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gildedmuse · 4 years

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Oh.

My.

Fucking.

God.

Sometimes, when I pause in the middle of an episode, Crunchyroll will take it upon myself to say I finished it and start me on the next one. Usually, I catch this and go back. Usually I'm not in this much pain. This particular time I was, and so I didn't realize I had missed anything until I was going back to collect a screenshot that came out wrong.

And do you know what I missed?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I FUCKING MISSED!?

I... Like.... I boys and smile hug face eys hey you I....

It's okay. Give me a second. I do know how words work.

I just can't handle them right now, that's all.

I mean look at them! Look at my two sword boys! Just look how cute!

No, I mean, really look at them. Study the moment, take it all in. Because I'm going to need someone here to explain to me what is SUPPOSEDLY happening here. I mean, without a doubt, I know what is actually happening, but for the life of me I can't think of how to describe this moment that doesn't boil down to, "obviously cause they want to bang" and somehow I doubt that is what they were going for.

Here, let me lead you through this:

As we have discussed, there is a party happening. Everyone is enjoying themselves in their own little ways: Franky is behaving like a mech to entertain the fairies, Zoro is drinking, Bartolomeo is following Zoro around with more drinks, Luffy is just a bouncing ball of food, Law is standing alone off to the side glaring out into the middle distant. So everyone is having their own fun.

Zoro, apropos of nothing, walks over to Law to talk to him.

Okay..

Weird.

This isn't Luffy or Franky or even Robin. Zoro doesn't just go talk to people. So far we have seen every other Strawhat at this gathering dancing or talking or laughing with someone. The only people Zoro has interacted with are people with bottles of alcohol they want to share with him.

You guys, Law does not have a bottle of alcohol.

So why has the least social member of the Strawhats purposefully sought him out? By the way, "come here?" Oh you sweet innocent sunflower. Why not just open with, "Torao! Hey Torao! Laaaw, come here! I want to hang off you out!"

[Oh you bet your ass we will be going through this scene shot by shot.]

At which point Zoro squats down, and even though it's not his "fly into the sky and cut him up!!!" smile, there is definitely more than a small hint of "danger approaching" to that grin, like he's trying to decide what to do with his prey.

Law doesn't look overly happy about any of this and has clearly decided the best policy is just to ignore Zoro. Let's see how that goes for him.

Every single thing about these pictures is perfect. From Law completely losing his mask of dark seriousness, to Zoro's smile going from over the top, clearly laughing his ass off at Law's reaction, to a slightly more dangerous but still brilliant 'got you now' once Law falls into his lap.

You know that moment in the second from the top. That moment where LAW FALLS INTO ZORO'S LAP?

And finally, my boy's just honestly smiling, having apparently achieved his goal of getting Law in his lap having Law on top of him forcing Law to join in, I guess.

I mean, look at his face! That's not a maniacal grin, isn't leering at him the way he does when he sees something he really wants to cut into pieces. He's not beaming in that way that shows all his teeth and means he's reallying messing with/laughing at you, nor is it his smug victory smirk, the one that means he's already won but still looks preditory for some reason. That is just an honest, happy smile.

For Law.

If Drum island suddenly experienced months of 90° weather it still couldn't represent how much I'm melting inside from that.

Not too mentioned Law's look of total shock. I don't think he's even actually struggling, you guys. I mean, Zoro's strong but not so strong his mere presence prevents the Op-Op fruit from working. I honestly think Law is just freaked out because he's forgotten what physical contact with other humans is like unless he is either actively fighting them. Look at his eyes. They have gone completely BSoD. He has no fucking clue what is happening or why it has to be happening to him.

No wait you guys it somehow keeps getting better!

Because Zoro just sitting there, holding onto Law for like two minutes, smiling and laughing and, okay, sure clearly a little drunk but absolutely having a great time. The only thing that manages to pull his attention off Law for even a second is when he's offered more alcohol and you guys?

Guys, he doesn't even react to the offer of free alcohol immediately!

[Law's face says he either knows he's in trouble if Zoro keeps drinking or he knows he's in trouble that Zoro didn't immediately give him up for more alcohol.]

And of course Law is still completely frazzled. "Why is Zoro-ya touching me where not in a fight right now and he's acting all friendly is he planning some kind of sneak attack? No this is Zoro-ya he thrown himself off a mountain to fight another mountain but he's still holding me and acting friendly and arg I cannot handle this what is happening!?"

I love how Law is angling his body as if he's scared of leaning back and actually Ohmigod touching Zoro, but at the same time, making non real effort to escape. Honestly, watch the gif. The boy doesn't even push, really

He's basically sitting there, not trying to get away, but feelings horribly nervous and desperately trying not to lean against Zoro.

[Give in, Law. I'll bet Zoro is all warm and fabulous to cuddle with.]

Basically, this is what my gay brain sees: You know when you like a girl (or guy) but you're both pretty quiet and shy (or silent and badass serious) plus, you know, you're both dealing with a lot what with almost being murdered and taking down an evil regimen. So there is no way you'd ever ask them out or anything.

But then, miracle of miracles, you both live! Everyone lives! And there's a huge celebration with food and drinks and even more drinks and you are a goddamn sword heddghog who defeat a mountain so people keep filling your cup and the you notice the cute emo boy sitting all alone looking so grim even though you guys won! And you're just tipsy enough to think yourself, fuck it, no one that hot should be alone all night so you go over and without thinking about it, grab him and pull him over to your lap.

And you know when you're really not good with people and ha e this reputation for being dark and broody and even in the middle of a party it doesn't feel normal to relax after years of constantly thinking about revenage. Then suddenly a bit guy has you in your arms and it's super embarrassing because you have no idea what to do and know your going to humiliate yourself and just want to get out there but he just keeps his (really musclar, warm) arm curled around you feel you have to protest the manhandling even thought you aren't sure why?

I mean if I had to take a random stab at what these guys were thinking.

I mean, I assume that the official explanation probably has some perfectly innocent heterosexual justification as to why the less sociable Strawhat absolutely had to pull Law in for an impromptu snuggles session but fuck if I can see it through all the gay.

Quick, someone with a straight brain, please explain to me what is happening in this scene!

Because otherwise every time I see the two of them interact after this, I'm gonna be forced to assume that canonically speaking, Zoro struck out with Law.

This is the single greatest moment ever.

#roronoa zoro #trafalgar d. water law #trafalgar law #does zoro always go around just clinging onto random hot guys when drunk?#is that all?#moment of pure wonder #one piece #dressarosa #shipping #zolaw #zoro x law #this post got long #I have a lot of feeling about Zoro #I have a lot of feelings about Law #Zolaw I can take or leave #By which I mean I will take all the ZoLaw or I will be leaving

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mikawa-province · 7 years

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I am loving your writing so far! Whenever I see that you've added a new post, I get giddy with excitement and stop whatever I was doing just to read your wonderful work ^ω^ Okay, for the writing prompt (if that is still open/available) can I request number 30 (which is sharing a bath/swim)? It's alright if you can't, and you're probably very busy ^_^ Thank you very much and I look forward to reading more of your works! ^O^

Hey Anon!

My apologies for the very late response.

Here is the prompt fic you have requested for, and I hope you enjoy it.

30. Sharing A Bath/Swim (from here)

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“For the last time, Ieyasu-sama, I am not getting out.”

Sometimes, he wondered why he had to sufferand deal with stubborn retainers who did not know their place. Specificallythis stubborn wench who did not know her place and kept challenging him whenevershe pleased.

“You dare make a Lord get out of thebaths just to accommodate you?” He flashed a glare at her that wouldintimidate most of his enemies on the battlefield.

Unfortunately for him, the kitchen wenchwas immune to any glaring that he did. Grown men had cowered before him uponseeing the glare, save for Honda Tadakatsu, that pervert, but this commoner hadthe gall to give him a glare that matched his own. Admittedly, he would havebeen half-impressed if it wasn’t for the fact that they were in a rather… unusual situation.

Who would have thought he would get into anargument with the wench with both of them as naked as the day they were born,both of them soaking in the open-air baths of the inn they were staying?

“A proper Lord waits for his turnbefore entering the baths.” She frowned at him. “Or even checking ifthere’s already someone in it and that ‘someone’ happens to be a lady—”

He rolled his eyes. “Need I remind youthat you were the one who walked in on me?”

When she had no retort, he continued, “Besides,you’re no lady. Your body can hardly be called 'feminine’ when you’ve fooledthe clan into thinking that you were a man.” He said in a rather scathingmanner, referring to her underdeveloped body, despite being a grown woman.

… Not that he had a proper look at hernaked form; he was only going with what Sakakibara had stated, and he clearlyhad no idea what she looked like in her most natural form, despite the fact shewas sitting across from him. The water and her knees, which were propped up infront of her, hid her body from his sight.

“Says the man who knew about it allalong and played a prank on his page in the hopes of traumatizing him intoseeing me half-naked!” She snapped back.

That struck a nerve in him, remembering thatback then, he had found it amusing to traumatize his usually poker-faced page.It was only in this instance when he realized that Toramatsu had seen more ofthe kitchen wench than he did… even if him and said kitchen wench werecurrently sharing an open-air bath together.

It angered him more than he thought itwould.

“Yes, but as Sakakibara said, yoursupposed 'feminine form’ will drive no man to lust.” He replied in arather bored tone, trying to keep his cool as the thought of his retainerseeing the kitchen wench half-naked invoked an anger that surprised even him.

He knew that someday, his actions would comeback to haunt him, but not this way.

“… Yeah, that’s not what Inuchiyosaid when he walked in on me one time.”

Her comment was delivered so casually thatit took several seconds for it to register in his mind. The shock had turnedinto wonderment as to how the Fool’s Dog had managed to seen her naked, thoughhe cursed himself mentally for forgetting the fact that she and that brute werechildhood friends. It was not impossible for a scenario to play out thatinvolved them seeing one another naked, but the aftermath of it had made himfeel ill all of a sudden. Wonderment had turned into fury in an instant, and ithad been a struggle for him to even speak out the words that he thought wasbest to cover up the anger that was making him too emotional for his own good.

“So you let a dog see you naked? Bigdeal.” The words came out harsher than he had intended it to be, but hewas past caring. Underwater, he was clenching his fists tightly by his side,barely able to contain the anger within him.

Once the words escaped his lips, it hadbeen inevitable for his mind to play out rather passionate scenarios thatinvolved the stupid dog and the stupid wench, angering him further.

There was no way it would be possible forher and that mutt to end up together, as he absolutely refused to believe thatthere was something more that went on between them, and yet, she—

“So you say, milord… so yousay.” She muttered quietly under her breath, as if she had already conceded.“If that is the case, then I feel like I should be relieved and be at easethat despite being a woman, my lord does not lust over me.”

Before he could retort and call her naïvefor being so trusting towards men, she added, “Maybe the man whom I candrive to lust is somewhere out there. Who knows, he may be living outsideTotomi, and I just need to venture out and look for him.”

“Do what you want.” As much as he wanted tonot make it seem like he was running away in the middle of their argument, hismood was turning for the worst, and he needed to cool his head.

It may have been because he was toodistracted by the anger he was feeling, but he had snapped out of his stuporwhen he heard a scream escape her lips. Irritated that she was making noise atan ungodly hour and would likely draw attention, he turned his head to glare ather, who, he noticed, was looking anywhere but him, her face a bright red.

He was so consumed by his anger towards thewench that he had forgotten that they were soaking in the hot spring, that theywere both naked, and that—

Immediately, he sat back down again,feeling his face burn from embarrassment.

She had seen him naked.

She, of all the women, had seen him naked, and for some odd reason, hefelt so embarrassed over it.

He should have gloated over herembarrassment and mock for her blushing like a woman who had never seen herfair share of men.

But here he was, wanting to drown and passout over the stunt he just did, albeit accidentally.

“You can stop looking like you’ve seensomething very horrible, you know.”

The wench, her face still bright red,looked up and gave him a look of surprise, clearly startled at what he had justsaid. Truthfully, as much as he did want to drown himself and pass out from theembarrassment, he decided to say something else to break her out of her stupor.

Just before she could answer him, however,a voice interrupted them.

“Ieyasu-sama! You there!?” came thecheerful voice of Honda Tadakatsu.

Ieyasu never knew he had it in him to moveacross the open-air baths on all fours to get to where the wench was and shieldher with his own body. With his back turned to her, he slowly pressed againsther body, grateful that the rock that was behind her would partially hide her. Thankfully,the wench had understood what he intended to do, as she ceased all of hermovements.

“Huh. I thought Sanae was in the bathstoo.” Tadakatsu looked very confused when he stood by the baths, towel on hiswaist. “She’s not with you, Ieyasu-sama?”

“Why the hell would that wench be here?” hehoped he sounded believable, despite the fact that he was getting nervous overthe thought of her getting caught. As an added precaution, he pressed his backagainst her just to make sure Tadakatsu wouldn’t see a glimpse of her.

“Thought I heard her earlier. Was on my wayin when I heard a woman scream.” His retainer scratched his head in confusion.

“Are you implying that I sound like awoman?” in a desperate attempt to get the man sidetracked, he glared at the retainer,who had actually blushed.

“Never, Ieyasu-sama, but your glare…! Mmm!”thankfully, the masochistic side of his retainer came out in full force, andhad gotten distracted from the topic altogether.

“… Tadakatsu, I think we should leaveIeyasu-sama alone and come back later.” Toramatsu informed the older man,sensing his lord’s irritation.

Unfortunately, the other retainer was stilldistracted over the thoughts of his lord demeaning him further.

“Oh, if only Sanae was here and I walked inon her, I would happily be called a pervert if it was you calling me such,Ieyasu-sama!”

From his back, he felt the wench jerk inresponse to hearing the other retainer’s thoughts about her, even going as faras pressing her face against his back in embarrassment. In his case, he wasmore amused than disgusted upon hearing that one of his retainers wouldactually have such thoughts about the wench, only for the amusement to turninto anger in an instant.

Oblivious to the warlord’s growing anger,he turned to Toramatsu. “You saw her naked once, right?! What did she looklike?!”

In an instant, Toramatsu blushed, his gazedropping to the floor. “… I-it’s not nice to talk about people behind theirbacks…”

“I know Yasumasa said that she has no sexappeal, but I doubt that! Not when you’re blushing so much, Toramatsu! You saw something, didn’t you?!” the olderman was goading his page, and to both his relief and his frustration, Toramatsuchose to say nothing.

“… Maybe you two should talk about thewench when I’m not around? Honestly, hearing you both talk about her in thatmanner is making me sick.” This time around, he aimed the glare at the youngerretainer, in order not to prolong the discussion.

He wanted his privacy, and he wanted it now.

… Aside from getting the wench off hisback, literally, even if he could actually feel her breasts pressing againsthim, and that the intimate contact was making him feel really, really uncomfortable in another part ofhis body.

“Let’s just go back after Ieyasu-sama isfinished with his bath.” Toramatsu took this cue to leave, ignoring theprotests from his fellow retainer. “We can do some late-night training for themeantime.”

“You’re right. There’s nothing like a nicesoak after some training! Guess we can come back later.” With his mood still inhigh spirits, Tadakatsu made a run for the changing room, but not before bowingand bidding his lord a good night. Toramatsu did the same and followed theolder man back.

It took Ieyasu several minutes before hecould move again, highly conscious of the possibility that any of them wouldrun back in without warning while he and the wench were in the open-air baths,and when he did turn move away from her to see how she was doing, his heartnearly stopped.

He had felt her slump against him earlier,but ignored it, thinking that she was doing it to hide her embarrassment atfirst, then annoy him. His suddenmovement earlier had made her fall face first to the hot spring. Quickly, hetook her by the shoulders, held her up above the water, and tried to shake herawake. Noting that she was still unconscious and unmoving, he took her out ofthe open-air bath, laid her on her back, and checked if she was still breathingby tilting her head back and placing his face rather close to her mouth.

He could hardly feel her breathing on hischeek, and in a panic, he pressed the heel of his palm on the center of herchest, just below her breasts, and began pressing hard in an attempt to get herbreathing. Admittedly, the young lord was good with herbs, poultice, andantidotes, and while he had been trained to save people whose breathing hadstopped, he never had to use the training until this.

It was difficult to do compressions whensomeone’s body was shaking in fear, but he pushed it all aside upon realizingthat the possibility of losing the wench justbecause she drowned and he was unable to prevent it was enough to force himto push harder.

Five quick breaths through her mouth, and hecontinued to press the heel of his hands on her chest as fast as he could.

Comeon…!

As much as he wanted to scream out hisfrustration at her unresponsive state, he couldn’t. Drawing attention tothemselves was the last thing he wanted, and all he could do for now was gether to breathe.

Two quick breaths, and he continued topress against her chest until she coughed out the water from within her.Immediately, he rolled her to her side as she continuously coughed out thewater that she inhaled earlier.

With his panic subsiding as he watched herslowly regain consciousness, it dawned upon Tokugawa Ieyasu that he had draggeda female out of an open-air bath, laid her on the ground to get her to breatheagain, and had done so with both of them naked.While he believed that modesty was not needed during emergency situations, itwas still rather awkward to be naked in front of her, and no doubt, she was also thinking the same.

After checking that she was conscious, hegrabbed his towel that he had placed on the rock that loomed over her headearlier and wrapped it around his waist for modesty’s sake. Her towel was bythe other rock that was beside the one where he laid his own, and draped itover her torso, from her shoulders down to her hips.

“I-Ieyasu-sama…?” she rasped out afterrealizing who it was who had helped her.

“… The hell was that, you stupid girl?” hegrowled angrily at her.

“… I… I guess a city girl like me can’t standto soak for too long at hot springs…” she gave out a weak chuckle. “Myapologies for ruining your night.”

He surprised event himself when, afterwrapping the towel on her torso and securing it properly, he found himselflifting her up on his arms and said, “If you’re going to ruin my night, youmight as well go all out.”

Which was how he found himself severalminutes later back in his room, now clad in a dark room yukata, while the wench, also now modestly dressed in a light pinkroom yukata that hugged every curveon her body, lying next to him on the futonthat he had been laid out for them.

It had been rather awkward when they got tothe inn earlier that day; the innkeeper had mistaken him and the wench as a married couple that he had been toldthat they only prepared three rooms for their party of five, and that there wasno way of changing it because the inn, despite being luxurious compared to theothers, was small, and could only accommodate four travelers for the night.

As an apology for the mishap, the innkeeperhad agreed to make the open-air baths exclusive to them for the night, andwhile that did nothing to fix the situation, it had given him the privacy heneeded to ponder upon the sleeping arrangements later.

… Until, of course, she had walked in,oblivious to the fact that he was already soaking in the open-air bath, and hadjust basically intruded on him, literally and figuratively.

She didruin his night, but not in the way she was thinking; until now, he stillcouldn’t believe that he could have nearly lost her if he hadn’t been trainedto handle victims of drowning. While he had wanted to mock her for being sostupid and for drowning in a shallow open-air bath, he was in no mood to dosuch. He barely spoke to her when they came back to their shared room and hadwordlessly dressed himself in a yukata.It was only after she got dressed that he told her that he was keeping an eyeon her to make sure she would not get into more trouble, and that she would beturned into his heat source for the night as punishment. To his surprise, sheagreed to it, and lied down next to him. Taking this as a sign that it was timefor them to sleep, he blew out the candles and, in the cover of darkness,reached out for her and inwardly sighed upon contact.

She was warm.

She was breathing.

She was alive.

“I-Ieyasu-sama…? I… I can’t… breathe.”

He hadn’t realize that his hold on her hadbeen that strong that he had to pull away for a bit, albeit reluctantly. While hewould rather die than admit to her, and to everyone else, how he felt for her,in the dark, Ieyasu figured that he could be a bit more honest… the darknesswould partially hide his expression, and she wouldn’t see him blush as well.

“Ieyasu-sama?”

After his eyes have adjusted to thedarkness, he found her looking straight at him.

“I… I would like to say thank you forearlier. If it hadn’t been for you, I—” before she could even continue what shehad wanted to say, he interrupted her.

It was embarrassing enough that she wasthanking him for what he did.

“Say nothing about it.” He muttered underhis breath. Unlike her, he unable to look at her directly. “It only made sense,since you make my meals and all. Getting a new personal chef is something I donot want to do again.”

“Still, thank you, Ieyasu-sama.” To hissurprise, she had placed a hand over his cheek and smiled. “You have a kindheart.”

He couldn’t help but roll his eyes at her naivety,even after everything she had witnessed. “I am not kind—” just before he couldstart telling her the reasons why he was not what she thought of, she pulledhim closer, their lips pressing against one another. The contact had beenbrief, and it had actually taken him several seconds for the action to registerin his mind as a ‘kiss’.

“… What was that?” he found himself asking.

“A-a kiss, Ieyasu-sama. M-m-my way ofshowing gratitude for saving me…”

After the ‘kiss’ that she tried to pull onhim, she had gone bashful?

Unbelievable… but then again, it wouldn’tbe her if she didn’t act this way;all bold and daring, then turning shy the next..

“You call that a ‘kiss’?” he snorted. “Really?”

He placed a hand on her nape, and beforethe wench could even utter a word of protest over her lack of kissing skills,he tilted his head and kissed her. A moan from her lips had made his heart beata little faster, and while he would like nothing more than to force her mouthopen so that he could slip his tongue in and taste her, the young lord knew hehad to take it easy as not to frighten her. Instead, he ran his hand down herback, letting it rest on the curve of her backside. In response, her hand madeits way to his back and pressed herself closer to him as she tried to kiss himback.

Immediately, he pulled away from her,knowing that if they continued, it might lead to… other things; while he knew what he was getting to, she most likelydid not, and regrets were something that he was all too familiar with.

The last thing he wanted to do was make hercry.

“Ieyasu-sama…?” she looked up at him, hereyes intoxicated after their kiss, and it took everything in him not to pulldown her robes and taken her right then and there.

“… And that’s how you kiss.” He managed tosay out loud after a few seconds of being unable to come up with anything.

“I-I… s-see…” was it just him, or was hehaving a hard time hearing her response? His heart was beating so fast, hecould hear the pounding in his ears. “W-well, t-thank you for… for… teaching me…”

Before she could turn away to face him, heheld her still in his arms, effectively rendering her unable to turn her backon him. It did not escape his notice that they were so close together thattheir bodies were touching, and that a part of his body was, once again,reacting to her.

How far he had fallen; now he was lustingover the wench, something that he was sure would never happen to him.

No matter how he rationally tried to thinkit over and tell himself that the gap between them was far too wide because oftheir social standing, it did nothing to deter his heart from already makingits choice.

It was such a foolish thing that couldcloud one’s judgment, along with emotions, and yet…

And yet, the damn thing had allowed him tofeel contentment and joy in a long while.

For the meantime, he knew he should enjoyit while it lasts.

Ieyasu-sama was an enigma.

For the whole day, she pondered on how shecould make his mood a little less foul after the misunderstanding over theirroom arrangements, which had really left him angry and seething. While he ateduring dinner, he barely glanced at her and kept his gaze on the food beforehim. Before she could ask him what he wanted to eat for dessert, he haddisappeared; even Hanzou, his ninja, would not tell her where he was, citingthe lord’s desire to be alone, which worried her for the rest of the nightuntil Sakai-sama had assured her that Ieyasu-sama would be fine, and that sheshould take it easy and bathe in the open-air baths, since it was for their group’sprivate use.

It was a huge, huge mistake on her part in easily agreeing with the older man’ssuggestion.

Imagine her shock when, after she hadcleansed herself in the bathing area, she went for a dip in the open-air bathsand the very man she was looking for was soaking right in front of her.

At that point, she had wanted to scream,but knew that it would not be good to draw attention to herself; instead, shehastily dropped down to the pool, wincing as the hot water scalded her skin,and turned her back to him.

If it was possible to die fromembarrassment, she knew she would have dropped dead the moment she noticed him soakingby himself, a bored expression on his face when she sensed his eyes on herbody. Thankfully, she had a small towel to cover the front of her torso, so itwasn’t that much of a big deal…though it had been a struggle to soak, all the while trying to cover her bodyand making sure that the towel wouldn’t touch the hot spring water.

The whole time they were in the hot spring,he tried to get her to leave, but she stood her ground. Sanae had been worriedabout him, and he was trying to push her away, which did not sit well with her.She strived to stay with him for as long as possible, even if her body, unusedto the hot spring water, was telling her to leave already, before she passedout.

The young woman knew should not have beenso petty, but him insinuating that even if she got up and leave that he wouldbe unaffected, and that she did not possess a body that would drive a man tolust… it had hit a nerve, and had even made her come up with a ratheroutrageous story involving her childhood friend. While it had been true thatInuchiyo had walked in on her, it had been a very close call. Her friend sworethat he saw nothing, as he had turned around immediately to leave, but hadreminded her to be more careful next time, which was why, despite thinking thatshe was alone earlier, she still covered herself with the towel she had onhand.

Little did she know that Inuchiyo’s advicehad come in handy when that happened.

The thought of flashing at Ieyasu-sama… itmade her face burn in shame and embarrassment, though nothing compared to thesurprises that the night had in store for her.

Her first shock of the night was whenIeyasu-sama had stood up and she saw… thingsthat definitely lived up to expectations.

At that time, it had been a struggle forher not to dwell on what she had seen, which he had interpreted as a sign ofdisgust, and that she had seen something so horrible.

On the contrary, she had been in awe of herlord’s body… and maybe it must have been the heat of the moment and the waters,but she had been ready to tell him that he was beautiful when Tadakatsu-samahad made his presence known, and her lord had to hide her.

The physical contact with his hard back hadbeen too much for her to bear as he pressed up against her in an attempt tohide her; it had been embarrassing for her because she had no time to turn toher side and, instead, her breasts were pressed against him.

Her second shock of the night would behearing Tadakatsu-sama say rather crude things about her. Thankfully, Toramatsu-kun has refused to divulge what had happened before between the two of them, andIeyasu-sama had also told them to leave, even at the expense of making it soundlike talking about her in front of everyone else made him sick. While that hadmade her sad, she knew that it was a small price to pay for getting rid of theother male retainer and for stopping him from talking about her in that manner.

After that, she couldn’t remember what hadhappened, as she had passed out from staying too long in the hot spring, onlycoming to her senses when she felt something press against her chest.

Her first reaction was to cough, and outcame the water she inhaled earlier. At that instance, Ieyasu-sama had rolledher to her side, and had placed her towel over her body to maintain a sense ofmodesty.

And that had been her third shock of thenight: realizing that he had seen her naked and that kiss he gave her just now.

Who knew that such a man could be sopassionate in private?

She felt her cheeks burning as sheremembered how his mouth had coaxed her to open up, and how his hand had madeits way from her nape to her hip. In her boldness, she had pulled him closer toher while she let him kiss her lips, and felt desire envelop her as she pressedagainst him. Her want was becoming a need, but before she could lose herselfinto the madness, he had put a stop to it; she was both grateful and frustratedat what Ieyasu-sama had done, but she knew it was for the best.

They… no, she had to take it slow. Lust and desire was clouding her judgment,and she prided herself for being level-headed most of the time.

A future with her lord as someone otherthan his personal chef and his retainer… it was uncertain. Their classdifference was too wide, and she was not from a samurai family; it would befoolish of her to think that she would have a chance, a future with him.

Her prospects were grim, and yet, a simpleincident had brought them closer together, and had given her the chance to have a few stolenmoments with him.

Iguess… my lord does lust over me. Allowing herself a smile at the possibility of herlord being attracted to her, she placed an arm over his sleeping form and snuggledagainst his chest, hearing his heartbeat. The steady rhythm of his heart hadeased her nerves, and minutes later, she had fallen asleep.

Maybe sharing that bath with him hadn’tbeen a horrible mistake after all.

For this fic, I experimented on using the Japanese honorifics. I… kinda got the hang of it after replaying Ieyasu’s route, especially since it can get confusing.

One thing’s for sure: MC/heroine refers to most people with the ‘-sama’ honorific, with the exception of Toramatsu, as she uses ‘-kun’ on him.

Let me know if you prefer this kind of writing wherein I use Japanese honorifics or if I should stick to the localized honorifics.

Thank you for reading!

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Charlie's Birthday Part 5

Damien: *sees that she's starting the slip back and starts to go into his own thoughts as well, when suddenly her gasp brought him back to their reality and the shooting star above them, he had only seen one before, when he was really young and the thought brought something small from his memory* Charlie! You have to make a wish! Before it vanishes! *he took her hand and looked over to her with a bright smile, and suddenly the star wasn't nearly that important. There was that small girl again but with longer hair but that sparkle in her eye and he wished for her to always keep that sparkle, for her to be happy to keep that youth that he loved within her, but to never stop growing*

Charlie: *she blinks a few times at Damien's bright smile, she blushes lightly till she snaps out of it and closes her eyes tightly lightly squeezing his hand as she made her wish. A selfish wish but a wish all the same. She wished that she could stay by Damien's side forever, even if it isn't in a romantic way. She was always happiest when she was with him and she never wanted that to end*

Damien: *smiles at her as she squeezes his hand, knowing better than to ask her her wish, but just hoping that both his and hers got through to the wayward star. He wasn't one for wishing or anything of the sort, but the look on her face, the fact that she closed her eyes so tightly and seemed to be wishing so hard allowed him to throw whatever notions he had out the window* I hope your wish was a good one. I know mine was.

Charlie: absolutely, the best wish I could have ever asked for *she opens her eyes and the shooting star was gone and she sighs smiling* I can't believe I saw a shooting star....on my birthday no less....my first shooting star *chuckles smiling softly* I knew this was going to be a good birthday.

Damien: Well I'm sure you'll get it then. *smiles, looking up at the sky again, looking for the last little glimmer of light to know that that shooting star was real, he doesn't see it, but he doesn't question the validity of it all. He was content with this, a moment shared between him and Charlie alone* Happy Birthday, Charlie.

Charlie: *turns her head and smiles at him softly her heart soring this day has been an amazing on in her life.* Thank you Damien....thank you so much.... *she rolls over and hugs him laying with him she doesn't want this moment to end. Just the two of them under the starlit sky it was so wonderful*

Damien: */Should I move?! Should I not move?! Should I hug her back?! Would that be to awkward!? Should I say something?!? I should say something! What do I say? Is there something to say!? Would I be able to say it without stumbling past my words!? I don't think so... WHy am I still thinking about it?! I should do something before Charlie get suspicious about why I'm not moving... I'm so stiff right now... NOT IN THAT WAY! WHY AM I SCREAMING ABOUT THIS IN MY OWN MIND?! I should calm down... yes, calm down relax. It's just the kid.... not that kid, she's not a kid anymore.... but that doesn't make her any less "the kid" right? I should really stop thinking about this and do something.../ The heat rising from embarrassment from his own ridiculous awkwardness was almost to much to bear as he moved a hand stiffly to pat her back awkwardly several moments later* Yo-you're welcome.... *then figuring that she would possibly take that poor excuse for a hug as a slight against her, he hugged her for real this time adding a small kiss atop her head.... /WHY DID I DO THAT?! Will she take it the wrong way?! I meant it was a nice gesture, what the hell is going on with me!??/ His confusion, if she cared to look up, clearly written all over his face*

Charlie: *somewhat suspected for him to freeze up like this so she didn't really mind it all to much. She couldn't help but chuckle at the awkward back pat and his stuttered you're welcome. It was so like Damien that's what made it so perfectly him, she smiles softly as he hugged her but her heart stopped when she felt the kiss on the top of her head. She blushes deeply not knowing what to do she knows it can't possibly be anything more than a friendly gesture but still a kiss on the top of her head, her heart just kept fluttering*

Damien: *frozen up again, but this time with Charlie in his arms, he knew about as much to do about the situation he put himself in as she did. Sooner or later they were both going to have to move, but that's not what he was thinking about... actually he wasn't thinking about anything as his mind became a muddled mess of sounds and words, just as his conversation might have been had he been able to talk anymore.... finally calming down a couple of minutes later all he could think was made she hadn't felt it, there was no reaction coming from her side that the kiss happened and even though it was such a simple friendly gesture - emphasis on the FRIEND part in Damien's mind, he just wouldn't mention it unless she did. There. All fixed, nothing to it, now only if he could talk again....* I, um... I.... *he couldn't even think of anything to say, so he shut himself up again.*

Charlie: *she stars rather still during his whole inner conversation while she tried to calm herself down. She kept repeating 'it meant nothing, it was a friendly kiss, it meant nothing, its damien' over and over in her head till her heart stopped racing. She takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out still hugging him. Despite her slightly panicked heart beat she wasn't planning on moving away from Damien at any time. She wanted to hug and cuddle him even if he ends up breaking every time she does. She snaps out of it as soon as she hears him try to speak, feeling a bit bad that he might have thought her lack of reaction to the kiss was a bad thing but she worries that she might have taken it wrong and if she just pretends like she didn't feel it she didn't have to worry about saying the wrong thing or upsetting him*

Damien: *feeling her take deep breaths besides him- he was to deep in his own frenzy to feel hers- he calmed down much more and his thoughts started to retain coherency yet again, one word kept repeating.... Cake? Why was he thinking of cake.... and then suddenly it hit him- Her cake! he sat up immediately* We still haven't had the cake! *realizing how stupid it must seem for him to be springing up for something to small he laughs a little* I'm sorry I'd had completely forgotten about it...

Charlie: *him sitting up so suddenly startled her* eek! *him sitting up also made her fall slightly to the side which made her blush a bit more than she already was. She begins to think that it was probably too bold of her to hug him and lay with him like that without expecting to be flung from his body like that. She nods a bit and sits up slightly herself* yes..cake.. *still very embarrassed*

Damien: *hadn't realized his actions would have lead to something like that and he tried to right her immediately, patting her side light and fixing her hair* Oh Charlie I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to fling you like that I just had a thought... You are alright though, aren't you/ I haven't hurt you in any way have I? *his caring about her wellbeing always trumps his embarrassment of affairs, as shown in the Three Broomstick and again here as his eyes looked to her with concern*

Charlie: *so beyond embarrassed right now, even though she knows she really doesn't need to be. There was something so....incurable about this embarrassment, something about hugging someone then getting flinged from them makes it hard to get over. She lets him right her and shifts awkwardly* i..i'm fine *oh god she's turned into Damien*

Damien: *he's messed up royally and he knows it, he doesn't know how to fix this and it worries him even more and as he finally noticed her embarrassed look, her awkward shift, he understands at least partially where it's coming from, and he stops, fighting with his own blush yet again to comfort her, he had hurt her, but not in any way that can be fixed by his medical training* Charlie.... I didn't mean anything by it, I swear... I just... I just got lost in my own thoughts- not that now wasn't more important than my thoughts, because the now -with you - is great and I wouldn't exchange it but... oh gods I've ruined it! I've spoiled your birthday! I didn't mean to I swear! it was so careless of me to jump up like that, and you.... you.... I'm sorry. *right back to where he started that whole speech at and head hung low, he felt as if her should just take the cake back to his room and toss it into the fire.*

Charlie: *runs her fingers through her pony tail slowly as he talks well...while he rambled on, she had hoped that he would be too dense to realize her awkwardness but her hopes were dashed. She waits until he finishes to speak again, though she looks out over the clearing rather than at him. She was still too embarrassed by the whole thing* its okay...I know you didn't mean to do it.....you didn't ruin my birthday..Damien.....

Damien: *sighs, just knowing that she’s lying to keep him from feeling horrible, he turns looking out to the clearing as well, shifting one of his knees up to rest his arm the other hand searching for something to do, something that will make her feel alright and he settles on it, knowing that just maybe this will make things worse or better, but at least he hopes it'll get the message across that he doesn't want their closeness to end because of his own stupidity- He puts an arm around her shoulders, pulling her to him if only for a brief moment before rubbing her back lightly*

Charlie: *she was about to say she wanted to eat cake when he puts his arm around her and pulled her into him. This by far was the most shocking thing that has happened to her so far. She just could not believe that he would want to continue close contact with her after that, she couldn't help but blush. After a few long moments she wraps her arms around him hugging him tightly closing her eyes sighing a bit. This gesture made her happy and definitely made her feel better*

Damien: *he waits for a bit, thinking in her non-reaction that nothing's changed, but then smiles as she hugs him and he chuckles a bit in relief, some of the awkwardness that he regained over the last few years, being shrugged off in this one gesture and he hugs her back, the muddled up confusion in his mind giving way to a specific calmness, he didn't care how he saw her, he only cared who she was- and she was Charlie, his happy little Hufflepuff, and although he shunned it at first he realized that he needed this closeness to someone, and Charlie was the only one who can give it to him and he laughs again* Hey Charlie, you wouldn't happen to want that cake anymore, would you?

Charlie: *she uses his mild thought period to take in the hug trying to get the most out of it before he changed his mind and stopped hugging her. She wanted to feel his arms around her like this all the time, but I suppose that's a silly notion. She moves her head slightly to look at the cake before answering with the only answer that seemed obvious to her* of course I still want cake, you made it for me didn't you? *she smiles a bit still hugging him*

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