Bite From the Apple

There You Are~

You stroke his back softly as he finished his story, his back hunched and looking into his hands.

"Sounds pretty rough, and being the only child you have to kind of surrender yourself to the joys of living your own life just for some measly name to uphold"

He lets out a sigh, his one collection of hair flopping over his face. "Well I'm glad you understand cause a lot don't. I didn't exactly ask for this"

"Well...you don't have to do what they say I mean you're an adult and should do whatever it is you want"

He looks at you and leans his head against your shoulder. "Well I'm of age to where they keep advertising potential brides to me and to produce an heir as part of the endless cycle of the Shindo name."

Your face turns red and your heart beats a couple throbs faster from what Ainosuke said catching your off guard. He could feel your pulse escalation against his face.

"I see..." you play with your fingers nervously.

He looks at you and lays back on the bed. "So about all the other stuff, you said the photograph issue was taken care of?"

You nod and let out a sigh in relief. "Yea...I handled it...what about you? What did you do all day?"

"Eh learned some more things and then did some work was all, did a meeting on my laptop cause I wasn't feeling up to being in the office today."

"Well as long as you know you can do it then that's fine."

"Hey my dear....may I ask about some things about your American life?..." he asks questionably.

You rub your arm looking away from him. "I don't think I want to get into that...."

He let so out another sigh in defeat. "Alright...but will you at some point with me?"

"Maybe...."

Ainosuke wraps his arms around you waist and pulls you down on the bed with him. The thoughts of the information he gained about you from Tadashi started roaming through his mind as he stared off in the ceiling. "When will she tell me...will she?...they are still after her...I'm sure of it" he thought to himself.

-the next morning-

You both wake up at the same time to a couple birds chirping along with the greeting from the sun shining through the crack in between the curtains.

You sit up and stretch as Ainosuke was staring off at the wall in thought yet again. "Is something wrong?" You ask in concern.

"Hm?..oh nothing, nothing at all" he groans from his stiff bones in need of giving a morning stretch.

"I'll go make some donuts how about that?"

"Woah...making donuts-"

"Yes ya doof, people can make donuts at home ya know" you snickered and slipped out of bed heading to the kitchen.

Ainosuke looked at his phone and sits up leaning against the pillows behind him. A message from Tadashi appeared on screen.

You hum softly making a batch of donuts and sprinkling them with sugar before putting them on a plate. You opened the fridge and poured two small glasses of orange juice before seeing Ainosuke peer his head around the corner looking at you into the kitchen.

"Smells delicious~"

"Hot and fresh, just with a little sugar for you"

"Mm the donuts look good too~" he grinned proudly of his sexual innuendo.

You chuckled softly and handed him the plate of mini donuts, ribbons of steam rising from each ball of dough.

He takes a small bite and his eyes lit up in an surprise of warm and tasty flavors. "Oh my~" he takes a sip of juice and keeps digging in, popping each in his mouth like little candies.

You smile softly and sit next to him partaking from your own plate.

-meanwhile at the city limit-

A big black car with tinted windows stops at the curb near the shoreline of Okinawa. The passenger window rolls down with a well dressed man inside with slicked jet black hair and dark eyes; a burn marking scar that sealed in one of his ears. He looks at his phone pulling down his dark shades looking at the many skyscrapers and tall buildings that surrounded his view.

On his phone was a photo of you. A wide malicious smile took form on his face.

"There you are~"