Pleasant Dreams
Okay, I'm glaring. But you have to admit I have a good reason. Around me,
Mia's house is positively shining with happiness. Everyone has gathered together for summer break. At the moment, we're watching a movie. Ryo and Mia are sitting next to each other, and are as close to cuddling as Mia can get that terminally shy boy to go in public. Alex is snuggling with her husband Rekkian. I on the other hand, am completely un-cuddled. The object of my affection not two feet away, and here I am, all alone. It isn't fair. Everyone else has settled down with their special someones. Hell, even Rowan and Sage are sitting on the couch, snug as bugs in a rug. And yet, Kento...
"Hey Missy? Could ya hand me the popcorn?"
The lug actually has the gall to look surprised that I'm glaring! The nerve of him. I'll pass him the popcorn, all right!
"Umm, Missy, are you mad about something?"
Rowan is snickering. The brat!
"Gee, ya think? She just dumped a bowl of popcorn on your head, stupid.
Even you should be able to figure that one out."
I turn my glare on Rowan. Don't you dare forget you owe me big for helping you nab Sage, blue-boy. He's shrugging. Well, that's probably the closest I'll ever get to an apology from him.
***
Jeez, I can't believe that it's this late. Pretty much everyone else has
gone to bed. Yeah! Easy enough for them, they have someone to keep them warm at night. All I got is me. I mean, really! I've been all but throwing myself naked at Kento for two years now! And I'm still firmly regulated to the friend zone. Is he not interested? Or is he just too thick-skulled to see how much I love him?
When did it start? It's a good question to ask myself. I guess it might
have been as soon as I saw him. There he was, tux and all. He looked so uncomfy, but really cute. And the look on his face when Alex and 'Kennie said their vows. He almost cried. I noticed, if no one else did. He really is a very sensitive person. He really feels for other people. I remember how much of a comfort he was to Madoka, when her sister was being held captive. He was sweet. And he was so nice to me when I staggered to his feet, wounded and defeated. I'd never lost before that day and it still rankles occasionally.
Regardless, I spent most of the wedding dragging him around with me. It was really just an excuse to hold his hand. Aren't I just pathetic? Here I am,
centuries old, and I'm resorting to schoolgirl tricks. Well, it's not as if my normal methods are working. Sai says I'm being too subtle. Well, sue me. I'm a kitsune! Plots and subtleties are my life's blood. Still, I can't take much more of this, I'm starting to go crazy! Just thinking about him...Oh dear. I better go fox before I do something drastic and scare the living daylights out of him.
"Oh! Missy? Was I crowding you or something? Oh well, more room with you as a fox, ne?"
Oh joy! At least this way, I get to sit in his lap! And he's scratching my
ears too! Oh wow...
"Oi, Missy, are foxes supposed to purr?"
***
He's fallen asleep. I curl up on his chest, over his heart. The way things
are going, this is as close as I'm ever going to get to him, so I might as well enjoy it. Maybe I should just stay a fox. At least then, I'd always get my ears scratched. Maybe even a belly rub...Umm, right. No can do. For one thing, Madoka, the Queen, would veto it in seconds. She says she wants to see some children, like yesterday. Like I have any influence over what Kento thinks. Still, he looks so cute this way.
The rise and fall of his chest while he breathes is so soothing. I suppose I could take just a little nap...
***
Kento awoke, somewhat surprised, around four-thirty in the morning. There
was a very asleep, very naked Missy curled around him. 'Right. She always loses her clothes in the switch from fox to human...'
Kento's brain was fusing. 'Oh man, oh man, ohmanohmanohman...'
Missy snuggled closer to his chest, a dreamy smile on her face. "Ai shiteru, Kento..." She sighed and rubbed her nose against his shoulder. Kento froze. 'She...loves me?!'
Kento looked down at the sleeping kitsune for a long moment. Then he gently kissed her. She looked up at him, slowly realizing that this wasn't a dream. "Kento...?"
He placed a finger over her lips. "Shhh. I never realized..."
It was her turn to shush him. "Then let me show you."
***
For once, Rowan was the first one up. He walked down the stairs, to find
Kento sound asleep on the couch. He had the happiest expression on his face, and a small six-tailed fox asleep on his chest. Rowan smiled. 'Took you two long enough.'
He pulled a blanket up around his fellow Ronin. "Pleasant dreams, you two.
Pleasant dreams.'
