I smiled softly as I watched Shina sleep peacefully beside me. She was simply radiant as she lay there, her long hair fanned out around her. I gently pressed my lips to her forehead before climbing out of bed, careful not to wake her. She needed all the sleep she could get after last night. My smile turned into a smirk at the thought.

As I got dressed, I noticed the nearly full laundry bin. Perhaps I should take care of that while my princess was enjoying her sleep. Yes, that is a good idea. It would keep me from 'accidentally' waking her up, since I know if I stayed and watched her much longer, I might not be able to keep my hands to myself. Yes, I really needed to get out of here. Otherwise Shina would definitely be loosing sleep.

I made sure to close the door as quietly as possible when I left, the bag of laundry in tow. Maybe I could have fun waking her up if she was still sleeping when I got back...

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How lucky I am, she was still sleeping when I got back. I could feel the odd smile pulling at the corners of my lips as I ran slowly pulled the blankets down, exposing Shina's body to my eyes. I admired each and every bite and bruise that marked her as mine before slowly leaning in and trailing kisses across her skin. My fingers slowly trailed along her arms, from wrist to shoulder and back again before slowly grabbing hold and pulling her hands above her head.

"Shina.... Time to wake up My Love," I called softly into her ear, my body leaning over hers, trapping her beneath me. I watched closely as she began to stir beneath me, her eyes slowly opening to see me looking down at her.

"Huh? Wha's goin' on?" She mumbled, trying to pull her hands down to her face. I refused to release them however and she quickly widened her eyes, looking up at me with the cutest expression of shock on her face. "Leon?"

"Somebody has been keeping s-e-c-r-e-t-s~" I cooed to her, my eyes growing dark as I turned my head to the bag of freshly cleaned laundry, a shirt resting gently on top with various stains visible. I could feel her begin trembling beneath me as I moved my gaze back to her, watching as she stared wide eyed at the shirt.

"Leon..." She didn't even deny my words, not that it would have changed anything.

"Where did you go? Are you meeting someone? Am I not enough for you? Is it because I wasn't able to take you out when you wanted? Did you find someone else to spend your time with?!" I couldn't stop the words from rushing past my lips, the anger and desperation in my voice growing with each question I asked her.

I felt betrayed for a moment before understanding swept through me. It wasn't her fault. Someone must have found her, must have bewitched her innocent mind into following them outside. How did they get in? I had to find out how they had gotten in so I could make sure it never happened again! I couldn't let them come back and take Shina away from me!!

"Leon, it's not what it looks like, I swear! I needed to get outside to protect you! They were keeping us apart!" I could hear her words but they were fading into the background, like trying to listen to someone mumbling on the other side of a thick wall.

I let go of her wrists and climbed off the bed. Turning away from Shina's wide eyed stare, I began searching the room, looking closely for any sign of a way someone could have gotten in and found my precious doll, my Shina. I had to find it before he came back. I needed to protect my treasure from the thieves that would steal her away from me.

It took a while but I finally found the vent, half hidden behind a stack of boxes. I ignored Shina's protests as I went outside the room for a minute, grabbing tools from a closet just down the hall and coming back. A few minutes later, the vent was no longer an issue. Perhaps I should add a few new traps around the building, especially near any vents I might find...

"Don't worry Shina, I'll keep you safe. Nobody will be able to steal you away again. But you did leave without me, so I'm sorry but I'm afraid I do need to punish you. After all, whether you meant to or not, you hurt me."