While in the shower several things came to mind for the ancient fox demon/human hybrid.
(1) The water was wonderfully warm enough to unknot his previously knotted muscles.
(2) He was recalling a lot of stuff from last night all of a sudden. And I do mean a lot. Like how the moment he and Mei had hit the bed, still barely clothed, he had flipped her over onto her stomach with such amazing speed and force that he had frightened her a little. And who could have blamed her for feeling that way when he had spent maybe a second or so trying to sooth her before his inner demon had practically jumped her bones.
The first time he had taken her, he had done so as Yoko. The change had been an sub concious one. He now recalled this with startling clarity because he had bitten her on the nape hard enough to draw blood when she had accidentally pulled out some of his hair. Which was bad since he was now sure that she sported a mark on her nape that looked like or closely resembled that of an open rose in bloom.
The second time he'd taken her, he'd been in his human form, thank god. Having his demon form sated for the moment he had reverted back to normal and had been able to take his time about things.
He remembered flipping her back over so that she was laying on her back, pinned underneath him. Her pretty glazed eyes looking right at him as he ran his hands up and down her body before promptly ripping what was left of her clothes off. Which was a pity since they had come from a nice boutique down town. And he wasn't a hundred percent on this- but he was at least fifty percent sure but something had had a zipper...somewhere... Amongst all of the torn satin and lace.
After the second time, Mei had nodded off next to him, leaving him to kiss and nuzzle at her shoulder, cheeks, fingertips and whatever else he could get his drunken hands on up until he fell asleep.
And then there was the third and most important thing he recalled from the night before.
He...hadn't been wearing protection when he mated with Mei. And that was bad. Very, very, very, very bad. Demon's as a general rule were more than just a little capable of impregnanting those weaker than themselves in one go. Especially humans. And as far as he knew the few humans that had ever become impregnated by demons- often died during the birthing process. Either because of blood loss or because the breed of demon in particular ripped a majority of the woman's insides out to feed upon.
Sort of like the Alien's movies that Yuskue was so fond of.
And he didn't want his mate to suffer such a cruel fate. Especially when it meant that he'd die with her. As selfish as it sounded, he wasn't anywhere near ready to die yet, thank you very much.
Sighing, he reached out and turned the tap off and just stood there for a second wondering how he was going to settle into Mei's life. Proposing marriage to her immidiately after their one night stand would be, well- more than a little alarming. Perhaps even weird.
His old habit of stalking was out of the question. At least where she could catch him at it openly anyways. So he would have to resort to what he called, 'half assed' tactics to gather information. He'd start with something like twenty questions to find out what she did for a living since he'd been too shit faced last night to actuall recall what her reply had been.
But he thought it was something along the line of either a nurse for the elderly, a worker for a local bookstore, a jewelry maker, or a writer... Well, he hadn't paid much attention since he'd been distracted by her *ahem* womanly attributes. Like the lush curves of her breasts which had been straining somewhat against her dress last night.
Sighing at all the information he would need to gather, and wishing that gathering it wouldn't prove to be such a headache for him- he reached up and gathered his thick red hair in both hands and gave it a nice twist to wring out some of the eccess water lingering in the silken strands. Then once that was done reached for the curtain and pulled it back and then paused and flushed and then quickly used his hands to cover himself when he saw Mei standing just a few inces away from the shower, looking at him wide eyed.
Her cheeks were flushed and he got the funny feeling that he wasn't supposed to have caught her in the bathroom with him as she started to stutted out an apology and said weakly, "I-I just came in to grab my toothbrush..." And then quickly grabbed said item and then turned and without another word ran from the bathroom, leaving him there to wonder if perhaps he had done something wrong by hiding himself from her.
But quickly dismissed this thought since she had been all but mortified by seeing him naked. Or perhaps she had been mortified by being caught in the bathroom with him when he was done showering?
He wasn't sure which it was. But he made a mental note to bring her out of her shell a bit once they were together. Otherwise she'd be really shocked by his usual lack of modesty.
