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Chapter 12: Finally Giving In

'I'm never letting her hear the end of this.' He thought, the biggest smirk on his face. He leaned down and kissed her once more, biting her lips before pulling back and sitting up, gathering the girl in his arms, getting ready to head back to headquarters. He told Harada and Nagakura he was leaving and left the room with Aki's body in his arms.

"You're lucky you're passed out Heisuke, you would have killed him." Harada said looking at Heisuke sleeping on the floor.

The next morning Aki woke up with her head pounding so hard she didn't wanna get up.

"What the hell happened?" She said to herself rubbing her head. Just the sunlight that got in was hurting her head. 'This is horrible.' She thought. 'I remember going out with the guys but what ever happened when we were out.. it fucking hurts.' She thought pulling the cover over her head to block out the sunlight. She closed her eyes, trying to fall back asleep. Maybe she could sleep this away.

Aki awoke again later, head still pounding but not as bad. Aki, now fully awake, noticed an added weight onto her body besides the cover. She tried to move but when she did, so did the weight, pulling her closer to something hard.

"What?" she said quietly and turned around to have her face come right to someone's chest. "EHhhhhhh?" she squeaked, not expecting to be that close.

"Shhhh. Go back to sleeeeeep." A more-than-half asleep Okita voiced snuggling himself up to Aki more.

"O-Okita-san?" Aki said, feeling a blush creeping on her face. 'What the hell? Why am I blushing?' She thought confusingly. 'Last thing I remember is wanting to kill him, like usual.' Aki tried pushing away but his grip got tighter, not wanting to let her go.

"Sleeeeeeeep." His voice came again, still full of sleeeep.

"Let goooooo." Aki said imitating him. She continued to squirm, causing Okita to get irritated.

"Nooooooo." He replied. She didn't stop her squirming cause Okita to become rather annoyed at this part. He had a huge head ache this morning, no thanks to that nice little contest last night. "Alright, that's it." He voice, now fully awake.

"W-Wha-" Aki started. Okita tightened the grip and pulled her on him and wrapped the other arm around her and pulled her so she was on her back and he was laying on top of her. He relaxed, causing her to be unable to move. "Hey, not funny. Get up!" She said, voice getting louder.

"Woman. If you don't shut up, I'll kill ya~" He said, lifting his head up and glaring at her. Aki was tongue tied for a moment as she noticed his hair was down and his face was full of sleep. Even for being so tired his eyes were a beautiful shade of green, complimented by the chocolate brown hair that fell down his face. She stared at him, blushing from the scene.

'Woah...' She thought. 'Kinda, good looking….'

"There you go, much better." He said and relaxed against her, his head against her chest. He snuggled up more and his breathing became even. Aki slipped an arm out of his grip and became interested. She slowly moved her hand and brushed some of his hair from his face.

'It's soft too….' She thought playing with his hair. Okita could feel her playing with his hair but he wasn't about to get up and make her stop. He was enjoying the interest she showed in it, thinking he was asleep.

'Wouldn't mind waking up to this.' Okita thought as he laid there feeling her fingers go through his hair. Aki liked the softness of it and couldn't help playing with it. Her fingers slowly began to trace down his cheek and along his jaw.

'Wait, what the hell am I doing?' She thought, confused. 'I should be killing him for laying on me.' She thought, and idea in her head. She took some of his hair in her hand and pulled on it a little hard causing his eyes to pop open and his body followed to take away the pain.

"Okay! I'm up!" He said. She let go of his hair when his chest was off of hers and he was on his knees now. "You wanna die, princess?" He said angrily, getting his face closer to her, arms at her sides. "That fucking hurt." He said to her, glaring at the girl.

"Well you shouldn't have been laying on me.." She said, turning her head away with her eyes closed in annoyance.

"Seems like you didn't mind so much when you were playing with my hair and touching my face." He said back, looking down at the girl who was now wide eyed.

"Yo-you were awake?" She said quietly, embarrassed she was caught. A smirk made it's was to Okita's face.

"Sure was." He said dangerously quite. Aki pulled the covers over her face, hiding the redness that was now on there. "No need to be shy, you've enjoyed more than just playing with my hair." Okita said smoothly, his tone making her blush more.

"What are you talking about?" Aki questioned, moving the blanket off her head a little.

"Oh you don't remember last night? That's a shame." Okita said. He was kinda glad she didn't remember but yet sad. He didn't need to get hit when he had a head ache like he did now.

Aki's face went to one of horror, bad thoughts filling her head about what could of happened. "W-What happened last night?" Aki asked him.

"Sorry but I don't.. kiss and tell." He said, winking at her. This response made her face go worst, not helping the thoughts in her head. Okita laughed at her and got up and get his clothes on. Okita untied his sleeping yukata and it started to go down his arms.

"GOD DAMMIT, AT LEAST TELL ME WHEN YOUR GONNA CHANGE SO I CAN LOOK AWAY!" Aki yelled, burying herself under the blanket, making sure no light not in so she couldn't see any part of the room just in case.

"Why? It's much funner this way~" Okita teased and finished dressing. "Hurry and get up so we can get breakfast."

Aki got up and fixed her disheveled clothes. But getting up didn't help one bit, it just made her head pound even more. 'I really gotta know what happened. I should ask Heisuke…' she thought, following Okita to the dining room to be met with the others. Aki took her spot next to Heisuke and they started to eat. Aki wasn't very hungry so she didn't eat much. When she was done she went to the well and washed up her face and started to finger comb through her hair. She made her way to a nearby bench as her fingers combed through her hair, getting out some knots.

The door from the dining room slid open and Aki saw Heisuke coming out.

"Hey Heisuke! Come here!" She yelled, taking one hand to wave him over.

"What's up, Aki?" He asked, taking a seat next to her on the bench. She started braiding her hair and turned to him.

"This might sound silly but.. what happened last night? I remember we were going somewhere but that's about it. Now this morning I woke up with a horrible head ache." She explained.

"Yeah, I bet your head hurts. Not surprised that you don't remember. We all went to Shimabara for some drinks and you and Okita got into a drinking challenge. I don't know who won though, I kinda passed out.." He said, embarrassed a little at the last part.

"A drinking challenge?" Aki said to herself and she finished braiding her hair and tied the ribbon around it at the end. 'That would explain the head ache.'

"I think Harada-san or Shinpach-san would know who won. If your curious you should ask them." Heisuke said to her.

Aki's face light up and she got up from the bench and grab one of Heisuke's hands causing his face to go red. "Thank you Heisuke! You've really help me." She said happily, running off to find either Harada or Nagakura. Heisuke watched the girl and shook his head laughing. His gaze turned back to the door only to regret it. Okita stood there, face dark, glaring dangerously at Heisuke. Heisuke's eyes widened from Okita being there and he waved nervously.

"You wanna die, Heisuke-kun~" Okita said low but so Heisuke could hear him.

"N-No thanks, Okita-san… I'm okay." He said taking off away from the other captain. 'He's like a dog and she's his bone.' Heisuke thought running around a corner, and then relaxing to catch some breath. He could her voice from inside the room.

"Are you sure you wanna know?" Harada's voice said, coming to Heisuke's ear.

"Yes, please." Aki replied. She had found Harada, but no Shinpachi. She wanted answers, she needed them to clear her mind.

"Alright but I'm kind of afraid. Not for you but more for Okita's sake. Do you atleast remember what the prizes were for the drinking challenge.." Harada asked. Aki shook her head no, not remembering anything. "We let you guys pick your own prizes. You never said what you wanted, but Okita did. The prize he wanted if he won was…a kiss." Aki's face darkened at this. "It took a long time, you guys kept drinking and drinking, probably more than what was healthy. But in the end, Okita won…. And it just wasn't no peck on the lips either." Harada said watching Aki's face turn from dread to one of pure anger.

Heisuke's eyes went real wide. He became angry and jealous at Okita, then thankful he was passed out last night. He heard moving inside the room and quietly went on his way so the other's didn't know he had been listening.

"That's it. I'm killing him. This sword's going straight through his heart." She said, getting up going to go look for a certain captain to slice him open. She turned to leave but a hand grabbed hers.

"Don't be too mad at him. It was only fair since he won, and it wasn't as far as you may think.. All clothes stayed on." Harada told her, hoping to have her calm down.

"Thanks Harada-san." Aki said before leaving the room. "Oh, Okita-saaaan, where are youuuu?" Aki called playfully. She searched a few rooms and came to one where she could hear talking inside. So far she could hear Hijikata, Kondou, Saito, and of course, Okita.

"FOUND YA!" She yelled, pulling the door fully opened, causing those in the room to completely stop what they were doing.

"Oh, Aki-chan~" Okita said smirking. "What do you need?"

"Oh don't even!" She said heading towards him. "YOUR GOING TO DIE!" Okita got up quickly.

"Please excuse me everyone. I must be going!" Okita said, running out the door, Aki close behind. "I'm so glad you remembered!" Okita yelled back to her as she chased after him. "I never thought I would see the day where my Aki-chan finally chased after me!" He teased. But this only made Aki angrier.

"What just happened.." Kondou said from the room, staring at the door that was now wide open.

"I don't even want to know." Hijikata told him as he and Saito shook their heads.