Onibas Night Patrol[Griffin Wing Mission]

[Merc]

Riley blushed fiercely as she suddenly felt him kissing at her in a rather awkward place, causing her to wriggle nervously in his grasp. He didn't seem like he would be waking up anytime soon, as he had settled down once more, so she thought that it would be pretty safe for her to move.

Carefully, she crawled out of his grasp, just sort of sitting beside him on the bed with her head tilted heavily to one side. From where she was perched, she observed him thoughtfully, wondering what exactly she was supposed to do with the man that was asleep on her bed. She could move him easily enough, if she so desired, but she was afraid that she was going to wake him up.

Rubbing a little at the side of her neck, she fell into silence and simply opted to play with some magic to pass the time away (it was too dark in the room to do much else). The tip of her finger began to glow slightly white, and she wrote in the air with it as quickly as she could, trying to spell her name out before the letters began to disappear.

Simple minded? Sometimes.

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

As she moved away from him he stirred slightly, Turning over and curling up a bit. His legs pulled up to his chest almost completely as he didn't feel her warmth anymore. This was natural for him, Something that he did because of the fact he didn't actually feel safe when he was alone, So he always tried making him as small as possible and thus would make it harder to actually hit him because there was less to hit. It was a safety reaction that he had been worked into since he lost his parents. Really, When you looked at him now...He put on a tough act when he was awake, But when he was asleep he was just as vulnerable as a baby kitten.

Regardless, He stayed asleep even as she fiddled around with her Magic. He stayed this way for about 20 or so minutes before, while still sleeping, his hand began to comb the bed trying to find her, and when it did it reached up, grabbed the trench coat and dragged her down, Bringing her close to him with her back facing him, His hands reaching around and being placed on her stomach as he pulled her close, Nuzzling into her 'i love you....Riley-chan' He muttered, Still obviously asleep by the lack of actually realizing what he was doing.

[Merc]

Riley didn't take much notice to anything, as she was too busy playing around with her magic and just sort of passing the time away doing this or that with her magics. She soon felt something grasping at the back of the jacket she was wearing, only to be pulled backwards into a hug. It seemed Yoichi had reached out for her and pulled her into a hug, causing he to blink a bit stupidly.

She heard his words and blushed fiercely at them, wondering if it was possible for someone to know if they felt that way so quickly. Swallowing hard, she tensed up a little, but she remained where she was, allowing him to nuzzle into her back, she hoped that he would wake up soon, which would hopefully make the situation less... flustering...

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He stayed nuzzled into her as she didn't bother trying to move away. Though he would soon awake to her relief, About 10 minutes later. His eyes would open slowly and he'd groan very softly as his vision slowly blurred into focus and he saw what was in front of him. A white Jacket......He blinked for a moment as he looked up tiredly "Oh...Riley-chan..." He muttered, Moving one hand to rub his eyes as he slowly sat up, leaning on one arm "Where...am I?"

He had been so tired he must've forgotten that he was in her bed. "Um...Riley-chan...About last night I..." He began, Pausing for a moment as though waiting for something...He thought about what he had done, How far he went with her... He didn't expect her to forgive him or anything

[Merc]

As she felt him moving, Riley lifted her head a bit, turning it to see that he had sat up. At first, she refused to make eye contact with him, and simply remained where she was laying with the jacket wrapped around her. "In my bedroom..." She answered, sounding rather timid once more as she did so.

He then began to say something, trailing off, and she had no real idea what it was that he was thinking or trying to say, but she assumed he wanted to apologize for carrying her home and such. Nevertheless, there was a nagging question in her mind, once which she could not simply discard or put aside.

"Why... did you sleep in my bed?" She asked, though she did not sound particularly angry or anything. Eventually she sat herself up as well, stealing occasional glances at him as she waited for a response.

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

"Oh...That....Um..." He started and looked away as he sat up fully on the bed, hanging his feet off the side "You had clung to my shirt...And I didn't want to risk you waking up and not realizing where you were in the middle of the night..." He said "I didn't do anything though, If that's what you're concerned about...I brought you in, pulled your arms into the coat and tucked you in and slept on the outside of the blankets...I didn't even touch your clothes"

He finished, Still not looking back at her, Wincing a bit and preparing himself to be smacked for sleep with her in her bed without her permission. "Riley-chan...About last night, I wanted to apologize for my behavior"

[Merc]

"Ah, I see." Riley murmured, raising a hand to rub lightly at her cheek as she did so. "I didn't think you did anything..." She went on to quietly assure, the words that he had said in his sleep still fresh in her mind, causing her to blush a bit once more. One finger scratched lightly at her cheek as she thought.

"It scared me, though. I'm not used to waking up to someone anymore..." She added, sounding much like she was musing out loud as she dismissed the thought entirely when he started to apologize to her. She didn't know which part he was sorry for, but she didn't really want to ask and potentially be embarrassed more by the answer.

"It's okay," she assured. Briefly, her hands fell to her lap, but they rose soon after to remove his jacket, which she offered back to him. "I'm hungry..." She finally gathered the courage to look at his face as she filled her mind with less embarrassing thoughts (tried to, at least), "are you?"

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He looked back at her as she offered him his jacket back and he smiled, Nodding to her question "Yea, Let's go get something to eat shall we?" He said and stood up, Waiting for her to move in front of him before stepping in front of her, Stopping her from moving any further, His head tilted downwards as he moved close to her and wrapped his arms around her "Riley-chan...I don't want you to feel like I'm trying to invade your privacy or anything but...I'd like it if....I was allowed to sleep in your bed with you for awhile..."

He paused for a moment, As though letting her digest what he said before speaking again "I know it's a lot to ask! Especially from someone you hardly know but...I l-.....I really like you, Riley-chan" He almost blurted out his, what he thought at the time, secret, That he loved her. He didn't know that he had said it in his sleep so he tried playing it off "Please....Riley-chan..."

[Merc]

Riley sighed in relief, believing that she was in the clear with all of the awkward moments and such. She crawled off of the bed and was about to let herself out of her bedroom when Yoichi suddenly embraced her, staring down at her and holding her close. Her eyes danced frantically, searching his face as she tried to determine what he was going to do. She had believed that she knew what was in store for her.

And boy, was she ever wrong. She was practically floored by his strange request, even feeling some of her strength (not that she had a lot of it physically), leaving her knees as she blushed deeply enough to make herself giddy. "T-that's... A lot to a-ask," she stammered, her face once more a deep shade of red.

He almost said the 'L' word again, and she felt a little faint once more, "I... I...I'll... Give it some thought... After I eat... Brain needs nutrients..." She mumbled, though by all accounts it seemed as though her brain had fried entirely from the strange, unexpected request.

"... Why?"

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He saw her blush and recoiled a little, Not exactly sure how to respond to such a thing yet "Um..." He then heard her ask him Why...And he wasn't too sure on the answer "Why....Because..." He paused for a moment, Feeling a heavy weight on his chest as he swallowed some "Because, Riley-chan....I..." His voice got very soft as he leaned in close, half hoping she wouldn't hear his next two words "love you"

He said, turning his head away, Holding onto her "I know..It's sudden...But, That's how I feel" He said softly "Please...Riley...Just for a few days, until I get settled in" He was hoping, That by the time he got settled in...He'd be settled into her room

[Merc]

Riley immediately realized that she had perhaps made a mistake in asking him why he wanted to... Be roommates with her. She sort of just wanted to crawl back into bed and call it a day, but she couldn't yet find the energy to do that. She sort of felt like crumpling up or flopping over.

She groaned a bit as she brought a hand to her face, just sort of rubbing at the bridge of her nose as she massaged and pinched at it. "I... Will give it some consideration... When the time comes..." She murmured, wondering if she would ever be safe in her own guild again.

"Why can't you just sleep in the lodgings, though, they're not that far, if you needed or wanted anything you could just come over here and get me," she assured, though for some reason got the feeling that he likely wasn't going to give up on the idea of rooming with her.

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

"Well...Yes I know...It's just, When I'm with you I don't have anything to fear..." He murmured "I slept peacefully for the first time in a long time last night....And it was because I was with you, Riley-chan" He said earnestly. He wasn't acting like a stalker or anything, but he was just speaking his mind "If you're afraid of me doing what your last fiance did...Don't" He told her with a smile "I swear on my life I'll never do any of that to you...And I'll never let it happen again" He told her with a soft smile.

He knew her fears rather well already, She voiced quite clearly her concerns from her previous relationship so it was quite easy to tell why she didn't want him too "I promise, Riley-chan..." He started in a soft whisper, moving close to her ear as he kissed her cheek gently, Wrapping his arms under hers and lifting her up to be eye level with him "I'll never let anyone or anything hurt you ever again"

[Merc]

Riley stared at him as he admitted to her why he wanted to stay in the same room as her, causing her to let out a soft sigh. Her green eyes watched him studied him really, with a degree of intensity that she had yet to display before him, and after a few long moments she let out another sigh, this one more ragged.

She closed her eyes for a few moments, and the next thing she knew her feet left the floor, her legs dangling slightly as she stared at the man strangely, wondering why he was holding her in such a manner. "Those are all things that I've heard before," she softly pointed out, blinking slowly as she allowed her eyes to rest on his facial features.

"Fine. You may stay here for a few days... But if I wake up and find you doing anything creepy or perverted I will show you my wrath," the words seemed a bit like a hollow threat, lessened further by the fact that she was so easily picked up and could essentially nothing about it, but there was likely some truth behind it, "I sleep very lightly, so I'll definitely wake up if you do..."

After a few moments of dangling in the air, her cheeks flushed as she struggled to process what she had just agreed to, she felt her stomach growl lightly, making her go a bit limp, "hungry..."

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He smiled as she agreed, Nodding "Thank you, Riley-chan! Don't worry, I won't" He told her reassuringly until he heard her stomach growl and his followed shortly after and he set her down rubbing the back of his head with a nod "Yea, Let's go get something to eat" His hand moved to grab hers. It wasn't really a gesture as in they were together....More like a friendly gesture as in 'lets go together'

Weather she took his hand or not he'd let her lead the way as he was still fairly new to the Guild and as a result hadn't known where the lunch hall was quite yet. He stayed close to her as they walked, Stopping her just a few moments after leaving the room "Riley-chan...I know you've heard them before but....I swear it won't ever happen, Unlike him...I know exactly how you feel...I know what it's like to not have anyone to count on or anything...That's why, I won't lose you...No matter what"

[Merc]

Riley exhaled a bit as she was put down, placing a hand on her stomach, she noticed he offered her his hand, but she politely declined it. It might have seemed a bit callous, but she didn't want to give anyone any ideas. Being the guild master she had a lot of responsibilities and such, to the guild, to Onibas, to Fiore, which had always made it a bit hard to balance a personal life outside of the guild.

She had begun to lead the way, though he stopped her, once more making promises that she was not sure that he could keep. Forcing a bit of a smile, she nodded her head a bit, for the simple fact that she did not wish to argue on the matter. It would not really get anywhere, so she simply allowed it to pass, moving around him and gesturing for him to follow as she led the way downstairs, and furthermore to the guild hall, which served essentially as the dining hall as well.

She hoisted herself onto a bar stool at the counter, where the man behind the counter was grinning at her like an idiot. "It's not what you think..." She told him, though he didn't seem to believe her, prompting her to sigh deeply.

"It's not a big deal mistress. It wouldn't hurt for you to loosen up and have some fun once in a while," the man stuck out his tongue a bit, departing to get his notebook and pen so that he could take their order.

Riley seemed to be contemplating punishing him in some manner, her cheeks tinted red once more, but instead sighed, looking towards Yoichi, "say... When you arrived here, you had nothing with you...Do you live in the area, or?"