Baby Love - A Hakuouki Fan Fiction

Chapter 15

He suggested ahead to take a cab home with him tagging along. Eventually, Akane dozed off ensconed safely in his arms. Stretching an arm forward for any available cab just as one carefully drove towards the curb.

"Come on," Shinpachi opens up the vehicle's door waiting for his companion to climb in.

"Wait, Shinpachi," Miyuki stuttered she was gently shoved within the cab. "But you have Akane..."

"It is late as of now," he talks over her after stating her address to the driver. Earlier, he had persisted when she gave up with a huff feeling guilt settling in.

During the ride back home, Miyuki slept the entire while. Weariness combining with the throbbing pain seeped her energy. Her head lolling like a rag doll, on the other side, Shin subconsciously pats on Akane's bottom in a steady rhythm. The greenish glare from the clock on the dashboard reflecting: 12:45 am.

Throughout the drive, Miyuki was heavily dozing off. Unaware that they've arrived at the destination until Shinpachi nudges her gently on the shoulder. In a fit of a jerking awake, her hands searching for the bag to pay for the taxi fare only for her thoughtful companion putting a stop to her actions.

"I'll be heading home in this cab," he said, his white teeth flashing in the dim interior. "Hurry up, let's get you back inside the flat." 

"What?" Miyuki blinked in bewilderment. "It's alright, I can go home-"

"It's not safe out there, stop wasting our time get moving," Shinpachi snapped in a terse voice. Scooting out of the taxi hastily, she observed him ably carrying a napping toddler and shifting his tall frame on the path.

Just as he stated, cacophoneous music was blaring from a floor above hers. Miyuki recognized the group of young men; surly complexions, colourful hair and loud voices talking in a street slang. They have been living here before her arrival none of them seemed to carry decent conversational skills with others besides themselves.

She eyed two jean clad bottoms sitting on the perimeter risking their lives listening in to their drunken talks, she was now wide awake. A warm, sturdy palm laid onto her spine the sudden feeling jolts her frame. Nervously, she glances upward at his indistinctable profile they walk straight.

"Do you want me to stay overnight?" he said as they stood by the entryway.

"Huh?" Miyuki flushes a pretty pink hue by the invasive notions. "It's alright, I will be okay, please return downstairs."

"Are you busy tomorrow?" he scratched the corner of his jaw with a finger.

"Why?" she asked after stepping inside the darken area.

"Just asking, stay safe if there's any trouble call me," he cautioned her, on cue laughter broke out. "Also, be available in case I might head down here."

"I will, thank you," she quietly shut the door hoping for him to go home. Wondering at his odd comment, he had stated that on his day offs, she do not have to babysit Akane but as of now, her brain was too sluggish to ponder over.

It was two o'clock in the morning when she was resting in her room after a quick wash up clearing the day's grime from her system. Miyuki noticed an unread message gliding a thumb on the screen to read the short text: I'm home now.

A smile lifting up the corners eliminating any vestiges of exhaustion, she answered back with an "OK". Her mind wondering why he questioned about her activities for the next day. Eventually, she fell into a deep slumber snoring loudly rattling the roof.

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"Oi, Aoi, are you coming inside with us?" Aida, her coworker, gawked in puzzlement.