Dark World
Chapter 3
By Lady Saffir
DISCLAIMER: I am making ZERO profit from this story, since the characters don't belong to me.
LEMON ALERT!
AN - This chapter might confuse a few people, but I plan on the next one explaining many things, so please bear with me.
"I never knew so young a body with so old a head." - Shakespeare
When we returned to Heero's mansion, he and I went for a walk along the beach. Yes, his house was right on the sea shore, so it literally had everything, from a billiards room to a library to a pool that had several underwater lights for night-time swimming.
There was a pale crescent moon hanging in the dark sky, and the area around it struck me as being very close to Heero's eye color.
Our walk was filled with silence, but unlike the awkward 'first date' silence that could have been expected, this was instead comfortable and relaxing, and I stopped to stare out over the ocean. I sighed in contentment and closed my eyes, turning my face up to let the moonbeams caress it.
"I want you to stay with me."
Startled, my eyes flew open to rest on Heero, who was standing patiently at my side. His gaze was intense and his eyes seemed more alive than before, as the weak light played with the shadows.
In fact, all of him seemed to have altered in some dangerous way, and for a moment I fancied that I was in peril.
Then his gaze softened and the feeling passed, but his words still hung in the air.
"Why?" I asked curiously, tilting my head to one side to peer at him.
"My enemies might still be after me, and they might think that if they harm you, I will agree to do what they want. If you stay around for a few days, I can be sure that nothing will happen."
I turned to regard him fully, my gaze frank as I stepped closer to him.
"That's not the whole truth, is it?"
Heero stared off into the distance for such a time that I thought he was going to ignore my question. Finally though, he tilted his head down, the expression on his face unreadable.
"No."
"Then what is the whole truth?" I whispered, watching as his face slowly lowered to mine. I knew what was about to happen and a shiver of anticipation fell down my spine.
"I think I'm falling in love with you," he answered huskily, the words brushing across my face in a warm puff of breath.
Then he kissed me, and it seemed as if everything changed.
Trowa was leaning against the deck railing, peering intently at the scene on the beach. Duo, braid flung haphazardly over the railing as he lounged with his back against the rail, kept up a running commentary on what was happening.
"Yup, he's gonna do it. He's gonna kiss her...no, wait, of course he just can't do it, he has to ruin the moment and talk," he sighed, shaking his head at his long-time friend's actions.
"Oh, wait...he just said he's falling in love with her!" Duo announced theatrically.
"Mr. Romantic; how did I get stuck with such a sap?" he muttered, earning a snort from Trowa.
"He said he THINKS he's falling in love with her," Trowa corrected, turning to look at his friend. "And since when does Heero not block his thoughts from you?"
Duo smiled, a hint of bitterness in it.
"Because this is his way of letting me know what he plans on doing.
Kind of advance warning, you know, so if I really have a problem with it, theoretically he'd stop."
They were interrupted when Wufei suddenly appeared.
"Spying on Yuy again?" he asked by way of greeting, taking a place at the railing.
"Trying to figure out if this is a good idea, or a bad idea," Duo answered, flopping down into a lounge chair.
"I vote bad idea," Wufei replied grimly.
"Oh?"
"Anything done so rashly is sure to end badly."
Duo snorted. "If you think Heero just 'happened' to run in to Relena and decide to go on a date, you don't know him as well as you think. He's had this planned for a while, I'm sure," he finished.
"I've been to see Sally," Wufei said abruptly, catching both men's attention.
"And what does our great healer have to report?" Trowa asked.
"What we've known," Wufei answered grimly. "Hugh is out to dethrone Heero, fairly or not. Word is already spreading of the human Heero is interested in, so every vampire out to harm Heero will most likely try to use her. She doesn't have a choice now, she must stay with us."
Duo cocked his head to the side, listening to something that only he could hear.
"Heero beat you to it. He's convinced her to stay with him for at least a few days, and for the moment she's buying the 'angry business rival' bit. It isn't going to last though," Duo added, sharing a look with his friends.
"And I have a bit more bad news," he added apologetically. "Heero's already started."
The cryptic statement was well understood by the two men in front of him.
Wufei cursed at great length in Chinese. "The fool! Can't you talk him out of it?" he demanded of Duo.
The American shrugged and smiled. "Hey, doesn't matter how good of friends you are, after almost three hundred years of having the same person for a companion and confidant, it gets kinda old."
"Besides," he added, standing and holding his arms out, "I'm hot, but I can't compare with a twenty year old co-ed. Can you blame the guy?"
Wufei cursed again. "So after he's been with her for awhile, it grows old, then what? He gives her to you and finds someone else to hold his fancy?"
Duo shrugged again. "Might, might not. But I think little miss might be just what Heero needs."
Trowa interrupted the conversation before it could go further.
"They're coming, and Heero's requesting that we please make ourselves scarce. He's suggesting the two of you go grocery shopping, since we're going to need it," Trowa added.
Duo let out a whoop, jumping to his feet to run into the house.
"I'm driving, Fei!"
Wufei paused long enough to glance heavenward, before running after his enthusiastic friend.
I knew as Heero led me back to the house what was going to happen. We were going to go back to his bedroom, and start a chain of events that would most likely lead to us making love.
I had no problem with that. I had been itching to get my hands on him since I first saw him, as bad as that sounds. He was a quiet person, and I wanted to see what would make him groan.
The trip up the stairs and winding through the corridors was lost to me. All I knew was that Heero was suddenly pulling me into his room, and engulfing me in a tight embrace. He kicked the door shut in the process, and I could have sworn I heard the lock clicking in place, but that was impossible.
Wasn't it?
I quickly gave up that train of thought when Heero started kissing me again. His tongue...I don't know how to describe it, except to sound like a horrible romance novel. It literally made my knees weak, and I was quite surprised to find that the moaning sound was in fact coming from my throat.
Heero pulled back, resting his forehead against mine.
"I'll ask you one more time, Relena," he whispered hoarsely. "Is this what you want?"
His eyes were so serious, and I knew that we were talking about more than just the two of us having sex. This went much deeper. I couldn't imagine the thought of NOT being with Heero though, and so I nodded my head yes and gave him a smile.
Apparently it was answer enough for him, because he bent his mouth down again to capture mine. His hands were roaming over my body, pulling my dress up with ease.
My own hands were busy rucking up his dress shirt, fingers splayed over his back when I encountered bare flesh. His entire body was hard and taut, the muscles well defined. I started to undo the buttons that lined the front of the shirt when he stopped me, pulling my hands up to kiss them gently.
"Let's get you out of that dress before I rip it," he suggested, helping me to release the back hooks.
The dress fell to the floor silently and when I turned to step out of it is when I first began to doubt what we were doing. It was all well and good to want something in theory, but what if Heero thought I was a horrible lay, or was disgusted by my body? What would I do if he decided he didn't want this anymore?
It must have shown on my face because Heero was suddenly there, drawing me close with his strong hands. We resumed kissing and then he oh so slowly moved down to the side of my neck, biting and sucking gently.
I closed my eyes, enjoying the little shoots of pleasure that were spreading out all over my body. I jerked back after a moment though, feeling a slight pain.
"Ouch, Heero, that one kinda hurt," I muttered, and I felt his smile against my skin.
"I'm sorry; here, I'll kiss it all better," he promised, and followed through.
Whatever he was doing with his mouth was driving me crazy, but the only thing I could do was clench his shirt in my hands and whimper. The pulling motion of his mouth against my skin was bliss.
His mouth began to travel lower, his fingers nimbly undoing my bra clasp. His breath was warm against my skin and I involuntarily sucked in a deep breath when I felt his tongue caressing a nipple.
I was growing frustrated with the fact that he was still fully dressed and I was naked.
"Heero," I whispered, drawing his attention away from his task.
"Hmm?"
His hands continued to roam everywhere, and one found its way between my legs. The rubbing motions were rapidly causing my higher brain functions to cease, and I could only grit out, "Naked."
Heero purposely mistook my statement, smirking at me.
"Yes, you are. Something wrong with that?"
"You aren't," I returned, fumbling once again with his shirt. He allowed me to finish this time, and it was his turn to groan when I ran my hands over his upper body.
I was beginning to work on his pants when he suddenly swung me into his arms and headed for the bed. Teasingly he dumped me on the soft surface, and by the time I sat up he had discarded both pants and underwear.
He crawled toward me across the bed, his eyes a deep blue that almost looked black. His body was a pale tan and deeply muscled, but for all that he moved gracefully and it reminded me briefly of how Trowa and Wufei moved.
All thought came to a screeching halt when he started to kiss me again and his fingers began to work their magic. I pulled him down to me, my hand tracing a path down his stomach until I came to his sex. My fingers were rubbing small circles around the head, and then I slipped my hand down the length of him, eliciting another groan.
"Relena..."
His voice sent shivers down my back, but before I could answer he was overtop of me, his eyes staring at me intently.
"I don't have anything," he said.
"Then I guess it's good that I'm on the Pill, right?" I teased, my fingers flicking up to rub his nipples.
His tongue began to plunder my mouth again, and while he had me distracted he entered me, pulling a gasp from my throat. He stopped then and we stared at each other for a heartbeat, before he began to move with long, sure strokes.
The pace that he set was just fast enough to make me want more, the pressure building to an unbearable level.
"Heero..." I moaned, and he took that as a sign to up the tempo. Supporting himself on his forearms he bent his head to my neck, each thrust coming harder and faster as his mouth worked at my throat.
This time there wasn't any pain, just a delicious thrill that crept through my body, building and building until I didn't think I could handle it any longer. I didn't try to hold onto the feeling, choosing to let it spill outwards with joy.
"Heero!" My cry was muffled at his neck, and after several more thrusts, I felt him plunge back in one more time before he came, his voice a harsh 'Ah!' that sounded in my ear.
He collapsed to the side of me then, and we both lay there trying to regain our breath, and enjoy the afterglow. I snuggled into the crook of his arm and kissed his neck, content with where I was.
I suddenly felt extremely tired, and Heero, as if sensing my thoughts, spoke.
"Go to sleep, Relena. I promise I'll be here when you wake," he whispered into my hair.
Shortly after that, I dropped into sleep quickly, and slept like a rock for quite a while.
Heero cast a thoughtful look at the small lump in the middle of his bed, then left, already arranging the future to give him exactly what he wanted.