Whispers of the South Wind

Chapter 39

You groaned, adjusting yourself on the bed and trying your hardest to ignore the thumping in your leg as you shifted. You could hear Keigo's soft breathing near your ear, his chest pressed firmly against your back, arm wrapped around your stomach tightly. As you shifted again to try and get comfortable, you paused as you felt something else pressing into your lower back.

You nibbled your lip, your heart pounding in your chest, your core throbbing as you stared at the wall guiltily. It had been four weeks since Keigo had put together one of the sweetest dates you'd ever been on, and since then, he'd not tried even once to touch you like he had that night.

You weren't really sure why that disappointed you. After all, it had been you who stopped him from going any further that night. It wasn't that you didn't want him that way, because you did. Dear God, you knew you did. But when he had reached under your shirt to take it further, you'd panicked before you could stop yourself, Luke's face flashing through your mind and guilt overwhelming you.

Keigo had been more than understanding about it all, and the rest of that night had been wonderful. In fact, the last four weeks together had been nothing short of amazing. Things had shifted, becoming more charged between you as days passed by. You found yourself growing more comfortable around each other, settling into a comfortable rhythm.

Halloween had been particularly interesting, especially once you'd learned that Keigo had never really celebrated it before over dinner one night.

"Halloween?" he said in curiosity, raising an eyebrow at you and Anthony, who'd stopped your conversation about what you wanted to wear to look at him. "I've never really celebrated that before."

"Wait, what?" Anthony said, placing his cutlery down on his plate before turning to look at Keigo in astonishment. "You ain't ever celebrated Halloween? Why the hell wouldn't you say something sooner? It's literally this weekend."

He shook his head, shrugging off the question as he pushed around the food on his plate with a frown. "I know Halloween, but it is not big in Japan like it is here."

"Well," Anthony said after a second, turning to you with a look that could only spell trouble before pulling out his phone with a grin. "We will just have to fix that now, won't we?"

"Oh," Keigo said quickly, amber eyes widening with panic as he watched Anthony. "No, that is not necessary at all. I do not–"

"Too late!" Anthony replied, tilting his phone toward you to happily show you his newest Amazon order as you struggled to hold in your laughter at his purchase. "I got your costume all ordered, and it'll be here right on time. We'll get you all caught up on Halloween traditions, no worries."

Keigo shot you a desperate glance for help, and you simply shrugged in response. He groaned, stabbing a brussels sprout on his plate with agitation, but he didn't dare argue further. Both of you were already painfully aware that going up against Anthony would be useless.

A few days later, you and Keigo were curled up on the sofa under a blanket, contently watching Hocus Pocus together when Anthony came bursting through the front door, scaring you both so badly you almost fell off the sofa in your panic.

"Jesus fuck," you cursed as Keigo wrapped his arms around your waist to stop you from tumbling. "I got a fuckin' doorbell, or at the very least, you could fuckin' knock!"

"It ain't like you're doing anythin' with each other in this house, so what's the point? I ain't interruptin' nothin'," Anthony said with a smirk, and you felt Keigo throw his head back with a groan.

Of course, Anthony knew that you weren't having sex. Damn them and their stupid bro code bullshit, though you couldn't be too mad. You were sure if you had a female best friend, they'd know everything happening between you and Keigo too, but it wasn't going to stop you from giving him shit later.