The King's Queen

Chapter 22

It was warm, very warm where you were. The darkness around held you in it's safe embrace, you didn't want to wake up at all. You snuggled closer to the source of the warmth, it softly rambled and your ears picked up a hazy sound, most likely a laugh. You felt something drape onto your shoulder giving better access to the warmth. "-gen....-ingen.... Oi Ningen." You buried your head into the soft 'thing' and velvety sheets as you grumbled. "Mhmm~ five more mi..n..Zzzz.."

Sukuna ticked his tongue as you fell back asleep, using him as a pillow of some sort. As much as he would've enjoyed the fact you were pressed against his body in more a preferred scenario, you were practically clutching his torso to death which was uncomfortable and was the reason he woke up. He pressed his lips together into a straight line as he began to play with a lock of your hair which was much more tangled than usual, the sun was already up so even if he wanted to sleep in some more he was sure Uraume would surely kick down his door if he isn't up yet. Annoying prick.

So what shall he do with the sleeping beauty was currently roleplaying as a koala, he went through all the notions of waking you up, nudging, poking your cheek, calling out your nickname, hell even pinching your cheek a couple of times. Twirling the strand more tightly Sukuna gracefully grabbed a fistful of your hair and pulled you up slightly, you whined out a moan with your eyes still closed making Sukuna pause for a second dumbfounded.

'Note to self: make sure to pull Ningen's hair more often.' A devilish grin graced his lips at the thought of hearing you moan some more. "How the fuck did you manage to wake me up around the usual time?" He asked even though he knew he wouldn't get an answer from you in this state, with a sigh he begrudgingly left the bed and walked into his bathroom to get ready for the day. Sukuna quietly wondered how the hell were you still asleep even after all the nonsense he did.

Meanwhile, Uraume could only sigh out as he dreaded going away at the expense of your possible sanity. The couchman wanted to ask what the problem was but didn't know if it was appropriate to do so he remained silent. Violet eyes watched as the sun slowly rose painting the deep blue sky lighter, he knew his master wouldn't do anything to you but still he had seen him do many unthinkable things____ especially to women____ so he couldn't help but feel anxious at the thought of you might becoming another victim.

The trees that lined the entrance to Kenjaku's home seemed rather daunting as they towered over everything covering the farmlands and commoners' homes within his estate.

The couch stopped the carriage softly as the elderly man turned to state that they had arrived, "Arigatou, Taiki-san." Uraume thanked the man who put up with taking him so far in such a short amount of time, hell this was the fifth time he had to do this these past two months.

'Please whichever God hears this, allow me to return with my sanity intact.' He prayed before sprinting through the forest wanting nothing more than for to get this over with. Arriving in front of the mansion Kenjaku had created for himself he was met with the sight of the head servant crouched down as she looked tiredly at the ground. "Akahana-san is something wrong? Why are you outside and why do you look like you might commit seppuku?"

At the interrogation Akahana lifted her head to address the young man, "Ever since that man has come here... it's been... lively? Today I was just too tired to deal with those two so that's why I am out here." And now Uraume felt like running away, granted he had experience dealing with Toshihiro and Kenjaku's childish actions, however it had been YEARS since he had to deal with them.

"They must be in the main area, right?" He questioned himself as he walked through the halls of the estate, he was foolish to not ask Akahana for they're location. A loud crash sounded through out the hallway behind the dual haired which then was followed by another and another, Uraume quickly changed directions and headed towards the sounds of crashing objects quite sure that the source was actually the two buffoons he was searching for in this maze of a house.