Hinari nibbled at the strawberry in Zaki's mouth. Her warm breath was touching his skin and he could feel her lips getting so close to his. Zaki's heart was already beating loudly and when their lips were just millimeters away, he felt like his heart was about to stop. He didn't know why but this was making him so flustered. She was just so seductive and he felt like he was being teased by her again that he wanted to just pin her down right now and have his way with her.

When their lips were about to collide, Hinari suddenly pulled away as she savored the fruit she ate, leaving Zaki sitting there with half a strawberry still between this teeth with intensely creased brows.

He then let the last half of the strawberry fall inside his mouth when Hinari gasped. Before Zaki could start to chew the fruit in his mouth, Hinari kissed him. She poked her tongue inside his mouth to retrieve the fruit.

This caused Zaki's brain to almost shut down. Her tongue was so deep in his mouth and before he knew it, his tongue responded as he refused to let her take the fruit away. Their tongue ended up playing naughtily as they fought for the fruit.

However, in the end, Zaki let her take it. Well, their kiss ended up so damn erotic, it turned him hard so Zaki could only back off.

As a result, the pervert girl seemed to be satisfied.

"Haha, I won. Yay! This is so damn delicious," she giggled as she savored the strawberry in her mouth, not noticing that Zaki was so flustered that he turned his back against her.

She then looked at Zaki and she was about to jump on him again when Zaki suddenly stood up. He faced her and he pinned her down on the bed.

Hinari was of course surprised. Hmm? Are you going to kiss me back beauty, my love?

As Hinari happily anticipated a kiss from him, Zaki suddenly wrapped her with the blanket, causing her eyes to widen.

"Beauty, what are you-"

"You still need to sleep, so behave."

"Huh? I'm alright now. Let me go."

"No, the doctor said you need to deal with your fatigue and stress or else you will faint again."

"I fainted because I saw you blush, not because of that!" Hinari continued protesting as she struggled to remove the blanket when Zaki leaned in on her. His lips were so close to her ear as he spoke.

"Don't be stubborn. You have to sleep and get a full rest so you won't faint again when I confess to you, understand?" he said sweetly and Hinari felt like her heart was just tickled, causing her to turn red. Well, it was true that she still felt like her body was a bit heavy. She'd been sleep deprived lately thinking about Zaki so she knew that the doctor's diagnosis, according to Zaki, was true. The stress of knowing about Zaki's situation also affected her mental state so much that no matter how much she denied it, she really did need to recharge. Hearing him speak about his most awaited confession also silenced her. It was as if Zaki finally found a magic phrase all of a sudden that made her obedient. 'It'd be really bad if I faint right? What if he confessed that he still needed time? I really need to gather my strength so that I'll be strong enough to pounce on him and drag him straight to the bed if he dared to say something unfavorable!'

Hinari suddenly looked determined and her hand on him finally loosened.

"Okay, I get it. I will sleep. But you need to stay with me," she said as she grabbed his hand, leaving Zaki without any choice but to do as she wanted. He then laid beside her as Hinari stared at him.

Gladly, Hinari gradually fell asleep after a few minutes.

Zaki slowly raised his hand and he teased her by poking the little sexy mole below her left eye. When she didn't wake up, he sighed with relief. He then slowly rose but when he attempted to retrieve his hand, his brows knotted. It was because Hinari's grip was really tight that she seemed to be so determined to never let go even in her sleep. 'Hinari, you need to let me go. How can I even prepare my confession if you glue me to you like this?'

As Zaki started to think about a remedy, a certain memory flashed across his mind and invisible drops of sweat could only fall from his head. He remembered that time when he helped Sei get away from Davi's grip that night long ago and it seemed like he might have do that same thing to Hinari as well. 'Indeed, history tends to repeat itself, huh.'

Wasting no time, Zaki then sent a message to Kaide to bring him a teddy bear.