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The pendulum clock chimed at the hour of 9 AM. Tsubaki was the first to wake up. She moaned with drowsiness as she rubbed her eyes. Her first thought of the morning was confusion as to why there was an unfamiliar weight on her waist. Looking over, she saw Ragna's sleeping form next to her. She smiled happily as memories of the previous night came to mind. Without wanting to disturb him, she looked out the window. She had almost mistaken it to be nighttime, given the color of the black sky, but when she looked at the clock, she frowned.

Shaking her head, she turned her attention to Ragna. She could feel his strong arms, holding her in close. His head had fallen to her shoulder. His snoring, loud and long, made her chuckle. He looks so peaceful. But still… With a bleary smile, Tsubaki leaned forward and kissed Ragna's cheek a good morning.

Upon contact, Ragna's eyes strained opened. His usual morning grumbles and complaints are silenced when he stared at Tsubaki. He returned her smile with a lazy one of his own. "Hey there, Tsubaki."

"Good morning, Ragna." Tsubaki drifted one of her hands to stroke his cheek. "Mm. Were you able to sleep better?"

"Yeah," Ragna agreed. His eyes closed contently and his arms around her tightened their embrace. "I slept very well, thanks."

Before Tsubaki could say anything in response, she found herself pulled closer until their lips touched. Although dazed, she returned it, eyes closing. Her other arm moved upwards towards Ragna's shoulder and she squeezed. She moaned as she felt Ragna's right arm coil around to her back. His other ascended its way to her head, holding it in place.

After a while, they both pulled away. Breathless and eyes opening, Tsubaki asked with her cheeks burning a heavy shade of red. "What… What was that for…?"

"Just thanking you for last night, Tsubaki." Ragna replied as he stared at her azure hues. He thought about her angelic singing, lulling him to sleep. It was now his turn for his cheeks burn as he lowered his head to rub noses with her. "I really needed the company. Thanks."

"It was no problem. But… what will Rachel say if she finds out that we slept together? She strictly gave us separate rooms for the night."

"Don't worry 'bout her," Ragna eased. He tilted his head and nuzzled foreheads with Tsubaki. "It's been done; what can she do?"

"Um, ban us from seeing each other…"Although worried about how much authority Rachel could have, Tsubaki nevertheless chuckled. The way they are positioned, she felt Ragna's messy hair rustling along her skin like blades of grass flowing in a light breeze. Her simple chuckle grew into light laughter.

Ragna shot his girlfriend an inquisitive glance. "What?"

Tsubaki ran her hand through Ragna's spiky hair. Naturally, her fingers got tangled. "Heh, your hair is so messy and spread out everywhere that's it's tickling me a bit."

Ragna smirked evilly, ideas rapidly forming in his mind. "So you're ticklish?"

Tsubaki nodded, but quickly regretted it a second afterwards. That smirk of his unnerved her a bit. Her eyes widened. Knowing exactly what he was thinking, Tsubaki quickly tried to think of possible solutions out of the situation she managed she put herself in. With her brain coming up with virtually nothing, all she did was cower away a bit with fear, freeing herself from the embrace.

She backed away as he shifted forward. Her back was eventually pressed to the wall. Now, in an utterly hopeless state, Tsubaki gave Ragna a look matched with a warning. "Ragna the Bloodedge, don't you dare..."

Unfortunately for her, her warning fell on deaf ears. As quick as a whip, a lecherous Ragna lashed both of his arms to her sides with his fingers poking. After a convulsing shriek, the room was soon filled his uncontrollable laughter from the vulnerable, red-haired girl. Squirming and giggling madly, Tsubaki futilely tried to pry off his strong hands. "Ra-Ra-Rag… Rag… na- hahaha … Hahaha! Hahahaha… P-P-Please… N-No… Ahaha!"

Ragna joined in with his own chuckling. With effort, he ignored her flailing and turned her body until she was on her back with her belly up. Ragna's left arm grabbed both of her flailing arms and firmly pinned them over her head on the mattress, rendering her more helpless. His right arm lowered itself towards her stomach, sneaking continuous pokes on her stomach.

Tsubaki continued to laugh and scream. She found it was impossible to attempt to pry off his arms; his hold on her two arms was just too strong. She found that tears had budded at the corners of her eyes from laughing too much. She squirmed and begged, hoping to do everything to get her boyfriend to stop. It was for naught. "Pl-Please… Ahahaha… hahahaha! Rag… na! St-St-Stop! Ahahahahahahahaha!"

To Tsubaki's amazement, Ragna suddenly stopped, releasing her arms in the process. Before she could chastise him for that, he quickly leaned down and pressed his lips to hers in a searing kiss, swallowing up the end of her chortles. Her eyes widened in sheer surprise; she had not expected that at all from him. The kiss only lasted a few seconds until Tsubaki's mind cleared out.

Abruptly, Tsubaki pulled away from the kiss and gave Ragna a mean look. She pouted, "That's not fair! You have no right to do that!"

"Admit it; you seemed to have enjoyed it…" Ragna countered.

All that response earned was a glare from his girlfriend. Ragna smirked wider and he chuckled as he met her eyes with his challenging pupils. Still, he mentally thought about how fun it was to see Tsubaki like this. She looks so damn cute.

After two hushed minutes, Tsubaki's glare slowly faded. Her expression softened and she allowed a tiny smile make her way to her lips. "Geez…"

Ragna sat up, moving enough to give her room to do the same. "Sorry, it's just that…" He closed his eyes in reminiscence. "It's been a long time since I did that. Last time was probably with Saya."

"Saya?" Tsubaki sat up and looked at him questionably. That same name buzzed in her head numerous times. Where have I heard that name? "I'm sorry, but I'm sure I am familiar with that name. Who is she?"

"My sister."

"Sister?" Tsubaki's eyes only widened. She had not known this before.

"Yeah," Ragna nodded and opened his eyes to meet hers. "One of my younger siblings, actually. You probably already know that Jin's my younger brother."

"Yes. I… learned that from Intelligence before I was stationed in Ikaruga from Captain Hazama. It sounded so outlandish that I couldn't believe it."

Ragna broke eye contact and glared at the wall. He did not want Tsubaki to be a factor of his building rage. Before he could say anything else, his stomach growled loudly. Deciding he was hungry more than anything, he started to lift himself from the bed. "I'm kinda hungry. Gonna go make some breakfast."

Tsubaki lifted herself as well and walked beside him. "I'll join you."

The duo walked to the kitchen of the mansion. Ragna immediately set out to look for the dishes ingredients. As he worked with complete focus, Tsubaki only watched. She gazed at amazement of his quick movements, carefully setting everything right. Tsubaki said, "You cook?"

"Yeah; bit of a hobby for me and traveling alone for a long while kinda forces you to catch things on."

Tsubaki thought for a moment. "You know, I hardly know much about you."

"Same here; hoping to change that real soon." Ragna took his attention off his cooking and smirked at her. "Wait, breakfast is almost done."

After a few minutes, Ragna had just finished preparing the plates. His plate, on the right, was topped with scrambled eggs and bacon strips. Tsubaki's had two pieces of French toast and eggs. He handed his plate over to her. Just the mere sight of her meal sent her stomach in an excited state.

Tsubaki took the place gratefully. Before she could say anything, her stomach released a loud growl. She blushed with an embarrassing smile. "Oh, excuse me. I'm just…"

"Yeah, hungry." Ragna smirked a little and began to walk back to the room. Tsubaki followed in suite. It was another silent walk to the bed. Eventually, the pair sat on the bed, ready to dig into their meals.

After her first bite, her eyes drifted to his face in amazement. "Wow. This is really good, Ragna."

"Glad to serve. Somehow, the skill eventually came natural to me. Don't… know how anyone could really screw up a breakfast."

"Oh, you'd be surprised." Tsubaki blanched at the memory of Noel's… creations back in the academy days. They were legends, but for the wrong reason. Her friend's cooking could have been used as a lethal weapon, itself. She shivered. "Noel, her um, cooking…"

"Huh? What about it? Is it bad?"

"'Bad' would be a just a simple complement for it."

"…What?" Ragna gave her a deadpan stare of disbelief.

"I promise you, it is the truth." Tsubaki giggled a bit, memories of her times with Noel and Makoto coming. "Everyone dreaded her 'death meals'. I honestly don't know how someone could do it."

Ragna chuckled, not needing to prolong barbs towards Noel's cooking. As he and Tsubaki ate their dishes, he glanced over to her. "So… anything in particular you wanna know or…?"

"May I ask why you began your crusade against the Librarium, to begin with? I understand that it may be a sensitive subject…" Tsubaki trailed off. She did not wish to pry any more than she should. But the question was already given. Now, she just waited patiently for the answer.

Ragna heaved a sigh, his tone of voice becoming solemn. His eyes soften to boot. "I lived most of my young childhood years in some abandoned church far from any of the Hierarchical Cities. I grew up with my two younger siblings, Jin and Saya, and was raised with a foster mother."

"I see." Tsubaki listened carefully to every word, ingesting them. "What was growing up with Jin like?"

"Honestly, it was kinda annoying; he always wanted to cling to me. Other times he was distant as well, never understood why." Ragna paused and took a bite of his meal. After swallowing, he continued, "Anyways, at one point Saya fell really ill with a fever. I stopped spending time with Jin to take care of her. The bastard grew jealous of her. The foster mother… well, she was getting old. Couldn't help out as much…"

As Ragna spoke, Tsubaki set her plate aside, deciding she was no longer hungry. With both hands now free, she placed one of them atop of his. The look of sympathy in her eyes insisted him to continue, and he abided. "One day, I was out getting water from a nearby river stream and I heard a loud bang. I looked towards the direction of the church and saw smoke. I rushed back to see what the hell had happened. I saw Saya, unconscious and half-dead. Suddenly, Jin appeared. It looked as though he was… I dunno, possessed. Then another bastard came into the picture. Name is Terumi. You know him as Captain Hazama."

"What? Captain Hazama of the Intelligence Department? He's Terumi? The member of the Six Heroes who betrayed the others? What…?" Tsubaki couldn't believe what she was hearing. As much as she wanted to stop him from continuing-it's all too much to take in- she wanted to know what happened next. She bit her lower lip and rubbed his hand, the only way she could think of to comfort.

Ragna took her silence as a sign to continue. "Yeah, son of a bitch cut my arm off and kidnapped Saya. And then he left me to bleed to death with no home."

"Oh my God." She paled. Tsubaki covered her mouth with her free hand, eyes widening. She let those words repeat themselves in her head two more times. That's… "Terumi did that? That's horrible."

Words couldn't describe what Ragna must have gone through. For a man like Terumi to display such a sinful act… Tsubaki knew she had misgivings about the officer; she had ever since he issued that order. Now she can see the truth and understand…

Sorrow, pity, and anger flowed through Tsubaki. She clenched her teeth, trying her best not to display her rage. Eventually, the antagonism built was set aside. Without warning, Tsubaki closed the distance between them. She embraced Ragna and shuddered. "I'm so sorry to hear that. Your life must have been so hard."

"So that's mainly why my war with the Library started. I knew I had to find Saya and Jin." Ragna's expression darkened even as he returned the hug. "And then I find out 'bout a month ago that Saya's the damn Imperator."

So that's where I have heard that name. Oh God… Tsubaki repeated. "I-I'm so sorry."

"I'm doing fine." After taking a shuddering breath, he moved his head back to face her. He stared at her captivating eyes a bit longer. Ragna asked, hoping to move on from the subject for the time being. "So… what was growing up like for you?"

Tsubaki closed her eyes in reminiscence. "Well, as you know, I am of the Yayoi family of the Duodecim. I grew up mostly as a sheltered child. I met Jin recently after he was adopted into the Kisaragi family."

"What was growing up with him like for you?"

"Like I said, I was sheltered for most of my childhood. I've been lonely until I met him. He displayed great care for me as we grew up. Of course, we only saw each other about once a month when our family heads met. We were very close, as well. I've looked up to him as a big brother." Tsubaki closed her eyes and smiled. "We both attended the Military Academy together. I made so many good friends."

Tsubaki's voice cracked and she looked down in shame. Her smile had disappeared, as well. "Although, I don't think they would ever consider me that again… Considering what I did to them."

Ragna gently placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "If you're sorry for what you did, then they'll forgive you."

"I hope so," Tsubaki locked eyes with her boyfriend. She smiled amiably, remembering all the times he had been there for her. She moved her hands upwards stopping at the top of his shoulders. She leaned in slowly and said, "If all had happened differently, I probably never would have met you. I'm… grateful that you're here, Ragna."

Ragna cupped her supple cheeks with both of his hands. He leaned in just enough to touch noses together. They both felt their warm breaths mingle. He gave her a quirky smile. "It's a mutual thing."

Ragna closed the gap between their lips. One hand encircled around to her back while the other held her head in place. Tsubaki closed her eyes and moaned as she returned it, letting their lips move in unison. Her body shifted until it fit like a puzzle piece in his lap.

Tsubaki found his bottom lip and suckled it for a few seconds. She then pressed forward, deepening the kiss. Ragna's tongue traced her bottom lip. She parted her lips just enough to extend her own tongue, meeting it with a nudge. There is nothing but absolute bliss for the couple. The kiss felt as if it lasted forever.

Breath loss, Ragna leans back, teasingly pulling on her lower lip as he did so. Their eyes opened and they stared at the wonder they held.

Tsubaki leaned her head again, stopping only at the crook of Ragna's neck. She pressed her ear to his heart as she let out a contented sigh. "Wow…"

"Heh, yeah." Ragna tightened his hold, pulling her closer. He smiled as he felt her breaths on his neck. He had no desire to move from that position.

They sat there for several minutes. Eventually, Tsubaki looked up and asked, "Um, is there anything else we should do, now? It's… just after noon and as much as I am comfortable, it… really isn't healthy to stay in bed like this all day."

He heaved a sigh in response, but nonetheless rubbed foreheads again, a gesture he came to love. "You're right. Okay, five more minutes, and then we go see what that damn bunny-leech wants."

All Tsubaki did was chuckle from his lackluster reply and from the tickling sensation of his hair on her skin again.