Dreams

Ren awkwardly stood in the door way. “Enji… Are you sure i can stay here? I mean this is your house. I don’t want to invade…” Ren mumbled softly as Enji brought in her suitcases of stuff.

“I said it was okay.” He scoffs, short on his words. He wasn’t a big talker sometimes and his actions normally spoke more than his own words. Ren appreciated that mostly. But in this situation….

“Enji.. seriously. I don’t wanna make your kids more awkward then i already have.” Ren pleaded softly once again. “I know you don’t live with them anymore but I… I don’t want them thinking the worst of me.” She sighed and ran her hand through her hair as Enji looked over his shoulder.

“They already think the worst of me and you- might as well come in.” He bluntly told her, making her wince.

“Great. Love that.”

He set down her bag in the living room and looked over at her , biting her lip anxiously. “Ren. They think the worst of me. And they already think I’m replacing their mother with you. But it doesn’t matter much does it?”

Ren sighed. “I guess not. If they don’t like me I guess that's fine…” She lied, already thinking about what they were telling others about her. That she was a home wrecker. That she was a sugar baby. That she was just using Enji for money and power. She hated all that. She heard enough of it since they made their relationship public.

Enji noticed her staying quiet. He walked up to her and tucked her hair behind her ear fin.

“You’re beautiful.” He muttered , his gruff tone made it colder than he probably intended. She leaned into his hand and looked up at him with pleading green eyes.

“I just am tired of the drama. I want to go back to just pretending i was a good hero. And not just put in the top 50 of heroes because of who my father is.”

“That isn’t true.”

“I don’t even know anymore Enji! How many string did he pull to get me where I’m at today? I know he pulled strings while me and Hawks were a thing, a fake fling, but still a thing to the public.” She sighed and backed away from his hand.

Enji frowned.

“Ren. You’re being unreasonable.” He deadpanned before going back outside for more of her belongings.

She sighed and flopped down on the couch, frustrated with how life was treating her. How it always treated her. Enji started to bring in more things from her car and placed them in the living room for a brief moment.

“I’m going to put them in our room. Let me know what should stay out here.”

She blinked for a moment. “Our room?”

He turned around and stared at her like she was crazy. “OUR Room. Yes.” He rolled his eyes and started towards the bedroom.

Ren flushed and buried her face into the pillow as she muffled her screaming. She flailed her legs as she thought about sharing a full ass room with Enji. He came back out and sighed contently seeing her out of her funk.

“Beloved… Are you done fangirling?” He asked , watching her grow red once more as she looked up at him.

“Y-ye-yeah. Sorry babe.” She looked away embarrassed but pulled herself off the couch and grabbed a bag to carry to the bedroom. Their bedroom. Their SHARED bedroom. She wondered if they had two beds in there already or if she should have brought her bed from her house.

Walking into the room she made note of where her bed would go. “So when should I bring my bed over?” She asked innocently sitting her bag down on the bed. Enji walked up behind her and placed his hands on her hips. He leaned down and whispered into her ear.

“Do we really need two beds?” He asked her in his deep, rough voice. Ren blushed heavily, spreading her blush over her ear fins. She stammered for a moment as he stayed close to her body.

He looped his fingers through her belt loops and pulled her closer to him.

“You’re my beloved. I don’t think you are aware of this but we can share a bed. We are sharing this house- we can share a bed.” He kissed her neck , making her spine shiver with how rough his beard was against her skin. She hummed softly and reached up to run a hand through his hair as he held her close, kissing her softly.

“I love you Enji.”

“I love you too Ren.”

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Enji woke up slowly and looked at the empty bed beside him. It was all a dream. A really nice dream but still a dream. He had been having these a lot lately. Either with ren or his children forgiving him over time. She was so nice to him. He didn’t deserve Ren. He really didn’t. He was a terrible father and even worse husband to Rei. What did Ren even see in him? Sure he was strong and could protect her but she definitely saw something else in him. Something he guessed he couldnt see himself.

He grabbed his cell phone and scrolled for Ren's number, calling her.

“Hello?” A tired feminine voice on the other end responded after a few rings.

“Morning. I’ll get you for patrols today.”He grumbled into the phone, sitting up in bed.

“Hmmm okay.” She hummed sounding still sleepy, like he had just woken her up. “Hey… when should we tell people about us?” She asked softly, sleep still in her voice.

“We can discuss that later Ren.” He told her abrupt. “I’m going to get ready. You better get ready too.”

Enji felt his face get warm as they hung up. He wasn’t use to this at all. He wanted to make her his officially. But he was worried. He didn’t want to ruin her like he did everything else he touched. But he was going to try at least. He wanted to redeem himself. He even had Rei’s approval over letters about him and Ren, telling him to not worry about what she thought and that she could see the difference that Ren was making on the man. The positive difference was outstanding to her it seemed for her to go in great detail about how much her husband had changed because of this young lady.

Enji got up out of bed , getting dressed and headed towards the door when his phone went off. He wasn’t needed for patrol and neither was Ren. He looked at himself in the mirror near the door. He could always take her out on a date and make it public….