Harumi was dazzled by his beauty for a moment. She composed herself quickly and stared him down. His face gave away nothing, she didn't know what he was thinking or feeling. The only thing she did know was that she wasn't going to lose this staring contest. Harumi had the feeling they were staring at each other without saying a word for ages. Finally Nobunaga caved. He sighted, rubbed his temples and walked further in the room.
"Nice to officially meet you..." Nobunaga begun between gritted teeth.
"Yeah..." Harumi answered equally exited. Nobunaga took a deep breath but before he could say anything Harumi cut him of. "If you think I'm going to sleep with you, you are wrong. I know you are a vile person and I didn't choose for this, so make yourself scarce." She began angrily.
"Like I would want to sleep with such a disgusting person as yourself!" Nobunaga spat out. "You are way to ugly to ever find a lover and your manners are worse than a farmers daughter!" He continued. Harumi gasped. It wasn't that boys where head over heels for her or that se was a super model or so, but she never had any complaints about her looks, and people always complimented her on her manners! She felt steam coming out of her ears. She was so mad at this man!
"So, then what are you doing here? Go to a place where they want your company, hell or something!" Harumi yelled angrily. Nobunaga balled his hands into fists. She was so mad and he had to use all his strength to not lunge at the woman.
"Unlike you I have proper manners and I won't dirty my own, or yours for that matter, name and not sleep in the same bedroom. But don't worry, I don't intend to touch even a strand of your hair. I don't want to get sick." Nobunaga finally said after a few deep breaths. Harumi's tension lessend. She couldn't care less what this guy thought of her, as long as he wouldn't do anything indecent. The fact that he found her despicable was actually a big help. Since he didn't want to do anything, see didn't have to be as on guard as she thought she had to be.
"Fine, you take the futon, I'll take the blanked." Se said. Harumi walked to the bed and grabbed the blanked and a pillow. Nobunaga watched her for a moment before he approached her and eventually sat on the futon. Harumi burrito'ed herself in the blanked and laid down on the tatami floor next to the futon. although the blanked what pretty thick and the tatami mats softer than modern day floors she still wasn't very comfortable. The floor was cold and hard. After five minutes she already felt her bones and muscles screaming in pain. Next to her she heard Nobunaga tossing and turning as well.
Finally Harumi caved. "I can't sleep, the floor is too hard." She sighted.
"I'm cold..." Nobunaga said after a while.
"Okay, lets share the futon and blanked, but stay on our own sides." Harumi proposed.
"That sounds fair." Nobunaga answered. Harumi rolled out of the blanked and crawled to the futon. Carefully she laid down on the far end while she tossed the blanked over herself and Nobunaga. She couldn't remember the last time she shared a bed with anyone and she had never shared a bed with a male that wasn't related to her. Even just laying next to Nobunaga made her palms sweaty and her heart beat faster. She didn't dare to move and hardly dared to breath. Although she was very uncomfortable she noticed that Nobunaga also lay completely still.
"So... Good night..." Nobunaga said after a while.
"Sleep well..." Harumi whispered. After a short while she felt Nobunaga more relaxing and short after she heard his steady breath what ment he was asleep. Finally all the exhaustion from the day caught up with her and she felt extremely sleepy. Somewhere she still hoped this was all some messed up dream but she knew that wasn't it. She sighted and rolled on her stomach. It didn't take long before Harumi herself was also fast asleep.
A new chapter! We're still in the beginning and 'set up' of the story, but soon there will be more action, romance, treachery, intrigue and all kinds of fun stuf! please comment and rate this chapter!