„Sit still!”
Kyoko tried to take care of Kuon’s wounds, but he kept running away from her hand.
“I need to wash the wounds up! Let me do it!”
Kuon made a mental note that he is now in the middle age and being wounded doesn’t mean the same thing as it meant before. There will not be any painkillers as for an example.
Landlady told Kyoko to use bread with spider web as a good healing medicine. Kuon however didn’t like it a bit. In addition he wanted to play around with Kyoko a little bit. He fought for her safety and she didn’t reward him as he dreamed she would. Once more in his life he wanted to act like a spoiled kid, just like when they were acting as Heel siblings.
Every time Kyoko came closer, he kept running away. Her frustration made her make funny faces, with he liked much. Soon enough she became red from the exhaustion.
“Fine. Suit yourself.”
Kyoko turned around to walk out of the room, tired and defeated, but Kuon’s strong arms stopped her. He grabbed her in the waist, pulled onto his chest and murmured to her:
“Reward me”
Kyoko looked Kuon straight in the eyes and almost laughed at his pouted face. In her mind appeared the thought that his expression was rather cute and she blushed at it. Kuon didn’t miss this however and smirked mentally.
“I fought for you. I think I deserve an award!”
Kyoko couldn’t believe her eyes. This tall, mature man was now playing around like an unhappy kid. She would have smacked him for this but his hands were still on her sides and that distracted her resentment. Her conscious made her blush more and more. She knew she had to act quickly, or else she would loss all the respect she had for herself. Stop the beating, you stupid heart! He is just a playboy and I don’t want to give him the satisfaction! No more idiotic “doki, doki”! Just give him his “reward” and leave, for god’s sake!
“Fine. But you are too high. Bow, so I can reach.”
Kuon couldn’t believe his luck. He waited for it so long and finally she was going to kiss him! His mind displayed the thought it was somehow good they ended up in the middle age and she lost memory. Then he quickly mentally kicked himself. We need to go back to our time! I cannot lay a finger on a school girl!
Well, in the reality his mind didn’t take the control over his body, instead his heart did. Still cursing himself for not being reasonable, he bend down for his reward. His face opposite hers, his eyes closed. He was prepared to REMEMBER this time the kiss, the way she tasted. But nothing like kiss happened. Kyoko patted his head and silently said:
“You did a great job. Thank you for saving me, again.”
She stepped back quickly and intended to walk away, but he stopped her again. Her caress made Kuon strangely warm inside and even though it was something unexpected, he felt happy. His attitude changed. Now he wanted to just spend a little more time with her, listening to her melodic voice.
“Not enough. I want more”
Kyoko realized that there is no way he will let go of her hand, if she won’t pat him again. She sighed. It was difficult for her. His hair was nice and there actually appeared the thought she want to touch him again. Such a dangerous wish was however dissolved by her reason. Now he demanded it and she got no way to run away from herself.
She put her hand into his hair with intention to pat but instead her body acted itself and her hand run through it delicately. Then once again… and again. She kept busy and held her eyes right where her hand was. She could sense his gaze upon her. There was something in the air that made her aware of his presence more then normally.
Kuon experienced many different kinds of pleasure, but none of them could compare to this one. It happened before, when they still were in kyohai and sempai relationship. He however couldn’t see her face then. Right now he could observe her face and he felt her tenderness. She had a soft expression he saw only once, when he found her lost Corn. It was the expression she made for something important to her and that conscious made Kuon’s heart strangely light. Could he really rise his hopes up?
Suddenly she woke up from her state and took away the hand. Kuon almost whimpered from the loss.
“Now let me treat your wounds, ok?”
…
“Lord Kuon, Lady Kyoko… I’m sorry for Toney’s behavior. He is a good guy even when he messes around a lot. It was me that should have stopped his nonsense wish to fight with you. You are my guests for god’s sake! Please, will you forgive me?”
“Lady Anna, there is no need for such words! There is really nothing to forgive! Besides, no one get seriously hurt!”
Anna quickly found out that Kyoko really is an interesting lady. During the preparations to the duel, they had some time to talk and became friends. Even though Kyoko couldn’t tell Anna anything more than Kuon told her about herself, she did it in a way that Anna laughed hard and smiled a lot. It was a blissful moment of relax and she wanted to thank Kyoko for it.
There was also Toney’s case. He didn’t get hurt much thanks to Kuon’s abilities. Anna felt it would be a good lesson for him, the question was- will he take it the way he should?
“I know you want to return to your home, wherever it is. I might know someone who could help you, but it is far away. Are you interested?”
They nodded.
“His name is Cornflower…”