Chapter 4! Yeah! I know, I took so much time you guys must be...angry? Well anyways that chapter was fun fun fun to write [Insert suggestive wiggling of eyebrows] Please read and tell me about it :3
"Did you eat?" he asked Ayano who came to sit crossed-leg, just in front of him, so near that their knees were touching. She had just gone to say good-night to her brother who preferred sleeping in the depth of the caves where the sunlight, at dawn could not reach him.
"Yes" she replied curtly not looking directly to his face.
"You're a rotten liar, it's such a shame" he pointed out though his voice was not harsh, just disapproving. "I know you haven't touched the food I brought"
"I'm just not hungry "she said exasperatedly but a sound emitted from her stomach just bretayed her statement. He chuckled and placed his face on her shoulder.
"You should eat something. You're not going to starve, you need energy "Shirou said as if he was talking to a seven year old and frowned as she shook her head.
"There's no need to waste it with me. We'll soon run low on food and someone will have to go and fetch back again. Who knows what will happen out there. You got attacked today, you could have get killed so I want to make the provisions last as much as I can"
And then, it was Shirou's turn to lie.
"You won't have to go if you're scared. It doesn't bother me at all to go all the time" he said nonchantly trying to sound as convincing as possible but was sure that he failed miserably in the process, too.
"Silly" she laughed and rolled her eyes. "I'm not scared for me, I'm scared for you. I don't want you to go and never come back home again. When you were gone...It was like a …now don't laugh, I felt as if part of me was missing". A little dumbfounded, he did not find the words to reply to the closest thing of a confession he ever had from Ayano and just blinked a few times. He loved how the word "home" sounded from her lips and that she wasn't referring to the pitiful cave, but to the three of them. They were his home as much as he was their protector.
"I will come back, no matter what" he finally stated his voice unquivering and in response, she sighed and leaned away, a sign that she wanted to change the topic of conversation.
"Micheo is sleeping already?" he asked conventionally while admiring the reflection of the flames, dancing on her face.
"Like a rock. I stayed by his side until he was sound asleep" she replied in the same tone, quiet uncomfortable.
"You're very close to him...too close to be healthy. It's like you can't even breathe normally without him being in your sight. Your love for him is more maternal than one of a sister" he said mostly talking to himself than to her.
"His my life" was her clever answer.
"What am I to you, Ayano?"He asked curiously with a hint of humor in his words. He started to think, theatrically tapping her index on her tanned chin.
"You remind me of Eiji" she said thoughtful, a smile on her face as she pronounced the fresh name but as her face brightened up as his darkened and his eyebrows furrowed into a straight line.
"Who's Eiji?" Shirou asked trying to ignore the burning pain in his chest.
"My dog" she said before cracking up. "Hey what you are doing!" She whisper yelled at the fact that he was over her, his arms holding her wrists and his face just a few centimeters from hers.
"I'm doing what all dogs do" he replied dryly before licking her cheek.
"Disgusting" she exclaimed in-between to fist of laughs while she was trying to push him away.
"You taste good"
"I'll take that as a compliment"
"It was one" he smiled his contagious smile and she felt like grinning back, her eyes never leaving his lips and felt a burning flame inside her chest. And then she groaned and buried her head into her knees.
"What's wrong?" he asked a little alarm from her change of behavior.
"I feel like a hormonal female teen again "she said, her voice a little muffled and embarrassed at the revelation.
"I don't understand" he said truthfully, his eyebrows perked up.
"Don't make me say it aloud" she replied in the same tone she used before.
"Please, tell me what's bothering you". She did not see his face, but his pleading voice was merely enough to make her melt on the spot. To answer his question, she just took his palm and placed it on her chest and now he could feel her heart beating so fast he soon became afraid it would fail.
"It's beating like a hummingbird" he noticed bewildered.
"That's because of you" she confessed, bitting her lip and looking away. And then finally, Shirou could fit all the pieces of the jigsaws in his head and he could swear a "clicked" sound was heard.
"There's nothing to be ashamed of" he said, his smile as big as the one of the Cheshire cat. "I can barely control myself too, sometimes" he pleaded guilty while holding her chin up so that he could see Ayano's eyes.
"And what do you do when that happens? How do you manage not jump on me like I want to jump on you right now?" she asked wanting to know where he seek his self-control.
"I count backwards to keep myself busy. Once I started at 500 and reached 147" he said, his grey eyes twinkling with some mischief she never thought he possessed. He seemed so calm, composed and she never thought he would think likewise of her.
"What number are you on right now?"
"None. I'm tired of counting" he replied wittily before leaning in more and more until he could hear her heartbeat again. His eager lips ached to meet hers and he could have roared with satisfaction when they finally kissed. It was soft, gentle and quick but they were both satisfied as they parted.
"I think you won't be counting much tonight" she smirked before attacking his lips again. If the first peck was nice and tender like two persons discovering each other for the first time, the second was fiercer. Her fingers locked in his hair as he pulled her closer to his chest. He then let his mouth wander through her flushed cheek and neck. He moaned as his lower lip was bitten. He kissed her jaw line a multiple times and they seemed to forget that they were making out on rocks with a twelve year old a few meters away.
He sighed and broke the kiss ignoring her eyes questioning his reluctance to go on.
"We have our whole life for that" he winked and leaned back, pulling her with him. Deep inside, she was glad. She did not want to rush things with him. They could take it slow 'cause they had, like he said, their whole lives together or so she tried to convince herself.
Ayano pressed her head on his chest and put her arms around his waist feeling his body warmth embracing her.
"It's nice" he commented snuggling more.
"You know, I never thought you were so..." she started to say while in deep thinking.
"So?" Shirou asked wanting her to go on.
"Wild" she finished and frowned as his laugh erupted and echoed around the cave menacing to wake up the little boy in any instance. He was about to protest jokingly when she hushed her and urged him to listen.
"Have you heard that noise? Listen attentively! I heard it again" she said sitting straight and watching with fear the entrance of the cave where the sound was coming from.
"I'm sure it's nothing" he reassured.
"I'm going to check" she said while getting up on her feet and marching to the end of the cave.
"Are you crazy?" he whisper yelled holding her hand, preventing her to go further. "If there really something to check, then I'll go" he volunteered indisposed.
"Are you saying that because I'm a woman?" she hissed back, her teeth clenched.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your little bickering but... Dude, we're freezing outside" A young man's shadow pronounced making both of them jump slightly. Immediately, Shirou's eyes were searching on the cave floor for the gun he left but as the intruder made a step in, his face was revealed.
"Fudou? You're alive!"
"Duh. Not just me." the brown-haired men smirked and called out behind his shoulder. "Oi Nii-chan" he said sarcastically.
Behind him, another man appeared. He was slightly taller; his light beige hair cut short due to convenience and his red eyes sparkling behind his glasses.
"Greetings Fubuki" Yuuto Kidou said in a stern voice.
I don't know much about the making out session. I made it light and..."The least hot possible" while thinking of my younger readers. Maybe a further chapter will be more..Steamy? xD Now now, I'm so happy to introduce Kidou and Fudou in the story :))))))) Reasons coming next chapter! The lack of Micheo will be balanced in the next chapter
Stay tune for more!
Have a nice day/sweet dream