kiddo

chapter thirteen

"Where the fuck am I?" I mutter groggily as I raise my head, strands of hair falling past my face.

My eyes fly around the bright room as I sit up, adjusting to the sun streaming in through a big window. I slowly regain my senses and remember my location, my head turning to find a sleeping Keishin beside me. A small smile tugs at my face as I take in the image, his soft hair falling across his peaceful face and heavy breaths causing his chest to slowly rise and fall. I brush a couple of strands away from his face, his skin warm against my fingers. His arm is around my waist and his hand tenses, his eyes screwing together before he opens them slowly, looking up at me as he does.

"Mhh, morning baby," he mumbles, his low voice barely audible.

I grin and then urge, "Shhh, go back to sleep. I'm sorry I woke you up, I was just a little confused about where I was."

He rolls over and yawns, stretching as he reaches for his phone.

"It's past noon Koda, we should get up," he mutters sleepily.

Pulling him back towards me I shift to straddle him, my hands on the side of his face as I kiss him gently. He kisses me back and wraps his arms around my waist lazily, his tongue intertwining with mine.

I pull back after a while and plead, "Keishin, can we just stay in bed?"

He grins and rolls his eyes, chuckling as he responds, "I don't have much of a choice do I?"

I shake my head and he mutters, "Sure, let's stay here for a bit."

I grin and he pulls me down, my head coming to his chest, his nose nuzzling my hair. I wrap my arms around him as I close my eyes, bliss sinking over me once again.

"You know," I mutter quietly, "Your voice is super fucking attractive after you've just woken up."

"And you're even prettier in the mornings," he mumbles in rebuttal, kissing me softly on the head.

My face burns up and I can hear him chuckle as he tries to lift my face to see my reaction, but I just bury it deeper into his chest.

"You're so cute," he snickers as he gives up, his hand coming to find its place back on my waist.

I look up, muttering, "You are too. Surprisingly."

He blushes a bit and adverts his eyes, eliciting a smile as I reaffirm, "I would have never expected you to be so lovey-dovey."

He catches my gaze and raises his eyebrows, and I quickly add, "Not that I'm complaining. I love it. Even though I didn't think I would."

"I'm just full of surprises aren't I?" he mumbles quietly as his cheeks turn a deeper shade of pink.

I chuckle and lay my head back down, but after a pause, I can feel him trying to ask something, so I glance back up at him, asking, "What's wrong?"

He smiles and shakes his head lightly, "Nothing's wrong, I just wanted to ask... well, what's your romantic backstory? I'm only asking cause you said you didn't think you'd like lovey-dovey things."

My eyes go up to the ceiling as I think, and after a quiet moment I take a breath, finally answering, "Well, I was in a couple of relationships in the past, but they all weren't that serious or didn't end well. I don't re5ally talk much with my exes, because they all live in Tokyo. Otherwise I usually just hook up with people once or twice."

Looking back down I analyze his face as he processes the information, a sly grin on my lips as I ask, "What about you? Are you hiding a marriage from me or something?"