Epiphany. [Guren Ichinose x Reader] ➥ Book 2. [Semi-hiatus]

Epiphany ~ Chapter 3.

-Y/N's POV-
I stood in the kitchen talking with Ira and Takana, who were currently bantering with each other. Although, despite the giggles which filled the room my senses heightened at the sound of the door opening and then closing again.

I assumed Guren and Naomi had finished conversing, and decided to wait a moment before excusing myself.

"Just say you're going to see your man and go." Ira groaned, sarcastically as she saw me make a beeline for the door,

"I'm going to see my man and go." I echoed, without turning back to face her,

"Not like that!" She groaned at her failed attempt of flustering me,

I ignored her and continued as Takana's loud guffaws filled the room, I could tell she felt a sense of victory after Ira's defeat.

I turned the corner and hurried up the staircase before going down the hallway to Guren's room.

I knocked on his door,

"Come in..." I heard his muffled, gruff voice from the other side of the door,

I opened the door, poking my head around the corner, his hand was running through his hair as he turned around to face me, "Not very inviting, is it?" I grinned at him, stepping into the room,

He returned the smile, as he strode towards me and embraced me, "Sorry." he simply apologised,

"Hm? That's very unlike you." I reached up from the hug to teasingly ruffle his hair, which he didn't seem to mind, "What's wrong are you tired?" I asked as he guided me to the bed with his hands around my waist,

"You saw what happened earlier didn't you?" He sat me on his lap, maintaining eye contact,

"Yes, I did." I kept my answer short,

"I see." He was quiet for a while before he flopped down to the bed, pulling me along next to him, "Well I'm tired, don't ask me what happened." He muttered, quickly pecking me on the forehead before shutting his eyes and laying his head on the pillow above my head,

I huffed, "Hmph, whatever." He took no notice of my curt retort, convincing me he was most likely already asleep.

I could only wonder how the army had been treating him since I escaped, not to mention this Naomi situation seemed to have only added more to his plate, the fact that he slept with a soft frown on his face had me wondering what he was thinking about and if he could even sleep in peace anymore?

I sighed, sadly with half-lidded eyes as I caressed his hair which seemed to be a regular occurrence every time he fell asleep while I was awake.

There was a silence for a while and I let Guren rest while waiting for sleep to consume me as well,

But before I could even completely shut my eyes, I heard him mutter something which immediately switched my mood, "Naomi's left."

"What do you mean left, did you kick her out?" I asked with wide eyes,

"I didn't kick her out. She made the decision to leave on her own." He continued,

"Guren what was that conversation you had with her about." I raised an eyebrow,

"Y/N, there's a reason why I said that in this state. I wasn't even supposed to be telling you."

I remained silent for a while, "We'll finish this conversation when you are in the condition for it. Go to sleep." I groaned annoyed,

"Yeah yeah," he snuggled his head into the crook of my neck,

I fought of the smile creeping on my lips, "That won't work on me. You're in trouble when you wake up."