Chapter 23- Wanting to eat Haru~
Haruto had no idea for how long he was out. The last thing he remembered was his cat lapping on milk that Kudo gave her, and while seeing the joyful look on the cat's face, Haruto fell into slumber.
For some reason, he was feeling sluggish a lot. Maybe it was because of exhaustion or his lack of sleep suddenly hit but whatever it was, Haruto had a great sleep after so long as he could remember.
However, as soon he realized that he had various lectures to attend back in the mansion and also hand over the cat to the animal care center, the urgency made Haruto part his lids hastily.
As the dim light adjusted to his vision, Haruto tried to straighten his back to see where he was when suddenly a subtle force made him collapse back on the bed?
'Huh...when did I... '
He could sense from the comfort he was feeling on his back, that he was currently lying on a bed, and given the ceiling of the room, Haruto knew that it was not his room.
But before he could have dwelled on his thoughts, the person who pushed him back on the bed appeared right before his eyes, making Haruto stiff in nervousness and sheer anxiety.
Luscious raven hair drew freely as she tilted her head to the right with her half-closed ruby eyes staring at him. The smile on her face was what made Haruto even more uneasy and amazed at the same time.
People say that when one crosses the limit of agitation, they start smiling. Haruto feared that his mistress was at that point but who could endure such a beautiful smile even though it was possibly fake?
"M-My la-lady... I ap-apologize for the inconvenience..."
Haruto stuttered out his words but soon his face paled as he saw something hopping in front of his face and pressing its paw on Haruto's chest before making room to have a nap.
It was the same Neko Haruto had taken from the roadside and planned to hand over to the animal care agency once the rain stops but now the cat was here, inside the mansion. And more so, in presence of the lady of the place.
Haruto already began to imagine the punishment might follow for his imprudence to breach the rule or worst case scenario, he might get fired from this job as well.
But as soon as Haruto saw a pair of cylinder-sculpted fingers caressing the black fur of the cat and heard the soft purr from the animal, his heart calmed down a little bit.
"It's weird that it doesn't go near anyone but seems quite fond of both of us."
Akira's soft words felt like a breeze that lightened his stress regarding Akira's current mood.
'Now that she says... '
Indeed, the cat seemed quite offensive toward Kudo yet when it was with Haruto and now when Akira was petting it, the neko seemed fairly enjoying it.
"I wonder if Neko-chan regards us as its parents~"
Haruto's face which was already slightly flushed began growing crimson upon hearing the teasing remark of his mistress which was intentionally spoken in a coquettish tone.
He dared not to move his gaze since he knew that Akira was currently smirking at his reaction, as the raven-haired boy steeled himself at his place in embarrassment.
'But...does the neko really... '
Haruto shooed off the thoughts but his blush didn't subdue, and only enhanced because of her following words.
"You finally seem healthy now, Haru-kun. Your body was so cold when they brought you that even after sharing my body warmth straight for two hours didn't help much..."
This time Haruto widened his eyes and turned his eyes to the right side where the source of the voice was seated. His mind fell into chaos upon registering her words and even though he wanted to make any different meaning to it, he couldn't.
"M-M-M-My l-l-lady..."
Seeing the grin spread across her seductive lips and her hazy look didn't help Haruto even a bit as he immediately hid his face by pulling up the covers, making the cat startled in the process.
"Fufufu... Haru-kun is so shy~"
Haruto could no longer think about his job or his role or whatever because of the constant teasing of his unfair mistress who has chosen this way to punish him this time.
Truly a devil!
He knew that she was just bluffing but he was a growing boy who had flaring hormones that could make him helpless at times. And given Akira's dangerous curves and the appropriate flesh highlighting her womanly charms...made it even harder for Haruto to not imagine things.
But little did he know that Akira was not lying at all...
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Some time passed and after Haruto finally calmed down, he apologized to his mistress repeatedly for the unsightly behavior and wore the clothes arranged for him.
Again, noticing that he was mostly naked in a girl's room and was unconscious most of the time made it Haruto difficult to match Akira's gaze, much to the lady's escatcy for the sight she was presented with.
After wearing clothes, Haruto was about to take his leave when unexpectedly Akira denied his wish and told him to take a seat on the tea table.
Haruto, despite seeing her smiling face for some reason quite often after he woke up, didn't dare to take Akira casually and opted to follow her orders without a single word of argument.
Soon a butler came to deliver a tray in the room which had two small bowls placed on it.
As soon the lid was lifted, the brilliant smell of vegetables and chicken made Haruto gulp and triggered his appetite to the point where he wished that his stomach just doesn't growl and elevate his embarrassment.
"You may leave."
Hearing the lady's order, the butler bowed and walked out without any further ado. Haruto was slightly uneasy seeing how someone like him who was on the lowest ladder of the servant hierarchy was actually sharing a table with the lady but nothing he could do since going against Akira's words was the last thing he could get courageous for.
"Feel free Haru-kun."
Hearing Akira's relaxed tone, Haruto nodded and picked up the spoon before scooping it with some soup and mannerly sipping it without making any kind of noise.
His eyes instantly rounded in amazement and delight, tasting the otherwordly dish which made him wonder who could cook like this for real. It was incredibly delicious!
Haruto failed to notice that Akira has yet to start as he began slurping on the soup with a slight sound leaking every now and then, but he was so hungry that he barely noticed the world around him.
He was in heavens.
Akira on the other side, felt her heart filling up already by watching het adorable butler pulling her heart string with each of his movements and expression. Oh god, how can someone be this cute and tempting at the same time?
If Akira was to ask, she would gladly say she wants to eat nothing more than Haruto at the moment. To bite his lips or slurp his skin, and go down to savor the main course, she wanted to have all the Haru-based meals right now.
But she had a pretty serious topic to discuss first and seeing that Haruto finished with his soup, Akira finally initiated the talk she wanted to have with Haruto dearly.
"Haru-kun...about today...."
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A/N: - She is not that perverted in general but has sun-scorching hots for Haruto. Can you blame her? She has been waiting for him for so long after all.
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