13. Harboring A Criminal

Yuki couldn’t understand what she was doing was crime, the fact she was harboring a criminal would lead to death. Not just any criminal an S-rank missing nine, an Akatsuki member. But yet she still welcomed him to her home every time he arrived. She would still heal him when he was battered and broken. She would aid him when he needed food, water and a place to rest.

She found herself caring more for him each time he would stop by. Each time they touched her heart went racing, for a harsh killer he had such a soft touch. Every time they kissed her mind went racing wanting more, his kisses her sweet. When they would make love she found herself at peace with his gentle touch and seductive words.

The thing she loved the most though was not his soft touches or sweet kisses or gentle touch not even seductive words. No…it much simpler than that, the reason she was continuing on with such misdemeanor. No…she was attached to his smile and his secret kind heart.

His kind heart was shown on rare occasions helping injured ninja’s and bringing them back to her so she could make medication. He would disguise himself as her husband using transformation jutsu to change his face and hid his chakra.  He would bring her flowers when no one was looking or hold her gently on thunderous night protecting her.

His smile was even rarer, one that he rarely showed to anybody not even to her. She had made a game with teasing the criminal trying to see if he could smile. Telling jokes but missing the punchline, telling him the trouble her family would sometimes cause or just lying next to him listening to his heartbeat. He would whisper into her hair, that being around her made him happy.
He was more than a prince he was a knight, with red clouds. He was the man with the stoic face and the dark past with hidden secrets. The man that protected her despite knowing her dark history surrounded in sin. He still accepted her protected her and she wished to do the same thing with him.  

She has forced herself into an illusion of a make believe family with this man. It cannot be he was a criminal she was harboring. He wanted her to stay loyal to the village have a safe place to stay if anything were to happen to him and he couldn’t be there for her.
She loved him.