Adult-FanFiction.org : Anime

Unexpected	By : aenissesthai Category: +. to F > Fushigi Yuugi Views: 3216 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Fushigi Yuugi, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 1
- 2
- 3
All rights to the characters from Fushigi Yuugi
belong to Yuu Watase, Shogakukan Shojo Comics, TV Tokyo, Studio Pierrot, and
Pioneer Video. I make no financial profit from this story.

This story is rated M for
language and sexual situations.

All portions of the text and dialogue of this story have been
copyrighted by me. Please do not take or reproduce any part of this story without my express written permission.

________

Chapter 2. Combustion

So you're still here, are
ya? Can't seem to stay away from my
personal papers, huh? Either ya got a
death wish yer hopin' I'll fulfill for ya�an' if I'm anywhere around, yer in
luck�or ya just gotta know what happened next, even if I'm comin' around the
corner with my tessen blazing.

I guess I gotta respect that kind
of single-mindedness�so I'll be sure to salute yer pile of ashes when I'm done
toastin' yer ass.

The thing is, I'm just as
single-minded. You get me goin' down one path, an' come hell or high water, I'm
pretty much there. It's never been my style to second-guess myself.

Except in this story I'm writin'
down. Bein' saddled with all those female parts musta done somethin' equally
whacked to my brain, 'cause there I was, just on the verge of havin' sex, and I
couldn't seem to stop thinkin'!

I mean, what the fuck? Sex is
sex, right? As long as ya end up gettin' off, what's there to think about?

But I couldn't seem to stop. An'
the foremost thought in my mind didn't have anythin' to do with me gettin'
off�it was all about him.

I had this funny, soft feelin' in
my chest, kinda like when I held the baby, but more grown-up. It's not like I
wanted to mother Tama or anythin'�gah,
even writin' that makes me want to
shudder or puke!�but it was kinda related. I guess I'd hafta call it
'tenderness' or some shit like that.

I wanted to make him feel
special, the way that he'd just made me
feel special. I mean, nobody'd ever called me beautiful before�. Yeah, no shit,
yer prob'ly thinkin.' But that's the thing: he didn't hafta say it either. He
coulda had me without sayin' one goddamn thing, and he sure as shit didn't
hafta say it with all that feeling shinin' outta those eyes of his.

It didn't only make me feel
special, though; it made me really, and I mean really, hot!

So I gave in to those strange
feelings of tenderness or whatnot, an' I tried to see if I could make him feel
the same way.

We were still kneelin' before
each other, an' our foreheads were touchin,' 'cause I was holdin' him an'
caressin' the back of his neck. I started to move my hands down, lightly
touchin' his skin, tryin' to see if I could make him breathe any faster than he
already was breathin'�an' I kept thinkin' how weird it was to care at all.

That was Tama, though; he made ya
care about him, even if you were nothin' but a half-male/half-female shithead
bandit freak.

Who happened to feel beautiful at
the moment. 'Cause he said I was.

So it was payback time, an' I
oughta know how to make a man feel good, havin' been one myself until recently.
I reached down an' grasped him firmly�and almost fell over in shock. God damn, I didn't expect the fireworks in
my groin to go all "rockets only" just at the feel of him! But he was
hot an' slippery an' pulsing in my hand, an' it felt like somethin' was on fire
in my center, an' singin' in my brain, an' Gods!
I think the sounds I was makin' weren't even human! My hand, though, never
stopped moving, stroking, exploring him; it was like I couldn't get enough of
him!

He was panting, too; these funny
little gasps that were rising in pitch with my every stroke. His head fell back
an' his hands clutched at my shoulders, his fingers digging into my skin�but I
didn't care, 'cause I was too caught up in the way touchin' him made me feel.
Suddenly his hips jerked, and he thrust hard into my hand; once, twice, an' my
mind was goin', Yeah, oh yeah!

"Tasuki!" he cried, his
voice a strangled choke. "Tasuki, stop,
please!"

I damn near knocked him over,
gettin' away from him. Ya see, the way I was brought up by my mom and then the
boss, stop means STOP! It don't matter when it's said or how far gone ya are;
ya just make yer farewell bow an' get the hell outta there!

Doesn't stop the disappointment,
hurt, or confusion, though. I guess all of that was written on my face, or what
he could see of it as I scrambled away from him. Tama had to lunge after me and
pin me, holdin' me tremblin' beneath him before I could make out the words he
was tryin' to say.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it
that way! Listen, shhhh, you didn�t do anything wrong. Tasuki, hear me, please!"

Finally I focused on his face.
Man, he looked like shit, all stricken an' pale an' shaky. 'Course, I figured
that I looked just as bad. I had all these feelings roiling around inside me,
all these questions an' accusations burstin' to come out. But this is what I
said.

"Wha..?"

My confusion seemed to really get
to Tama; he looked like he was about to cry or somethin', but instead he ducked
his head and kissed me. Then he kissed me again. Guess he thought he'd hit on
the way to calm me down.

Guess he was right.

Calmed him down, too. When we
finally quit hyperventilating, and our hearts slowed down to something only ten
notches above normal, he started talkin' again.

"I didn't say 'stop' because
you were doing something wrong." His voice was so soft, it drifted down to
me like snowfall. "I meant that what you were doing�that you were too�the
way your hand felt, I almost�" His
cheeks blushed bright pink. "�came,"
he whispered.

I had to bite down on my lip to
keep from smiling. Goddamn it, he was so goddamn cute! Wait�I didn't really think that girly word, did I? Oh fuck
it, I might as well think it since at the moment, I was a girl. Anyway, I was too busy tryin' to keep a straight face.

"Tama," I whispered
back, "that was the fuckin' point!"

"No." He shook his
head, no longer cute with his jaw tightening in resolve. Now he looked just
plain fuckin' hot. "No, I don't want it to be�just me. Not for our first
time. I mean�" His cheeks grew even pinker, if that was possible, and his
words came out in a jumbled rush. "Tasuki, I have to tell you something.
I�I've never done this before!"

Okay, ya gotta understand
somethin.' If I end up in Heaven instead of one of the twenty-nine hells, it�ll
be because of that moment, when I fought with everything I had an' managed to
keep from bustin' out laughin'. It felt like every part of me was strainin' to
shout, "God damn, Tama, ya think
yer makin' this shockin' revelation; as if ya didn't have "Virgin!"
plastered on yer ass for the whole world to see?"

But I didn't say it. I didn't
even crack a smile. Maybe my female half was savin' me, 'cause lookin' back,
laughin' my ass off at him prob'ly woulda ended the romance right there and
then.

Instead, I just gazed up into
those clear gray eyes an' said, "Well, we better take it slow, then,
huh?"

An' here's the freaky thing: no
sooner had I pretended to take it
seriously, than the whole situation turned serious for real. The thought
slammed into me like a fist in a bar brawl.

His first time was gonna be with
me.

I can't explain exactly what
happened, but it was like a buncha feelings got dumped on me all jumbled up. I
felt shaky an' excited an' scared all at once. Maybe the freakiest thing of all
was an unexpected feeling of responsibility.

I reached up an' drew him close
against my body, real gentle, like he was made of glass or somethin'. He was
only half-hard right now due to the shocks we had given each other. I just let
him rest against me for a moment, both of us breathin' fast as we got used to
the feel of each other's skin.

The thought kept boomin' through
my mind like a giant gong. I was gonna take his virginity. An' I wanted it to
be the best experience of his life.

All right, I know what yer
thinkin': how the hell could I mess it up? Yeah, I've heard all the same shit
you have; even told the same jokes myself. For a guy, there ain't no such thing
as bad sex. For a guy, there's only good sex or no sex. Losin' his virginity is
the best thirty seconds of a guy's life. Ha, ha, ha.

Except�there can be bad sex for a guy�real bad sex. Like if ya just turned
sixteen, an' the boss decides that ya gotta go to a whorehouse if yer ever
gonna be accepted as a man by the other drinkin', whorin' bandits. An' yer
scared shitless, 'cause ya hate girls, an' the reason ya hate girls is that yer
scared shitless of 'em. But yer aniki drags ya there anyway. So there she is,
an' her eyes are cold an' she smells like unwashed skin an' other men, all
covered over with musky perfume. But she grabs ya an' pumps on ya an' makes ya
hard, so ya think okay, I can do this if only I can keep from pissin' myself in
terror. Finally it's over in only a few minutes an' that's good, but ya feel
all soft an' grateful for a moment, so ya try to kiss her. Then she swings her
fist an' clouts ya a good one upside your head, an' snarls at ya to give her
the goddamn money an' get the fuck
out, ya dumbshit kid! An' yer aniki clouts ya another one fer bein' stupid
enough to wanna kiss a whore, an' ya ride back to the compound fightin' tears
all the way, not understandin' why ya feel all dirty an' used, an' how that
makes you a man.

Yeah, the first time can suck
major hind tit�but it wasn't gonna be that way for him.

I guess all these memories musta
made me shudder or somethin,' 'cause Tama suddenly lifted up to look into my
face. "Are you all right?"

I looked up into those eyes
filled with worry, soft with care�an' I told him the truth.

"I'm doin' great, Tama;
never been better."

Just like that, all the bad
thoughts and memories vanished, an' I was right there in the moment, the way
sex is supposed to work. I felt his skin rasp against mine, felt him warm
between my thighs�an' the fire flared up in me again, makin' me tremble with
raw, demanding need�

But I�d promised him 'slow,'
hadn�t I? A promise is a promise, so I reached up and took his face in my
shaking hands. I brought him slowly closer, until our lips just brushed; not
the hungry kisses we'd exchanged earlier, but something sweet, almost achin'
with controlled desire. I moved my lips against his as if I was whisperin'
secrets that only his heart could hear�an' he did the same, exploring my mouth
just as soft an' sweet. It was fuckin' awesome, what holdin' back could make ya
feel. It was like lightnin' was travelin' up an' down my body�an' I knew he
felt the same, 'cause I could feel pulsing movements down at my thighs as he
grew hard again.

I reached my hands down and
pressed against his lower back, so that he was pushed against me, an' I heard
his little gasp of surprise. Whoa, no, slow down, Tasuki!--or else his first
time is gonna be over in no time flat! Draw it out; make him feel�everything.

I ran my hands up the lines of
his back, digging in my thumbs in a deep massage. He moaned in pleasure, and I
felt the tension leave his muscles. Good; he was back under control, and we
were back on track. I reached up and untied his hair, watching as it fell
across his shoulders like blue-black silk. Man, I never knew he had so much
hair! Usually he kept it under control in his customary ponytail�but now freed
from its ties, it fell everywhere around us, as sleek and soft as the rarest
Imperial silk. I couldn't help it; I ran my hands through it over and over,
lettin' the strands whisper through my fingers.

Not that Tama was just lyin'
there, though; his hands were just as busy exploring my skin. I was a little
embarrassed by how fascinated he seemed by my weird male/female breasts�but
hey, this was what it was all about, right? Gettin' close to each other, hiding
nothin', feelin' all these new feelings as his hands did things no one had ever
done to me before. I felt sparks of pleasure, an' my body arched against his
for a moment. This seemed to excite him even more, and his hands got more eager
an' enthusiastic, pullin' at me, grippin' harder�wait, twistin' my�

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, goddamn it, SHIT!

I didn't even think�my hand just
flashed down between us an' grabbed up a handful of firm, heavy flesh. I lifted
and squeezed�an' Tama froze in place, eyes wide in surprise an' only inches
from my own furious glare. We stayed like that, face to face, for one heartbeat�two�then�

"Tasuki." Tama's voice
was breathless, and pitched a little higher than usual. "I think
maybe�this isn't meant�in a�friendly
way."

"It ain't!" I spat.

I turned my hand a fraction, and
he yelped.

"Do you think�you
could�loosen your grip�just�a little?"

"I got a deal for ya,
Tama," I snarled through gritted teeth. "You let go of the tits�an' I'll let go of the balls."

He released me immediately, but I
was still pissed, so I held him just a moment longer, tightening my fingers on
the velvety flesh so that he gasped�an' only then did I let go.

He sucked in a breath, beads of
sweat forming on his forehead, but his eyes were shinin' in a weird way.
"Let me know if I'm wrong, but I'm guessing that�I hurt you."

"Got it in one,
dickhead!"

"I'm sorry." His voice
was contrite, but something else trembled beneath his tones. "Let me make
it up to you." An' just that fast, he pinned my arms to the ground and
lowered his head to my chest, kissin' the injured flesh. Then his tongue started
workin'.

"Gods!" I cried, my body practically flyin' up into the rafters
from the sensations that he sent crashin' through me. But see, I was still
pissed at him, an' it wasn't fair that he was makin' me feel so good when I
wanted to stay mad at him! So I tried
to twist away, but he held me in place, his ogre power easily overpowering my
own strength. That made me madder, which for some reason made me hotter for
him, which then made what he was doin' drive me fuckin' insane! I don't know why or how, but it felt like his tongue was
sendin' sparks from my chest down to my groin, makin' my back arch again an' my
hips jerk against his. The fire started buildin' in my center, takin' me over
so I couldn't fight it any longer. I closed my eyes and thought, He's gonna do it! He's gonna make me come
with his tongue alone! and just when I was sure this was it�

He stopped.

Tama lifted wide and innocent
eyes to mine. "Better?"

I couldn't talk 'cause I couldn't
catch my breath, but I sent him a look so evil, his balls shoulda shriveled up
and fled back into his body. The Mount Kaou bandits have been known to piss
themselves at that look from me.

Didn�t seem to work too well on
this guy, though.

"I'll take that as a
'yes,'" he went on smoothly, soundin' more pleased with himself than
Hotohori after a mirror session.

He was a dead man.

The asshole didn�t seem to
realize that he only had a few seconds left on this earth, an' went on chattin'
pleasantly. "But you see, fair is fair, Tasuki. You hurt me too, so
now�" he leaned in close so I could see the sparkle in his eyes,
"�you have to do the same for me."

"You BASTARD!" I shrieked, and somehow twisted and flipped him so
that he was now underneath me. I threw one punch after another at him, which he
blocked in his usual way. "You're laughin'
at me, you fucker! I'll kill ya for
this, d'ya hear me?"

"Tasuki, wait, Tasuki, calm
down!"

His words didn't do any good,
since he was laughing even harder as he fought me off. We rolled across the
floor, struggling wildly an' bumpin' into the stalls, makin' the old plow horse
stamp in alarm, an' the cows low testily. The one amazin' thing was that
Yu-chan didn't start cryin'�but then again, she was usta sleepin' in a barn
fulla noisy animals, so what was two more? But I guess my baby worries made me
hesitate just long enough to give Tama the opening he needed. The fucker
grabbed both my fists, pullin' me into his arms, then carried me over to our
makeshift bed and pushed me down, pressin' his body over mine so I couldn't get
up.

I struggled once more but
realized that I couldn't get away from him, so I turned my head to one side and
stared off into space, sulking. All right, it was a girly thing to do, but fuck
it! What other choice did he leave me?

"Come on, don't be
mad," he wheedled. "I wasn't laughing at you, Tasuki; I was laughing
at us."

"So what's the big joke,
then, huh?" I snarled at the hay bale to my left.

"Look at us!" His voice
was choked with laughter. "Don't you find it the least bit funny that in
the middle of making mad, passionate love to each other, we end up in a
brawl?"

"Hey, you started it,
asshole! I wasn�t the one who was
treatin' parts of your body like they were removable! An' another thing�!"
But finally my brain caught up to my ears. I grew still, feelin' this weird
warm glow move up my body, makin' my thoughts soft and fuzzy and my voice all
trembly. "What did you just say?"

He started to smirk as if he were
gonna make another smartass remark, but somethin' in my face musta stopped him.
His expression grew serious an' he moved down my body, pressin' down on me an'
bringin' his face real close to mine, so that all I could see were his eyes.

"I said that we were in the
middle of making love�"

I blinked, holdin' my breath.

"�but I lied."

Okay, Tasuki, don't start with
the fuckin' tears. You don't need the pretty words; it's not like ya ever heard
them before, anyway. If sex is all he wants, that's good enough for you.

It has to be.

I swallowed hard and closed my
eyes so that he wouldn't see my disappointment. He was so close now that his
lips brushed mine, an' I felt his words more than heard them.

"We're not in the middle;
I've only just begun to make love to
you."

Then he put his mouth right next
to my ear and started tellin' me all the things he was gonna do to me, usin'
all these words I had no idea he even knew, and describing things that we were
gonna do with our bodies, some things that I never heard of but sure as hell
hoped were possible! The whole time, his midnight hair fell around us like a curtain,
makin' me feel like we were enclosed in a secret place that only the two of us
would ever find. An' his body moved hard against me, lookin' for that one place
he was meant to go, brushin' against somethin' that made me shudder an' cry
out�

An' I knew I hadda stop him, 'cause I was fallin,' fallin'
for him, an' when I fell, I would break hard,
shattering into a thousand pieces so that I'd never be the same again. I tried
to think of somethin,' anythin' to say to slow him down, to slow me down, to give me time to get back in
control!

"Slow!" I cried out,
desperate. "I thought we were gonna take it slow, Tama! You're supposed to
be--"

"A virgin, I know, but that
doesn't mean I'm an idiot!" He lifted up and grinned at me, his features
flushed and damp. "And even if I were
a complete idiot, your body is telling me the right way to go. Tasuki,
listen," he panted, still moving against my skin, pushing between my
thighs, "I appreciate�ah!�the way you've tried, ahhhm, to be gentle with
me�but I don't want gentle!"

He stopped moving, and his voice
dropped into a throaty growl. "I want your fire. I want to be inside you
and feel your heat, to have you tight around me as you go up in flames. I want
you to take me to heaven and hell as only you can�and I'm willing to pay the
price. Burn me, Tasuki!"

That was it. I fell, spinnin'
crazily out of the sky�but he was fallin' with me, wrapped around me, an'
instead of breakin' into pieces, we burst into flame. I raised my legs, restin'
my knees against his hips an' bringin' him close, where he needed to be. He
brought his hand down to guide himself, fumblin' a little in his eagerness, but
that was all right with me, because everything
was all right with me.

I drew his face next to mine,
leanin' my cheek against his so that he couldn't see me wince as we tried to
fit together. Ya see, my body was new, an' although it was experienced in
lettin' a baby out, it seemed to resist lettin' a man in. We kept tryin'
though: Tama movin' slow but forceful, me tryin' to match his rhythm. Almost
there, almost there�he was halfway in
when he suddenly grasped my face, turnin' it and seizin' my lips, his tongue
plunging into my mouth as his hips made a powerful thrust�an' he was in all the
way.

I'd like to say that it was
instant ecstasy for me, but to tell the truth, it felt kinda weird at first. I
wasn't used to havin' somethin' inside me like that, an' it seemed a little
uncomfortable, in spite of my arousal. The fire flickered in me a bit�until
Tama started to move again. He made this sound, somethin' between a purr an' a
growl, and his pleasure ignited me. What was a little unpleasant friction, if I
could make him feel that way?

Except it wasn't unpleasant for
long. It got less uncomfortable with every stroke, an' sometime in those first
moments, it went from "Ah, okay" to "Whoa!" Yeah, there was
a definite buzz buildin' through my whole body, makin' me feel real good while
leavin' room for me to notice the little things.

Like the way his arms tightened
and spasmed around me, as if he was ridin' waves of pleasure.

The way his cheek pressed against
mine, its roughness somehow arousing me, makin' me glad that he forgot to shave
this morning.

The masculine scent of his skin,
sweet an' clean like the hay that surrounded us but carryin' a trace of musk.

Most of all, I was caught up in
that whole hypnotic rhythm he set, movin' in me deep an' steady, makin' me feel
as if he was rockin' me in his arms. I moved with him, tracin' his spine with
my fingers, nippin' him gently with my fangs. He groaned and thrust harder,
pickin' up speed�an' I could feel the tension buildin' in him. He was real
close now, I knew, an' this dizzy sense of power swept through me.

Pretty soon, I told myself, savoring the feeling of triumph; any second now�

"No!" he gasped an'
stopped movin,' pressin' his face into my neck as he shuddered, fightin' for
control.

I gritted my teeth in
frustration. "Yer startin' to make a habit outta this, Tama, an' I'm tellin' ya�"

"No, I'm telling you!" He met my gaze, his jaw all
set an' determined, like he was in the middle of a fight or somethin.'
"Not this way�not just me. You're not there yet, are you?"

"Tama, listen, I'm feelin'
good; you're makin' me feel real
good�"

"Not good enough!"

Man, he was bein' a stubborn ass!
What the fuck, did he think that I could make my body do whatever he wanted? It
wasn't like I had a lifetime of experience in knowin' how this body worked!

For a second, I toyed with the
idea of fakin' it. Well, okay, I didn't really know how to fake it, but it wasn't like Tama was some kinda expert
either. Maybe if I groaned and arched my back at the right moment, he'd think
that I was climaxing right with him. Then he would be happy, an' I would be
happy, an'�

I would've lied to him. I
would've lied to him an' tricked him, an' that's not what we were about. We
were about trust�or nothin' at all.

So I swallowed my pride and
decided to tell him the truth. "Tama, I'm sorry. I guess I don't know what
I'm doin.' I only know that I don't want ya to stop, an' I'm sorry that I
can't�"

"You idiot!" He locked
his arms around my waist an' pulled us up, managing to stay inside me somehow.
He was sittin' back on his knees now, an' I was straddling his lap�an' whoa! It
felt a little�different. "It's my fault, not yours!" he went on
scoldin' me. "You haven't done anything wrong; in fact, you've
been�perfect."

Suddenly he reached along my back
and grabbed my hair, twistin' its length around his hand and bringin' my face
right up against his. I caught my breath, mesmerized by the desire blazin' in
his eyes.

"You're perfect. You're
beautiful. Let me tell you what you're doing to me. Let me tell you how it
feels to be inside you."

Then he started tellin' me just
that, all these words that spoke of pleasure an' passion an' ecstasy. It was
like he was recitin' poetry or singin' to me�an' I felt these strange thrills
runnin' through me, as if he was strikin' chords deep inside me. It was like
the words themselves were doin' things to me�an' I didn't understand how words
alone could drive a body to ecstasy, but hell, I didn't care!

The whole time, he was movin'
inside me with short, deep strokes, makin' me feel these risin' bursts of
pleasure. I tilted my head back against his hand and gasped as I moved with
him, against him�an' he responded, wrappin' his other arm around my waist an'
movin' faster an' harder. Our seishi symbols blazed with scarlet light, tsubasa and oni shinin' together, lightin' up the whole barn an' prob'ly the
surroundin' countryside as well, but we were too lost in each other to care.

Somehow, Tama kept talkin' to me,
his words breathless now but even more passionate. He called me all these
strange names:

Wild heart, he gasped. Starchild,
come with me. Take me to heaven, fire angel, fly me on your wings.

An' I felt myself rising
with him, riding his passion, feeling something in me tighten an' tense�an' I
knew that he had me, had me right
here, right now, now an' forever�

Burn for me, Tasuki! His voice vibrated with rapture, a trembling
command. Burn for me the way I burn for
you! Open your eyes, and see how I burn!

So I opened my eyes�an' fell into
his, those eyes that raged with desire, devouring me. I felt myself go up in a
burst of flame�an' in that moment I knew what it was like to be the tessen: shootin� explosive fire
with powerful, unbeatable force. I cried out, convulsing against him,
tightening around him, feeling him plunge deep into me as he screamed out his
own ecstasy. We clung to each other, gasping as the flames consumed us, forging
us together into one single being made of perfect joy.

Finally, the ecstasy receded,
leaving us trembling an' weak. Tama released my hair, laying me gently back on
our makeshift bed of straw covered by cloaks. He settled his body over mine
again, an' I felt him soft an' warm against me. We touched each other gently,
brushing our lips together as we slowly returned to earth. We were both silent,
stunned by the intensity of what we'd just experienced, content just to feel
and caress one another until we could find the right words to say.

Right then, a querulous, mewling
cry rose up from the manger�an' we both laughed at the baby's timing.

"I'll get her." Tama
lifted off me an' walked over to the manger, pickin' up Yu-chan an' cooing to
her as he reached for one of the cloths we cut up for diapers. I got up on one
elbow an' watched him, thinkin' that I'd never seen him look hotter, still
flushed from our lovemaking but all paternal an' caring now. He finished
changing the baby, laughing as she grabbed a fistful of his loose hair, then
turned to bring her to me.

He stopped an' blushed at
whatever it was he saw in my eyes. "What?" he mumbled, embarrassed.

I grinned at him, enjoying the
fact that he was now the
self-conscious one. "I was just thinkin,'" I mused, "that I
never really understood what the word 'beautiful' meant�until now."

He went completely scarlet at
that, frozen in place�until Yu-chan complained again. He quickly deposited her
in my arms.

"Here, feed your
daughter."

The gruffness in his voice made
me smile again, 'specially when he pressed a cup of water in my hands an'
tenderly brushed the hair out of my eyes. Yeah, Tama was a real tough guy, all
right.

He settled down behind me an'
rested one hand on my hip. I felt a little twinge of guilt at how the baby had
interrupted us before I had the chance to tell him�anything.

"Sorry," I murmured.

"For what?"

"Well, Yu-chan woke a little
too soon, an'�"

"Don't worry about it."
His warm breath trickled down my neck, makin' me shiver. "Now if she had
woken five minutes earlier, I would
be the one crying."

I laughed. "Yeah, me
too." I searched my mind for somethin' else to say, somethin' that would
convey what I was feeling: a word that meant gratitude and wonder and somethin'
deep an' tender, all rolled together�but my thoughts were gettin' vague an'
fuzzy, an' suddenly I felt so tired�

I didn't wake again till maybe a
couple of hours later. Yu-chan was still nestled against my breast, her tiny
hands pressed against my skin�an' I could feel Tama resting against my back,
his deep, even breathing warm against my shoulder as his arm curled
possessively over my side.

An' I looked for the right words
to describe what I felt right then, sandwiched between the two of them. It was
like every good thing I'd ever felt in my life: warmth an' comfort an' peace
an' home�

�and somethin' new, somethin'
that I'd never felt before but somehow recognized in my soul.

I felt�loved.

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

Author note: Thank you for reading. My gratitude to the
reviewers of Chapter One�your input encouraged me to continue with this story.

A note of caution that I regret
having to post. I feel certain that this applies to no one here, but past
experience compels me to place this warning. All portions of the text, description, and dialogue of this story have
been copyrighted by me, due to many of the lines originating from my
original work. Please do not take or
reproduce any part of this story in any form without my express written
permission.

I tender my sincere apologies to the
great majority of you, who would never contemplate unethical conduct.

A final word of acknowledgment to
Shunyata Ryuen and her friend Roku Kyo for their help in editing this chapter.

~Aenisses~ 30-Jun-2005

Additional note: 29-Oct-2005 I am sorry for the "updated" move of this story; I merely edited my disclaimer, and for some reason, this site moved the story up to the front page. However, I would like to let you know that Unexpected is not complete yet; there are at least 2 more chapters, which I hope to edit and begin posting within the next two months. Thank you.
- 1
- 2
- 3
You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
Report Story

Unexpected