Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, all credit goes to Takaya Natsuki. This story is written just for fun, no money made.
Warning: Lemon directly ahead! Please skip the first part.
And now, here we go!
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For want of a horse
Chapter 8 – The feeling of you
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Haru had a dream so vivid that he almost believed it was real. In his dream Rin and he were together in a room, sharing a bed. Only that Rin wasn't lying beside him, but kneeling between his spread legs, breathing kisses down his hips, her fingers teasing the sensible skin of his upper inner thighs, coming close to were he wanted her attention the most, but never quite touching.
He moaned in his sleep and tried to reach for her to stop her teasing, but for some reason he couldn't move his hands. He gasped as he felt Rin's chin bump against his cock, then he nearly cried out as she breathed over his sensible tip. He could see her grinning in the darkness and knew that she wasn't finished with teasing him.
Slowly, delicately she flicked her tongue over the tip of his penis, making him shudder deeply. He wanted to thrust his hips upwards, a desperate attempt to bring his cock deeper into her mouth, but she held him down.
"Rin…" His voice sounded desperate and he moaned again as her cool fingers closed around his erection, slowly moving up and down.
"Yes?" His eyes flew open at the sound of her amused voice and suddenly he realized that this was very real. He moved his hands again, only to see that they were tangled in the bed sheets, immobilizing him almost completely. While he tried to get his hands free Rin put her mouth over the tip of his cock, slowly circling it with her tongue before sucking ever so slightly and Haru threw his head back in ecstasy. Her mouth on his member never failed to arouse him violently and he knew that she could tell.
"Oh… stop it or I'll – ah!" She swallowed more of him in a sudden movement, her tongue licking on the most sensible underside of his cock's tip and all thoughts of resistance flew out of his head. All he could do was gasp for air and moan helplessly while he waited for her to stop her sweet torture. When her lips slowly glided up his cock again, her tongue playing on the underside of the length of it, he started another attempt to speak through the haze of his lust-fogged brain.
"Rin… What are you doing?" God, his voice was so full of desperation for her to continue that even he could hear it. How would he ever convince her to stop? He wanted a fight with Kyou and he wanted it to be good, so he had to be in his best form – and with his black side being close to the surface he normally was much better. He could feel Rin's smile with her lips still closed around his cock, but then she let him slip out of her mouth, again closing her cool fingers around his swollen flesh. Their eyes met.
"What does it look like?" She grinned up at him, her eyes full of amusement. Yes, she definitely had fun playing with him and she knew that he loved it. "I'm having fun… with you." He stared at her for a few moments and when he didn't answer she lowered her lips again.
"Wait!", he cried before she could make contact again. The feelings of her hand still around his member was bad enough, but her lips was a different league of magic on him altogether. "Rin, please… I need to be…"
"I know. You want to be sexually frustrated, so you can turn black…" She looked at him before she continued. "I'm just speeding things up a little." Her grin definitely had some devilish streak to it.
"What do you mean?" He wasn't following her anymore. How would giving him a blowjob make his black side surface? But then a sudden flash of insight gave him the answer and he took a deep breath. It wasn't her intention to give him a blowjob, at least not a full one. She would leave him hanging just before he came… and it would be increasing his sexual frustration indeed.
"Rin, no! Stop it!" She laughed and took him back into her mouth and soon all words of protest died on his lips replaced by words of encouragement and pleads for her to continue. Her lips and tongue were working expertly on his erection, building up a violent orgasm. Haru was panting now, he could feel his testicles drawing up to his body in preparation of his release and he desperately pushed his hips upwards, wanting to be buried deep inside of her hot mouth when he came.
He could feel the sensations mounting and just when he knew he would shatter in a heartbeat she drew away. He moaned, hips shifting in search of some kind of friction that would push him over the edge but there was nothing, no lips, no tongue, no hands. With a violent motion he finally got his hands free and he immediately grasped down to finish the job himself.
"Ah ah ah! No cheating!" She caught his hands in hers, pressing them down into the mattress. Haru groaned. He knew that she'd stop him but it had been worth a try. He stared up at her.
"Rin…" He thrust his hips up towards her. "Please." He wanted her to continue, to make him come but she just smiled at him, shaking her head no.
"Not now. Today we have to get home and if we find Kyou-kun you'll get your fight. And tonight…" She leaned forward, bringing her face next to his, kissing his cheek before whispering into his ear. "Tonight, I'll finish what I started. But you'll have to wait." He turned his head to look deeply into her eyes.
"Promise?"
"Promise. Just come to Kagura's when you're done, they are out tonight. And now, let's get ready. And no wanking off in the shower or anywhere else!" He ground his teeth. Today would be a long day…
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"Are you ready?" Haru grinned. If someone would have just seen the black graceful horse before him ask him a question, they would most likely believe to be hallucinating. He took the bag that held Rin's clothes and wound the rope over his shoulder. Then he jumped on her back with a fluid motion.
"As ready as I can be." He looked back to his bike leaning against a wall and sighed. "I hope they really manage to send it back as we told them." Rin had asked the hotel's receptionist this morning if they could send the bike to their home and the kind lady had answered that it wouldn't be a problem. They had left the adress of the main house so they knew where to deliver the bike and where to send the bill. Rin went down a street with a few houses and small stores when Haru suddenly stopped her.
"Hey horsey! Wait a moment." Then he jumped down from her bare back and went inside a small store that displayed various goods, mostly souveniers in the window. Haru came out again grinning and held another bag in his hand.
"Come on Haru. We have to hurry… What did you buy?" Haru grinned brighter and took a stuffed animal out of the bag. It was a horse with shining black fur and long mane.
"I'm sorry. It reminds me so much of you, I had to buy it." He gave her an apologetic smile, then stuffed the animal into the bag again and hopped on. As soon as they left the last houses of the town behind them Rin sped up and soon they were galloping through a forest, through fields and alongside a river. Haru had ridden Rin in her horse form a few times already but never had they gone so fast. It almost felt like flying and he enjoyed the wild ride.
Haru looked around in confusion as Rin stopped beside a river and told him to get off. He obeyed, still trying to figure out where they were. Rin looked intently in one direction then turned her head towards him.
"Just wait. They'll be here soon." He nodded and touched the soft hair of her black mane.
"Thank you, Rin. For carrying me back and for coming for me." He could see a smile in her eyes and then he hugged her neck and pressed a kiss to the soft fur of her cheek. "I'll see you tonight?" She nodded, then turned to run home. Haru sat down on the grass, wondering how long he would have to wait for Kyou to show up and what they would do here anyway.
As he lay there he remembered this morning, how she had woken him up and a sudden groan came out of his clenched jaws. She really was cruel sometimes… But then this was part of the fun and he loved her for it. That was what made her his Rin.
"Ah! Excuse me! Can I help you? Are you okay?" A young woman came hopping towards him and as he looked up he could see that she was startled. "Oh! Sorry, I thought you were an old man… Well anyway, the hair's really nice." Haru sighed inwardly. Why did everyone feel the need to comment on his hair? There was nothing he could do about it though except dying it black, but he couldn't do that. Rin liked his hair the way it was and just for her he would leave it this way.
"Hey, do you know the Sohmas?" The girl had a crest on her jacket. Haru recognized it as the crest of the same high school he would go to in three month. Yuki and Kyou went to this school as well and with Yuki being the school prince there was a good chance that she'd know where he could find them.
"Sohma? Are you a family member as well?" He nodded and wondered for a moment about the content smile that lit her face, but then he could hear Kyou's voice and he got up to greet him his way. He quickly took the rope from the bag and bound it to a stake then kneeled on the side of the path. He pulled the rope as Kyou was just a step away, bringing him down as he tried to run by and failed to see the rope in his way. The girl behind him jumped in surprise and ran to Kyou.
"Damn it! What the hell's the meaning of that?" Kyou was up on his feet again, his forehead bleeding slightly.
"I figured you wouldn't stop any other way." Haru could see the surprise in both Kyou and Yuki's face as they finally saw him.
"Haru? What are you doing here?" Kyou's voice was full of rage and Haru grinned internally. The more enraged he was, the easier it was to provoke him to fight.
"Haru, don't you have to learn for your admission test?" It was Yuki's voice that brought him out if his thoughts and he flashed him a smile. "Ah, by the way. Honda-san, this is Sohma Hatsuharu, one year younger than us, in his last year of middle school. He'll go to our school in spring, too. Haru, this is Honda Tohru. I'm sure you've heard about her?" Haru nodded absentmindedly.
So that was her, the girl who knew about the curse and who lived at sensei's home with both the rat and the cat – with Akito's permission. They formally bowed to each other and he could feel her gaze on him.
"So why are you here, Haru?" Yuki looked at him and Haru had to smile. His eyes held the same spark of curiosity as Rin's did.
"I'm here to fight." And with that he threw a challenging look at Kyou.
"I don't have time to play with you now! We are in the middle of a duel." Yuki rolled his eyes at Kyou's words and looked around.
"Ah… maybe we should go somewhere else or the teachers might see us", Tohru suggested and everyone nodded, and without talking about it went down to the river, walking towards a bridge under which no one would notice them. Haru stared at the girl from behind. She wasn't as he had imagined her to be. So she was a reasonably good looking girl, but her good looks went more in the direction of 'sweet'. She was no breathtaking beauty like Rin. But then that didn't matter as long as she was good for Yuki's broken heart and Kyou's heated temper.
Her warm brown eyes held a great amount of kindness even though she sometimes seemed to be a little slow. But then everyone said the same thing about him and maybe they were right. He could be slow and dim-witted, but when it mattered he was fast and very sensible, like when he thought about Rin.
Haru sighed. So here he was thinking about Rin again like he was all the time. He probably should concentrate on his fight… He threw a searching look at Kyou. Haru had a feeling that it would take some provocation to get him to fight back. Even though Kyou was enraged he seemed unwilling to do so, maybe it something to do with the Honda-girl.
"So how about our fight?" Haru had stopped and faced Kyou. He could already feel his black side under the surface, ready to break out with just the slightest bit of provocation.
"Forget it! I won't spar with you, damn ox." Haru could feel his blood rushing through his veins as Kyou rejected him.
"Maybe you should give in before…." Yuki's voice was soft and easily overpowered by Kyou's loud yell of rage as Haru kicked him into the stomach.
"You damn cow, what do you think you're doing?"
"I'm trying to provoke you, baka neko." Haru knew that he was getting under his skin already. When Kyou tried to argue again he could feel his own pulse quicken, his heart pumped faster and behind his closed eyes he saw Rin again after she had caught his hands this morning, denying him his release. Had it really been just a few hours since then? It felt like a lifetime and he was suddenly eager to see her. Tonight! She had promised. He just had to get this fight over with…
His black side broke free and he kicked Kyou again, catching him off guard. He could see that the cat was debating with himself and in a flash of insight he realized why Kyou was holding back – he didn't want to fight in front of Honda-san. Haru grinned a devious grin.
"So it's her, huh? Holding back for a girl. What kind of martial artist are you? Maybe I should take her…" He couldn't finish his sentence as Kyou's fist made contact with his face. Haru had to smile internally. He had meant to say 'Maybe I should take her to someone who can show her what a real man is' but it seemed as if this little misunderstanding had finally triggered Kyou's willingness to fight.
So they both got down to business, both fighting for real although for different reasons altogether. Haru wasn't stupid and he quickly realized that Kyou was still stronger than him, but he liked the rush of adrenalin so he didn't give up. However even through the rushing sound of his blood he could hear Honda-san calling out for Yuki and when he turned his head he saw him kneeling on the ground, coughing painfully. Without sparing a second thought on his opponent he rushed to Yuki's side, throwing his cloak over the rat's shivering form.
"Yuki, breathe deeply. I'll call Hatori." Haru got up to call to the main house, but Yuki stopped him, his gaze pleading to him. Haru understood the meaning without asking. It was the same expression Rin wore whenever she would be called to Akito's side, however seldom that may be. "Not the main house, mh? Then we'll take you back to sensei's."
"But how?", Tohru's voice piped in. Haru stared at her for a moment before he sighed. He grinned but his eyes somewhat revealed the pain he felt. He had never hugged another girl except Rin and he had never wanted to change it. But now it seemed as if he had to. His eyes flew over her body for a moment. No, she wasn't as beautiful as Rin nor was her body as curved as his girlfriend's was. Was it cheating if you hugged some other woman even though it was an emergency?
He found Tohru staring at him in wonder and he realized that he must have spaced out again. Yuki coughed again and it made Haru's heart twist painfully. When Rin had once come down with a really bad cough she had sounded similar. He still remembered the pain in her eyes.
"Well, at least you're sweet. If I have to hug another girl at least it's a sweet one." With that he drew the girl into his arms, his head almost dropping to her shoulder out of habit. Almost, but not quite. In the last moment he registered her scent, clean and of soap, some underlying scent of lavender or something in it. It was completely different from Rin's scent and his body stiffened even with his arms around Tohru.
He would have stepped back, but finally he felt the familiar tingle of his skin and a poof of smoke surrounded them.
"Put Yuki on my back and hold onto my neck so I don't change back. And would you please be so kind as to bring my bag." The smoke cleared and he could see the shock on Tohru's face as she came face to face with the ox of the juunishi. Haru grinned internally at the surprise in her eyes, but then she did as he had asked.
It wasn't a long way to sensei's house, but still they made slow progress due to many people staring at them in wonder, blocking their way. When they finally arrived Haru felt unnerved and anxious to be back in his room with Rin by his side. He didn't like to be in his juunishi form for long, besides Tohru's arms around his neck made him uncomfortable. Her touch was soft, but her hands were warm and almost motherly, nothing like Rin's cool touch that got him either all hot and excited or soothed him down in a heartbeat.
He was glad when Yuki was finally lain in his bed and he was free of Tohru's embrace. He watched as she bustled around Yuki's sleeping form. He could see that she was worried about the rat and he was glad that she cared for him. She seemed to be what Yuki needed to heal. Hopefully it would be enough for the prince.
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End of Chapter 8
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AN: So here is chapter 8. I tried to keep it a little shorter since my beta-reader is already complaining that every chapter gets longer than the previous one. I hope you liked it. Please tell me what you think and leave a review!
I know that the end of this chapter is a little bit abrupt, but the next chapter will pick up where this one left of, so it's okay, I guess. You'll have to wait a week though. It will be up – as usual – the next Tuesday.
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