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Chapter Four

The Bedroom

"What do you mean?" I laughed as he rubbed the back of his head.

His green eyes started at the sky intently. I saw a few worry lines that etched across his forehead. To be honest, his jealousy was slightly endearing, but I couldn't lie to Haku. I looked up at the sky too and I took one good breath before answering… this was going to sound ridiculous to him. 'Oh Yes, I had a few boyfriends, but they all thought I was a freak who wouldn't put out and who was in love with an imaginary dragon.' Even in my opinion it sounded bizarre, but it was the truth. I turned by body completely so that I would be able to face him and I placed my hand in his. He looked at me with a worried expression, but I smiled at him reassuringly.

"Yes there were a few, a handful really. My relationship never lasted more than three weeks. I could almost tell you they were strictly platonic if I hadn't kissed some of them. I guess there was no human man that could compare to you, so for some reason it wouldn't work out." I said to him, but he appeared to be pensive. "What about you? A good looking man like you, the girls must have been all over you." I tried to hide the speck of jealousy that had grown inside of me.

He shook his head, "No I haven't been with another. My heart always belonged to the one who freed me."

You would think that your ego would grow twice its size if the boy of your dreams would declare his unconditional love to you, but actually it was a very humbling experience. I felt my cheeks grow red, but I smiled none the less. I felt the gap between our bodies become smaller. It felt right.

"You don't have to sleep here—I mean you can sleep in my chambers, I can bunk in Boh's room." He said to me as he saw me yawn.

I shook my head, "no I'm good. I wouldn't want to impose."

"You could actually sleep in a bed instead of a tiny uncomfortable mattress. You wouldn't be imposing." He told me as he smiled a dazzling smile.

The idea of a real bed was tempting. I looked up at him and nodded. He took me in his arms and I felt my heart flutter blissfully in my chest. I could help but gasp when I noticed that we were levitating. Kohaku looked down at me and his eyes glimmered ecstatically. I looked down and felt a dizzying sensation when I notice just how up in the air we were. I know I would have died if I fell from the balcony, but we were maybe another extra forty meters in the air. He put me down when we had reached the highest balcony, which was on Yubaba's floor.

He put me down and I opened the door that would lead me to his bedroom. The walls were painted royal blue, and the trim work and the crown molding were all painted gold, or maybe they were covered in gold. He had a large rosewood dresser standing tall and elegant in the northern corner of his bedroom. An overgrown golden mirror hung stylishly off the wall next to it. There were golden wall sconces every meter or so and candles burned slowly on them. In the middle of the room was an enormous king sized bed, which was dressed in the finest silk and linen I had ever seen. Hundreds of pillows had been thrown lavishly on it. On each side of the bed were side-tables made from rosewood also. On the one to the left there was an open book. Probably some book about magic that Haku was studying.

I turned my attention back to the bed. It was the type of bed that screamed "JUMP ON ME!", but I was scared of acting too human in front of Kohaku. In fact, it was the type of bed that looked too cozy and fluffy. It was something the emperor would sleep in, not a suburban girl like me, but I was far too exhausted to think about it. I just wanted to throw all the pillows on the floor and sleep. Slumber was all I craved. I hadn't noticed the trunk at the foot of the bed, it was large and the same shade of blue as the walls. I yawned once again and Haku lifted his hand and the pillows started floating up in the air. The trunk opened and slowly one by one the pillows went into it.

Kohaku moved forwards towards the bed. He pulled the sheets from off of it and gestured for me to go lay down. I moved too slowly for my taste. I felt my legs wobbled awkwardly as I walked, probably because of stress. I sat down on the bed and gently threw my legs on it. Kohaku tucked me in and he kissed my forehead. I smiled up at him as I started to feel my eyes grow heavy. He turned to leave, but for some reason my hand moved of his own accord and grabbed his shirt.

"Don't go…" I mumbled as I felt slumber's soft embrace take over. "Stay with me."

He sighed and moved on the other side. He laid down next to me. I moved closer to him. Innocently, I placed my head on his chest and I quickly fell asleep to the rhythm of his beating heart. Even in my slumber I could feel his hand softly caressing me hair. I could feel each of his fingers on my scalp; it was reassuring to know that even in my rest he was there. Then his breath seemed calmer than before and his hand fell on my shoulder. He too had fallen asleep. I could have slept this way for ever. I didn't want to go anywhere.

My night was filled with the sweetest dreams possible.

In the morning, light was pouring in from the opened windows and a soft breeze circled in the room. My eyes fluttered gently and I looked at Kohaku. He was still soundly asleep. I admired how his eyebrows were arched as he slept, how his eyelids were a perfect shade of ivory, how his nose was small but strong, how much I wanted to kiss his pale lips and how sometimes they would twitch when my breath would caress them. His nose wrinkled when I snuggled closer to him and he opened one lazy eye to look at me.

"Good morning." I muttered in his chest. I couldn't recall the last time had I slept so well.

He rubbed his eyes and lightly lifted himself up. He smiled down at me. I was, surely, smiling like an idiot.

"Good morning." He whispered back. "Did you sleep well?"

I nodded as I sifted on my stomach. I held my torso up with my forearms. He smiled at me and I could see that all traces of bitterness between us were gone now.

"I'm sorry that I did not let you sleep alone. I should have left when you fell asleep." He said timidly. He was ashamed that he had stayed with me, even though I asked him to do so. He put his arms behind his head and he looked up at the ceiling. I could hear his breathing becoming slightly more rapid.

"It's okay," I said trying to calm him down. "It's not like it's the first time I sleep with a boy."

His head snapped quickly in my direction and an expression of clear scandal was etched across his face. I rolled my eyes and giggled. I was still a virgin, but I had already bunked with Mike. Not that Mike was strait or anything like that. He was gay and didn't even think twice about his sexual preferences… he had been that way his entire life.

"Don't worry!" I said trying not to laugh. "Nothing happened, he's gay!"

Haku narrowed his eyes. I could have figured he wasn't acquainted with these types of expressions. I looked up at him and thought about how I was going to explain this. "Homosexual—" I started explaining, "people who only desire their own sex, they do not lust for the other gender—they only want sex with men if they're men…or women if their women…" He looked even more confused than before. "Oh my god Haku I don't know how to make this more simple."

"No I understand. I'm just surprised that humans would practice it." He told me. "It is a very common thing here in the Spirit World because we do not have the pressure of reproducing, but for humans… you have to reproduce."

"There are other ways to have children you know. Humans are smart. There is adoption; lord knows there are so many children who deserve a loving family. There are surrogates and sperm banks. There are test-tube babies too. We're not just limited to the 'old fashioned way'." I said to him proudly.

He seemed impressed by my declaration, but something he said caught my attention.

"What do you mean, you don't have to reproduce? Why is Boh alive then?" I asked.

"Yubaba desired a child with her husband, she needed Boh to keep his memory alive and also someone who would possess both their powers, but we live forever Chihiro. There is no need for us to make children."

"And what would happen if a spirit has a child with a human?" I asked stupidly.

He thought about what to answer for half a second. "Rumors say that the child would have to be killed—"

I gasped, but he caressed my back to appease me.

"The Child would be a danger to himself. He would not belong to either world. The fact that he would not be chained to a river, or a rock, or tree, or anything in the human world and still possess the full amount of power that a spirit has… that would make him a treat to both worlds. What if he were to be born with a tendency towards evil? He would be the most dangerous creature alive."

He saw me become slightly crestfallen.

"So you and I… we could never have children." I gasped when I realized that I had muttered those words aloud.

"Don't worry Chihiro; no child of yours could ever be evil. Not to mention you always seem to be the exception to the rule." He laughed and got out of bed.

"Where are you going?" I asked him.

"Are you not hungry?" He asked, my stomach grumbled at the mention of food.

"We'll a little." I said as he held out his hand to help me out of bed.

There was a knock on the door.

"Just in time!" He told me happily. "Come in."

Rin came in with her mouth hanging wide open. In her hands she had a tray with eggs, sausages, bacon, bread and a lot of fruit. She set the tray on the side-table and then she slid off my backpack that she was carrying. She had an irritated look on her face. She turned to Kohaku and glared at him.

"Well no wonder you didn't want to leave after you got a promotion!" She said. "And you never once invited anybody up here, sometimes Haku you can be very selfish." She then eyed me sheepishly and she too wrinkled her nose. "You could have at least waited one night Haku!" She said reprimanding him. He looked at his feet but said nothing.

I blinked. Waited one night for wha—what! Rin thought that Haku and I had—I giggled. I reached to get a piece of bread on the tray and I dipped it in the egg yolk. I could feel the blush crawling upwards towards my face. I chewed slowly thinking about what I was going to say to her.

"No Rin you got it all wrong. Haku and I only slept in the same bed. Nothing happened." I said to her trying to calm my own blush.

"No, I can smell it on you Chihiro, your sent as changed… you smell like—him, and in our world that only means one thing—"

I cut her off, "we didn't have sex!"

"No it means you're mates!" Rin said correcting me.

I think my eyes grew two sizes. I gaped at her unbelieving. I turned to Haku and he looked even more confused than I was.

"That can't be Rin. No one could bind us… Chihiro is a human spirit."

"There is always the exception to the rule." Rin said as she rubbed her.

"I tend to be that exception a little bit too often in my opinion." I muttered falling back on the bed.

"Sen mating is rare, even for spirits…" Rin said.

I turned my head to look at Haku. I guess he hadn't smelled anything because his face was a total blank. Could spirits go into shock? I reached out to get a grape from the tray, mated or not mated… I was still famished.

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