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Nobunaga rarely left the tenshu in order to search for someone, as vassals were ready to do his bidding, but that night was an exception.
The maid that he sent to bring his lucky charm to him, came back three times in a row, with the same answer.
“No.”
He expected some sort of reaction from her, since he left her in the palace with Hideyoshi., but to actually refuse a direct order was surely unexpected.
As he stopped in front of her room, he debated if he should knock or just enter.
“Enter.” she ended that with just one word and he did as she said.
He froze as soon as he entered her room, as he found her lying on the floor with her legs resting against the wall. Her legs were bare, as most of the material of her bathrobe was gathered around her waist. He could fathom the shape of her breast, as the top part was opened enough.
She was staring at the ceiling, despite answering him.
"What do you need?" Her question was not enough to break him from his trance.
"You are staring." She uncrossed her legs, turning herself around, resting her head in her palms.
But her new posture didn't make the situation any better, her naked flash was still in front of him. Maybe it was even worse just because at that moment he was the object of her interest .
She was analyzing him with her lips parted and her hair down. It was like she was out of some fairy tail told by the merchants.
He stepped inside and closed the shoji door behind him.
"You came here for something, right?"
"I assume that you are still angry with me." He could not finish as she stood up, her robe still parted enough for him to see the round of her breasts
"And what did you expect?" she walked towards, with annoyance and resentment shadowing her eyes. "You sure didn't come here to apologize."
He never saw such powerful sentiments in a woman before.
"I called for you."
She placed a hand on his chest, over his kimono, pushing him a bit.
"I am not one of your women. I don't have to explain myself to you or any other men, for the matter. And I surely don’t have to come running as soon as you want to see me. "
She was so close to him, he was able to feel the warmth of her body. And she was close enough for him to taste her lips.
"For someone that hates the advances of men-"as he spoke his fingers started to trail down her neck, between her breasts "-you sure dress to provoke."
"Look and don't touch."she slapped away his hand as she took a step back.
The smirk that was on his face added fuel to her rage.
“Whatever, go back and leave me alone.” she turned around, crossing her arms.
“Tell me the truth.” His arms wrapped around her and he felt how she melted in his arms, pressing herself against him.
“There is nothing to tell.-” she let her head fall on his shoulder “-You left me behind, without a word. I found out from Hideyoshi and the only reason I am talking to you right now is because that poor soul could not stand the idea of your death. He will destroy himself if something will happen to you.”
“I am more useful there than here. People here don’t need me. But there is something I can actually do.” He knew how much she hated the idea of doing nothing, but wait. She wanted to prove her worth from day one.
“But I want you safe and sound. Hideyoshi will protect what is mine.”
“I don’t want protection, nor salvation. I decided to stay here, because of you. I have thrown everything away for you.” she turned in his arms.
“And I gave you everything.” He turned her words, which only gained him a smile from her.
“You did. But I am still upset. You were gone for a month and I didn’t know a thing about you.” She placed both hands on his chest, as his fingers started to play with the piece of garment that was holding her clothes on her.
“Then I must make up for it. I have to admit that I thought that you would prefer to stay inside and be safe.”
“I want to be safe by your side.”
He placed a kiss on her forehead just before he lifted her from the ground. His lips made contact with the tender flash on her neck. She moaned his name, as her fingers tangled in his hair.
And he stopped, letting her down, as she pouted a bit.
“You are still mad, firecracker. I will let you cool off tonight, but tomorrow I will be waiting for you. You will get punished if you don’t” Her eyes were widened in surprise and she looked like there was no smart thing that she could throw at him.
“Good night.”
He left her alone in her room, before she could reply.
The day passed in a slow manner, to the point where it burnt him. His lucky charm was present in the meeting, but not once did she look in her direction.
It was only after the dark that she appeared in his room, without knocking and barefoot. Her clothes were wrapped a bit more around her than the previous night.
She sat right in front of his table, waiting for him to write the last words.
“I really wonder what rumors will be born if some maid would see you like this.”
“Hmm, that, my dear lord, is not something that I wish to find out or to be born.” She crawled from her place in his lap, the elegance of her movements never chased to amaze him.
“What I want to know is what you have in mind for tonight.” she whispered just before their lips met.
A few hours later, she was still in his arms, her robe carelessly around her. His arm was supporting her as she leaned on his naked chest.
“In my time, in this place we wouldn’t be able to see the stars like this.” He listened. He wanted to know more about the place that brought him his love.
“In my time, life is so different. A day can pass, I will be exhausted but I could not say one thing that I actually did. So many people, always busy, always sad and working.” She didn’t sound too happy about that outcome “But so many wonderful things will exist. And just for the fact that no one could come to lecture me about how I do my hair.”
“Do you regret staying here?” She stood from his lap, kneeling between his legs. She copped his face in her hands and forced him to look in her eyes, as she searched for something.
“I am standing here, naked, without a single thing to hide. I don’t and I will not regret staying not even for a second. Will I whine about things? Yes, but never regret. Because here, in these few months, I finally felt alive and loved.”
He left his pipe down, and took her hands from his face, only to drag her back in his lap. And she didn’t lie. She stood in front of him, she never once did she lie to him, despite knowing that her words were not those that he wanted to hear.
“Since you will not regret and since you are already my lucky charm, then I should make you my bride.”
“What? You can’t announce it like that!” she cried as she tried to fight him.”You are going to bring my death earlier.”
He could only laugh as the woman in his arms turned red for the very first time.