𝖍𝖝𝖍 𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖙𝖘

Bittersweet Reward

Top!Illumi

Bottom!Reader

Summary:  Illumi makes up for a previous punishment

Author: woahmybeans ( on tumblr)

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Even though Illumi was only gone for a few days, you still felt the effects of his punishment. Even more so as he stalked into the dining room, joining you and the rest of the Zoldyck family mid-dinner.

"Apologies, my mission took longer than expected," He announced, striding to his place between you and his father. He greeted you with a hand on your shoulder and a kiss to the top of your head, "Hello, darling, I've missed you."

You gave him a curt smile, silently wincing at the way he squeezed your shoulder. Your bottom throbbed at the memory of being bent over and reprimanded for unintentionally interrupting an interrogation. Apparently, your interruption caused Illumi's victim a chance to escape, endangering you both.

All because you just wanted to bring him some damn flowers.

He took his seat next to you, briefly greeting Kikyo and Silva before enjoying the meal made for him. While you all consumed it while filled with a hint of poison, that didn't stop anyone from enjoying it.

Illumi rested a firm hand on yours while you ate, hardly even making a sound other than your chewing. You were hesitant to even breathe around him. You couldn't tell if he was still upset with you or not, you could never tell with Illumi, not when you weren't looking directly at his face anyway.

You and Kikyo made small talk over dinner, blabbering about the new dresses you'd just bought or nen practice you two had indulged in while Illumi was away. Before dessert could begin, Illumi decided to excuse himself, leaving you abruptly and hurrying off somewhere else.

You sighed, your eyes following him as he left the room.

"Do you think he's still upset with me?" You asked Kikyo timidly.

She gave you a slight grin, "I don't think so, he's never been one to hold grudges over simple things."

You had cried to Kikyo when Illumi left, Silva joining in on the conversation later that night. You wanted to know how to be the perfect wife for Illumi. In asking his parents how to be such a wife for Illumi, you actually became much closer with them over the months. Kikyo no longer tried to put broken glass in your food, and Silva actually treated you like his daughter-in-law. They knew you were the one but doubted Illumi knew it.

After dessert, you found yourself moving at a snail's pace down Illumi's wing of the Zoldyck mansion, worried he'd be waiting with something more painful to spank you with. Or maybe, he would have just gone to bed and ignored you for the rest of the night, something you made clear really hurt.

You approached the door to your pent-house sized suite, entering into the living room.

It was quiet, you couldn't hear Illumi anywhere, nor could you see him. Assuming he was in the bedroom, you discarded your shoes and started up the marble staircase. The upper floor was quiet, too. There were hardly any lights on as you made your way to your bedroom, just the soft glow of some light within your bedroom.

"Lumi?" You called out, not wanting to accidentally sneak up on him again. One time was enough to make you never want to creep around him ever again, you still had the tiny pin scar in your thigh from trying to spook him last Halloween.

You knocked on the door, hearing shuffling from the other side.

"Enter." You heard softly from within the room.