Double-Blind
Double-Blind
Double-Blind
He's taking advantage of her, he thinks, when he corners her in the shower after a grueling battle and takes her in his arms. Taking advantage of her broken and wounded heart, of the gaps in her armour the Chief has never been able to close, of the yearning for her saviour that continues to burn in her heart.
He deceives her by whispering sweet words in her ears while his hands moved gently through her wet hair and over her slick skin, by kissing her under the torrent and being her hero, like he can't be for Aki.
It does not occur to him that after so many times, she has learned to take advantage of him in return.