"You asked that I care for her properly, so I have been doing as you asked," Yukimura said, leaning forward to brush a kiss against Kuronue's lips. He invoked the port-key and they found themselves outside the tea house, in the back of the garden where the trees and rocks would hide their arrival.

"Ah, so that is how you arrive," a soft voice, proper for a geisha, greeted them. "And, danna, it is good to see you well," she added with a bow for Kuronue. With her makeup, it was impossible to see her blush, but her eyes were definitely brighter, her pupils dilated as she looked at them.