Chapter 3

"Yeah, slowly coming back to terms with everything. Your visits always cheer me up." Zenki smiles as he goes back to his dinner that Alexi made for him. "So this time? This time I can go back with you? Please Zenki?!" Zenki sets down his bowl and looks up at Alexi.

"I'm sorry Alexi but I just don't think that he is ready yet. If he sees you and misunderstands, he might not be able to handle it. I think that it would end up being the straw that broke the camels back." Alexi looks disappointed.

She looks up like with an elated face. "Zenki what if you brought him with you a few times near the shop?" The look on Zenki's face is that of utter shock. "I know it sounds crazy but just hear me out ok?" He nods his head. "Ok if he gets my scent of maybe a quick glance on the street of me, or even slightly hears my voice, it might get him out of his funk. He might think that she is talking to him. Telling him that she is ok and always with him. He might be able to survive on that." He looks like he is mulling it over.

"That's actually a pretty good idea, but how do you think I am going to persuade him?"

"I've thought that out too. Just tell him that you want to visit her grave. She was buried here right? I think that the motive to see her grave might be enough to get him out of the house."

"Alright well I will think about it." Zenki and Alexi finish their dinner. "Alexi I am going to go and take a shower." He barely hears her say ok. Zenki walks into the kitchen where she is cleaning up from dinner. He wraps his arms around her waist startling her a bit.

"Zenki I thought you were getting into the shower?" He turns her around as he grips onto the sink trapping her in-between his arms. His eyes looking lustfully into hers.

"I think of you every single day I am away. I miss being able to hold you in bed, and stroke your beautiful hair. Watching you as you sleep and waking up to this amazing face. I just want to be able to embrace you. Every time I come back, it gets harder and harder to resist you." He grabs her and pulls her close. I finally understand how hard it was for Kyou to hold back."

"Zenki I miss you more and more every time you leave, but I also thank you for respecting my boundaries at this point." He looks up from her shoulder into her eyes.

"I finally understand how hard it was for Kyou to not embrace your sister."

Chapter 4

"I finally understand how hard it was for Kyou to not embrace your sister." Zenki says while the look of untamed lust fills his eyes. "We all loved your sister, and I know how much you hate me comparing you to her, but I just need you to know this. While she was our princess, you will always be the one I am IN love with." Alexi looks up at Zenki.

"Can we go and sit on the couch?" She grabs his hand and leads him to sit down. "My sister and I will always be a part of each other, that's the thing with identical twins. We were the same being at one point. That's why I am also a Senka. We have the exact same DNA. I know that if I were to meet Kyou-sama, I wouldn't be able to be with you anymore. I know that I would have to become the head's wife. No matter what that will never be you because it has to be by blood. The thing is, Kyou is my brother-in-law. I will always think of him that way. Sou is my nephew and I have never even seen him before. I can't keep living in secret."

"Alexi please I can't take you. While you are a Senka, I am the only one who knows of your existence as such. You never had any problems and never needed a protector."

"I am the younger sister by two minutes. That's why I never had problems with monsters. I could see them, but I knew from the very beginning what my sister's fate would be. I knew that she was going to have to be, at that point, Shou-sama's wife. So I thought that I live my life normally, but that wasn't the case."

Alexi continued, "Once I found out that Misao loved Kyou, everything changed. I could see that he loved her too, and would do anything to make her his wife. I didn't want to get in her way. From the moment we were born, my parents always loved her more. Even more to the point that they gave me away. I grew up in an orphanage. You know that."

"I do know that!" Zenki proclaimed. "I have always been there for you haven't I?" Alexi nodded. "I was there at the orphanage the day you were brought in. Sagami sent me there to help out. When I first saw you, you were scared and confused and alone, but I always knew. We all knew that the Senka had been born. What we didn't know, was that there were two, but that day I knew. I was gravitated to you. The smell of peaches and your utmost fear, I just wanted to protect you."

Zenki goes on, "I have kept your secret since that day. Since that day it has been our secret. I always listened silently about what was happening with Misao. I was to be sure that wouldn't happen with you. Why do you think I haven't embraced you yet?!" Zenki starts to tear up, but holds back. "I see how much pain Kyou is in. I can't possibly go through the same thing. I am so selfish and wrong for doing this, but I will not hand you over to him! You are mine! I don't want him to get so much as a glimpse at you!"

Alexi strokes his head as he screams into her chest. "Listen to me Zenki. I will not be taken away from you. If Kyou finds out about me, I will tell him that I am Misao."