DISCLAIMER: Everyone knows I do not own My-HiME nor do I claim to own the anime. We all know Sunrise owns it and our souls.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: For you.

Confrontation

I lay on the floor of my warm apartment, under the ceiling fan, staring up at nothing in particular. My thoughts are racing around in my head, trying to find some cohesion and not being very successful.

"What the hell happened last night?" I asked the ceiling fan.

These past three years I was fine being alone. I didn't need anyone for anything. The feelings of loneliness my single friends experienced never seemed to bother me. I was happy living a solitary life…until last night.

"DAMN!" I cursed myself and rolled onto my side.

I covered my head with my arms and sighed deeply. My breathing echoed through my head. I tried to concentrate on the sound, in order to distract myself from the feelings I didn't want to experience.

"That damned red-head! Confound her! My life was just fine the way it was. It was calm and…"

I sighed deeply. Who the hell was I kidding? My life was downright empty until she appeared, seemingly from out of space. As free as the wind, unaccountable to no one but herself, I was instantly envious and attracted.

"What the hell was I thinking?" I grumbled and closed my eyes.

The sound of my breathing grew louder and louder as I remembered last night. We started the night off as usual, playfully bantering and enjoying each other's company. Verbally pushing and shoving like a couple of kids in a playground. Those mischievous playful green eyes twinkled each time she elicited a blush out of me.

I should've just left well enough alone and let her have the upper hand, but something compelled me forward.

"Forward," I chuckled to myself.

Perhaps it was my growing attraction to her or a desire to feel close to another woman again that made me throw caution to the wind and be so forward with her. Whatever it was, it must've been a mistake, because she abruptly left as things heated up between us.

"What have I done?"

It started out so innocently. She teased me with innocent innuendo, making me blush like a schoolgirl again. I know it was me who turned the tide, but I thought she wanted it as much as I did. It just felt like the right thing to do at the time. I felt safe for the first time in three years. Desire surged through me again. I wanted her.

She must've felt it too, because she made the first move by capturing my neck with her lips. My defensive walls crumbled more and more each time I felt her soft, warm lips kiss my neck. Her strong hands on my body made me feel like a woman again, not the scientific drone I'd become over the past three years. I yielded easily as she gently removed what remained of my defenses.

After she stripped herself bare to me, I gave myself to her. Our heated exchange got hotter and hotter, until I thought I would melt. Just as we were coming to the culmination, she left abruptly with no explanation, leaving me alone and confused.

"Is it possible to un-bite the apple?"

During work all day today, my thoughts skated dangerously close to that redhead. I even found myself missing her for some reason.

"DAMN! I don't need this in my life right now."

Now I'm lying here, staring at the ceiling, wondering where I am headed and how I got in this hand basket. My body craves to be held close in her arms again. My heart aches for her safety.

"Why can't she be more like science? I know and understand science, not her."

I covered my eyes with my arm and allowed myself to miss her.