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Shion awoke, her lower back aching slightly. She had been awakened the same way for the past few nights, and she knew it had simply to do with her pregnancy. It sometimes helped her to walk around for a bit, so she slid out of Jr.’s embrace quickly and quietly, praying she wouldn’t awaken him as well. He had been sleeping much more soundly since they had started sharing a bed, and she didn’t want to disrupt that. She dropped a kiss on his sleeping lips and then stole from the cabin. Her destination was the bridge, as it had been the other nights she had woken from a sound sleep to that slight ache. With everyone sleeping, she could stand and watch out the window, searching for something she knew she wouldn’t see. She folded her arms across her chest, her emerald eyes despondent, and looked out silently.
Some time after Shion had crept from the room, Jr.’s blue eyes opened slowly. His arms felt empty, and he supposed that could have been what had roused him from his sleep. “Shion?” he murmured, not expecting an answer. Not receiving one, he quickly became alert and shot to a sitting position. His eyes searched the softly lit cabin, but there was no sign of Shion. Mary was sleeping peacefully in her bed across the way, but Jr. barely spared her a glance, being that she wasn’t the one he was looking for. He got to his feet and, without bothering to throw on a shirt, left the cabin in search of Shion.
He and Shion usually had a talent for knowing where the other was at nearly any given time, and his instinct was telling him that she was on the bridge. He had no idea why she would be there at this time of night, but he didn’t question that she was indeed there. He hurried toward it and, once through the door, was rewarded with the sight of Shion standing very still, her eyes focused toward the space they were traveling through. He was about to go to her when he heard her speak. Apparently she hadn’t heard him enter the room, because she wasn’t addressing him. “Are you out there somewhere, KOS-MOS? I know you must be, but I wish that I could see you again. There’s so much happening, and I miss being able to talk to you about things.” She lowered her head, and although Jr. saw her shoulders begin to shake, indicating she was crying, he thought it best to wait and see if she was done talking aloud to KOS-MOS.
“Jr. and I talked about the possibility of it being you on that planet,” she said, the tears thickening her voice. “While we both agreed it was likely, I wasn’t entirely honest with him when I acted like it didn’t matter that we couldn’t know for sure. I wanted to be able to see you, KOS-MOS. Why didn’t you let me?” Here she broke down entirely, and her sobs wrenched at Jr.’s heart. He took the few steps forward to reach her and slipped his arms around her waist. She gave a small squeak and jumped in his arms. “Jr.! You scared me to death! Why didn’t you say anything?”
He settled his chin on her shoulder, so he could talk near her ear. “Because I thought you deserved the time to speak with her. I didn’t want to intrude upon you, but you know I can’t stand to see you cry.” He was quiet for a few seconds. “You didn’t have to act as though you weren’t upset about not knowing for sure. I know how special she was and still is to you, sweetheart.”
She turned her head toward him. “We had no way of knowing, so was there really sense in dwelling on it? I thought my feelings would fade over time, but I guess I was wrong. I miss her, Jr., so very much.”
He turned her in his arms. “I know you do, and that’s totally understandable. If there was a way for me to give you what you’re looking for, you know I would give it to you in an instant.” Bringing a hand up to stroke her sleep-tousled hair, he said softly, “She’s looking over you, wherever she is now. We’ll see her again, and you can tell her everything you’re feeling now. I swear that to you.”
She knew he couldn’t possibly know that for certain, but the fact that he was so fervent in his promise made her smile at him. “Listening to you reminds me of just why I love you so much, Gaignun Kukai Jr. You have an amazingly big heart, and you want me to be happy. I know you can’t promise that for sure, but the fact that you’re willing to make me that promise makes me love you so much more than should be possible.” She brought her mouth to his in a soft but passion-infused kiss.
Jr. felt her hands slide up his bare chest, and then she pressed close to him. The cool satin of her pajama top came in contact with his suddenly overheated skin. “Oh Jesus, Shion,” he groaned as her mouth drifted to his ear to nibble gently at it. He knew very well what she was trying to do, and that was attempting to bury herself in the passion only he could bring her because it would cause her to forget her sadness for the moment. He wanted to keep a clear head so that they could deal with her feelings, but that was becoming increasingly difficult as her mouth trailed down his neck on an obvious path toward his nipple. Before she could reach the destination, however, he grabbed her by the shoulders, forcing her to stand straight.
“Shion, this is not the way to deal with what you’re feeling. You know I love you, and I would have no problem with doing what you seem to be insisting on. You’re using it to avoid dealing, though. That’s not what I want to happen. Shion!” he said reproachfully as her hands drifted over his chest again, and she used a fingernail to flick the nipple she’d been denied before.
“I don’t want to think, Jr.,” she said quietly, and her hand suddenly moved southward. He sucked in a breath as that very hand hit the waistband of his boxers. “I just want to feel, and what I want to feel is you. I want to feel you on me, and over me, and inside me.” Her hand plunged inside the boxers to grasp him, and Jr.’s mind went perfectly blank on just why he was trying to convince her this shouldn’t be happening.
With a growl, he retaliated in kind by lowering his hand to her leg and sliding it slowly up the inside of her thigh. The satin shorts she was wearing didn’t provide much protection when his hand cupped her. She stiffened and her hand stilled upon him. “I give in, sweetheart. But with my giving in, I want you to agree to something you’ve never let me do before. You’ve told me you wouldn’t want to kiss me afterward, and I’ve tried reassuring you that you’ll be so caught up in the pleasure of it, you won’t even think about it. I’m saying this time that I won’t take no for an answer.”
Her eyes met his, and in them, he could already see her denial. Moving his hand away from the apex of her thighs, he slid it under the satin pajama top to cup her breast. “If you don’t like it,” he said in a low voice, “I’ll never do it again. You’ll never know if you don’t find out, though.” He used the pad of his thumb to caress her nipple, and she made a tiny noise in the back of her throat. Her head tilted back, and he seized the opportunity to bring his lips to her throat. He kissed the hollow at the base of it, all the while continuing to stroke her nipple with his thumb. He trailed tiny, nipping kisses along her throat to her ear, where he used his tongue to outline the rim of it. While his one hand remained on her breast, idly toying with the nipple, his other hand began to work surreptitiously at freeing her from the satin pajama shorts.
With a small moan, she brought her hand to rest on the one of his that was trying to bare her to his view. “No, I don’t want you to do that. Jr., you promised me that you would never do that because of how I felt about it.” Her hand slid off his because he had now abandoned sneaking the shorts off her for sliding his hand inside them and cupping it against the core of her. “I don’t want…” she trailed off as his finger brushed against the small nubbin hidden from him. Her back instantly arched, bringing their bodies into full contact again.
“How do you know?” he whispered in her ear. “You haven’t even had a taste of it, sweetheart. I just want to give you a different kind of pleasure for once. Let me try it.” He gave the center of her pleasure another gentle nudge with his finger, and she jammed her mouth against his to contain her cry. Taking advantage of the sudden kiss, he allowed his tongue to snake inside her mouth while he moved his fingers toward her opening, which had grown rather damp. Touching his tongue to hers, he moved one finger inside. She showed no reaction, and so he added another finger, causing her to shift restlessly against him. He drew her tongue into his mouth and sucked on the tip of it as he withdrew his fingers, only to bring them back slightly deeper than before.
She gave a sobbing breath when he removed his hand from her shorts entirely. “Shion, I know I promised, but you know I would never do a thing to hurt you. If you’ll let me try this, you might find out just why I’ve been wanting to do it to you. Come on, sweetheart,” he cajoled, taking her chin in hand and giving her another thorough kiss that left her breathless.
When she could finally draw enough breath to answer him, she said unevenly, “If I don’t like it, you won’t ever try to convince me to do it again?” He nodded, and leaning her cheek into his hand, she whispered, “Then I want you to do as you wish. And if I say no along the way, I want you to stop immediately.”
Jr. was speechless. He’d never honestly thought Shion would give in and allow him to do what he wanted. Taking a minute to recover, he gave her one last out. “Are you sure you want me to? I know I said I wouldn’t accept no for an answer, but I would do anything for you.” Her slight nod was enough for him. Sliding his finger into the stretchy waistband of the satin shorts, he gave them a tug. Shion gave a small gasp when he divested her of them due to the sudden cool air swirling around her lower area. He pulled her close, close enough that she could feel his desire for her, and she looked into his eyes. “I’ll be okay,” he said with a low laugh. “I’m more interested in doing this before you change your mind on me.” He lifted her arms up so he could also remove the pajama top. “We’ve got all night, though, so I plan on making you good and comfortable.”
She started to fold her arms across her chest, but Jr. stopped her. “No, I want to be able to look my fill. You are absolutely gorgeous, do you know that?” He could see her trembling, and he thought it best if he didn’t go straight to what he wanted to do. He needed to relax her first. She was so tense at the thought of what he was going to do that she would never be able to enjoy the experience. He trailed a finger across her neck and then down to the valley between her breasts. He could see how pregnancy had begun to change them. The tips had grown darker and they also seemed to be slightly fuller than before. He cupped the right one in his hand and then lowered his head. Shion gave a throaty cry when he drew the nipple into his mouth and began to suckle.
His free arm tightened around her waist, and he heard her making small sounds as he flicked his tongue against her nipple. She arched into him when he nipped lightly at it. He heard her breathing turn into panting, and some of the tension left her body. He switched his attention to her other breast, pulling that nipple into his mouth and using his tongue and teeth to heighten her arousal. He slowly maneuvered her back against the terminal that Shelley usually worked on, so she would have something to lean against. His free hand trailed down her side, raising gooseflesh along the skin as he passed. He splayed his hand against her stomach for a minute or so, relishing the fact that his child was growing within. Then his hand continued on, brushing against the nest of curls at the top of her thighs.
His fingers parted her and stroked her gently but deliberately. He wanted her to be liquid in his arms when he attempted what he wanted to do. The panting became heavier as he continued to stroke her, and he left off suckling at her breast. He looked into her face to see her eyes were closed, and her mouth was open as she panted. He slowly removed his fingers and heard her cry at the loss. “Shhh, sweetheart,” he told her softly. “We’re getting there.” He made a trail of kisses starting from her throat and, as he knelt down, ending at her stomach just above the dark nest of curls. He felt no resistance from her at that point and prayed it would stay that way as he took hold of her ankle.
Her emerald eyes opened, and she gazed down at him with those eyes slightly unfocused. “Jr.?” she said, her tone questioning.
He bestowed a kiss upon the ankle he held. “Just trust me. I know what I’m doing.” He took her leg and put it over his shoulder and then gazed up at her. “You won’t be sorry for this, sweetheart.” Fingers swiftly parting her once more, he brought his mouth to her hot dampness. He heard her wail as his tongue touched that small nubbin nestled within. Satisfaction flowing throughout him because of that wail, he drew that bundle of nerves into his mouth for a brief time. Feeling her start to shudder, he quickly released it, not wanting her to go quite yet. He wanted to prolong the pleasure for a little while for her, and so he brought his tongue to her hot, moist opening. He touched his tongue to it, tasting her first. He was heady from the fact that she had allowed him to do this, and now the smell of her arousal was combining with that fact to make him want to take her fast and hard. For the sake of showing her just how wonderful other expressions of pleasure could be, he put a damper on that feeling and thrust his tongue inside.
Shion threw her head back and let loose a scream at feeling Jr.’s tongue exploring her so intimately. He thrust his tongue in and out for a bit, simulating the sex act, and then kept it within her, simply tasting her as the dampness grew. He returned to the small knob of nerves to nip at it, and was rewarded with Shion shuddering hard. From that shudder, he knew she wouldn’t be able to last much longer. With her constantly shifting hormones from the pregnancy, she was extremely sensitive and given to orgasm quickly. This was probably the longest time so far he’d been able to hold her back. Locking his hand behind the knee of the leg not over his shoulder, he gave the nubbin a flick of his tongue and again she shuddered. With a self-satisfied grin, he decided to finish the work at hand. He sucked hard on the small nubbin of flesh and with a loud moan, Shion gave in to the feelings flooding her body.
As she came, her knees gave out, the exact reason why Jr. had locked his hand behind the one, and he used his shoulder to support the other leg. He kept her upright as his tongue captured as much of her wetness as it could. Only then did he allow her to collapse beside him, and now needing to prove a point to her, he took her in his arms and kissed her hard. His tongue swept her mouth, and he was slightly surprised but very pleased when she dazedly returned the kiss as she slid her arms around his neck. Shion had been right in that she could taste herself in Jr.’s kiss, but he had been just as right in that it ended up not mattering. She threaded her fingers through his red hair as her tongue warred with his. She nipped at his, and satisfaction again poured through his body as she sat herself atop him, pressing against him wantonly. He pulled back long enough to say, “I take it you’re not as satisfied as I thought?” and then their mouths met again in furious passion.
When they parted, Jr. saw a strange look in Shion’s eyes that he’d never seen before. “What are you thinking?” he asked her curiously.
A slow blush worked its way across her face. “Nothing,” she replied evasively. She shifted a bit in his lap, and he fought back a groan. Her eyes shot to his. “Aren’t you uncomfortable?” She placed a hand on his chest and slowly moved it down, keeping her eyes on his the entire time. Her hand slid under the waistband of his boxers to grasp him loosely. “You can’t tell me you’re not uncomfortable, Jr.”
Biting his lip, he had to force himself not to take hold of the hand now lightly stroking his stiffened member and move it more rapidly. He said thickly, “It was more than worth my being uncomfortable to do what I did. Once you recover a bit, I’m thinking of relieving it in a way that’s pretty satisfying to us both.” Drawing a deep breath and blowing it out, he stopped the motion of her hand regretfully. “If you keep that up, though, I won’t be responsible for what happens.”
She was silent for a moment, and he took that time to remove her hand from his boxers. He was near the brink himself, and her innocent stroking would simply speed along the process. He certainly didn’t want to make a fool of himself by losing control right in her hand. If he was going to lose control, he would do so when she was above him and moving upon him just the way he liked. Before Shion, he had always wanted to be the one on top, but with her, he preferred having her above him most of the time so he could watch her face as she slowly gave in to the pleasure he brought her. Returning to himself, he saw that very same look he’d seen before in her eyes once again. Brushing her hair behind her ear, he leaned in to nibble gently at that ear and whisper in it, “That look doesn’t entail ‘nothing,’ sweetheart. Tell me what’s going through that mind of yours.”
The pretty pink blush deepened, and she lowered her head to avoid his gaze. “I was just thinking about something, that’s all. But I’m sure you wouldn’t want me to do it, since I’ve never done it before, and you’ve probably had lots of other women who are much better than me do it to you plenty of times, and -” She was rambling, and he placed a hand to her mouth with a smile to stop her.
“What are you even talking about? I can’t say that I was quite following that line of thought because you were talking so rapidly, and you had your head down. How about you tell me so I can hear you?” Lowering his hand to her chin, he lifted her head up to meet her eyes. They slid away from his, her embarrassment plainly obvious even without the blush coloring her face. “Hey, it’s me you’re talking to, sweetheart. You don’t have to be afraid to tell me.” His mouth claimed hers, and he gave her lower lip a slight nip, stifling a groan when even that small action shot through him and caused him more discomfort.
After the kiss had ended, Jr. having pulled back slightly prematurely due to his body’s response to it, she met his eyes a little shyly. “I liked what you did to me, just like you said I would. I was wondering if you would enjoy it just as much if I were to do that to you.” Her lower lip began to tremble. “I’ve never done that kind of thing before, though. My relationship with Kevin had just progressed to the sexual level when he died.” She saw Jr.’s eyes blaze when she mentioned Kevin’s name. She knew very well how much he hated Kevin for what he had put her through, and she also knew he hated being reminded that she had made love with Kevin. She rushed to say, “So you know my sexual experience is limited. I’m afraid I won’t measure up to the countless women who have come before me and done that to you.”
Jr. eyed her with sudden suspicion. If he wasn’t mistaken, he’d heard a note of jealousy in her voice when she’d spoken of the other women he’d been with. He curled his hand around the back of her neck. “I’d prefer it if you didn’t talk as though I’m not happy with our sexual life. You don’t need to measure up to them. They don’t matter to me anymore, and if you’d like to know the truth, none of them ever did. All it ever was with them was sex, Shion,” he said bluntly. “With you, it’s a helluva lot more special.”
She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. “You’re not just saying that to make me feel better, are you?”
He tightened his one arm around her waist. “No, and you know me well enough to know I wouldn’t do that. If you want to try it, I certainly wouldn’t object to it.” He winked at her, and she hid a smile behind her hand. Then he said seriously, “I don’t want you to feel you have to, though. I didn’t do what I did, expecting something in return. It was just something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time, to show you how much I love you.”
She caressed his cheek with her hand. “I know that, and I still want to try, Jr. I can’t guarantee I’ll be any good at it, but I want to see if I can give you the pleasure you just gave me.” Her eyes lowered to his boxers. “You’ll have to lose those, though.”
Jr. gave her a sly smile. “I think you should help me take them off. First things first, however. We both need to get up off this slightly cold floor.” He helped her to her feet after he’d gotten to his, hardly daring to believe she was willing to try something else new. Immediately her hands went to the red boxers, and he laughed slightly at her eagerness. “When you take something into your head, you go all out on it, don’t you?”
She gave him a sexy look. “You’ll soon find out, won’t you?” Catching her meaning, he stiffened as she dropped the boxers in a small, silky pool at his feet. Her eyes lowering, the shyness seemed to return for a moment as she took in the sight of him. “Um, that’s a bit more than I thought. Are you sure this will work?”
He ran his fingers through her soft hair. “It’ll work, trust me. We don’t have any issues when we make love, do we? If it’s too much for you, we can stop right away.”
She giggled a little. “For someone who’s stuck in a fourteen-year-old body for the time being, you’re rather well-equipped, you know. I guess I’ve just never taken notice until now.”
He raised an eyebrow at her. “That’s kinda disheartening. All of this time, and you’re just noticing this now?”
“I’ve never really had the chance to take much notice,” she defended herself. “I wouldn’t ever attempt this before, so we always made love normally. Of course, I did note that you were…” She trailed off, but the sight of his curious face caused her to continue. “My body had to adjust to you much more than it did Kevin.”
Jr. chuckled. “So I’m better-equipped than Kevin was, huh? I could say I’m bothered by the thought of that, but I’d be lying.” His startled gaze flew to her eyes as she pushed him firmly back against the same terminal he’d had her against. “You really are serious, aren’t you?” he breathed.
Her mouth moved to his ear, her soft breathing sending pleasurable chills up his spine. “I am very serious. Now let’s just hope my seriousness makes up for my lack of experience.” She kissed down the side of his neck and then followed in her hands’ path as they made their way down his chest. Her mouth stopped at his flat nipple, however, and he shuddered as she raked it gently with her teeth. “Just taking what I was denied before,” she said softly and moved to his other nipple, tonguing it a little roughly. His groan shot through her, and she liked the thought that what she was doing pleased him. Although she had no complaints, Jr. tended to focus on her pleasure more than his own, so she didn’t often have the chance to do things like this to him.
She slowly kissed down his chest and arrived at his stomach. “It must be nice to have a flat stomach,” she said a little enviously.
His mind was reeling slightly from the thought of what she intended to do and what she’d already been doing, so it took him some time to be able to form actual words. “I like your rounded belly just fine,” he said unsteadily. “There’s a very special reason behind it. Jesus Shion!” He jumped slightly as her hand took hold of his steadily stiffening member. His erection had faded slightly as they’d spoken, but it was now returning with a vengeance as her mouth trailed light kisses over his stomach in her quest. She ran her fingernails over the velvety firmness, and he shivered. “For someone with no experience, you know precisely what to do to drive me crazy,” he managed to say.
She said unsurely, “You wouldn’t say that just to make me think I’m doing something right, would you?” The fingernail of her thumb gently scraped the tip and he clenched his teeth together to hold his shout in.
“No,” he ground out. “I most…definitely would not…do that.” His eyes closed involuntarily as her fingernails trailed over his length again. “How the hell do you do that to me, just by touching me? Oh goddamn, Shion,” he groaned as she stroked the underside. His hands hit the panel of the computer terminal. He’d had many a woman in the same kneeling position Shion had assumed, but not one of them had had the power over him that she did. She hadn’t even brought her mouth to him yet, and already he was so hot and flushed he wasn’t sure he’d be able to withstand her doing so.
Her mouth moved lower on his stomach, and he felt her hand grasp him firmly. He reined in the sudden impulse he had to pull her to her feet and press her back against the terminal only to bury himself deep within her. He had to allow her to do this, simply because she’d wanted to. He felt her warm breath caress him, and he sucked in a deep breath only to let it out in a hoarse shout when her mouth surrounded him with hot wetness. Her tongue timidly touched the tip of his now throbbing member, licking the tiny slit and eliciting a drop of moisture from it. Jr. shuddered and pulled his hands off of the terminal to plunge them into her hair. He wanted nothing more than to pour his life into that hotness, but with extreme difficulty, he managed to convey to his body that it was not quite time yet.
She drew him deeper into her mouth, her tongue teasing the underside with small flicks against it. His hands tightened on her hair, but he kept enough sense about him to not tighten them too much. He had no wish to hurt her. He tilted his head back with a groan when she began nipping at him. None of the tiny bites were painful, but they were certainly wreaking havoc on his nervous system. Then she began slowly moving her mouth up and down his aching self, and the suction that created caused him to start panting. Shion was quite obviously a novice at this, but her need to please him transferred to what she was doing. Trying to be careful not to scare her, he thrust into her mouth but not deeply.
Her arms slid around the tops of his legs to bring him closer, and she continued to suck upon him. He was about to pull out of her mouth when she moved it back over him, toward the tip again. She seemed fascinated with the slit there, because she touched her tongue to it yet again. She held her tongue there for a bit, tasting the saltiness that seemed to be leaking from it. Then she began flicking her tongue against it, and Jr. gave up on trying to be at all discreet. His shout filled the room as his legs stiffened. Trembling all over from denying himself his release, he said unevenly, “Shion, you don’t have to finish. You’ve done more than enough.”
Her green eyes met his hazy blue ones, and in hers, he saw dancing merriment along with the passion and outright satisfaction that she could bring him to such heights despite her inexperience. She released him from her mouth long enough to reply, “I thought I’d see this to the end,” and then with a mischievous grin, enfolded him with her lips again. She stopped sucking gently upon his aching member and proceeded to suck hard, just as he had done to her before. Jr.’s trembling increased, and despite his best efforts, his hands clenched more tightly upon her hair, keeping her exactly where she was. White spots started to swim in front of his eyes, and his panting grew louder. With a not so gentle scrape of her teeth, Shion finally sent Jr. plunging over the edge, and he emptied himself into her mouth with a loud cry of “Oh shit!”
It took him some time before he was conscious enough of what was going on around him. He noted that he’d collapsed to the floor, and that Shion was lazily nuzzling his neck as she lounged in his lap. “Wh-what -” he started and was immediately embarrassed by the high pitch of his voice. He cleared his throat, annoyed, and glanced into her eyes. “I’ll go out on a limb and say the fact that my voice pulled its ‘entering puberty mode’ means you did a damn good job.” He put a hand to his forehead for a minute. “Whoa, I don’t think I’ve ever felt this dizzy afterward.”
Shion moved her mouth to his ear, where she alternated between licking and nibbling it. “So does that mean I might actually be on par with your harem of other women then?” she whispered huskily.
That comment caused him to take her chin in hand. “Dammit Shion, I’ve already told you that you don’t need to worry about them. You are the only woman I have ever been in love with, and because of that, you are the only one who matters. And I did not have a harem,” he said crossly before capturing her mouth with his. Tasting himself in the kiss, along with the lingering taste of her in his mouth, suddenly made him question something. He pulled back to pin her in place with a look. “Shion, I have something to ask you that you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to, but I have to admit to being curious. Did you…swallow?” Pink suffused her face, and he brought a hand to her cheek tenderly. “Blushing only makes you more beautiful, sweetheart.”
She buried her face in his shoulder, so he kept silent and merely stroked her hair. Finally she turned her head enough to say in a very quiet voice, “I wasn’t supposed to, was I? I’m sorry for being so stupid.”
Jr. felt the wetness of her tears on his shoulder and he quickly moved to set her straight. “You are not stupid, and don’t ever let me hear you say that again!” he said fiercely. He managed to make her sit up and then cupped her face in his hands. “I asked not to make you feel stupid, but because no other woman I’ve been with has done that. They always found a discreet way to spit it out, and honestly I kinda thought there was something really wrong with me. I mean, Gaignun said Shelley had no problem doing it when she went down on him.”
Shion’s eyes widened. “Okay, that’s a bit more information than I needed to know about those two,” she told him, poking him in the chest. Then her eyes softened, and she slid her arms around his neck. Jr. felt her breasts brush against his chest, and there was a stirring in his lower region, but it was faint. He’d need more time to recover from her foray into new sexual experience before he could suggest to her the fantasy that was beginning to tickle the edge of his mind. “Anyway,” she continued, dragging his attention away from it, “there wasn’t anywhere to spit it out, even if I’d wanted to.”
He brushed his knuckles against her cheek and curled his other arm around her waist so he could pull her tightly against him. “You didn’t want to, huh? What are you doing?” he said suddenly.
She gave him a very innocent look. “I’m just getting a bit more comfortable, sir. Is that okay with you?” She had shifted in his lap and now had her legs on either side of him.
He eyed her suspiciously. “Are you trying to reawaken my primal urges?” He stifled a groan when he felt the heat from her opening so close to his now beginning to twitch in interest member. “You’re not playing fair. Can’t I have some time to recover?” She started to get up, and he quickly snaked his other arm around her waist to keep her securely in place. “Hey, just where do you think you’re going?”
She said in a slightly sing-song voice, “I was doing what you wanted. You wanted time, and I was going to give it to you. I just figured I’d get dressed and go to bed.”
He growled, “The hell you’re getting dressed! I have plans for you, sweetheart, and they don’t include resting your pretty head on a pillow. I just want to recover a bit more. Until then, just hang out here in my lap and keep me company.” He breathed a sigh of relief when she nodded and draped her arms loosely around his neck. “You know it doesn’t take me that long, when compared to others.” They sat for a while, simply exchanging kisses and small talk. Jr. also took the opportunity to bring his hand round to rest upon her stomach. “Hey, baby,” he greeted softly. “I hope you don’t mind me paying such special attention to Mommy, but Daddy has a certain weakness for her. You’ll understand once you’re here.”
Shion smiled softly as she listened to him. “I hear you talking to her at night too, when you think I’m sleeping. You shift me onto my back for a little bit and you lay your head on my stomach and just talk to her. I like to lay there and listen to you. It’s a side of you not many get to see.”
Jr. grinned ruefully. “So much for thinking I was being crafty. I just want her to know I’m thinking of her. And you know there are still times I’m wide-awake while you’re on the verge of passing out. So I pass the time talking to my little one here. I know she hears me, even if she can’t talk back.”
She brought her hand up to the back of his neck to run her fingers through his hair. “I’m sure she does. I have a feeling that with neither one of us being what can be termed ‘normal,’ she’s going to be quite a handful. I’m looking forward to every minute of it, though.”
He said quietly, “So am I, and maybe slightly more than you are, if only because I thought I’d never get this chance. Now, I hope she doesn’t think she’s being abandoned, but I have business with her mother I need to take care of.”
She narrowed her eyes at him, hearing a strange, underlying tone in his words. “What does that mean? Just what kind of business could you and I possibly have?”
He gently tangled his fingers in her hair and held her in place while his mouth took possession of hers. Their tongues waged war as their bodies pressed close enough to allow no space between them. Jr. drew back, his breathing just as heavy as Shion’s. “Our business is of the sexual kind, sweetheart. And I’ve got a proposition for you I’m hoping you’ll be willing to try.”
Suspicion filled those emerald green eyes of hers. “A proposition? That word coming from you doesn’t usually come attached to anything good.”
Ducking his head to nibble at the side of her neck, he didn’t answer right away. She tilted her head to the side with a low moan to allow him better access. The hand that had been tangled in her hair drifted slowly down her back, making swirling paths with the fingers and causing her to shiver. “I take it…that you’ve…recovered nicely?” she said, stumbling over the words.
He took her hand in his and directed it toward the part of him that had more than recovered and was aching for her touch. He closed her hand around it. “I think it’s safe to say I’m quite recovered.” He groaned as she began to move her hand upon him. Quickly bringing a halt to the motion, he said a bit breathlessly, “As much as I would like to see you continue that, I’d really like to get back to my proposition. Now just do me a favor and hear me out, okay?” The suspicion returning to her eyes, she gave a silent nod. “I had this strange thought a little bit ago, and I’d like to see it play out, but you have to agree to it.”
Shion tapped her fingernails on his chest impatiently. Despite her suspicions, she hated when Jr. talked around something instead of getting to the point. He did it very rarely, because he was an extremely direct and sometimes tactless person, and that made it all the more frustrating when he did so. “Are you planning on telling me what this strange thought was any time soon?”
He grinned inwardly. He’d deliberately avoided speaking of it, just to peak her interest enough to want him to actually say it. Shion could be just as impatient as him, and there were times that worked to his advantage. “I thought you’d never ask,” he said with a laugh, and her eyes narrowed as she realized he’d read her perfectly. “See that pilot seat in the front of the ship?” His eyes moved briefly in its direction, and he saw Shion’s do the same. “I’m thinking there might be a use for it, other than Tony sitting his ass in it for hours a day.”