A Gift of Love

It was pretty dramatic last chapter, ne? I hadn’t really planned on turning the fact that Rong’s pregnant into a whole big thing. I was just going to have a few years pass and then have the kid show up with the age of how many years had gone by, so you could piece it together yourselves. Ah well. Things change. But it sounds like one of those teen drama shows. “ZOMG Marsha slept with Jimmy but she’s having Tommy’s baby! LAWLS!” I was also originally going to have Ren “banish” Rong from the castle as a way of making her go to Japan. Then I remembered that the idea was stupid.

Notes: I am taking a little creative liberty with the Ainu. According to research some dude did, in 1991, only 15 people could speak the Ainu language fluently. FIFTEEN. I’m making it so everyone knows it.

It should be noted that the amount of weight Rong has gained is 5-10 lbs. So she has a little bit of a belly…it makes her oh so cuddly xD

I don’t actually know if a special Ainu drink exists. It just sounded like a good thing at the time. We’re ignoring HoroHoro’s parents. Because I never saw them. And they’ll just throw a hissy fit if they know what’s going on.

I think by now you’ve noticed that Rong only calls HoroHoro by his real name when she’s being serious.

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A Gift of Love – Chapter Fifty-Six: Håll Om Mig Nu (Hold Me Now)

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Rong stood on the side of a mountain in Hokkaido, where she could see the Ainu village up ahead. The cold, brisk wind was stinging her ears and tossing her bangs every which way. She slowly reached into the pocket of her coat and pulled out HoroHoro’s headband. After clutching it, she slipped it on over her ears, pushing her bangs back and away from her face. Once again, she looked up at the village.

“I feel nauseous…and it’s definitely not morning sickness.”

Slowly, she started walking up the hill, hoping that she would have the courage to tell the man she loved what was happening to her. She finally reached the top, and paused before walking in the direction of a column of smoke from a bonfire.

An elderly couple clad in Ainu robes sat near the fire carving wood and making jewelry. Taking a deep breath, Rong strolled over to them, trying to act as cool and casual as she could.

“Excuse me?”

They looked up at her with suspicious faces.

“Um…I’m looking for Horokeu…Horokeu Usui…Do you know where I might find him?”

They stared at her and she instantly felt uneasy. She should have known better than to ask senior members of the tribe for assistance. Of course they would be the most suspicious of outsiders. She sighed and was about to turn away when the woman murmured something to her husband while pointing at the headband Rong was wearing. Almost as if on cue, the mock-Ikupasi HoroHoro had carved for her fell from her jacket. The woman took it and showed it to her husband. They conversed for a few moments.

“Could you tell me what it says?” Rong asked earnestly.

But the woman seemed to ignore her. “Pirika!” she called.

Rong just stood there blinking. “Pirika?”

“What is it, grandmother?”

She turned to see a teenaged girl with long blue hair walking over to them. Her grandmother handed her the piece of wood and began speaking to her in Ainu. Rong heard “Horokeu” in the dialogue, and her headband was pointed at once again. When they were done, Pirika turned to her.

“What do you want my brother for? And why do you have his headband?” she asked putting her hands on his hips.

‘I just need a couple minutes to let him know I’m pregnant with his child,’ wouldn’t go over well. “I’m a friend of his, and he invited me to come see him.”

“Oh.” She looked irritated. “He could have told me, the idiot.” She sighed. “Come on, I’ll take you to our house.”

Rong followed the girl to a small house with a hut nearby; the living situations of the modern generation of Ainu. Pirika opened the door and looked around.

“Oniichan! There’s someone here to see you!” she called. There was no reply. She looked down at the mat near the doorway. “His shoes aren’t here. He must have gone out.” Another annoyed sigh. “Honestly, he never tells me anything. Just make yourself at home until he comes back.”

Rong fidgeted. “Where do you think he went?”

Pirika looked around again. “His snowboard is gone, so he’s probably goofing off with Kororo on the snow cliffs.”

Rong nodded slightly. Another thing I’m taking away from him. She stumbled and grabbed the door frame for stability. Shit…not here…Not in front of his sister…

“You okay?”

Rong tried to smile. “Yeah. Sorry, just a little tired.”

“Oh, well, just go sit on the couch then.”

“…Thanks.”

The minute she sat down, she blacked out.

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She woke up when she heard the front door close. At first, her vision was blurry, but it slowly came into focus. She could hear muffled voices.

“There’s a girl here to see you. Says she’s friend of yours.”

“A friend? I don’t have any girl friends, you know that. Besides, what would they come all the way out here for?”

“Like I would know. She fell asleep as soon as she got in here. At least act like you know her so she’ll be satisfied and go home.”

“Okay, okay, I hear you…”

He groaned as he dropped his snowboard at the door and threw his boots off. Rong could feel her heart racing as his footsteps got closer and closer. She hurriedly tried to stand up, but felt dizzy and fell back into her seat. In a last ditch effort, she stood slowly, gaining her footing just as he entered the room.

He froze. She looked at him shamefully, then lowered her eyes.

“Rong…”

She forced a weak smile. “Hey, Aokun.”

“You…You…”

I’m about to ruin your life…

“You gained weight,” he said flatly.

A vein popped. Rong’s eyes flared as she pulled back and punched him, sending him across the room. He hit the wall, blood trickling from his nose.

“You jackass! You’re supposed to say something like ‘I’m so glad you’re here,’ or ‘I missed you,’ or ‘How have you been?’ not point out negative things like that!” she yelled shaking her fist at him.

HoroHoro wiped his nose. “Jeez, you haven’t changed. Still a macho chick.”

Rong was about to pick him up and continue beating him when he wrapped his arms around her. He leaned his forehead down to touch hers.

“How have you been?” he whispered.

She stopped.

“I’m so glad you’re here,”

Her eyes quivered.

“I missed you.”

She clutched the back of his shirt. “I needed to see you again,” she whispered. “I couldn’t be by myself right now…”

He smiled at her. “Well, if you were looking for company, you came to the right place.”

Pirika walked in as their lips touched and he slipped his tongue into her mouth.

“Hey Oniichan, what’s going on with that--,”

She froze as she took in the scene before her.

“I-I’m going shopping, bye!” She grabbed her purse and ran out of the house, leaving her brother alone with his lover. Neither seemed to notice.

HoroHoro pulled her tighter against him. As her stomach was pressed against his body, she flinched and pushed him away hastily, clutching it. He blinked at her, then smiled.

“You must be hungry after coming all the way from China, is that it? Come on, I’ll make you something.”

As he headed to the kitchen, she reached out, almost as if to stop him, but retracted her hand. She followed him silently.

I have to tell him…

“Let’s get you something to drink first.”

Rong took a few steps toward him as he turned and headed for the cabinets.

"Aokun..."

He hummed an annoying tune as he took down a couple glasses from a cabinet, then a pair of bowls as well. “So what do you want?” She said nothing. “I’ll get the ‘special guest’ drink. I call it ‘Ainu Juice’. Pirika punches me every time I say that.”

“HoroHoro…”

He took the cork off a bottle. “I think you’ll like it though. There isn’t alcohol in it, so it’s fine for us to drink.”

“Horokeu…”

He began pouring the drinks. “It gets fizzy though, so watch it out…”

“I’m pregnant.”

HoroHoro dropped the bottle. It smashed on the floor, sending glass and liquid all over the room. He slowly turned to look at her, his eyes wider than any look of horror she had seen before. He smiled nervously.

“What…What did you say?”

She desperately tried to keep her voice steady. “I…I’m pregnant…Because of that night…”

He stared at the floor, obviously trying to take in what he had just heard. He seemed to almost be shaking his head slowly. The look in his eyes finally made her lose control.

“I’m sorry Horokeu…I’m so sorry…” she whispered as she collapsed on the floor. She landed on some glass, but she didn’t care. “I never meant for this to happen…I’m so sorry…”

When he said nothing, she got even more upset, even a little scared.

“I…I was going to get an abortion, but after what Ren told me, I can’t…I just can’t! It’s not the baby’s fault I made the mistake of sleeping with you! I’m keeping it…I have to…I have to give it a chance at life!”

She quieted down for a moment, getting ready to suggest the one option that would shatter her heart.

“If you don’t want to be in the baby’s life, then tell me now, and I’ll go home and never bother you again. It’s your life, and I have no right to ruin it because of what I did and the choice I’m making.” She closed her eyes and her head drooped towards the floor. There was silence.

“The Ainu believe that all life is precious,” came a whisper.

Rong slowly lifted her head. “What?”

“We worship the trees, the animals…To us, everything has a spirit, and we respect and protect that spirit.”

He turned and walked over to her, using his foot to clear the glass from in front of her. He sat cross-legged in front of her and held her hand.

“I’m glad you chose to keep it,” he said. “It would kill me to know that you allowed something so innocent to die.”

She looked at him, guilt still swelling in her eyes. He smiled weakly and pulled her into his lap so her back was against his chest. She flinched as he carefully pulled a few pieces of glass from her legs.

“You have to take better care of yourself now,” he said. “Someone else is depending on you to protect them.” He put his hand on her stomach.

She turned her head away. “This is because I was reckless. I don’t want to cause trouble for you because of my stupidity.”

She shuddered as she felt his lips on her neck.

“Why are you talking like what we did was a mistake?”

“Because…this happened. Neither of us wanted this. If I hadn’t pushed you, this wouldn’t have happened.”

He hugged her close to him. “Know what I think?”

“What?”

“I think it would have happened anyway.”

“What? Why? How?”

He smiled. “Think about it. I could have easily said no. But I didn’t, did I?”

“Apparently not.”

“I didn’t make love to you out of pity. I did it because I wanted to. I wouldn’t just throw my first time away like that.”

Rong heaved a heavy sigh. “A couple of virgins have sex and one ends up pregnant. Why didn’t I see this coming?”

He chuckled and then gently hugged her tighter. “I don’t regret that night. I don’t regret it for even a second. I’m glad I chose you…and quite flattered that you chose me.”

She blushed. “Yeah…well…whatever…”

HoroHoro held both her hands. “But I won’t leave you.” He squeezed them. “I promise.”

She hesitated. “…Even when I become a beach ball?”

“Especially then.”

She looked back at him, her eyes shimmering. “Horokeu…”

“…I hear that's when your sex drive goes through the roof.”

Rong fumed and poked him in the eyes. “I really hope you aren’t expecting sex for another six months. It’ll kill the baby.”

He rubbed his eyes and blinked many times before his vision returned. “Jeez, Rong. I’d rather you just punch me instead.” She glared at him. “Anyway, no, it won’t.”

“Yes, it will.”

“No, it won’t.”

“YES IT WILL!”

“No, it won’t.”

“You’re a boy – what the hell do you know?!”

He stared at her. “More than you apparently. I’m taking you to a library or a doctor or something…It’s more than a little sad that I, and according to you, Ren know more about being pregnant than you do.”

She puffed her cheeks. “Screw you.”

He sighed. “The mood swings are already settling in…”

Surprisingly, she let this slide. She turned on her side and leaned back against his chest. “Can I stay here a while? …I don’t want to go home right now.”

He rubbed the shoulder that wasn’t against him. “Of course.”

He forced Rong to sit in a chair while he cleaned up the mess of glass and “Ainu Juice” on the floor.

“Why can’t I help you?”

“Here, we basically “baby” the woman who’s pregnant because, more often then not, they’re just as stubborn as you are and refuse to take it easy.”

She nodded slowly. “Fine…I just don’t want any pity from people. I won’t allow it.”

“No one’s pitying you…”

“Because I made sure they wouldn’t.”

He put the glass in a series of plastic bags, then put it in the trash. “What does your family think about this?”

Rong froze. “They don’t know yet. I did call my sister Li to take over my duties, but I had to do it behind my parents’ backs. I don’t know how to tell them…I’m afraid of being disowned…”

He looked at her sympathetically. Part of him wanted to know more, but he wasn’t willing to ask her. Instead, he took out some cookware.

“I’ll make us some dinner and then we can go to bed.”

“Alright…”

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That night, Rong put on the clothes HoroHoro had left in their room three months earlier.

“Nice PJs,” he said grinning.

She blushed and looked away. “A lot of my clothes just don’t fit anymore, okay? You don’t need to rub it in. I’m getting new ones tomorrow.” When she looked at him again, he was sitting on the loveseat.

He patted his knee. “C’mere.”

She frowned. “I’m not five.”

“Never said you were, now get over here.”

She finally did as she was told and sat on his lap. With her body so close to him, he could feel her cold skin as she shivered uncontrollably.

“Why didn’t you tell me you were cold?” He reached over and grabbed a soft blanket, and then wrapped it around her. “Remember, we have someone else to think about too.”

She nodded subtly and then leaned and put her forehead in the crook of his neck. “Will you…just hold me for a while?”

He smiled. “Of course.”

“Thank you…”

As she lay in his arms, he kissed her ear. He began trailing more kisses down her neck, but she suddenly craned it so it was out of his reach.

“I’m sorry…I just…have a lot on my mind…”

A twinge of pain flashed in his eyes, but he quickly dismissed it. He gently ran a hand through her hair. “Can I do this?”

She smiled. “Yeah.”

There was silence for a few minutes until HoroHoro decided it was too much.

“Will you tell me what’s going on?” he asked.

Rong hesitated. She didn’t know if he’d understand. She didn’t know if she wanted him to know about her family. But…

What does it mean when I can’t even trust the father of my child?

“I’m worried…no…scared…of how my parents, especially my father, are going to react to this.”

“Yeah, you said something about being disowned. I don’t think they’d do that. Yeah, it’s shocking, but once they get over that, they’ll be just as excited as I am.”

“You don’t understand…No woman of Wei blood is allowed to be pregnant.”

He shifted her so he could look at her face. “What? How can they do that? How does your family carry on?”

Rong lowered her eyes. “The sons…they marry strong women arranged for them by the parents. Those women are the ones who give the family children.” She smiled sadly. “I’m not supposed to be pregnant…I’m not even supposed to be in love. It’s against my family’s rules.” She started crying. “It’s such a serious offence, that they may cast me out.”

“But you’re the head of the guards, aren’t you? They can’t disown you so easily if you have such a high position!”

She shook her head. “There’s a simple reason why my sisters and I aren’t allowed to become pregnant.”

“Which is…?”

“How would I be able to protect Pin-Mei if I was worried about caring for my unborn child, making sure it wouldn’t get hurt?”

He fell silent. “I see…”

She looked away. “I told Li to wait to fall in love...For her, it would be allowed. There are no Fan or Tao children that need guarding, so another sister can easily take her place if she were to become pregnant. For me, though…”

“…It’s different since you have Pin-Mei.”

She nodded. “But also…because of what you are, I’m afraid that they would try to force me…us…into handing over the baby if it turned out to be a girl.”

He cocked an eyebrow. “What I am?”

Rong hesitated before speaking. “Many, many years ago, an Ainu woman was forced to marry into the Wei family. It’s because of your build, your athleticism…They want those qualities for the daughters, for the guards. If they found out about you, male or female, they may try to take the baby away.”

“Don’t they understand that it’s your child?”

“Don’t misunderstand. They’re not evil, they’re just…loyal…obsessed. Protecting the daughters of the Fan family was the only thing on their minds. I know how important it is to them to have strong daughters who to fight and strong sons to carry on the family, but this…” She put her hand on her stomach. “This is mine! Why should I have to hand over their childhood, their freedom to people who never even tell their children they love them? Can’t they appreciate the dedication I have to raising this child and making it feel loved and helping it grow up to be a good person?!”

He kissed her. “Even if they can’t, I can,” he said. “You knew there would be hardships, you knew it meant coming here and telling me, even seemingly preparing to take care of the baby yourself if I rejected it. You knew you could have taken the easy way out and said “I’m not doing this.” But you didn’t. You chose to keep it, even though it meant going against your family. In my eyes, that makes you extremely brave. You could even say that I sort of admire you for it.” He blew gently in her ear. “Just another reason why I love you.”

Her face turned beet red. “Don’t spew out stuff like that…It’s nothing special.”

He nuzzled her. “After the baby is born, you’ll understand.”

Silence.

“Will you come with me?”

“Where?”

“To tell my parents…”

“I was going to whether you invited me or not.”

She looked up at him. “You were? Why?”

HoroHoro smiled and cupped her cheek. “Because you didn’t make that baby yourself. I have a large part in this, and I’m not backing out. Even if they can’t understand us, and they can’t accept you, I’m going to take care of you.”

“Horokeu…”

“And baby you so much that you’ll forget you’re the mom.”

“Ugh…”

He laughed, then his smile turned malicious. “Your family is about to fall victim to my pigheadedness and stubborninity.”

“At least use real words. Dummy.”

“What happened to ‘jackass’?”

“You don’t deserve that title anymore.”

“I don’t know whether to be happy or sad.”

The conversation ended abruptly as she suddenly fell asleep on his chest. The Ainu sighed and shook his head. Then he picked her up and set her down on the futon they would be sharing. He gently removed her (his) headband from her hair, then his own and set them on the floor near the futon.

“Pirika won’t be here for the next few days. I asked her to stay with some friends so we could be alone,” he said, knowing she couldn’t hear him. He stroked her cheek. “I know you’re scared, but I meant what I said; I’m not backing down. I’m going to stay with you and help you through this.” He kissed her forehead and then laid down behind her and wrapped his arms around her.

“I love you,”

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“Are you sure this is safe?”

“Of course it is. I wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t.”

“It’s not like I can’t walk on my own.”

“I just don’t want you to slip and fall, okay?”

“Somehow, I feel that falling by myself would be better than this.”

“Well, let’s go.”

“Wait, wait, WAIT!”

HoroHoro leaned forward, sending his snowboard down the hill, Rong in his arms. He had insisted that this was safer than her walking down the hill, for fear of her falling and hurting herself and her passenger. So now she had her arms around his neck, clinging for dear life as he flew down the hill. There were no obstacles to get in their way, so he had no trouble reaching the bottom.

“See that wasn’t so hard, was it?” he said as he smiled down at her.

Rong looked like she was within two inches of death.

“Never. Again. NEVER.”

“Oh, come on. It was fine. You’re fine. The baby’s fine. I’m ALWAYS fine. We’re all fine.”

He put her down and started detaching himself from his snowboard. After he had put it on his back, he looked up to see that Rong had left him in the dust.

“RONG! WHY DIDN’T YOU WAIT FOR ME??!!” he yelled as he ran up to her.

“You’re trying to kill me! Why wouldn’t I want to get away from you?!” she cried.

No sooner had she finished her sentence did she fall to the ground. HoroHoro discarded the snowboard and ran up to her. He quickly got her to her feet and frantically began brushing the snow off her.

“Are you okay? You’re not hurt are you? Neither of you, I mean…”

Rong looked at him for a moment, almost confused. Then she smiled as she watched him gently brush the snow off the midsection of her coat.

“Yeah, I’m fine. Let’s just go to the store and get out,” she said softly. “I don’t like shopping.”

She walked past the Ainu and he grumbled something as he went to retrieve what he had left behind. After he had gotten his snowboard and caught up with her, he looked away from her, annoyed because he thought she didn’t appreciate his efforts to help her. Rong smiled and slipped her hand into his. He snapped his head back to look at their hands and then at her. She was looking forward, still smiling.

“Don’t let me fall, okay?”

He smiled. “Alright.”

They walked to the closest city and Rong began her (hopefully quick) search for clothes. She hurriedly tried things on in a department store, bought them, and left, and then bought two shirts in a maternity store, not even bothering to see if they fit her or not.

HoroHoro stared at her. “Oi, if you’re going to spend money, shouldn’t you at least make sure you’re buying the right stuff?

She didn’t look at him. “I don’t like trying things on. It stresses me out. Especially now.”

“Why?”

“I don’t like it when things don’t fit. It makes me nervous. It makes me feel like I’m not taking care of myself…I’m always scared that when I try something on, I’ll be a larger size…and now I am. Even if it’s for a different reason, I don’t like it.”

He sighed. “What is it with you girls and being so fussy about what you look like? I mean, look at yourself. With that coat of yours, I can’t tell that you look different at all. On the other hand, some girls just wear things that scream ‘I TOTALLY PIGGED OUT ON OREOS AND POCKY LAST NIGHT!! LOOK AT ME!!’”

She covered his mouth as some people on the street stared at them. “Shh! Don’t be so loud! You’re embarrassing me!”

“See? There you go. You’re afraid of what these people think. You’re afraid that at dinner tonight, those people are going to say, ‘Today, there was this total jackass and his girlfriend, who looked like she weighed 3000 lbs., on the street today. He was being totally loud. I’m going to remember their total idiocy for the rest of my life.’ Well, guess what – these people will have forgotten all about us by the time they go get something for lunch. You have to stop worrying about what other people think.”

She looked away from him, uneasy.

“Every time you do, you have to be my slave for the night.”

“What? No way!”

“Now who’s being loud?”

She stopped and looked down, her face red. He chuckled.

“Come on. Let’s get some lunch. I’ll pay this time.”

“I really want some chilled milk pudding…” Rong said listlessly.

“What the hell is that?”

“My favorite dessert back home…” She looked at the ground. “I want pickles…”

“What about the pudding?”

“Watermelon…”

“DECIDE!”

“Ice cream…”

“Okay, I’m getting you a cheese burger with pickles, watermelon sherbet for dessert, and a drink of milk.”

“Alright…”

HoroHoro let out a heavy sigh. Only another six months of random cravings left to go…

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“A movie theatre?”

“Yeah, haven’t you ever been to one?”

She shook her head. “No. The town that Pin-Mei and I come from doesn’t have things like that. It’s not very modern.”

He grinned and pulled her inside. “You’re going to love this!”

“Wait, what?”

He sat her down and handed her a bag of popcorn as the lights dimmed. The movie started playing and she stared at it.

“What’s this about?”

He smiled to himself. “Snowboarding.”

She rolled her eyes. “Predictable…”

“Just kidding. I actually don’t know. I just liked the title.”

“What was it?”

“Can’t remember.”

She groaned. But as they watched it, she actually found herself becoming immersed in the story.

A girl and boy traveled with four other people so that the girl could pray at shrines and save the world from destruction. At the final shrine, the hired bodyguard betrayed the group and stole the girl’s soul. The rest of the movie dealt with the four remaining members of the group traveling to another world so that they could recover the soul of their beloved friend.

Toward the end of the movie, the girl’s soul was returned. The boy had been by her side the whole time, fighting tirelessly to save her. They stood together on the balcony at the inn of a town they were staying in at the time. Snow fell around them

“I’m so glad you’re back to normal,” he said.

She nodded and smiled at him. “Yes. Thank you for taking care of me.”

“You knew?”

“Of course I did. I can always tell when you’re around. I get a happy feeling. Even without a soul, I constantly felt that warmth, so I know you were there.”

HoroHoro looked to his left at Rong as she unknowingly placed her right hand on the armrest – where his was. She was watching the film intently, her left hand in a loose fist and resting on her sternum.

“I was scared…Scared that I had lost you…” He took her hand. “You’re all I could think about. All I could dream about.”

“Oh Lucian…”

“Cornelia…”

They moved toward each other.

Quickly, he scanned the theatre. Empty. He looked at her again. She looked even more worked up than before. Smiling with soft eyes, he reached across and used his right hand to gently turn her face toward him. They moved in a synchronized motion with the movie as they leaned toward each other and kissed. He took her into his lap as it intensified.

“Horokeu…” she moaned as he kissed her neck. Her breathing was becoming irregular. “I love you so much…I’m so glad I came here to find you…”

“I know…Me too…” he whispered, his hands beginning to roam. “you have no idea how much I was thinking of you…”

“I think I might…All my dreams were of that night…And how I let you have all of me…”

He kissed her again. “Yes…You’re mine…I’m yours…I love you, Rong…and you’re mine…”

He pinched her sensitive nipples through her shirt. She would have moaned if he hadn't been covering her mouth with his own.

She shifted her hips and could feel his hard cock through his pants. She rubbed her core over it, illiciting a throaty groan from the Ainu. Once he regained control of himself, he hiked her shirt up so he could gaze at her breasts.

"Oh, how I missed you two," he said with a smirk. He jiggled them. "They seem bigger."

"It's because I'm pregnant, dummy..." she breathed.

Another smirk. "Well, in that case..."

He licked his lips before latching onto her right breast and sucking on it greedily. Rong moaned as his tongue flicked her tit repeatedly, then licked around it before finally nipping it. He repeated this, biting a little harder each time, and she closed her eyes. She had to admit that it hurt, but there was no denying that she loved every minute of it. The noises that she was desperately trying to restrain were proof.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes. "HoroHoro..."

"I know, I tasted it," he said before going back to sucking.

"Already..."

He reluctantly detached himself again. "There's no way the tyke'll be able to drink this much milk. I'll just take care of it for him..."

Rong smiled down at him, then gently held him against her breast as if he was a baby. She closed her eyes and stroked his hair gently as he switched to her other breast. He eventually started to nod off, and she pinched him.

"Ow! Hey!"

She just looked down at him with lustful eyes. "Horokeu...I need you..."

He felt his face get hot as he slowly unzipped his pants, not taking his eyes off her. He could even feel his cock getting harder. Knowing that she wanted him...no, that she needed him so badly was almost enough to make him cum right then and there.

"But weren't you concerned about the baby?"

Rong shook her head. "I trust you. You wouldn't do this if you weren't sure it wouldn't harm him." She decided that he wasn't moving fast enough, so she tugged the zipper down herself and gently removed his hard shaft. She stroked it with dreamy eyes. "I missed you, little guy."

HoroHoro closed his eyes and breathed. The past three months of doing the same thing to himself couldn't even compare to the feeling of her hands on his member.

"Rong..." His hands moved on their own, grabbing the hem of the long skirt they had bought that day and hiking it until her red laced panties came into view. He looked slightly disappointed. "No thong?"

She blushed and turned her head. "Sorry...no thong. Haven't felt sexy enough..."

He smiled at her kindly. "Well, then, I'll change that..."

He kissed her as he grasped her hips and lifted her slightly, then slipped his cock into her. She whimpered and nuzzled her head in the crook of his neck, and he let his head fall back slightly as he took in the feeling of her around him. After three months of absence, she felt just as tight as she had their last night together. With a possessive growl, he thrusted up into her a couple times. She suddenly stopped him.

"What is it?"

She nuzzled against his chest. "Can we just...stay like this for a few minutes? ...You're...so warm..."

He seemed confused, but then smiled at her. "Sure."

As the battle raged on the movie screen, HoroHoro allowed her to lean against his chest. After a few minutes, he slowly began rocking his hips in an effort to feel even just a little pleasure. She squirmed against him, eventually beginning to thrust back against him. He steadily quickened his pace until he was going as fast as his hips would go.

"You...sneaky bastard..." Rong panted in his ear. All the same, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply.

"Heh. You're the one thrusting back. You must want it almost as bad as I do."

He grasped her hips and started moving her up and down to meet his thrusts. She bit her lip to keep from making too much noise, but it was useless. With her breasts so close to him, he couldn't help taking a tit into his mouth once again.

"HoroHoro..." she gasped.

"What?" he asked slyly.

She said nothing, only moaned and buried her face in the crook of his neck again. Just to torture her, he slowed down to an agonizing pace. She fidgeted and ran her hands through his hair.

"No...Please don't stop! Go faster!"

He happily obliged.

"God, Rong...You're so fucking tight..." He breathed deeply. "Even better than I remembered..."

He thrust into her more and more roughly and her hold on him strengthened. She could feel her walls tightening around his hard cock. It began throbbing almost uncontrollably.

"Horo-"

He silenced her by covering her mouth with his. She continued to moan into his mouth as she gripped him tightly and came, her juices shamelessly covering his pants.

He pounded into her as hard as he possibly could. Rong broke their kiss and lifted his shirt. She licked her pointer and middle fingers on each hand and began massaging his nipples. Then she resumed their kiss.

She pinched his nipples. The sensation was too much, and, with a groan, he unloaded inside of her.

They sat there, breathing heavily as the lovers on screen won their battle and triumphed over evil.

"I love you, Cornelia Brunel..."

HoroHoro cupped his lover's cheek and kissed her again.

"I love you, Wei Rong."

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Back at the Usui house, all was quiet.

RING-RING

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RING---

“Oi! You’ve reached HoroHoro and Pirika. We’re not home right now, but leave us a message after the beep and we’ll give you a call back – if we feel like it…BEEP. Hehe, sorry. Here’s the real thing.”

BEEP

“It’s Ren. Look, even if you two haven’t figured things out yet, you have to get back here – NOW. Something must have slipped -- Wei Dúo and Wei Tai are here…and they’re NOT happy.”