A Winter's Treasure {Tengen Uzui}

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The next morning arrived before she knew it. Nagisa's wide eyes were greeted by the sunlight coming in through the window and curtains. Her eyelids flicked open tiredly after a long night that she had spent awake. It wasn’t that she wasn’t sleepy. She in fact was, and a lot. However, the circumstances she was in weren’t favorable for her to relax and have a good night’s sleep. With Suma clung on to her tightly and her breathing against her ear, Makio’s hand laying over her head and Hinatsuru’s cold toe touching hers, Nagisa just couldn’t get no sleep that night. And, on top of that, Tengen’s snoring was so loud that she began to question if she had lost part of her hearing after sleeping next to him. And most importantly, how on Earth could the girls sleep like that?? Are they used to his loud snoring?? Once the sun was up, Nagisa decided that she might as well get up and prepare some breakfast. She tried to sneakily get out of Suma’s grasp so she could get off their bed, however, she was strongly hugged from behind by the dark haired girl at the slight movement she made. Nagisa sighed as she realized that she’ll have to wait for them to wake up so she could as well.

After a few more minutes she had already memorized the rhythm of each one of their breathings. She then felt some movement coming from Tengen’s side and she was surprised when he turned himself almost face to face with her, except that he was a bit taller so she was practically facing his chest. But she looked up at him and he was still soundly asleep. She stared at him for a few solid minutes in awe. He spent all night sleeping with his back turned on her, so this change was really surprising to her. Nagisa had never been this close to Tengen before, and she just couldn’t get her eyes off him for some reason. She had never realized how handsome he was. Was he always that handsome or was she going crazy?? The brown skinned girl just stayed there staring at him like a moth stares at the light. A funny feeling invaded her chest the more she stared at him. All of the sudden he slightly opened one eye and stared at her, which made her jolt slightly in surprise. Tengen opened his other eye and stared down at her, Nagisa blushed lightly while wishing that she was invisible. Tengen simply smiled at her and brought his hand to the top of her head and petted her. Nagisa shut her eyes while shaking with embarrassment. He brought his lips to her ear and whispered.

“Good morning, dear Nagisa.” He said in a soft luring voice with some tiredness in it. Nagisa blushed even deeper.

“G-Good morning, Mr. Tengen.” She muttered shyly, making him smile.

“Did you sleep well??” He asked in a lower tone not to wake his wives and ruin this moment.

Nagisa simply looked down as she didn’t know what to say. She didn't want him to think that she wasn't able to sleep because of them. “A little…”

Tengen placed his hand under his head while staring at her. Of course he noticed the dark circles under her eyes, but decided not to bring them up now as she clearly did not want to talk about it.

They stayed in silence for a few more minutes. Only the sound of their breathing filling the air. Nagisa would often avoid making too much eye contact with him, even though their eyes met a few times. Tengen, however, kept his eyes glued on her. Studying and analyzing her movements and mannerisms. He couldn't help but find her shyness and awkwardness adorable and quite attractive. The fact that he was most probably the only masculine presence out of her family circle that she ever got to be around with made him feel kind of special in a way.

He could see in her meek and innocent eyes that there was a lot that she had never seen in her life yet. As for him, he had seen it all. Which was why he wanted to protect her from all of the evil things that reside in the world. 

After a few more minutes of silence and calmness, the other three girls started waking up on their own. The sounds of their yawns and groans filling the bedroom. Tengen smiled at his sleepy wives.