Kyoko looks at Ren's plate and notices some of the fish pushed to the side, so she tries a bite of hers and nearly grimaces. No wonder Tsuruga-san's not eating it, that is just too salty! And here I thought that the mishap with the shaker was handled. She looks at his plate again. He wouldn't tell me if it were too salty anyway, but how can I know what to do unless he makes it known to me?
Something's wrong. He looks at her face again before eating again, knowing that if he were to linger there, she would get embarrassed. Not that there's something wrong with her blushing, though; that's always something to see. He eats more of the rice with a little bit of the fish, but wonders how he'll manage not to get her to notice that he's not planning to eat more than half of it. Not that there's anything wrong with her cooking -that's as good as always- but the piece of fish she put on his plate was a bit...big. His stomach turned whilst even considering eating it all for her sake. I shouldn't have said I had missed lunch earlier, even if it was to get her to agree to come along and make something for me, but it has been so long...no, wait, that was just last week after catching hold of her at TBM, so about five nights since she's cooked here for me.
After refusing him to help with the groceries, they step into the living room and he turns on some television program until she voices that she would want to go back to her house. Ten minutes later, he nearly jumps in shock when she leans into his side. "Uh, Mogami-san?"
"Mmm?"
"Should I take you home?" I didn't think she was this tired. She doesn't do anything in reply as he looks down at her sleepy face. She is just so cute. Her lips are only the slightest bit parted so he can feel the slightest breath when he reaches up to touch the side of her face to tuck the hair back behind her ears. Maybe she should just stay here and we'll just fall asleep on he couch together. She looks like she's all comfortable, and I certainly wouldn't mind of she- no, wait, her guardians wouldn't like it is she just stayed out all night without her calling. He pulls his phone out of his pocket to remember that he doesn't have the number for the place she's staying. "Mogami-san, where's your phone? I should call the people you're staying with to let them know where you are."
"Mmm...co-" she yawns in the middle of her word "coat pocket, Tsuruga."
"Okay, I'll go and get it." He carefully shifts her and puts a pillow up in his place. No honorific? That's one step forward I suppose. If only it weren't for her tiredness. He calls her place and the woman thanks him for calling, saying that he should just leave her be if she's already asleep since the day was so long.
"She'll be in your hands then, Tsuruga Ren-sama," she says before hanging up.
He then walks back over to his beloved, wondering what exactly he should do. "Mogami-san, come on, let's get you to the guest room. It'll be more comfortable there than on the couch." With no answer, he hesitantly picks her up in his arms, shuffling her to keep a good grasp. He takes a couple steps from the couch and towards the hallway before he freezes as her hands snake around his neck. He looks down at her to see her smiling with her eyes closed, looking as asleep as ever. He takes a deep breath and starts walking again, stopping once more in shock as she sits forward and buries her face into his neck. He inwardly groans at the torture as she snuggles against him in the cutest way. "Mogami-san, we're almost to the bedroom and I'll put you down to sleep in there," he says under his breath, reminding himself of his actions as he walks on.
"Perfect," she says smoothly against his neck and he feels her mouth move with the words as she speaks into his neck. "I never thought that you would be this...'professional'? That the word, Ren?" She chuckles softly and tightens her hold on him by a bit.
"Mogami-san?"His heart beats at his name falling from her lips without any honorifics and sounding like it were natural. He stops at the end of the hall with the small light on above them between the two rooms.
"Hmm...I want to say...'almost'?" She leans back and smiles at him with something gleaming in her eyes.
The sultry smile is pinned down as he looks at her with wide eyes. "Natsu?"
"You've got it," she smirks before pulling his face forward and locking lips with the most desirable man in Japan.