I'm back!! And I have with me the 4th chapter of Moments! Rejoice all you who have been looking forward to this, because it will be awhile before I have enough free time to continue writing due to my 40 hours a week (plus Saturday) job! Bummer!
Well, just like with the other 3 chapters, I won't tell you the pairing…you have to figure them out for yourself;p
Disclaimer: I do not own Mai HiME/Otome…it just wasn't meant to be…cries!
ON WITH THE STORY!
"One Week"
Mai only asked her once. "Why take me?"
Natsuki replied with a spare helmet held out to her orange haired friend. Mai had paused for just one moment before she grabbed the dark red helmet and hopped onto the back of Natsuki's Ducati, wrapping her arms around the waist of the leather clad girl and crushing her D-cup breasts against the navy haired girl's back.
As soon as Natsuki felt Mai settle and secure herself, she opened the throttle and her 'baby' roared to life, squealing the back tire and causing the front one to lift off the ground as they shot off down the black asphalt.
Having been on a motorcycle only once before, it took Mai a few fast curves, sprinting down long stretches of road and one or two fast stops to mold to Natsuki's form and become one with the flying Ducati. Natsuki felt Mai press closer and lean with her perfectly as they took corners and flew through stop signs along the deserted street in the mountains outside of Fuka Academy.
The monosyllabic girl suppressed a shiver at the feel of someone warm holding so firmly to her that she could imagine any passerby mistaking the two girls for one. Mai was so tight against Natsuki that their thighs to their shoulders were perfectly in line with each others and as Mai's hips cradled Natsuki's tight backside, the orange haired girl's head was resting on her friend's right shoulder. Natsuki sped up, trying to keep her mind on the road and not on her very warm friend clutching her body.
They rode for hours with nowhere to go except wherever whimsy and instinct took them.
The winding paths up and down the mountain that still held the massive trench of ash that Mai's Childe had made; the cliff where one stormy night long ago, Natsuki found her motive for revenge against First District and learned to trust no one; through the woods where a devious plot to turn the HiMEs against each other began; down the streets of the city where secrets would be told, prey ensnared, and late night parties would take place.
They traveled everywhere, just the two of them lost in the moments of the present; not remembering the past, not unsure of the future…just being in the now. And that was exactly what they needed.
It was just in time for supper when they arrived back at the dormitories. The sun had faded below the edge of the sea, leaving only the crescent moon and what few stars could peek through aimlessly drifting shreds of gray clouds to light the Earth. Neither girl had said anything since Mai's question, nor were they about to.
Slowly, both girls dismounted from and walked the now silent machine to the side of the building under the eaves to keep most of the rain forecasted for that night from touching it in case the weatherman happened to be right that morning.
Shaking her long dark blue hair to release it from its matted position against her head as she took off her black helmet, Natsuki turned to watch her passenger lean against the seat of her Ducati and take off the borrowed helmet, then run her fingers through short fiery orange hair as matted and sweat soaked as her own.
Violet eyes reflected the silver moonlight that filtered in through the sparse cloud cover that was quickly growing darker and thicker as Mai tilted her head to look into Natsuki's shadow darkened verdant green eyes.
The earth began to rumble, echoing the crashing heard by the nearby thunder and lightning rolling in with the last bit of dying light from the soon to be completely blocked moon.
Tension arose between the two young women and if anyone had passed by, they would have been able to see two very visible auras surround, intertwine, and clash around the two females as they stood only a few feet apart.
Sharp frost and glinting ice in a whirling mist seemed to freeze everything in the vicinity of the pale skinned girl in her molded black leather biking suit. The girl with skin more peaches and cream than milky white had a hotter, flaming mirage of bent air crackle and burn in the area in which her body stood. Where the two edges met, a storm of long denied emotions gathered drawing Natsuki and Mai closer together until there was no space between them.
The kiss they had shared in the shadows of the tall dark building released much of the tenseness present in both, and they relaxed bit by bit; thawing and cooling until their auras no longer manifested.
Mai felt a hand wrap around the nape of her neck, massaging the muscles that had been drawn tight into a much more sensitive mass of nerves pleasured by each squeeze of Natsuki's fingers and she shivered to feel fingers running along the base of her skull as another hand trailed along her side and over her hip to rest spreading heat outward from that spot.
Natsuki gasped at the electric sensation of a firm thigh being pushed between her own legs, making her arch and moan into Mai's open mouth. When two arms snaked around her waist to hold her flush against a very soft chest, Natsuki felt her nipples harden and Mai's do the same in an excited chill of a rush of breath. The chaste kiss had transformed from a meeting of wind chapped lips on tongue-moistened ones, to white teeth nipping full lips and tongues dueling in a sensual caress.
Louder moans began to escape from locked mouths along with kittenish mews for more, and hands wandered along curves and contours as two bodies undulated slowly against each other.
Supper became an irrelevant thought as new hungers replaced the everyday, mundane one. It looked as thought the girls would finish what they started right there with Mai held prisoner against the white, stuccoed building and Natsuki melting into the busty girl's form as best she could; but Mother Nature had other plans.
Clouds thick and plump with thirst quenching rain had fully replaced the wispy fragments from earlier, barring out all sources of heavenly light and giving an ominous rumble right above them…then it poured.
It wasn't until their clothes plastered themselves to each girl's aroused body, cooling it down, that they reluctantly parted and entered the unlit building. Up the stairs side by side they went, finally reaching the third floor. Then Mai pulled ahead to unlock the door to her room with the correct key on the softly chiming keychain. Dark green eyes traveled the soaking lines and curves through Mai's wet clothing, resting on the place her spine connects to the small curve that defines where her back ends and her tight butt begins with hips flaring out sensuously to create Mai's perfect hourglass shape. So different from Natsuki's leaner and more boyishly slim figure that was actually perfectly proportioned even though the biker girl denied it.
Mai glanced back at her bedraggled friend, smiling wickedly when she noticed where Natsuki's eyes were lingering. Turning her attention back to her door, Mai wiggled her hips slightly just to help Natsuki enjoy the show even more. The ex fire HiME was rewarded with a strangled intake of breath and a massive blush that she caught from the corner of her eye.
Click.
The door unlocked and Mai pushed it open while entering before reaching back and holding out her hand to the young woman still struggling with her blushing problem. Natsuki smiled a little bit and clasped Mai's warmer hand with her cooler one, following her into the interior of the dark room.
Mai didn't bother with the lights as she led Natsuki over the threshold to her room, kicking off her street shoes as she went then turning to face the ex ice HiME as she continued towards the bed that was hers, tugging on Natsuki to hurry up with her own stubbornly laced sneakers.
The emerald eyed girl let out a small grunt of frustration at the knotted laces that she just couldn't get untied. Almost tempted to rip them out, Natsuki decided just to forget the laces and slip off the shoe instead…she could worry about how to get them back on later!
A triumphant grin was met with a small case of the giggles from Mai at how cute Natsuki looked scowling. A playful growl took the place of the smirk on Natsuki's face when she saw Mai dripping wet and laughing. Swiftly, the two girls met again for another round of kisses and caresses, this time slowly divesting each other of their soaking wet clothing and dropping them like breadcrumbs on their path to Mai's waiting bed.
Upon the last break they would each have before all they would feel upon their flushed skin would be each other, Natsuki had Mai right against the edge of the bed, ready to push her down and continue in their activity until she looked over to the other bed nestled against the wall so close to Mai's.
Mai felt Natsuki hesitate, and opened her eyes that had been closed in ecstasy to see what was wrong. Fiery violet eyes followed the deep green gaze fixated on something to Mai's left, and Mai quickly understood what had stopped Natsuki from her mission. A gentle warm hand reached up to draw Natsuki's eyes back to her own and Mai smiled a smile that said it was ok.
"We had this conversation before, Natsuki. I'm willing to complete what has always been here between us if only to be able to love her fully without any lingering doubts or unfulfilled emotions getting in the way. But I will stop if you so wish."
Mai's calm voice went a long way to relax Natsuki's tensed up body, and enticed an answer from the darker haired girl. "I want the same thing, Mai."
That was all they needed.
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Natsuki did not wake until her stomach started grumbling, complaining that it hasn't had any food since yesterday noon. But Natsuki ignored it, choosing instead to bask in the afterglow of a night well spent and a completion to a burning question she shared with Mai.
Speaking of whom, the busty orange haired girl was currently securely entwined with Natsuki's body and not looking to get up anytime soon…which was just fine by a smiling Natsuki. Without her say so, Natsuki's mind replayed all of yesterday and last night and a massive blush soon adorned her face when she got to what exactly went on in bed between the two occupants.
But what really stuck out was the exchange of words when Natsuki had almost stopped this tryst due to a feeling of worry about certain people in both girls' lives. Mai patiently reassured her and they continued, not worrying about anything else but each other and the pleasure received and given.
Natsuki focused on the conversation that Mai had mentioned that had taken place at the beginning of the week when it was only them for an entire seven days.
FLASHBACK
"Mai, where's your bottomless pit cat girl? Is she sick or something?"
Mai gave a chuckle as she handed a bento box to Natsuki who took it with a gruff thanks before chowing down, marveling again at how delicious Mai's food is.
"She and Reito have left for the week to go visit their hometown so it's just us today and the rest of her absence."
Natsuki made a sound that was neither word nor much of anything. Mai just smiled and dug into her won lunch. Before long both girls were finished and had set their empty boxes aside to lie down on the green grass under the tree shading them from the hot noonday sun, basking in the peace and companionship offered.
Mai glanced over to her dozing friend soon enough though to ask her just about the same thing she was asked.
"Natsuki, don't you usually have lunch with Kaichou?"
Natsuki turned her head to face Mai as she answered. "Her parents took her to visit her grandparents in Kyoto for the rest of the week. I didn't really want to go even though she invited me."
Mai nodded, understanding not wanting to intrude on family gatherings not her own. Violet and emerald eyes went back to the clear blue sky and the warm gaze of the sun. They were shaken from their shared afternoon nap by the ringing school bell, signaling afternoon classes would begin soon.
Packing away the lunch boxes in silence and walking to class together, Mai didn't break the quiet between her and Natsuki until just outside the door to their classroom.
"Then, would you like to hang out with me while they are gone…?"
In the trailing end of Mai's question, Natsuki heard an unvoiced second part of the question. 'and maybe figure out what is between us before we go any further with our precious ones when they return.'
After only a moment, Natsuki decided and she returned Mai's slight smile with her own; nodding an affirmative to both the questions.
"Yeah…I'd like that."
END FLASHBACK
They both knew that this was the only chance they would have to resolve that unnamed thing that slowly infiltrated the relationship they shared as friends. A fascination with each other; the reason they sought each other out before the end of the hated, 'Festival' and stayed together for that entire day before they went out to save their most precious loved ones; ending this horrible game set forth by the Obsidian Lord once and for all.
Now was the one chance and they took it.
Tomorrow, after one week with only each other for company, the world will reset back to the way it should be once more…but at this moment they could only focus on the present; only recognize this one last tick of the clock spent together in an embrace that would have to last forever after because they would not get another.
And it was enough.
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Well, there it is!!
I hope you all enjoyed my little shot at a Mai/Natsuki story!
You know the drill: READ AND REVIEW;p
ToaR
P.S. Red-Red-Panda, I'm sorry I made you wait!!