" why did you come in here with only a robe on?"

"Oh!...umm... See...I umm... Wanted...to... Err..." Keiko stuttered out. Yusuke couldn't help but laugh at her, "Breath Keiko, an tell me what wanna say" taking a deep breath she let it all out in one big huff " Iwantedtocomeseeifyouwouldhelpmewithaproblem".

He looked at her with a single eyebrow raised an started rubbing circles on her lower back, "um, say that one more time for me... Slowly"

"I wanted to come see if you would help me with a problem" she looked at the suddenly interesting wall over his shoulder. He stopped rubbing her back, slowly sliding his hands forward to settle on her waist an giving a slight squeeze. "And what exactly is the problem Keiko?"

"Yusuke"

"Keiko" again he squeezed

Looking him straight in the eyes for the first time, she asked him what's been bothering her ever since he left... "Yusuke, do you love me?"

The silence in the room was sudden as she refused to look away from his stare. How long they stood there staring at each other, they didn't know; but she took his silence as an answer. He didn't love her after all just like she thought and with that realization she put her head down. She started to pull away from him but he gripped her hips an pulled her right up against him, stopping any chance she had of leaving. She put her hands on his chest an pushed still trying to get away from the inevitable heartache she knew was coming.

{KEIKOS POV}

He doesn't love me... I should've known better. It was only infatuation, I was the only girl who wasn't afraid of him... He doesn't love me. He doesn't love me. He doesn't love me. He...(tears started to roll down her face) doesn't... love... Me! ( more tears)

"Keiko"

So caught up in her thoughts she didn't didn't hear him call her name.

"KEIKO!" At the roughness in his tone she jumped but she still didn't look up. He wrapped one arm tightly around her waist, using the other to gently lift her face to look at him an what he saw hurt him more than any injury he got fighting demons. He used his thumb to wipe away the streaks of tears running down her face, "Keiko, If you had given me a chance to get my thoughts together you would have heard me say, -he leaned his face close enough so that their noses were touching an looking directly into each other's eyes- Yes, I love you Keiko" " You're not just some teenage infatuation (guessing where her thoughts went) everyday I was in demon world, I thought of you, throughout both tournaments I thought of you, the countless times I almost died an was going to quit, I thought of you... I wanted to come back to you, to keep my promise, to marry you, grow old, have kids, love you for the rest of my life... Keiko you're the reason I'm alive today, My love for you gave me a reason to fight... I love you Keiko... no one else... Just you. My Keiko."

She just stared at him, eyes wide, not knowing what to say. And before she could even try to utter a response, Yusuke closed the space between them; pressing his lips against hers, still staring back at her. His grip on her waist grew tighter as he pulled her completely against him so that they were touching literally from head to toe. The hand that was under her chin slowly made its way down her neck, across her shoulders, down her arm,past her waist and finally settled on her butt and squeezed, making her gasp. He took advantage of her gasp an slipped his tongue into her mouth, tasting every inch of her. At the strange new feeling Keiko couldn't help but close her eyes an wrap her hands around his neck deepening the kiss.

Suddenly She felt something hard an cool against her back, her had pushed her against the wall, so caught up in the kiss,she hadn't even realized they moved. Reluctantly Yusuke pulled away but only enough so that he could look down at her..

"Never doubt my love for you Keiko... No matter where I go or how long I'm gone know that I do love you... If you won't believe anything else just believe that."

"I believe you Yusuke... I'm sorry I doubted you. I (YAWNS) I love you too. " getting up on her tiptoes she gave him a chaste kiss.

Chuckling he said, "C'mon you early bird, let's get you to bed."

(ANOTHER YAWN) "Are you coming with me?"

He stepped back and started pulling her to the futon "you don't have to ask me twice"

Blushing fiercely when she FINALLY realized that he was as naked as the day he was born, "Um... Yusuke?"

Reaching the futon he turned, "huh?"

(More blushing) "umm... Why are you naked?"

He looked down at himself, he completely forgot about his state of undress... "Oh, I was changing when... Before you came in." He grabbed a pair of shorts out of his bag n chucked it on... "Is this better?"

She nodded but still didn't look at him.

They stood there, him next to the futon an her looking at the extra interesting wall awkwardly for a few mins before she yawned again.

"c'mon Keiko let's get some rest"

"Ohk" (YAWN)

Finally they got into bed an as Keiko was about to move to the opposite side of the bed Yusuke grabbed her around the waist pulling her right up against him. "You wanted to sleep together an sleep together we shall" she couldn't help the blush that flooded her face as she felt his very hard body pressed against hers . Neither could keep their eyes open for much longer so simultaneously they said "Goodnight, my Keiko" "Goodnight Yusuke" And with one last kiss she rested her head against his chest, they fell asleep.

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