Chapter 4

I woke slowly, my head throbbing heavily. I literally felt like death. It hurt for me to move, and even to breathe.

"Kassi?" I heard Riku's worried voice ask from behind me. I kept my eyes shut and remembered that he had a leather recliner near his bed.

"I'm up…but please no more surprises." I begged softly. I tried to roll over to face him, but my chest sent sharp pains throughout my body and knew it was impossible and I winced loudly in agony.

"Don't move; I'll come to you." I heard his voice say. I noticed he sounded unusually scared.

"Riku, please…I saw what's been tormenting you. It's your heart's Shadow. All the time you spent working with the Heartless and in the Darkness, it dipped your heart in a permanent coat of Darkness. I don't know if I can help." I confessed, finally realizing what all the images I got from his mind really meant.

"No…I thought you…but I don't want that power anymore! I just want you!" he begged as he cried next to me.

Suddenly, I wasn't hurt or scared. I wasn't thinking of anything but him. I needed him now. And he needed me. I felt a strange surge of hot pleasure flow from his fingertips on my cheek down between my legs. We looked into each other's eyes and I saw the same sudden pleasure there.

"Kassi…I think…I want…the Darkness isn't haunting me when I feel like this. It didn't last night either…" Riku confessed slowly, his voice thick with lust he obviously didn't want to suppress. He inched closer to me and I immediately felt his erection.

Every sense of restriction in my mind was lost in that moment. Suddenly we were both undressed and Riku was smoothly and slowly working rhythmically inside of me. Both of us felt true peace as he made love to me. The bond that we once had when we were surrounded and working for the Darkness came back. His pleasures mixed with my pleasures seamlessly. As we inched closer to our climaxes, I could feel his need. This was more than just a cum. I knew what this would do to me. I couldn't explain it, but I begged for Riku to release.

His breath came short and shallow and suddenly it came in long and deep moans. In the exact moment he came, I too, felt my body release.

As we lay together in his bed, in shock that this time was so much more pleasurable than our first, I realized something, and before I could stop myself, I blurted, "Riku…I'm going to be pregnant from this." His eyes widened and he looked at me in shock. Slowly, he smiled.

"I know. I felt it too. This is going to be difficult, wont it?" he asked softly as he kissed my slowly; starting at my neck and slowly moving to my cheek then lips.

"The pregnancy and the child will be easy to care for. But I hope…I hope that it's a boy." I quickly changed what I was going to say. He can't know. I hope you can take care of our son on your own. Your release took the Shadow from your heart and thrust upon me. These are the last months of us. I thought solemnly. I knew he knew, but some words are better left unsaid.

Weeks past and everything we both understood happened. I became impregnated, and Riku's demon was gone. I knew that soon we would be unable to have each other, and I took every moment to show Riku how much I loved him. I bought him new stuff, I bought baby items.

The sadness in Riku's eyes grew, but I knew why. This time it wasn't demons or Shadows or Darkness. This time it was me. I kissed Riku softly the night I officially became three months pregnant. It wasn't a normal kiss though, it was the kiss of a lover that never wishes to leave, but understands she has to.