Sorry! I've been very busy lately with job, driving lessons and plans of a well deserved vacation which have delayed the update. I deeply apologize but I do bring you this new chapter which hopefully contains a lot more humor than the previous chapters. Now I'm very happy for every single review I've received and wish to thank everyone who's made an attempt to give some response. I also thank everyone who has read this fiction and hope that it will keep you entertained.
On with the story!
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There are many ways of describing the night they spent, one of them is…satisfying. Surely Shizuru was
quite sore and had to beg to make her, now called, lover stop. Let us just be adequate knowing the
fact Natsuki proved herself worthy. Both of them did not wake up until late in the afternoon when one
very angry vice president called wondering or more demanding to know why the president was not at
work. Shizuru then asked if something happened that Suzushiro-san could not possibly handle and was
answered with an "Of course not!" followed by an order to stay at home. So the chestnut-haired did
as she was told and left everything to the "cabable", which Shizuru simply assumed meant
"capable", Suzushiro Haruka. Then a pair of strong arms encircled her waist and pulled her back to
bed where she belonged, once again Shizuru plainly did as told. She was exhausted and gladly accepted
the warmth that was been given.
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The following morning our president was much more rested. She woke up and found herself almost like a
teddy-bear. She was tightly hugged by our protector who was using her chest as a comfortable pillow
with a big grin on her face. Not wishing to wake Natsuki from her peaceful slumber she tried to squirm
herself away only to receive a disproving grunt. When she finally managed to more or less climb out of
bed she was pulled down and Natsuki's nose was buried in her hair and Natsuki's front was pressed up
her back. Sighing Shizuru gave up for she did not have the heart to bother her lover with anymore
attempts. The thought of a sleeping Natsuki brought a smile; she was so innocent and cute. Though you
could never say it for Natsuki did not appreciate the word "cute", it did not suit with the image
she wanted. Shizuru finally succumbed to sleep once more, making a mental note to bring up the subject
"cuteness".
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When the two lovebirds finally managed to get themselves out of bed our Natsuki was famished, which
was expected. Shizuru decided that she would cook them a nice meal, for how difficult could it be if
you followed some instructions? Natsuki was hesitant but squealed when Shizuru revealed that the
package she sent Suzushiro-san to pick up earlier was in fact special delivered mayo especially for
our mayo-puppy. If you ask Natsuki however she did not squeal, she claimed it was only because she
recently got out of bed which made her voice a tad higher than usual. What more was noticed was that
Natsuki tended to cling herself to Shizuru while she cooked and was fascinated by how easy everything
seemed to be. Shizuru was very amused by how easily Natsuki got fascinated by the most plainly things.
Everything seemed to be just fine. Natsuki was thinking of how graceful her lover was and then a
thought struck her.
-"Neh, Shizuru."
-"Hm?"
-"What do you think of me?"
-"What do you mean?"
-"I mean how you would describe me? Like; cool, calm, strong, brave, charming-"
-"Cute."
-"What?! ...I'm not cute."
-"Very well, then you are adorable, sweet, lovable-"
-"Doesn't all of them simply mean cute?"
-"It is possible yes."
Shizuru was smiling at the silliness of Natsuki. Our protector had her pride hurt and detached herself
from Shizuru and went to sit on a chair. She purposely sat down loudly, gave a noisy "humph",
crossed her arms, turned her head away and pouted.
-"Now Natsuki simply helped me establish my point."
Natsuki gave it some thought and came to the same conclusion, but she would never admit it to the
teasing president. Defeated and hurt Natsuki found some comfort from her mayo bottle and hugged it
tightly to her body.
-"Ara, Natsuki is such a cuddler."
With this Natsuki's head shot up again and a vein popped out on her forehead.
-"I am not cute and I am not a cuddler!"
-"Natsuki could not survive a day without cuddling."
-"Yes, I can."
-"Is that a promise?"
-"If you are suggesting a challenge then it is."
-"Then consider yourself having a deal my dear Natsuki. Now if we could proceed with our meal-"
Shizuru was now making a gesture referring to the cooking which was now on the table. Natsuki was
peeking at the food and it looked...edible. You see our lovely Fujino-sama is indeed a very graceful
woman however it seemed that in her high school years she got used to the attention showered from her
fan girls and they provided her with food with a simple motion from Shizuru. This resulted in a very
horrible experience for our dear Natsuki who assumed that Shizuru was a great chef and without being
cautions enough took a bite and ended with a painful stomach ache for the rest of the evening. To say
that our protector is brave is the truth but when it came to Shizuru's cooking skills not even the
brave Natsuki wanted to take any chances. So slowly sat down and suspiciously eyed the different
dishes laid out on the table, as if they would suddenly come alive. She looked at the plate and then
at Shizuru who was staring at her expectedly. Back at the plate and she gulped.
(It's now or never.)
She took a spoonful of food and put it in her mouth and hesitantly started chewing. Shizuru was now
looking at Natsuki, observing every expression that might appear. Very forcefully our brave warrior
swallowed while closing her eyes, waiting for something to happen. After a couple of moments she
discovered that she was still alive and breathing. Suddenly a very evil plan formed in her head. She
smiled at our worried president.
-"Shizuru, you should try some. It didn't taste that bad."
Shizuru's eyes opened up in shock and she felt proud over her achievement. She smiled and before
putting a rather large spoonful in her mouth she replied confidently.
-"I feel slightly upset over Natsuki's lack of confidence in me."
Her smile was however changed to a horrified expression. Natsuki was watching with amusement. Our
president quickly scanned for a napkin or anything that would help her get rid of this awful taste in
her mouth and still maintain some of her dignity. Somehow managed to emit this mixture she sat down on
her chair, very shaken. How is it possible to even come close to produce such awful assortment? None
the less how did she manage when in many other categories remain superior? Rubbing her temples in a
distressful manner and trying to find a logical explanation.
-"This is preposterous! I am well aware what people are capable of for wealth but to encourage poor
innocent people to attempt with such a dangerous act is unforgivable!"
-"It wasn't that bad."
Natsuki made an uncertain smile in an attempt to cover it up. This made our president more upset than
ever. Giving the jumble one more glance and almost engaging herself in a glaring contest with the
assortment. Shizuru was getting very worked up over this fact and with mighty uncertainty Natsuki
voiced her doubt.
-"Neh, Shizuru. I think you're overreacting. It's only cooking."
She quickly bowed her head down when her statement was met with the famous Fujino-death-glare. The one
to freeze your entire being and all the while still feel like you're walking on fire, truly a nasty
experience.
-"I am convinced that the accident reports are more frequent for the sole reason that despicable
human beings give out these ridiculous books that state to make cooking much easier but instead puts
the maker and the surrounding people in immense risk."
Finishing her extensive sentence Shizuru closed her eyes and resumed her tea drinking. It would look
perfectly normal if not for her much tensed position and the scrunched eyebrows. Wide-eyed Natsuki
simply stared at her lover's sudden flare-up and she suddenly started laughing, hard. One of the
president's eyes cracked open and suspiciously peeked at the laughing maniac. Then unable to contain
herself she found herself laughing along. It was indeed a start of a very enjoyable morning.
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It proceeded in a similar way. It was all about the present and the joy of once again being able to
feel the serenity in the air. The meal was a bit hard to swallow for our president, literally and she
could not object when her lover demanded to have heaps mayo on top to "make it better", as she
stated. Tentatively Shizuru tried and found that it was undeniably easier to ingest with the otherwise
horrid bottle of fat. She decided to let it slip, for this time.
Things did not look as good for our poor mayo-pup though. She was stubbornly avoiding any form of
physical contact since her pride did not allow Shizuru to be right. It was now she discovered how soft
Shizuru's skin seemed to be, how revealing the white dressing gown was and all the curves on her body.
Everything seemed to catch her attention making it very difficult for her not to attach herself on her
lover. What she did not know was that Shizuru was not playing it very nice. Almost too often dropping
things just so that she could bend and pick them up and coincidently it was always in front of a very
flustered Natsuki, sneakily letting certain body parts touch as if daring to be stroked and purposely
startle her, already uncomfortable, lover by softly blowing in her ear whenever she glanced away. Poor
Natsuki did not know whether it was better to look away or not, she was confused. One thing was sure;
our president was having a wonderful time. This tells us that it is dangerous to be around a bored
Shizuru.
By the evening Natsuki was mentally exhausted, numerous times did she resist but she was soon at her
limit. She had been resorting to one last solution and that was...avoiding her taunting girlfriend.
However she was becoming worried when it had been almost too quiet in the apartment. Different kind of
scenarios entered her mind and she found herself cursing her lacking ability of consideration towards
the crimson orb's safety. A loud scream was heard, hurriedly speeding herself towards the direction
where the scream erupted from and clumsily dodging everything in her way. Quietly hoping and chanting
that Shizuru is to be safe Natsuki headed for the bathroom where she thought Shizuru where. Kicking
open the bathroom door and charged inside ready for whatever it may be.
-"Shizuru! I'm coming just stay back and-"
Promptly stopping herself and peered around she found...no one, except a Shizuru draped in the
smallest possible towel you could find, in Natsuki's opinion, covering almost nothing except the most
intimate parts. Going wide-eyed and feeling every drop of blood in her body rush to her head and some
threatening to spray out from her nose. Natsuki hurried herself out and slammed the door shut all the
while pinching her nose preventing any blood from drenching anything.
-"Shizuru, ad neast cover yourselv!"
-"Natsuki is speaking oddly. Nevertheless it is not as if Natsuki has not witnessed every side of me
that is to see."
More images flashes before Natsuki's eyes making her blush even more.
-"That's beside the point! What did you scream for?"
-"There is a cockroach present here inside."
-"You find snakes cute but you can't kill a cockroach?"
-"I find these insects loathsome, filthy and atrocious. Now can you please exterminate it?"
-"But...but I can't come in when you're like that!"
-"May I suggest that it would be easier if Natsuki in point of fact is currently in the same room?"
-"Fine, don't move. I'm coming in!"
Taking a deep breath and attempting to mentally prepare her for this tricky procedure. Natsuki softly
counted to three and then swiftly rushed inside, killed the bug and sprinted outside in a matter if
seconds. Natsuki breathed out and feeling satisfied with her work she was about to walk away when
Shizuru all of a sudden had one more thing to declare.
-"Ara, how clumsy of me. I dropped my towel."
(Damn!)
Unable to prevent her nosebleed in that instant Natsuki was unquestionably over her limit and with a
loud "thud" she hit the floor fainting from substantial blood loss.
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After an embarrassing awakening, lots of teasing and numerous profanities later the couple found
themselves enjoying dinner which was not cooked by either of them. They reached the agreement that
neither has the qualifications to cook a safe and non-poisonous meal. This meant that it would be
take-out from now on or perhaps Natsuki could convince her friend Mai to make them a fabulous feast.
Still Natsuki felt the urge to wrap arms around Shizuru and put her nose in her hair for the pleasant
fragrance but she was still upset over the bathroom-setup which made her re-considerate. Stuffing
delicious food into her mouth all the while sneaking glances at Shizuru, who was calmly sipping her
tea and eating almost too slowly for Natsuki's taste. If not Shizuru was wearing her dressing gown you
could almost imagine her in an expensive dress in a high-class restaurant. Not that Natsuki was
complaining about her current clothing, it hugged her curves just right anyway... almost too well.
Shaking her head in an attempt to clean her head from...unclean thoughts our, at present very
aggravated bodyguard, presumed her eating. Shizuru was then finished with her meal and decided to play
with her lover one last time before bed, since it was very tiring to constantly come up with creative
ideas to tease her adorable Natsuki. She rose from her chair and put her dishes in the sink. Walked
over to the fridge and opened to acquire a certain item.
-"Natsuki?"
She purred which clearly got Natsuki's attention. Slowly turning herself around and walked towards her
prey with smoothly swaying hip-movements, making someone mesmerized at the sight of it. Leaning
herself over the table with the purpose of showing off her cleavage and making her lips be dangerously
close to her target.
-"Does Natsuki desire some dessert?"
Natsuki who was focused on both cleavage and those soft lips did not understand the question and gave
a preoccupied nod. Satisfied with the result she smiled.
-"Give me your hand."
Still dazed with a dreamy smile Natsuki stretched out her hand and was met...with a cold touch!?
Shocked she looked down and saw an ice-lolly which obviously was put there by our deviously president.
-"Enjoy!"
Shizuru walked away into the bedroom and closed the door, leaving a very baffled Natsuki behind.
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It took a while for our taunted Natsuki to recover from the previous attack. Slowly she made herself
towards the bedroom, expecting something more from the teaser who entered earlier. She found her short
walk calm and without surprises which astonished our watchful guardian. Carefully opening the door and
slowly poke her head between the gap she found the room in darkness. Surely you could make out the bed
and other obstacles but most importantly you could observe the person Natsuki was looking for, with
her back towards her. Smiling to herself when she realized that the brown-haired goddess was fast
asleep already, this made the coast clear for her to wrap herself around Shizuru without the need of
letting her lover ever know. Now she could win the bet and still get the privilege of cuddling.
Carefully tip-toeing her around the bed and slightly poke her lover lightly. She was met with crimson
eyes watching her obviously amused and her asking if anything was wrong. Feeling as if a child being
caught doing something naughty Natsuki bowed her head down and disappointedly walked back to her side
of the bed. Changing to her PJ: s and crawled herself beneath the covers she grumpily turned away from
Shizuru. Mumbling something incoherently about "an evil, merciless and teasing woman" Natsuki tried
to get some sleep.
After what felt like an eternity Natsuki cautiously listened for any signs that Shizuru was fast
asleep. It was more difficult than ever for our restless puppy to sleep who otherwise had no such
problem. So perhaps it was a possibility that she was an insignificant cuddler and it was maybe partly
true that she could not survive a day without her partner but she still had some pride dammit! The
pride did not seem as important anymore or at least not when she was suffering greatly. It was hard
for her to admit her connection with Shizuru. She did not like to depend on people which made it even
harder to accept her weakness. The toughness she displayed always kept her safe but with someone
behind the scenes where she was vulnerable made her uncomfortable. She was aware that it was something
she was forced to accept for she would not want to separate herself from her lovely lady anyhow. That
did not mean it would be easy for her to beg. Glancing over at her companion and with slightly
uncertainty Natsuki rolled her way over as close as possible to her auburn-lover. Waiting for a while
but losing patience she quickly attaches herself to Shizuru. Almost immediately she felt the warmth
rush through her entirely body and made her sigh with satisfaction. She was brimming with happiness
and everything seemed perfect.
-"Ara, Natsuki the day is not yet over."
-"Shut up."
Embarrassed with being caught but not willing to feel the coldness of the night by herself again
Natsuki snuggled herself even closer than ever. Smiling down at her silly puppy's sweet grouchiness
Shizuru wrapped her arms closely around Natsuki. During the day it was Shizuru who needed protection
except during nights when she felt herself needed.
-"I still love you."
Grunting as a response Natsuki felt slightly better. It was compensation, not much but it was better
than nothing. Besides revenge could wait for tomorrow. With that both drifted to sleep with sweet
dreams about each other.
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And that was the end of this chapter. Next chapter is payback time! What's in store for our poor president? Will Natsuki accomplish her revenge or is Shizuru simply too clever? Stay tuned for the next chapter! Reviews are to the highest degree appreciated!