Rules of Seduction - A Shikatema AU

Chapter 4

The young Lord contemplates while riding back home. I cannot fucking read her. He remembered what Kiba said during the council meeting.

" If I were you, I'll show her who her Lord is and who rules the goddam mansion"

Should I use force? Should I force her? His mind wanted to do it but his heart cannot. On her first night at the mansion, her words struck him. Those words are permanently marked in his brain, and a memory of his past lover starts occupying him, which is the reason he decided to left the room.

Maki. She's not pretty nor ugly, the only simple and not troublesome woman he met in his life. She's a perfect wife for him. He remembered her walking down the aisle in her white shiromuku while her Lord husband is waiting for her at the end of the aisle. There's a pain in his heart after seeing her wed him, and from then and there he established to not marry anyone in his life.

He started picking up random village girls and do sex with them, he always left the next day. He did that without any emotions and any commitment, he hasn't experienced the feeling of making love in his life, only consensual impassive sex. His friends start buying Tori which took his interest, it's very helpful to him to relieve any stress during the day. He thought his friends think the same way. He didn't even bother asking the names of his two Tori, he just called them if they were needed in his room.

Until one day he saw her. Kiba is right, she's striking, different from the others. She doesn't seem interested to be sold, which is odd. Most of the girls were happy to be with the Lords who owns them. Great! I impulsively bought the feisty one.

After their incident in his room, he keeps thinking about her. Most of the women he knows always follow their man's command. How can she be so brave about it, brave to speak for her thoughts and feelings? Her words stabbed his heart, making him feel guilty. Well, he realized that he was doing shitty things to these girls. That's a wake-up call to him.

He hates seeing her at the breakfast table, now he knows how feisty this lady is, and if he tries to mock her, she'll probably talk back. He did, he want to irritate her as much as she irritates him.

"Perhaps the Princess wanted some fruits?" he pronounced the word princess with force

He expected her to talk back but her soft smile surprises him. What the fuck is she thinking? He felt more guilty than ever.

The next nights were even crazier. The night he got home, he saw her in the garden, she's quite a view from there. He found himself walking towards her, he doesn't have any idea why. When she turns her body to him, all of his words mumble in his brain. She's very gorgeous under the moonlight, he must admit. Some of the words were stuck in his throat. He apologizes for physically hurting her the other night, he's genuinely sorry about it. But he doesn't want her to see him as weak, he's still a Lord, her Lord.

She holds his hand and her skin brushed into his. Suddenly, his mind made a scenario of touching her under her nightgown. She has the softest skin he has ever touched, like it belongs to a pampered princess. He immediately removes his hands from her before his mind starts thinking of fucking her. If he's going to bed her, might as well they'll do it consensually.

They start talking every night, he enjoyed it so much. It's nice to have a conversation with a girl who's intellectual like him. She knows more about life than he does, he learned a lot from her. Every night he looked forward to meeting her and exchanging views on life. Plus, he was able to see her smile.

One night he got home drunk, she approached him and clean his mess with a wet cloth. He was partly sober so he could feel her hands caressing his body, she was so gentle. Then he came home the other night, he intentionally drank alcohol just for her to caress him again, He was sober as fuck.

He enjoyed the exchange of glances and smiles with her during breakfast and dinner. Shikamaru decided to ask her to stay with him one night but she started giving him cold shoulders.

On the third day, he cannot tolerate the pain of her being cold with him. What the fuck did I do? It breaks him. He saw her giggles in one of the Tori's jokes during dinner and it hurt him a lot, her smile. The next day he decided to eat in his room from breakfast to dinner.

Rule of seduction: Create a need – act to be their solution in their pain

If tension and pain are instilled in your victim, make them see you as the answer to their problems. Pain and anxiety are the proper precursors to pleasure.

It's been a week since she gave him cold shoulders, it's time to execute the next rule. She walked to Shikamaru's room with pain relievers in her hand. Might as well cure his headache, which she obviously gave.

The door opened on her fourth knock and heard him saying What a drag on the other side.

"I bought you pain relievers. I heard you have a headache?" She softly said with a smile.

He was startled and his eyes were all surprised "Uhm, yeah I have" he placed his hands to his head, and he felt he was having a flush.

"May I enter your room, my Lord? So, I could place this medicine and water on your table?"

"Yeah, yeah.. of course" He stutters

She walked inside and placed the medicine and water on his table gently and faced him. They were now both standing near his bed.

"What bothers you, my Lord?"

You, you caused me this woman. "Nothing, just some issues at the council"

She placed her hand on his head "You're hot my Lord, are you sure you're not having any fevers?"

The heat was from all the flushing he had since she came to his room "Yeah, uhmm. There's nothing to worry about. I'll just drink the medicine after I eat supper"

"Will you join us tonight at the long table?"

"No, I'll just eat in here. I don't have much energy to wander outside my room tonight"

She nodded "Okay, I hope you get well soon. I'll return to my room now Lord Nara, thank you"

She was about to reach the door when he stopped her "No....uhm, can you stay here tonight?"

Temari looked at him and was silent for a while. Maybe it's not the right time to ask her this? Shikamaru was about to take back what he said.

"Perhaps I should join you eating your supper here tonight, I'll just bring our food here in a while"

"The servants will bring it in here, stay" He rubs his palms in his clothes, he can feel that his hands become sweaty.

She walked to his bed and seated on the edge; her eyes wander the four corners of the room. She saw him walk in front of her with crossed arms.

"Tell me, why did you knock on my door after giving me cold shoulders all week?" He asked.

"What do you mean my Lord? I'm just giving chances to the other Toris, they seem jealous of me being with you most of the time in this mansion" She grin and looked at him, observing all his emotions "Do you think it's fair?"

He exhales, he fucking forgot the other Toris. He didn't realize that he was unconsciously giving her special treatment compared to the other two.

Well, it's unfair to me, you're giving me cold shoulders all week!?

"You're right, but I don't think they have the right to dwell on who I want to be with any time of the day"

"Of course, you're right. You're always right my Lord" She stands up and walked near his window, she pulled her lips in "I could stay here tonight but I don't think I'll be able to give you what you want"

He slowly walked in front of her and grab her shoulders "I know, I just need you to stay with me tonight"

Temari looked at him and wet her lips, her hands running through his collar and she pulled him closer. Their nose touched which she intentionally did while reaching his ears.

She whispered "Thank you, Lord Nara"

Temari pulled away and started walking to their bed, waiting for their supper to arrive. She glanced at him, he was still standing at the window, in the same position.