grandchild. Now, I'm going to shower. If you need anything, talk to Kaname because I'm washing my hands of this. Have fun figuring me out after this." She walked through the door to the left to the shower adjoining Akatsuki's room, doing it deliberately to prove a point.
