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by kaidono

by kaidono

The morning rays filtered in through the curtains, shining bright light upon [Name]'s shut lids. She mumbled under her breath before doing a morning stretch, groggily opening her eyes.

"Hmm." The sleepy female sensed something was quite off and glanced down. Her body was devoid of clothing and her confusion level increased. How did she manage to end up naked? She could have sworn, she had gone to bed with her pajamas on...

Ring!

[Name] allowed her cell phone to ring three times before she decided to answer it. "Hello?" she asked.

"Your body up close was more beautiful than I ever imagined-"

Beep beep beep.

There was another person on the line calling. She blinked several times before the memories flashed at her simultaneously. "Oh God," she uttered.

"No, you said 'Oh Pein'," the man huskily whispered.

"I need to - I need to answer this, someone is calling me," she fumbled with her words.

"Don't you dare answer Shisui's call-"

"Hi Shisui," she greeted nervously.

"Hey [Name]! Sorry for calling at such an early and weird time-"

A quick memory of Pein biting on her neck. She rushed out of bed and to her body mirror, examining her neck. "Mhm," she absently agreed as Shisui continued to ramble on. The presence of any claim ceased to exist, which puzzled her even more. She could have sworn he had bitten it multiple times, so where were the marks left behind? Was she looking at the wrong side? No, there weren't any.

"-I just wanted to walk you to work if that's okay?"

"What the fuck," she mumbled, frustrated and even more befuddled than before.

Shisui laughed. "I take that as a no? It's cool, another time then?"

"Wait what?" she questioned. "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention."

"Would you give me the honors of walking you to work, m'lady?" he asked, his tone in a high, feminine lilt.

"Oh, of course! Please do, kind sir." She giggled. The thought of Pein and his mysterious, invisible marks were long forgotten as he engaged her in a humorous conversation that lifted her spirits up.

"So I'll pick you up at your house if that's fine with you?"

"That's fine. I'll see you in a bit." [Name] smiled and hung up, hurriedly going about to wear her attire for the day.

Ten minutes later, she was outside, patiently waiting for Shisui to show. When he did, he greeted her with a tight, enthusiastic hug. "Wow [Name]! You're looking pretty today," he said as his gaze lowered all the way down to her very shoes.

She blushed prettily and looked elsewhere. "T-Thank you."

He placed a lazy arm around her shoulders and grinned at her. "So, shall we go?"

The woman nodded and they began to walk on her cue. Shisui joked, "Are you married? I hope not. Wouldn't want a crazy husband after me."

"Don't worry, see?" She flashed her left hand to him, to which it held absent jewelry. "Actually..." She leaned closer to him and whispered, "I'm divorced."

"A divorced woman means no husband after me. That's all I wanted to know." He laughed, squeezing her shoulder.

She giggled, enjoying the shower of affection he was giving her. After all, it wasn't everyday that someone treated her kindly and fondly. She stopped walking, causing him to halt. "Alright, well I guess this is it." She glanced at the tall building that held her tiny, pitiful office.

"I'll check you later, okay cutie? Have a good day at work!" He gave her one last hug and winked before walking off.

"Time for hell," she muttered. She entered the building and on to her work floor, where her demented coworkers were unfortunately located as well. Surprisingly, there were only two people present. Hm, most of them are absent. How nice, she thought happily. She passed the two who sat innocently on their chairs and as she did, she felt herself capitulating forward. Faster and faster, her adrenaline gave her enough time to react to take minimal damage to her face. Her chin, however, wasn't so lucky.

That's going to bruise, she thought angrily.

The snickers of the women behind her was enough for her to turn around and snarl barbarously at them. Her eyes flashed dangerously. "I'm going to kill you both."