Wakana must have been exhausted because just after a few minutes of crying, she fell asleep in my arms. I gently took her out of the bathtub and wrapped her with a blanket. Walking out of the bathroom, I walk down to my room and laid her down onto my futon.

Looking down at her, I couldn't help but admire her beautiful features. She could be a geisha but instead she was turned into a sex slave. I can easily compare Akane and Shizuka but I cannot compare them to Wakana. She's like the moon to those two suns. She's very shy and wants to take on the weight of everybody. But Akane and Shizuka wanted to take off the weight for everyone. The two were also very outgoing and energetic.

Covering her with the blanket, I laid down next to her propped up on the elbow and watched her peacefully sleep. But she be a restless sleeper because after a few minutes she began to toss and turn in her sleep until I decided to go under the covers and hold her still. Wrapping my arm around her shoulders, I pulled her close against my chest making her calm down a little as she laid against me. I let out a small sigh as I saw her begin to sleep peacefully again.

"Kotaro…" I look down at her as I heard her call out to me sheepishly. Her eyes seemed to be half closed as she looked up at me with a jaded expression.

We stared at each other for a few moments before she leans up to me and locks our lips together. I was surprised for a second before I felt myself relax and kiss her back. But her body grew limp as we parted our lips and she goes back to sleep.

Did she just kiss me in her sleep?

I look at her curiously as she slept soundly against my chest, wondering what the hell just happened.

~Push Me Away~

I woke up a few hours later without realizing that I have fallen asleep. The room was colored in warm colors as the winter sunrise began to come over the horizon. Looking down, Wakana doesn't seem to have moved from her spot against my chest.

Doesn't look like she's restless anymore.

I began to get out of bed to make breakfast for her, but I must have moved a little too much causing her to stir in her sleep. Wakana grabs hold of my wrist and looks up at me the same way she did last night.

"Don't leave me…" My eyes widen when she whispers me a plead.

"I'm not gonna leave you." I gently reply.

She stared up at me for a moment before her grip on my wrist faded away and she went back to an unconscious state. I couldn't help but let out a sigh as she grew to confuse me. I barely understand anything about her. This is something new I have never seen.

Silently standing up from the floor, I slipped out of the bedroom and walked down the hall into the kitchen to make some food for us. Looking around, I noticed the kitten and Hosuke already in the kitchen, patiently waiting for their breakfast. Finding some dried meat that Hanzo brought in awhile age, I set it in front of the kitten and also place some spring water in a shallow bowl for it to drink out of. For Hosuke, I pulled out some seeds and place them in front of him as he began to peck at them.

Turning around, I begin to prepare some miso soup and tea for Wakana before she wakes up. It didn't take long because everything already seemed to be made, only to be heated before consumed. It was completely silent in the house, besides for the movements of the kitten, Hosuke, and I in the kitchen. I decide to go and check up on Wakana to make sure she woke up clueless in my bedroom. But when I peeked in, she tossed and turned uncontrollably as her eyes were shut tightly as though she was in pain. Walking up to her, I quietly call out her name and place a hand on her shoulder before Wakana's eyes shot open and she looked around the room rapidly.

"Are you okay Wakana?" I ask as she seemed to grow conscious.

"I'm sorry." She replies as she sat up with her knees to her chest.

"Why do you keep saying that? Why do you think you did something wrong? You didn't do anything wrong." I tell her as she looks the opposite way from me.

"I feel like a burden to you." She answers after a few slow-moving moments.

I couldn't say anything to her as I sat near her in complete silence. None of us said or did anything for a few minutes until Wakana let out a sigh. She looks down at herself before she noticed that she was completely naked.

"Why am I naked and in your room?" I didn't answer her as I firmly grabbed hold of her and pulled her into my embrace.

"Kotaro?"

"You're not a burden. I want you here."

I hear her slightly gasp before she got a grip of my clothes and pulled me against herself. I think this was the first times she has ever wanted me close to her.