She couldn’t do it. He was so warm and comforting. She felt herself melt against him and heard his soft sigh. Trying one last time, Kyoko asked, “Are you sure it really happened?”
Shinbe gave a soft smile that she couldn’t see as he rubbed his cheek against her silky hair. “I could tell you every detail… if you wanted me to.”
Kyoko huffed against his chest, “Please, don’t.” Her gaze locked on his shoulder seeing the dim glow coming from deep inside him. “Shinbe, we have a problem,” she whimpered.
Shinbe just kept holding her as long as she was letting him. “We have many problems, my dear,” he smirked at his own joke.
“How did you get the wound in your shoulder?” she asked, wondering if she was right.
“Somehow, Hyakuhei was real inside the dream. I pissed him off, and one of his exten
