This isn't as smutty as the last chapter. In fact there is hardly any smut in it as far as I can tell. Well... maybe just a little. This chapter is just setting the scene for the biggest smut fest ever. Because I'm bored and I write smut when I'm bored. It's a good job I always walk away from my personal writing when I'm bored otherwise the only place it would be fit for publishing is in erotica... and i really don't want to go down that road.

ANYWAY... I don't own it, but Shimako owns Sei.

Chapter 2

Sei's POV

"Hello?" I say with my tired voice before realising that my mobile is still ringing and I'm talking to my alarm clock. I hear a snicker at my side and smile through my grogginess. At least she is amused at being woken up at this god awful hour after our serious lack of sleep. I drop the alarm clock on the floor and grab my mobile from its resting place on my bedside cabinet. One look at the caller ID and my irritation grows.

"This had better be a life or death situation Sachiko because it hasn't even hit dinner time yet." I say into my mobile and listen to silence for a few moments before she decides to speak.

"Erm, Sei-san... It's 1:15 in the afternoon. I'd say it was gone past dinnertime, unless you eat really late." She says in a mater of fact kind of way. I grumble an incoherent curse down the phone and she remains silent.

"What do you want Sachiko?" I grumble.

"Well, I'm inviting everyone over to my house for a little get together. Only problem is I can't get in touch with Shimako, and this is my fourth attempt at ringing you. You must sleep like the dead." She observes from the other end of the line.

"I didn't get a lot of sleep so sue me."

"And you really need to work on your phone manners. I just invited you to a party not a wake." Sachiko says and I actually find a smile slipping onto my face.

"Are you sure?" I ask with a chuckle but she doesn't bite. She only bites when I am flirting with little Yumi-Chan and that is so easy there isn't any fun in it anymore, although... Yumi-Chan's little squeaks never seem to stop amusing me.

"We'll be there Sachiko. Thank you very much for the invitation." I say.

"We'll?" She asks and my mind goes blank.

"Eh?" I grunt down the phone as the woman in my bed lies between my legs and rests her head on my chest.

"You said we'll be there. Who are; we'll?"

"Yes as in Shimako and I. We shall be there. Oh, what time should we start congregating?"

"Yumi, Youko and Eriko are already here." Sachiko says.

"So anytime you want. Sei...?"

"Yes?" I ask as I run my fingertips through Shimako's long mouse brown locks.

"It doesn't matter Sei. We'll see you in a bit."

"Sure thing, Sa-Chan. Bye..." I use the nickname that Suguru uses for her because I know it irritates her immensely. She grumbles a goodbye and we hang up. I drop the mobile in the same direction as my alarm clock and smile down at Shimako. Her bottom lip looks a little swollen and sore. The sight of it makes me wince slightly. I did that to her. The guilt wells up inside me before I can put a stop to it. I slide a tentative touch across the swelling with a frown but all she does is smile at me with that mouse like look in her eyes. How is it that she can be so different from the woman I shared a bed with last night?

"Why do you look so upset?" She asks with that delicate voice of hers. I just melt in her gaze as she pushes herself up and slides up my body to prop herself above me.

"I hurt you." I whisper.

"So does that mean that I should feel sorry for that?" She nods her head to my shoulder as she traces her fingertips over it. I wince slightly but she makes the pain stop by placing her lips to it and kissing the hurt away.

'She bit you and you totally forgot about it.' My mind laughs at me as a blush dashes over my cheeks and nose.

"Well...?" She asks in her sweet and innocent voice. How is it that she can be sweet and innocent after what we did last night?

"Don't be sorry." I whisper and she looks into my eyes with a smile.

"I wasn't going to be." She says and all I can do is gawp at her.

"So this party; did you bother to ask if it's a sleep over or are we coming back here tonight?" She asks me and I see the fire burning faintly in her eyes.

"Do you care where it is we stay?"

"Not really but I'd prefer somewhere that you're comfortable with." She sounds so blasé about it.

'Isn't she meant to be your petite soeur? Why is she the one worrying about your comfort? This world has been tipped on its fat ass.' My mind is in amusement when the rest of me is in shock. It's like I have two personalities. One is shouting...

'Shimako is a horny tigress,' and the other is whimpering, 'Shimako is a horny tigress.'

"Where is the unsure Shimako?" I ask in a whisper before I can shut myself up. Her eyes dull a little and an ache grows in my chest.

"Don't you like me being like this?" She asks me as she looks right into my eyes.

"Of course I do. I just never thought that you could be like this. You're so quiet and demure when we're in school. I never expected that there would be this kind of side to you." I say and she smiles again. I love it when she smiles.

"We all have secrets Sei. You act like an egotistical flirt at school, but I know that is just your wall." She says to me and I smile this time. Am I that transparent? Then again it was obvious to me what she wanted last night so why wouldn't it be obvious to her that my flirtatious ways are just masks?

"I am quiet and demure, as you put it, but... I don't know. I guess sex is my way of getting out of my shell." She says and I smile a big goofy toothy grin at her. I want to get her out of her shell a bit more. I roll us both over and she yelps in surprise. It doesn't matter if we turn up at Sachiko's party last.

"I love you." I whisper in her ear as I take in all of her with my fingertips. I go slowly with her, showing her that I love her with every kiss and every tender touch.

Shimako's POV

What took you two so long?" Yoshino asks as she bounces to my side. I've gone quiet again and Sei is just smiling to herself as she walks away from me and greets the other roses. I make sure that the flimsy scarf around my neck is covering Sei's possesive marks.

"Hey Shimako...?" Yoshino's voice sounds concerned so I look at her to see what is up with her.

"Why is your lip all swollen? You look like you've been punched." She observed and my fingertips go to my lips. Sei had really made me bleed. I liked it though so there was really nothing for me to be embarrassed about.

"I bit it by accident." I say and she eyes me up in that conspicuous manner that only she can pull off properly. Yoshino; the great rose detective. I start to feel self conscious under her scrutinising eyes.

"It doesn't look like a bite." She says wearily. I smile softly at her as I elevate my shoulders before letting them drop.

"Does it matter what it looks like? Shouldn't my words mean that I'm telling you the truth? Look..." I say to her. I stuck my bottom lip out so that she could see the teeth indentations in the soft flesh.

"It was a bite." I say and she sighs as she apologises for not believing me.

"It's okay Yoshino. We all know that you have a suspicious mind." I smile at her and she smiles back as we join the others. Yumi squeaks at me and immediately asks me what happened to my lip. Well if I explain it all now, then I don't have to explain it to them all one by one, which is what will probably happen if I don't. I notice Sei blushing like a maniac and a knowing smile slides onto my face before I can stop it. I don't think that the others notices it though so I just carry on and tell them that I bit it.

In any other relationship Sei and I wouldn't have had sex straight off the bat. The difference with our relationship is the fact that we have both known each other for a considerable amount of time now, and we know practically everything there is to know about each other. We have been on dates, all be them totally innocent ones, and we have a bond that isn't like what normal relationships have in them. Sex is just another step up. It is just another way of showing love, and more importantly on my half of the bargain, it's about showing her how much she makes me crave her body. Maybe the love should be more important, but we have already established that we love each other. The way she made me feel earlier is proof enough of that. She made me feel like I was the only one in the world that her eyes would want to see.

"So were you watching a scary movie or something?" Yumi asks me and I look at her in confusion. What would give her the impression that I had watched a movie? I didn't mention anything about a movie.

"It's just you bit your lip and I was wondering if you did it whilst watching a scary movie. I often bite my lip when I'm scared. Although it isn't ever as bad as that." She says. Her logic is often a little bit out of it, but I can see where she is coming from.

"No... I wasn't watching a movie Yumi." I say and I see questions running over her face just like her emotions do.

"So then what made you bit your lip?" Rei asks.

"Sei." I say one simple word and they all nod there heads and go off with separate conversations about how Sei is scary enough to make anyone almost bite their own lip off. I smile to myself and look at Sei who has turned into a tomato. I love it when she blushes. Even if she is older than me by two years; it still makes her look stupidly cute, and on a more urgent matter... incredibly hot. If only the room hadn't been dark last night. I could have seen her blushing then if the light had been on.

Rei's POV

I have a feeling that this little mini meeting is going to be more trouble than it's worth. Yumi and Yoshino seem to be distracting Shimako, and Youko is chatting away to Sei so there is just Sachiko, Oneesama and I stood off to the side so that Sachiko can talk to us about something. Youko is probably already filled in on the situation anyway and the younger ones have no idea what is going on.

"What are you trying to say Sachiko?" Eriko asks in her usual blunt way.

"I'm saying that Sei and Shimako are acting weird. I didn't notice it until Oneesama pointed it out. She wants to know what is going on." Sachiko says and my Oneesama rolls her eyes.

"Why can't you just ask Sei outright?" I ask and they both look at me as if I was dropped on my head as a baby. I so don't like the way this is going.

"You can't ask Sei anything outright. You only get the fight or flight reaction from her and more often than not crawls back into that dense old man head of hers." Eriko says as she looks over at Sei.

"So then what does the meddler want to do?"

"Well that's where Rei comes in." Sachiko smiles. I knew I was in trouble the moment my name was mentioned. I have a nasty sinking feeling in my stomach and then she says it.

"I want you to follow them back to Sei's later. Then again, by the looks of things you might have to drive them back." Sachiko says as she watches Sei nock another drink back.

"Erm Sachiko...? I'm not allowed to drive legally yet remember?" I ask her and she pouts as if she forgot that I'm in her year.

"And Sei isn't allowed to drink legally either. Where did she get the alcohol from?"

"Youko." Sachiko and Eriko both say at the same time.

"I'll drive; you can do the spy work." Eriko smiles at me as she ruffles my hair.

"Spy work? This is going to lead to blood loss on my behalf, isn't it?" I state.

"I hope not." Sachiko pulls an unladylike face and Eriko just smiles.

"Most probably." My Oneesama keeps smiling as if she is happy about something.

"Come on, what's the plan?" I grumble. Sachiko tells me what she wants me to do and my head gets lighter with every sentence. I am not happy about this. I feel like I'm going to have a killer nose bleed just thinking about it.

"Isn't this a bit much? You want me to confirm if there is something going on with them. That I can do in a second. I don't see why you need video confirmation of it." I say and Sachiko shrugs.

"That was Youko's idea actually." She says and I groan. If I manage to live through this without loosing too much blood I'm going to need a stiff alcoholic drink. I grumble at them and turn to look at where Shimako is fending off Yumi and Yoshino. Has somebody given the younger ones alcohol?

"Yoshino, have you been drinking?" I call over to her and her back straighten up.

"Nope." She calls back to me.

"Will you do me a favour and rest for a bit please?" I ask as I start to worry about her. It is never a good thing for her to over exert herself with her condition. She looks at me with anger in her eyes before sighing and relinquishing that look for one of calmness. She relaxes and goes to sit down for a bit. She knows what happens if she pushes herself too much. I don't want to have to pick her up again. I walk over to her and crouch down in front of her as I smile softly up into her eyes.

"I know you want to be able to bounce around and have fun Yoshi, but I don't want you to get hurt. I'm just looking out for you." I whisper as I place my hands on her knees to steady her.

"I know." She says with a weak smile. She touches my cheek with her delicate little fingers as she watches me.

"I'll calm down, but when I'm better I'm going to bounce around as much as I want." It's endearing how innocent she is. I stand up and place a kiss to her forehead before leaving her sat there. I don't want to leave her but what else can I do? Eriko pulled the rose obligation card on me so now I'm stuck with being a spy. I might take it up as a profession if I don't have a haemorrhage on my first attempt.

'Or get arrested.' My mind is an evil thing. I could get arrested for this. Like a perverted stalker... Ewwwwwww. Not with Sei and Shimako. They're both so... withdrawn from the real world. One's a porcelain doll and the other is... a dirty old lecherous man in a young woman's body.

"I'm going to burn in hell for this." I murmur to Sachiko as she places a slim camcorder in my back pocket.

"I'm sorry but, what Youko wants Youko gets." She says it in a tone that tells me this isn't the first time Youko has gotten her own way with Sachiko. I curse my mind for being able to pick up on things like that because... I really don't need thoughts of Sachiko and Youko in my head when I'm trying to get video evidence of... Oh jeez what have I gotten myself into?

So it referenced that smut is present. If you can't take any more raunchiness please tell me. If you want more... You perves lol... Tell me. Oh by the way just how far am I allowed to push this M rating because I don't want to go too far with it.

R&R Pretty please and thank you to the two that reviewed last time