21: Cheating

"You really didn't expect this?" - Cloud asked as he looked closely at the woman he had cornered against the wall.

Yuriko simply shot him an angry glare before kissing his lips.

Cloud simply kissed her back as he hugged her waist.

Yuriko couldn't understand how things had ended this way.

Yes, the two of them had been more than just the boss's wife and underling, all thanks to an alcohol incident that happened when the blond was 15 years old.

Yuriko was a passionate woman, she longed to feel contact with her beloved, but the more time passed, the faster she noticed how little interest Soichiro had for this subject. She was frustrated, that's why she decided to drown her thoughts with alcohol, a mistake she still regretted. She ended up having sex with Cloud, who was celebrating the fact that he had finally killed his grandfather.

The next day, Yuriko realized her mistake and tried to kill Cloud because she couldn't let it come out. As a former government agent, and matriarch of a Yakuza clan, getting her hands dirty wasn't a problem, what she didn't expect was that the blond was much more skilled than she thought, which ended with her being subdued once again.

This caused something to awaken inside her, this feeling she thought she had long forgotten, the desire to be victorious, the same feeling that made her fall in love with Soichiro.

Fueled by her inner desire and her wish to remove this stain, Yuriko tried to kill Cloud more than once, ending up failing and the two of them spending a new night of passion.

She didn't know if her husband knew about this, or not, honestly she was a bit worried, but from his actions he didn't seem upset or anything like that, which left her confused.

Yuriko knew that Soichiro was not one of those people who took pleasure in seeing his wife being humiliated by someone else, but for the past few years he had been distant, as if he was also hiding something.

At first, Yuriko thought that he was also cheating on her, that's why she was overlooking these little encounters between her and the blond, but after investigating him a bit she didn't discover anything strange, which made her feel much worse and in the process, made her desires to kill the blond much wilder.

Cloud was aware of this, after all, he knew better than anyone how cold and calculating the patriarch of the Takagi clan was, that's why ever since his first encounter with Yuriko happened, he was alert to save his life, and had been so until now.

"Why hasn't Soichiro reacted until now?" - Cloud asked as he scowled at the sexy purple-haired woman beneath him. His desire to unleash his lust on her was gone because now was not the time to let his hormones get out of control.

"I don't know, that guilt has been eating me up inside, but this hunting feeling keeps me from stopping," Yuriko replied with a frown.

Cloud simply gave her a blank stare because it wasn't as if he could say anything to this woman, not when he was enjoying this dynamic as well. He wouldn't deny it, subduing someone as sexy and strong as Yuriko was making something inside of him come out, something that had been hidden for a long time and was finally being released.

Yuriko bit her lip, she knew she was a bad wife for enjoying sex with another man who was not her husband, a man who was the boy her beloved daughter was interested in, but the pleasure of battle was something she could not contain. She bit her lip before she felt her arousal begin to grow, though it quickly died down when she saw how the blond wasn't reacting - "You're still upset about how I abandoned you in the middle of the zombies."

"In the slightest, I understand your motives, as well as your desire to try to cut me out of your life, but you have to understand something, Yuriko" - Cloud said as he grabbed the woman by the cheeks. The experiences he had had in this world, had caused that with the "influence" of [Cloud Strife], his personality changed drastically. Shyness was unnecessary, compassion would only end up killing him, fear would only make him a victim like in the past.

Human beings could adapt to any situation if they had the will and the tools to do so, and Cloud possessed these two qualities to change himself to survive in this cruel world.

"Actions have consequences, and I'm willing to pay for mine, that's why I'm always on guard in case Soichiro tries to kill me, but here you are, trying to hide everything under the rug while enjoying failure" - Cloud said while caressing Saya's mother's delicate lips - "Why don't you just accept the truth? You're just trying to kill me because you know we'll both end up having the most passionate sex you've had in years!"

Yuriko frowned because even if she didn't want to admit it, this was true, she enjoyed the dynamic with Cloud - "You make me sound like a bad wife."

"A good wife wouldn't have sex with her daughter's romantic interest" - Cloud replied with disdain - "That aside, we'd better stop."

"Do you want to stop?" - Yuriko asked as she nodded - "I understand, I guess you're right, after all, I don't want to ruin my relationship with my daughter any further"

"It's good that we're both on the same page, Yuriko" - sighed Cloud as he saw that the conversation was going the right way - "I'll go talk to Soichiro though, after all, I'm sure he knows about us"

Yuriko simply nodded, though inside she was a little worried. If Cloud talked and her husband didn't know about the situation, then she would not only end up losing her husband, but also the boy who had made her arouse the lust inside her.

Cloud ignored the conflicted look from the purple-haired woman before shaking his head - "Since we got that out of the way, I guess now it's time to talk about business"

"Business?" - Yuriko repeated with a frown as she straightened her clothes and walked towards the desk - "Ok, talk."

Cloud ignored the sensual image this woman was giving him, and sat down on the couch with his legs crossed - "It's simple, I want you to give us our arms."

"Your arms?" - Yuriko repeated as she frowned even more - "You want to get out of here?"

"Yeah, this place is weird, I've only been here for a little over half an hour and I feel like this place is going straight to shit" - Cloud answered honestly.

Yuriko was silent before shaking her head - "Impossible, if I let you go, my daughter will come after you, that will put her in danger."

Cloud simply shrugged - "She's old enough to make her decisions."

"And as her mother I can ignore them if I know those decisions are going to put her in danger" - Yuriko replied as she slammed the desk - "I don't care if she hates me for it, but I'm not going to let her die because you don't want to see me anymore"

"I think you're overthinking, Yuriko, I'm not leaving because I don't want to see you, I'm leaving because this place doesn't suit us" - Cloud replied with a frown - "We are survivors, a team that's been through a lot together"

"You're students" - Yuriko replied neutrally.

Cloud let out a sigh before getting up because it was obvious that this woman wasn't going to budge, at least for now, so he decided it was better to retreat for now.

Yuriko watched as the blonde retreated with a complex look on her face, only to let out a sigh.

* * * * *

Cloud walked down the hallways of the mansion, when he heard the sound of a familiar voice, so he quickly walked in that direction and saw two men trying to drag a familiar woman away - "Do you mind?"

"Oh, shit!" - exclaimed the first man in terror at the sight of the young man in front of him - "Forget the woman, we're leaving!"

Cloud simply clicked his tongue when he saw how quickly they had escaped, so he focused his attention on the woman - "What are you doing here, Kyoko sensei?"

"I was looking for you, so we could talk about something important" - Kyoko replied as she let out a sigh when she saw that she was safe, all thanks to the boy she had been looking for.

"I understand, please follow me" - Cloud replied as he shook his head. He would talk to Soichiro later, this was more important.

Kyoko had a confused expression on her face, as if she was trying to come to a conclusion, though no matter how many minutes passed, she kept feeling how this answer was eluding her.