Yuuki awoke in the middle of the night, her neck slightly sore. She checked the clock which read a quarter to four and saw that Kaname was lying on his back at the other end of the bed, careful not to be in contact with her.
She smiled at his sleeping form and tried to fall back asleep on her side. After half an hour of tossing and turning, she thought, just one more night, and crawled over to his sleeping form. She cuddled by his side and rested her head on his chest, with an arm draped over him.
Still sleeping, he rolled to his side to hold her closer. She tangled her legs in with his and sighed peacefully in his arms. She buried her face in his chest and thought to herself that she could stay like this forever. Slowly, she dipped back into sleep and dreamed happy dreams.
Kaname awoke right before seven to find a girl buried in his embrace. He bent his neck to kiss her awake. Once, twice, three times.
Yuuki slowly opened her eyes and a sleepy smile graced her face. He bent over again to nudge his nose to hers intimately.
"Wow, you woke up."
"Why so skeptical, Kuran."
"I just thought you would sleep through anything."
"Shut up." She punched him lightly in the stomach.
"What time is it?"
"Time to get up," Kuran replied.
"Nooo." Yuuki frowned and hid her face in his shirt. "Can we just stay here all day."
He chuckled, "And what would we do all day?"
"Sleep?" He was drawing circles on her back as she ran her fingers across his chest and down to his waist. With her head still buried in his chest, she lifted the edge of his shirt and slid her fingers inside, feeling his strength of his abdomen. Curious, she traced the lines of muscle that formed his stomach and felt him tense under her touch.
"Sorry." Embarrassed to have been so liberal with him.
"Playing with fire, little one." He drew his hand over the curve of her bottom down to the hitch in her knee. He pulled her leg over his hips and rested his hand on her thigh. He kissed her again, this time with more force. She gave a light moan, which encouraged him to draw her closer. After a moment, Yuuki pulled away, cheeks tinged with pink again.
"Um, you're.. " She blushed deeper, removing her leg from his. When he was pressed up against her, she felt something she didn't expect.
"You leave me in agony, Yuuki." He still held her close, looking into her eyes, ignoring her embarrassment.
There was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it." Yuuki scooted out from under his embrace, grateful for the opportunity to look away, needing to cool off.
She opened the door to find Yori-chan in a near panic.
"YUUKI" She hugged her best friend.
"Yori-chan! What's going on?"
"You didn't come home last night, and you weren't in bed this morning. I thought something happened to you, like that guy that came into our room last time. I asked your dad and he said that you were safe, so I guessed and thought that you'd be here."
"Oh, sorry, Yori-chan. I forgot to tell you." Yuuki hugged her friend harder, upset that she made her worry. "I'll be staying in the room next door, it's probably safer here until the guy who did this gets caught. Sorry for making you worry."
"Ah, it's okay," Yori-chan looked over Yuuki's shoulder. "Did you spend the night with Kaname Kuran?"
Yuuki looked embarrassed. "Yea, um.. well we thought I'd be safer here.., and.. oh by the way, I told Minobe-kun that he's my brother, and he's probably going to tell the whole school. Just don't contradict him, okay?"
Yori-chan narrowed her eyes. "You have a lot to tell me, missy. Tell me later." She whispered.
"Ah, yea." Yuuki was not looking forward to that conversation. "I have to shower, so I'll see you in class?"
Yori-chan shook her head. "No, I'll wait for you."
"Oh, um." Yuuki looked back behind her to assess the situation. Kaname appeared right behind her and opened the door further.
"Good morning, Yori-chan."
Yori-chan stammered a reply.
He turned to Yuuki, "Go, shower. I put your uniform in there already."
Yuuki nodded and scurried to get ready, so Yori wouldn't wait long.
She cooled off in the shower, trying to mentally prepare herself for the day, trying to put all her thoughts about Kaname away so that she could actually focus in class. When she felt adequately prepared, she stepped out to find Kaname speaking in a hushed tone with Yori-chan.
"What are you guys talking about?" Yuuki eyed suspiciously.
Kaname just smiled. "Go to class, you'll be late again."
Yori-chan left first to give them a few seconds of privacy.
"Okay then, have a good day." Yuuki beamed at him.
"Just something to think about during the day." Kaname grinned shrewdly. He drew her in for another deep kiss and she felt her previous efforts to clear her mind of him scatter.
Well great.