Shuttered Impulses [HIATUS]

Chapter 8

"Miss, that girl seemed to be plotting something," Senri spoke up while busying his hands putting their belongings away. 

"Of course she is. I thwarted her plans of ridding herself of me. Plus, I've finally decided to stop hiding my face. Now that I'll be gaining more attention, it'll push her nearly to the edge of insanity," Mei commented as she chuckled slightly. 

"I don't understand. Why would that make her crazy?"

Senri truly didn't understand why something like showing your face would upset someone that much. He'd thought maybe his Miss had done something really terrible to make the other female so venomous. 

"Woman are rather fickle creatures, my dear Senri." He blushed red at her term of endearment but hid his face as he continued with cleaning the gathered dust off items in the room. 

"For instance, if a woman has feelings for someone of the opposite gender they grow blind to all their faults. If the man begins showing attraction to another female, instead of the woman being upset with the man, she'll try attacking the other woman. Rather embarrassing to be a woman in these types of conditions. It's rather obvious the man is the bastard here."

Senri blinked doe eyes at his Miss. Miss just said something unladylike. Ever since she was injured it seems her brain had been stirred into a bit of insanity herself. Maybe she was right about women, her being a prime example. 

"Don't look at me like that, Senri. You'll make a woman blush," she jokingly teased the feminine boy. 

"Miss, please don't tease me."

"Eh? Senri I'm not teasing you. It's called coaxing you into embarrassment."

Her straight stoic face coupled with her words made Senri not know how to even respond so he changed the topic. 

"Well, let's forget that girl for now. Would you like me to heat up some water so you can take a bath? Are you hungry?"

Mei thought for a bit as she tapped her mouth with a delicate finger. 

"Hmm. A bath sounds lovely. Especially after interacting with trash even if for a split second. As for food, maybe in a few hours we can grab something to eat. Before all that though we need to visit the School's Headmaster about my absence as well as you tagging along."

Senri couldn't technically go to school since he was labeled a 'lowly person'. Mei was rather annoyed with this rule and so she had begun to teach Senri all she knew. He was loyal enough to her that she felt it was a justifiable reward.

He began to get the water ready for Mei to wash herself with and then retreated to another part of the room. Since he was staying with Mei they had to share the room Mei stayed in. Luckily there were couches he could sleep on. While he waited for Mei to finish he'd begun making himself a place to sleep for the night. 

"Senri, help me wash my hair. It's so long," Mei complained behind the divider in the room. 

"Miss, I really shouldn't. No matter how you look at it, I'm still a man."

"What are you talking about? You clearly have breasts, Senri."

Senri glanced down at the makeshift breasts his Miss had made and wanted to cry. 

"Regardless of whether I look this way, I still have man urges Miss!" He'd finally lost his reasoning and sounded close to crying as he complained to his young Miss. 

"Oh be quiet and help me without your silly complaints." Mei was beyond amused. Usually she'd hurt whoever dared talk back to her but Senri was an exception. 

From behind the Divider came slight shuffling and Senri's shadow could be made out stepping closer towards the tub with Mei in it. 

"Hurry up already. By the time you arrive the water will be completely cold."

His footsteps picked up speed and then he was suddenly in front of Mei and the tub. When his eyes first made their way to the water he'd blushed so hard that his nose began to bleed. He tilted his face up while pinching his nose. 

"Miss, I really can't do this," his voice sounded high pitch because of his pinching and tears had begun to shine in his eyes. 

How adorable. Mei really couldn't pass this opportunity up. 

"Since you're here, wash my hair already. Use a handkerchief to plug your nose if it's such a problem."

Senri only hesitated for a minute before pulling out a handkerchief and rolling two opposite ends before sticking them up his nose. Mei snorted out a laugh at how ridiculous he looked. Especially because he was trying to avoid looking anywhere untoward on Mei's body, so instead he was giving her hair the evil eye. 

Although he was uncomfortable his hands were gentle as he lathered Mei's hair with Medicinal hair lathers. It smelled like pomegranate and coconut mixed together. Senri couldn't smell it but it was such a heady womanly smell that it was almost tangible to the taste buds. 

Her hair slid gently through his dexterous fingers and he couldn't help but rub his thumb and forefinger together against some strands. It took nearly an hour to make sure he'd cleansed the entire mass of silken hair. 

"Thank you, Senri," Mei thanked as soon as he was finished. Without even waiting for him to leave or give a signal she stood up from the water. It had already cooled considerably and so she'd wanted to quickly exit from the tub. 

Unfortunately when she turned around that put Senri in a rather dangerous position. His head was level with her navel and caught a glimpse of the soft pink cloud between her legs and in his stunned silence his eyes drifted up. They landed on twin peaks that seemed too large for such a young woman but still they enticed a man to lean forward to pull those rose buds within their mouth. 

Senri felt his throat convulse as he attempted to swallow the growing saliva in his mouth. Mei's hair shifted forward and hid half her body.

"Wake up! Get me a robe so I'm not freezing here all day," a kick pushed Senri on to his butt and he scrambled away to grab something to keep his Miss warm. 

I should be killed for looking at Miss that way. I'm just a lowly slave; to even dare have such designs on her. Senri couldn't help but berate himself. 

When he came back around the Divider Senri wasn't sure what he'd expected but it hadn't been that Mei was still standing there in all her nudity as if it didn't bother her. 

"Ah!  Please Miss, please cover yourself and have a bit more modesty," he shouted with his eyes closed as he attempted to cover her body in the robe as quick as possible. 

"I'm trying to desensitize you. How would you be of help to me if someone tried to ambush us and they threw a naked woman out? You'd be useless."

Senri paused and had to say that his Miss was correct. It truly would be that way. 

"I'll be sure to try to work on it," he responded seriously. 

"Very well. I'll give you money to go to a Courtesan house if you'd like."

His blush flamed back to life. "No, Miss. Anyways we don't have those type of funds."

"Not yet we don't but we will. But if you really don't want to go to a Courtesan House does that mean you wish to only see me naked?"

Senri felt dizzy. He was positive that the black dots swarming his vision meant he was going to faint soon. "Miss," he said weakly, "this lowly servant wouldn't dare."

Mei gave him a smirk and trailed a hand across his cheek. "Be a good boy, Senri and I may reward you."

He stood frozen to the floor, even as Mei moved away to head towards the chest filled with clothing. 

"Don't stand there looking ridiculous. We still need to go to the Headmaster."

With that comment Senri hurriedly went to help choose clothes for Mei.