Captured By You

9: The End

Cuddled comfortably with a large body pillow, Kohana lay on Akihiko's bed in his bedroom.

Just as he was walking out of his bathroom with a towel over his head, drying his wet hair, Kohana's eyes fluttered open and scanned the room for a moment. The sound of the bathroom door opening awoke her.

'Where am I?..' she thought lethargically.

The second her eyes rested upon Akihiko as he was only half dressed in lounging pants, she sat up and screamed in fright.

"What?!" he looked to her with seriousness in his expression. After a moment of noticing her blush, he then realized and softened his guard. "Oh.. Gomenasai.. I'll put something on."

As he walked over to his closet and pulled out a button-up shirt to put on, Kohana scratched her head with slight confusion.

"Ano..." (Um.) "Did we..?" she trailed off, blushing deeper, noticing herself in his bed.

"What? No." he laughed lightly. "Of course not." he smiled.

She relaxed her guard. "Oh.." 'Whew~' she sighed and held her head.

As Akihiko stared at her softly, there was a knock at the door and they both looked over to see a woman dressed in a white dress, holding a tray of foods.

"Is this a bad time?" the woman asked politely with a closed eyed smile and faint blush.

"Absolutely not. Come in." Akihiko closed his eyes and finished buttoning his shirt.

"Hai." The friendly, servant woman walked over and placed the silver tray on top of the bed.

"Lady Kohana, this is for you."

Kohana's widened amber eyes blinked a few times at the beautiful and delicious looking array. From the corner of his eyes Akihiko watched her reaction and smirked with satisfaction.

"It looks delicious~" she swooned.

The woman nodded cheerfully. "I hope you like lobster soup. There's cubed cheeses, grapes and bread on the side too. In the jar is some freshly pressed apple juice- I made it myself." she said cheerfully. "But if you'd like wine, tea or something else, I can see what we have." she insisted genuinely.

Kohana blushed continuously, and brought the tray to herself before looking up at the servant woman.

"I don't know what to say.."

Akihiko chimed in with a smirk on his face, buttoning the buttons at his wrists. "Arigato goziimasu Rika-chan. If we need anything else, we'll let you know. Your excellent cooking is always appreciated." he said politely.

Rika raised herself from the bed, maintaining a closed eyed smile. "Hai." She casually made her way out of the room, but stopped by the doorway.

"Let me know~" After saying this, she left, leaving Akihiko and Kohana in the room alone.

Hesitantly, Kohana picked up the spoon and dipped it into the thick, peachy-colored soup.

She sipped it and swooned. "It's so good~" Then, she hungrily sipped from the bowl, drinking it down relentlessly.

With wide eyes and blinking, Akihiko stared at her. "K-Kohana..."

After a moment, she set the bowl down and gasped for air, panting softly. 'Hot~!!' she screamed in her mind with a reddened face before grabbing the aluminum jar of juice and drinking all that she could.

Akihiko grinned with closed eyes and laughed at her behavior.

Wiping her mouth with the folded napkin, she blushed deeply from embarrassment.