Michi turned to observe Kouta as he slept. He looked so much her age, so innocent, for all he was four years older than she. She enjoyed her time with him like this, because for all his innocence he seemed to have an instinct for when something was troubling her and moved to help.
After her brother had taken her to the ruins of Helheim, she'd needed comforting. She'd somehow ended up in bed with him, though not without precautions - she, as a Kureshima, was on birth control, and she'd long stuck condoms around the place just in case anybody got any ideas. After all, she couldn't have someone's pregnancy cause Team Gaim to fall apart.
She alone carried the guilt about Yuuya. Kouta could never know that he'd unknowingly killed their friend and leader. She treasured his innocence, and she didn't want him to lose that endearing quality. She was trying to keep him away from the Inves and Yggdrasill and keep him safe. Even if he didn't like it for a little while, eventually he came to accept everything.
It was what endeared him to her.
Kouta had asked, hesitantly, if he could meet her family. She had demurred, knowing it was an awful idea. Even if her brother was allowing her to stay in Team Gaim as a mole, he would go ballistic if he found out she was dating one of the street rats she was supposedly observing. She'd sometimes entertained getting pregnant herself and marrying Kouta, but that would hurt Team Gaim, infuriate her brother, and force Kouta into the life she never wanted him to have at Yggdrasill - she wanted to see his gentle smile every morning, not one that cracked because of what was going on with Project Ark. As her husband, he would be part of a terrible project that would break him.
No, she wouldn't ask that of him.
Michi would keep Kouta as innocent as she could, because that was part of her duty to him and the team. Keep smiles in their faces and joy in their hearts. Her team loved her and she loved them back, and she'd do anything to keep that going.
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And while I'm at it....
Date: 2014-07-21 09:40 pm (UTC)After her brother had taken her to the ruins of Helheim, she'd needed comforting. She'd somehow ended up in bed with him, though not without precautions - she, as a Kureshima, was on birth control, and she'd long stuck condoms around the place just in case anybody got any ideas. After all, she couldn't have someone's pregnancy cause Team Gaim to fall apart.
She alone carried the guilt about Yuuya. Kouta could never know that he'd unknowingly killed their friend and leader. She treasured his innocence, and she didn't want him to lose that endearing quality. She was trying to keep him away from the Inves and Yggdrasill and keep him safe. Even if he didn't like it for a little while, eventually he came to accept everything.
It was what endeared him to her.
Kouta had asked, hesitantly, if he could meet her family. She had demurred, knowing it was an awful idea. Even if her brother was allowing her to stay in Team Gaim as a mole, he would go ballistic if he found out she was dating one of the street rats she was supposedly observing. She'd sometimes entertained getting pregnant herself and marrying Kouta, but that would hurt Team Gaim, infuriate her brother, and force Kouta into the life she never wanted him to have at Yggdrasill - she wanted to see his gentle smile every morning, not one that cracked because of what was going on with Project Ark. As her husband, he would be part of a terrible project that would break him.
No, she wouldn't ask that of him.
Michi would keep Kouta as innocent as she could, because that was part of her duty to him and the team. Keep smiles in their faces and joy in their hearts. Her team loved her and she loved them back, and she'd do anything to keep that going.