Smiling as Eliza was doing her best to grab some noodles with her chopsticks Alexis took them from her and quickly gathered them for her.
"Thank you," the toddler said, eating hungrily.
"This is so nice," Mari said, blushing a little as she was breaking into the silence of the room she was sharing with the girls from where they were sitting at the table.
"It's different," Julia then said. "Not bad different," she then added quickly.
"We know what you meant," Beckett told her reassuringly.
"Don't they sometimes not sit in chairs?" Kathleen asked.
"Sometimes," Skye said since the others had looked to her. "But of course you're thinking of how they sit without backs," she then told Julia as their chairs had no legs but did have backs.
"So now," Marie said, looking at her mothers. "We can find out about tomorrow can't we?"
"Yes," Mary said simply, looking to Castle and Beckett who nodded to her.
"Okay," Skye said when the three turned to her. "We're going to be traveling to Kyoto tomorrow on the shinkansen."
"What's that?" Julia said. "A train?"
"Good guess," Beckett said with a smile. "Their bullet train." She wasn't surprised when Eliza looked startled at that and said, "It's a very fast train."
"Fun," the toddler said before she became thoughtful. "What's there at… Kyoto?" she then asked, pronouncing the name carefully.
"The Nijo Castle," Mary said. "And I know you've seen castles in Europe," she said to Julia and Eliza as they looked interested. "But this one will be very different since of course it's a Japanese castle."
"I wanna see it," Eliza said eagerly.
"Me too," Julia, Mari and the twins said at the same time.
After everyone had stopped laughing at the surprise of all five girls Castle said, "How're the baths in your rooms," directing that to the McDouglases.
"Good you know we share a wall," Skye said, nodding to the one that was in the bedroom that they could see the bed was against, since Castle and Beckett's room was a similar layout to the bedroom.
"Don't throw any parties," Castle commented, drinking some of the tea they'd ordered with their dinner. "We didn't finish," he then said to the girls. "Besides the castle we'll be heading to shop since the city is one of the best places to get crafts."
"That'll be fun," Alexis said, seeing the girls looked to be slightly unsure. "One thing I know already is that Kyoto is known for dolls."
"To play?" Eliza asked, looking interested at that.
"Why don't you display it in your room?" Beckett asked her.
"We could do that," Julia said, giving her sister a look to try and get her to agree to that.
"Kay," Eliza said with a smile. "I wanna go do that."
"Should we tell them about the pool?" Skye asked Beckett in Russian.
"They'll likely ask," she replied with a smile. "We also think we may have time to spend at the hotel," she directed to their daughters and Mari.
"Does that mean we can swim?" Kathleen asked hopefully. When the adults; except Alexis; nodded she made a soft noise of exclamation and then turned to her twin saying, "That's gonna be fun."
"There's more," Alexis said. She tried not to laugh when the kids all turned to her at the same time and she said, "You can tell by the way they're all smiling."
"What is it?" Eliza said.
"You'll see tomorrow but we'll go swimming last and then we'll eat in… someone's room," Castle said.
"So we can… play?" Marie asked.
"If there's enough time," Skye said. "And maybe we can let them play with those dolls; if they promise to be extremely careful with them."
"We will," Mari said first, nodding as the others did the same in agreement with her.
"Okay we'll let you do that but now how about we talk to our families?" Castle said.
"What about…" Eliza asked as she then looked over at the McDouglases.
"We're going to call my dad," Skye said as she, her wife, Castle and Beckett were clearing the table from their plates and glasses they'd used for dinner. "So we'll say goodnight now."
The girls hugging the twins, Castle and Beckett stood aside with Skye and Mary before the twins were hugging Alexis.
"At eight?" Beckett asked the two women.
"At eight so we'll pick you all up at six," Skye replied. "Get some sleep."
"We will," Beckett said, knowing that the woman was referring to what they'd been joking about before. "And hopefully you two too."
With that Skye and Mary hugged Beckett, saying goodnight to her and Castle before they said goodbye to Alexis and the girls.
"Alright your grandpapa is ready to talk with us," Castle then told the girls. "Let me get the TV ready."
The girls; including Alexis; stood together in front of the TV before Castle moved from in front of them once everything was set.
"Hello everyone," Jim said with a smile once he could see them.
"Good evening to you," Martha said since she was standing next to him.
"Where are you?" Castle said in surprise as he hadn't been expecting his mother there.
"In the loft," Martha said. "I invited Jim here so you only need to make one phone call. How are you all doing?"
"Good," the girls chorused.
Alexis smiled and then said to her grandmother and step-grandfather, "They're not kidding we are doing well and having a great time."
"So Tokyo was nice?" Jim said, looking then at his daughter.
"Of course," Beckett said. "Should we go into detail or just a list of what we did there?"
"A list or else Mari won't be able to speak to her parents," Martha said, smiling at the little girl.
"Go ahead and tell them," Castle urged the girls to speak.
Listening to where they'd gone Jim said, "So you've seen a lot, do you like how some of the buildings are there?"
"A lot," Eliza said quickly, her sister and Mari nodding their heads. "And we have kimonos now!"
"I'll want to see those," Martha said with a smile. "Especially yours Alexis and Kate."
"Mine's very simple," Beckett told her mother in law honestly. "I don't want you to be disappointed when you do see it."
"I would imagine my son still appreciates it," Martha said.
"Daddy has a kimono too," Julia said. "The ones that boys wear."
"If you want to see it I'll show you," Castle told his mother.
"I do," Martha said. "But now I'd like to hear about your day today."
"So would I, since we have no idea what you were doing," Jim added.
"So you know," Castle said quickly before the girls could speak. "We're on the Izu peninsula, south of Mt. Fuji right now."
"Your hotel looks amazing," Martha said. "Very Japanese."
When no one spoke for a while Julia asked, "Can we talk about today now?"
"Go ahead," Beckett said, unable to help smile at the slightly impatient tone of her voice.
While the girls were talking about the amusement park and the roller coasters they had gone on Castle was relieved to see that Mari was involved in the conversation as well. He wasn't sure if she; with her family on trips; Skyped with her grandparents so he had been wondering if she'd become involved at all with the conversation.
"You're alright Katie?" Jim was saying then to his daughter then.
"I am, it was a little too much and I wasn't expecting it," Beckett said honestly, Julia having mentioned her getting dizzy after one ride. "But we had a lot of fun there."
"And what did you do after? Drove to your hotel?" Martha asked.
"No we went to the mountain," Eliza said eagerly.
"We went to Mt. Fuji, remember Gram?" Alexis asked since she had been by there with her father and grandmother before though they'd only skirted the bottom.
"Then you enjoyed it there I'm sure," Martha said.
"It was tall and there was snow on top," Eliza said eagerly, talking rapidly.
"You weren't cold?" Jim asked.
"We had coats," Julia said.
"And we didn't stay for long but we got to get nice pictures," Mari said with a smile.
"There were people coming back from the top," Castle then said. "They all looked really cold."
"I wanted to go up there," Julia said with a smile as she'd been begging her parents for that while they'd walked to where they could stop and look up at the mountaintop.
"I'm glad you didn't," Jim said. "Did you want pictures of the view or the mountain itself?"
"That's what Mommy and Daddy said," Julia said with a soft giggle. "But I'm glad we got to go. And then we came here."
"We had dinner on the floor," Eliza said eagerly.
"Sitting on the floor," Beckett corrected her with a smile. "We had a low table and they enjoyed it."
"We had pandas before," Eliza said then with a smile.
"Rice that was made to look like pandas," Alexis quickly explained.
"That was at the zoo," Castle added. "We had bento boxes."
"How are you doing Gram, Grandpapa?" Julia asked the two.
"We're fine, I have classes," Martha replied first. "Like I told you so I've been busy."
"And I've had work myself," Jim said when his granddaughters looked to him next. "So we're keeping busy but we do miss you."
"We miss you too," Julia said. "But we'll be back home soon."
"And how have you two been?" Martha directed to her son and daughter in law.
"Good we did have a night out together in Tokyo," Castle answered first. "Though we had dinner with Skye and Mary and went to a club with them."
"Are you going to be doing that again?" Martha then said.
"I don't think so," Beckett said, smiling at the girls who'd turned to look at her. "But we're still enjoying the trip, don't worry."
"I wasn't," Martha said with a smile.
"We need to say goodnight," Beckett said to the girls. "You need baths and Mari needs to speak with her family."
"Will we speak to you again?" Eliza asked the two on the TV.
"We need to see how your days go," Martha said. "But we will call you definitely on your birthday."
"Oh, thank you Gram and you too Grandpapa," Eliza said with a smile.
"We wouldn't be very good grandparents if we didn't remember your birthdays," Jim said, slightly smiling himself at her reaction.
"So until we talk again I love you girls," Martha said, indicating all three of her granddaughters. "Mari, have fun with them."
"I will," the little girl promised with a smile.
"Love you Gram," the girls said at the same time.
"And I love you Gram," Alexis said.
"I love you girls too," Jim said. "Mari, I'll agree with Martha, you should have fun."
"Thank you," Mari said, unable to help giggling.
"We love you Grandpapa," Julia said. "And we can't wait to talk to you again."
"I love you Grandpapa," Eliza added.
Castle and Beckett said goodbye to their parents before they were closing the connection and at that point she received a text.
"Mari?" Beckett said to the little girl. "Your parents are demanding we let you talk to them."
Smiling and knowing the message was likely from her mother Mari said, "Can I talk to them on that?" she asked, nodding to the tablet.
"We were going to let you," Beckett said. "And while you're talking to them we're going to say goodnight to the girls."
"You guys will be taking baths," Castle said. "Eliza, mind taking one by yourself?"
"With 'lexis?" Eliza asked, meaning if she would be helping her. When her parents nodded she smiled and said, "Good."
With a slight laugh Castle hugged Mari against his side before telling her, "Sleep tight and we're having another early day."
"I'll be ready," Mari said before she hugged Beckett. "Thanks for the park."
"You're welcome," she replied before she watched her husband hugging his daughter goodnight.
Turning then to the girls Castle said, "I love you girls," as he hugged them at the same time, sharing a kiss with them both.
"I love you too Daddy," Eliza said. "Say that to Mommy too."
"I will," Castle said with a laugh, looking at his wife.
"And I love you Daddy," Julia told him, hugging him. "Thanks for letting me go on the big rides."
"I think you need to thank your mom," Castle said. "Since she's the one who had the final say."
Beckett rolled her eyes as the girls giggled but then smiled as she watched the two share a kiss with their father before she held out her arms to them. Embracing them to her as tightly as she could she said, "Hmm I love you Julia, Eliza. And I hope you'll have fun tomorrow even though we're not going on rides."
"We will," Eliza said firmly. "We are gonna see a castle." She smiled as her mother and the others laughed and she said, "I love you too Mommy."
"I love you Mommy," Julia told her next after she'd shared a kiss with her little sister. "And I'll have fun too, especially swimming."
"Me too," Eliza added to that as rapidly as she could.
With a soft laugh Beckett shared a kiss with them both before she said, "Listen to your sister since she's in charge."
"We will," the girls said before they waved to their parents as they were leaving.
"Okay they told me you two are going to take the first bath," Alexis said, turning to the girls.
"But my parents," Mari said.
"I wasn't finished yet," Alexis said, smiling at her. "But first you need to talk to your family. So come on and we'll let you talk in the bedroom while we go out to look at the view." She helped the little girl get set up to do that and once she was ready she told her, "Come out to the balcony when you're done."
"I hope she doesn't get too homesick," Julia said to her sister once they were outside.
"She'll be alright," Alexis said as they turned to look at their view.
"I don't see anything 'lexis," Eliza complained slightly.
"I know but you can hear the ocean can't you?" Alexis asked her. She smiled as her little sister scrunched her nose; knowing that she was trying to do that; and she hugged her sister against her side before saying, "Are you eager for your bath?"
"I am," Julia said. She smiled and then said, "Did you know that people used to take baths together here?"
"I did," Alexis replied. "You saw the picture in the travel book?"
"When mommy was looking at the shopping pages," Julia said, nodding. "They were all naked together?"
"It was more about bathing," Alexis said, not surprised Eliza didn't seem to really be paying attention. "And you remember that Japanese cartoon we saw together, where the dad was taking a bath with his daughters?" When her sister nodded she said, "Families bathe together too. It's more about relaxing and getting clean."
"I know that," Julia said with a nod. "So we're not gonna wear our bathing suits?"
"That would defeat the purpose," Alexis said as she sat down on one of the chairs on the balcony. "But there are some people that will do that at an onsen."
Watching as their little sister climbed up on Alexis' lap Julia smiled and said, "So Mommy and Daddy wouldn't go into a bath together?"
"Sometimes at night there is mixed bathing," Alexis said, pausing for a moment to recall what their book had said about that. "But remember it's to cleanse and relax."
Coming off of a yawn Eliza asked her sisters, "I can't play?"
"You will if you're not falling asleep," Alexis said with a smile, pressing a kiss to her temple. "Hmm, I'm so happy to see you to again," she said, hugging Eliza to her before she held her arm out to her other sister. Hugging them both she was surprised when the toddler then squirmed and said, "What is it?"
"You can go in the bath with me," Eliza told her seriously.
"You're okay if I do that?" Alexis asked.
"Yeah the picture had mommies and babies taking baths too," Eliza said.
"That's true," Alexis said. "I'll take the bath just with her; it's not big enough for four of us."
"That's okay," Julia said before she realized she was blushing deeply.
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about," Alexis said soothingly. "It's what you're body will look like when you're a woman. Not the same of course."
"I know I'm not ready for that," Julia said honestly.
"That's why you're blushing?" Alexis asked. When her sister nodded she said, "You've got time, don't worry."
"Alexis?" Mari said at the doorway to the balcony then.
"You're all done?" the young woman asked. When the little girl nodded she picked up Eliza and placed her on her hip before walking with Julia inside the room. "How's your family?" she asked as she took them into the bathroom.
"They're good," Mari said with a smile. "Dani was still sleepy so I don't know if she saw me."
"She heard you," Julia pointed out to her as they watched Alexis start to draw water in the tub.
Mari nodded and then said, "Do we need to wash here too?"
"You do," Alexis said. "I know we don't do this at home but remember what I was telling you about the baths being a place to relax? Well before you go in you need to clean off."
"Like we do before swimming," Mari said.
Alexis nodded and said, "Can you two do that before coming here? It'll let the water cool down a little too."
"We can, should we use soap too?" Julia asked.
"Yes and you're all ready," Alexis told them, turning off the water. "Don't play too roughly."
"We won't," Julia and Mari said together before they laughed at the same time.
Once they were alone Julia began to undress and once her friend was ready as well they went to the shower. Washing themselves the best they could standing up they went to the tub, looking over at it together.
"Are you gonna go first?" Mari asked her.
"I think I have to or the water's going to be too cold," Julia answered. She then stepped on the shelf the tub had before going down in the water. "Ooh," she breathed out. "It's nice!"
Hurriedly Mari slipped inside the water as well and she gave a soft squeal as the water covered her skin in warmth. "Oh it is," she told her friend. "So what can we do now to play?"
"Want to go underneath?" Julia asked her. When Mari nodded she counted down before they then ducked underneath the water together and let it cover their heads. She managed to open her eyes and waved to her friend who'd done the same. When they got back up she said, "I think really we're supposed relax," once she could see again.
"That's harder to do," Mari replied with a smile. "Why don't we go through the water back and forth?"
"Sure," Julia said before together they started to walk around the tub together, going back and forth between the end where the faucet was and then to the shelf.
"Would you have gone to the baths if you lived in Japan a long time ago?" Mari asked when she watched her friend get onto the shelf.
"Yeah 'cause we would probably need to go," Julia answered. "But there would have been grown ladies there."
"I heard a little of what Alexis said to you," Mari said, leaning against the shelf next to her friend.
"It doesn't scare you?" Julia then asked honestly.
"A little but we're still kids so we don't need to worry," Mari said. "Why does it scare you so much?"
Julia was almost going to lie and say that she didn't know but she couldn't do that to her best friend and said, "I see that other… men," she paused to correct herself from saying boys. "They look at my mommy and Alexis and I don't want to be looked at."
"Oh I know they do that to my mommy too and she's married," Mari said, sounding angry. She then sighed and said, "But what can you do? Isn't it because of how they look and they won't change that." When Julia nodded she then said, "They look at you 'cause they want attention right? Like that stupid boy in my class that tried to look under my skirt at recess."
"Don't give them attention back?" Julia asked. When Mari nodded she thought over that for a moment before she said, "That's a good idea, I'll do that." She saw that her friend then looked thoughtful and she asked, "What's wrong?"
"Why did he want to do that?" Mari asked. "I asked my mommy but she said because there was something wrong in his head."
"I think he was, he wanted to see what you looked like," Julia said.
"Naked?" Mari asked, sounding a little panicked.
"No, your underwear," Julia said, putting her hand on her shoulder.
"Then he would hate you now, you've seen it," Mari said, blushing slightly.
Shrugging Julia said, "Who cares?"
Mari laughed and then reached her arms out to her before they hugged and she was able to make Julia slip into the water where they began to slightly splash each other while they were going around the tub until there was a knock on the door.
"You two should get out, Eliza's almost falling asleep," Alexis called into the room.
"We'll do that right now," Julia said. When the door was closed she then smiled at her friend before they started getting out of the water. After she was dry and dressed she said to Mari, "What do you think we should do while they take a bath?"
"Maybe we should go to the balcony too?" Mari suggested.
"I don't think Alexis will want us to do that," Julia replied, pulling on the robe that came with the room.
"Then want to play War?" Mari asked.
"Perfect," Julia said with a nod.
"Wait," Alexis said as they stepped out into the bedroom. "Did you two brush your teeth?"
Julia and Mari shared a look before they turned around and went back inside to do that while Alexis was getting the tub ready for herself and Eliza.
"If someone knocks on the door," the young woman said once the two had finished. "Open the door here like I did earlier and let me know."
"We will," Julia said with a nod. She smiled at Eliza as the toddler waved when she closed the door and once they were alone she said to Mari, "This is kinda weird."
"I know like we have the room all by ourselves," the little girl replied. When her friend nodded in agreement to that she then said, "Should we play cards?"
"We should," Julia said before they went over to the beds once she had the deck of cards that was in her backpack.
Inside the bathroom Alexis was in the tub while Eliza was on the shelf standing up, trying to ask her to sit down.
"No," the toddler said, smiling widely at her. "Can I jump?"
"It's not a pool," Alexis said before she took her sister in her arms. "And our parents would be so mad at me," she told her. "So a quick dip and then we'll go okay?"
"Kay," Eliza said. She held her breath as she and her sister ducked under the water and when they got out said, "Can't we stay for a little?"
Alexis started to say no but she then smiled and said, to the pleading look on her sister's face, "Alright you can practice for a little bit."
Eliza kissed her sister on the cheek before she was in Alexis' arms, swimming back and forth. When they'd been doing that for a while she then sat on the shelf and watched as Alexis began to go under the water herself. "'lexis?" she asked once she was out of the water and coming over to her.
"Yes Lizzy?" the young woman said as she kept her shoulders under the water going up to her sister.
"Can we stay more?" Eliza asked.
"No, you need to get to bed," Alexis said. "Our parents will be very mad if we didn't."
Sighing Eliza said, "You will tell Mommy?"
"Yes, also she would be able to tell," Alexis said as she got her towel and started drying herself off while Eliza stayed still. "Dad too since they both have parent powers."
"Yeah," the toddler said slowly before she nodded. She stood up and let her sister take her out before she was dried off. In her pajamas she watched Alexis get dressed in her own and said, "Does Louis take baths with you?"
Alexis was glad that she had a tighter grip on her towel as the question nearly made her drop it and she thought for a moment of how to reply to that; since she and Louis had done that together a couple times before once they'd become lovers; but she finally said the truth. "We did but please, please don't tell Dad," she told her.
"I won't," Eliza said. "So he loves you lots."
"I think he does," Alexis said, helping Eliza over to the sink so she could brush her teeth. She smiled a little when her sister looked at her with wide eyes and said, "We haven't been together for too long, it's a little soon to tell him that."
"But you love him," Eliza said simply and firmly.
"Yes I do," Alexis said, admitting that to herself. She couldn't help recall her high school boyfriend and realizing when she'd been in love with him. But that time seemed far different from Ashley and she wished she could call Louis and tell him how she felt.
"'lexis," Eliza said, tugging on her sister's robe she'd put on. "'lexis listen!" she then cried out when her sister seemed to be stuck.
"Oh I'm sorry Lizzy, what is it?" Alexis replied, shaking herself.
"What happened?" Julia said as the door to the bathroom suddenly flew open to reveal her and Mari. She was relieved to see they were finished and she quickly told them, "We heard her yell."
"No it's okay," Alexis said. "We-"
"'lexis loves Louis and they take a bath!" Eliza said happily.
"You do?" Julia asked, smiling at her sister though she could see a shocked look on her friend's face next to her.
"I do," Alexis said in embarrassment. "Please don't tell anyone else," she said to the three girls. "That's something private."
"I know Mommy and Daddy do that," Julia said. "But I don't tell anyone."
"I know my mommy and daddy do too," Mari added. "Oh… I told you guys."
"We'll keep it secret between us then right?" Alexis asked, having Eliza brush her teeth then.
"Yeah but what about the other news? You love Louis? You'll tell him you'll love him?" Julia said excitedly. "You said you didn't say that yet."
"I'll tell him but I'll see when, let me decide okay you can't rush it," Alexis replied.
"I know Mommy waited to tell Daddy that," Julia replied.
"She did?" Mari asked.
"Yeah huh," Julia replied with a nod. "She was still kinda scared to love him until she said that she just knew she couldn't stop it."
"But she was still scared," Mari pointed out.
"Come on you three, to bed," Alexis said since Eliza was finished.
Once they were outside and watching the young woman put Eliza on their bed they would share Julia then said, "She wasn't scared and said she should just be happy since she thought Daddy would stop loving her if she didn't do that."
"I don't think he would have," Alexis said. "But now we know your mom isn't scared and she and Dad are happy. And also now you need to say goodnight."
After her sister and also Mari had hugged her Eliza mumbled a goodnight before she felt her sister tuck her in. "Love you 'lexis," she told her, mumbling the words as well.
"Love you Lizzy," the young woman told her with a smile. She wasn't surprised when the toddler was fast asleep by the time she'd finished tucking her in and then went to the other bed where Julia and Mari were sitting. "What do you want to ask?" she asked. She smiled when her sister looked at her in surprised while Mari muffled a giggle and she told them, "I could tell."
"Is it nice to be in love?" Mari asked.
"It is," Alexis said simply. "You know both of your parents are in love and you've seen how much they're in love."
"Yeah but you're younger," Julia told her. "Do you think about Louis all the time?" At her sister's nod she then asked, "Do you feel good when he holds your hand?" Another nod and she then said, "Could you see that you can get married to him?"
"Yes," Alexis said with a smile. "But," she said as the two girls shared a look. "I'm a little young still to get married and neither of us is finished with college. So if he proposes that won't happen for a long time." She then checked the time and said, "It's late so let me tuck you two in." She hugged them and after exchanging I love yous with Julia she said, "Don't tell Dad okay?"
"It'll be a secret," Julia said, nodding with Mari at the same time. "And I can't wait for you to see Louis again."
"Me too," Alexis said. She stood up then and went to the bed where Eliza was still sleeping, taking off her robe and slipping underneath the covers. Once she was ready she then turned off the light and closed her eyes, turning to her little sister as she thought about her boyfriend while she soon fell asleep.
"So we'll need to wash off," Castle was telling Beckett in the bathroom of their room after they'd gotten to it. "And then we can go in."
"Great," Beckett replied absently as she was beginning to put her hair up in a bun.
"Don't," Castle said when he noticed what she was doing.
Looking at him in the mirror Beckett smiled and then said, "Are you sure?"
"Very," Castle told her seriously.
Not saying a word to that Beckett undid the ponytail and let her hair tumble past her shoulders before she then untied her robe and walked over to the bench in front of the low shower where he was sitting. As soon as she had reached him she sat on him, straddling his lap before she took a hold of his erection and said, "Want to?"
"Yes but…" Castle started to say. He never got to finish that as his wife was slipping him into herself and he was groaning as she gasped out in pleasure. He held onto her by the hips before they were coupled fully and he gasped out, "Never going to get tired of this."
"Neither will I," Beckett told him before she kissed him. He was quick to respond and their tongues met inside her mouth before they began to tangle around each other rapidly. She could feel him holding her close to him and she would have smiled at the slight desperation in his grasp if her mouth and tongue weren't so busy. As soon as they parted she began to move, having her knees on the bench to help her doing that. She gasped in joy at the way her husband moved with her and they began to kiss again though that was far quicker as he was pulling away.
Castle reached up then and he began to caress her breasts as gently as he could at first until he could hear his wife was moaning in her joy and he leaned down. He first flicked his tongue against her nipples before he moved then to take her right one into his mouth. He grunted as her nails scraped over his skin and he suckled joyfully at both her breasts until he needed to pull away to breathe. He took that chance to watch his wife closely, feeling his heart pounding heavily at how she looked. "You're so stunning love," he said, pausing here and there at the way she was moving so rapidly on him. He then kissed her again and they were involved in that for some time before they parted. Before he could do anything she was surprising him by starting to roll her hips around him. He hissed and held onto her, swearing in pleasure in Irish before she went back to bouncing up and down on him rapidly.
Beckett could feel her body was on fire as Castle ran his hands around her back before he clutched tightly at her ass. She gasped out his name once before she then cupped the back of his head, meeting his gaze as they stared at each other intently. Her pleasure was strong and she could easily forget that they had been together the night before; it felt very new and she was trembling as she'd never felt that way with another man she'd been with more than once. She had to kiss him at that thought and did so deeply before he responded. But she couldn't keep it up for very long as she needed to breathe and for a while she let herself feel what he was doing to her and what she was sensing. After a while it became too much and she leaned down, taking her husband's lips hungrily for a distraction she very desperately need, relieved when he soon kissed her back and then started to caress her once more to her elation.
After a while of kissing his wife's neck and shoulders once they'd parted to breathe Castle realized that she was beginning to falter slightly and he then hurried to grab her to stop her. "You need…" he began to say before she was kissing him roughly. "Wait," he said, pulling away from her. "Your knees."
"How did you know?" Beckett asked in surprise as she carefully got off of him and he stood with her as well.
"My knees would be the same," Castle said. He was about to go to the tub; instinctually thinking of that; before he stopped as they hadn't filled it. "We…" he started to say, looking around a little desperately.
"Come on," Beckett told him before she pulled him out to the bedroom. She wasn't surprised when her husband recovered quickly and went ahead of her to pull down the bed covers enough so they would have space. She stopped him from getting onto the bed and held his hand so she could instead get on first, pulling him after her so he was very rapidly getting onto her. "Oh…" she gasped as suddenly he was deep within her. As soon as he was and was also moving very quickly after she spread her legs apart and put her feet flat on the bed for some leverage. She began to move with him and moaned softly at the satisfying sound of their hips smacking roughly together. The feel of friction between them again was rough against her consciousness but it was also enjoyable as she wasn't used to it so it was a tremor every time he sank into her. Their lips met soon after they had gotten used to each other; which didn't take long; and she moaned in pleasure again at the way his tongue had begun to stroke hers. "Rick… I…" she breathed.
"Stay… stay still for a…" Castle groaned in pleasure at her. He didn't finish but when she remained still after a second he began to speed up a little before he was kissing her once more. He could tell she was feeling the same that he was; since he was making sure to strike her clit; and he felt a rush of joy go through him that nearly got out of his control. A second later he was moving to her neck, careful on that side as her skin was still bruised from him. He wasn't sure when he realized that he was chanting the words I love you, but he did and didn't bother to stop before he kissed her and that did.
Beckett was running her hands over her husband's back and shoulders repeatedly, responding to him as passionately as she could before she felt them moving. On top of Castle again she was about to protest but he silenced that when his head dove down to her breasts and then began to suckle hungrily at her left nipple. "Fuck!" she gasped as the pleasure from that rushed through her body and joined where he was moving so hard within her. She watched him go back and forth between her breasts; her eyes fluttering open and closed as he was heavy with his tongue which only made her even more excited than she was. "Rick, I want you to fuck me," she told him as she stopped moving though he took a moment to stop himself.
His response to that was to flip his wife around onto her back and once she was set he was fucking her, moving as hard as he could within her. Groaning her name he then kissed her, unable to resist the temptation her slightly swollen lips provided him. He murmured her name and then moved back before whispering to her that he adored her, watching her from slightly above. He groaned in pleasure when her hand came up to start stroking his chest, not stopping her as she was being very careful. He was surprised but could understand why she did as things were building up. It had been since they'd begun but that time everything seemed to be a lot more intense and he whispered, "Are you going to come my love?"
"I…" Beckett started to say. But just as she was about to continue that her husband was moving in such a way that he struck her clit dead on and so hard that she broke. She nearly screamed his name but just managed to stifle it to a cry as the ecstasy as concentrated and swift and nearly made her pass out. She had no idea how it was she held on to her consciousness but soon got her answer when her husband was joining her, calling out her own name. She held him tight against her and stroked the back of his head repeatedly until finally she was calming down, breathing roughly in her pleasure while he gave her a last few thrusts.
"God… Kate my love…" Castle breathed out to her once he was still and felt a little bit stronger. He leaned down and began to kiss her hungrily, mumbling her name as he kept them very short before finally he needed much more.
Beckett wasn't surprised to feel how eager he was before they parted and she said, "We still have our bath."
"Right, we do," Castle said slowly as he realized that she was right. He carefully pulled away from her and then said, studying them both, "I think we need to rinse off before for sure now."
Beckett smiled before he then moved over to get off the bed, helping her go with him. "Do you think," she said, wrapping her arms around him tightly. "We're going to end up doing this every night?"
"On the trip?" Castle asked instead of answered. When his wife nodded he leaned down and kissed her gently before he was pulling back and saying, "I don't know, I think we might end up doing that. It could be another challenge."
"It could," Beckett said with a smile before she kissed him that time. When they parted they then moved together to the bathroom where he turned on the shower and started getting hot water ready for her.
The two began to help each other rinse off their bodies, making sure that they were touching as much of one another as they could until finally they were satisfied they were cleansed. Beckett waited for her husband to finish filling the tub after they moved over to it and at that point she went past him onto the shelf.
"Coming with me?" she asked him as he just seemed to stare at her.
"You first love," Castle said simply before he stepped next to her and they soon slipped into the water at nearly the same time. "Wow," he said in amazement. "That is… really nice."
"Now you know why people do it in public," Beckett told him with a smile. "I don't understand why you never did that when you were last here."
"Just because I was with Alexis and my mother," Castle said simply, going down to his shoulders. He breathed out and said, "Great after all the walking we did."
Smiling Beckett leaned over and kissed him gently before saying, "If we'd have walked up Mt. Fuji we would have needed this more."
"Now is nice too," Castle replied, reaching out to her to pull her to him. He was pleased when she came over to him and as soon as she was close he kissed her deeply. Relieved when she responded right away he ran his hands around her back a few times before he very slowly parted from her. "How long do you want to stay?" he asked her.
"We should take advantage of the seats here on the side," Beckett said, nodding to the ledge that was behind her.
"But I don't want to let you go," Castle said in a mock whining voice.
Brushing her lips against his Beckett went to sit as he had let go of her soon after he'd spoken and they sat together as he was joined her.
"You know," Castle said. "I'm a little torn."
"About what?" Beckett asked with a smile.
"I do want to go to Disney but that's going to be at the end of the trip," Castle said.
"We have another coming up," Beckett said. "But I think I know what you're thinking of."
"You do?" Castle asked.
Reaching under the water Beckett grasped her husband's hand as he'd tried to slip it in between her legs and then said, "You want to come back."
"A summer?" Castle asked. "Would you mind celebrating here for an anniversary?"
"I think that would be nice," Beckett told him with a smile. "So yes I think we should do that. But not yet."
"Oh no, more places to go to first," Castle told her seriously.
Beckett laughed softly at the expression on her husband's face and then leaned over, kissing him gently before he then pulled her almost abruptly onto his lap. "You-" she started to say.
"Don't worry," Castle reassured her. "I'm not planning on that." Before she could say anything he was kissing her again and was relieved when she responded to him, kissing him back as passionately as she could. Stroking her hair and back he was literally dizzy with pleasure at the taste of his wife and he nuzzled her lips with his own before they slowly parted. "It's hard though," he told her.
"I feel the same too," Beckett told her husband with a smile. She cupped his face with her hands and searching his eyes told him. "Are you relaxed?"
Castle sighed, since he wasn't surprised that she'd been able to catch that he was holding himself tensely, and leaned back against the side of the tub before he watched her follow him. Holding her as she was pressing closely to his chest, her cheek to his shoulder, he stroked her hair and murmured lovingly to her, "I'm enjoying this you know."
Raising her head to look at him Beckett said, "As much as what we were just doing out on the bed?"
"The bench too," Castle replied easily. He smiled when she pushed at him slightly and said, "I am, I don't need just sex. Plus we are supposed to relax."
Rolling her eyes Beckett told him, "Are you angling for more?" She was surprised then when her husband looked slightly embarrassed and said, "Too much?"
"No I'd love to have a lot more," Castle replied. "But I'm exhausted."
"Oh good, I thought it was just me," Beckett said, resting against him once more. She smiled and then said, "We did a lot today."
"That's why this is great," Castle said, closing his eyes as he repeatedly rubbed her back with his hand.
Beckett sighed in pleasure at his touch before she gently ran her fingertips along the prem on his shoulder that was still there. After a moment she reached underneath the water to bring some up to run over the fading text in ink. "Do you ever think of how you could be doing this with another woman?" she suddenly said. "How it could be going far differently with them in-" she began to say before her husband was kissing her.
After he pulled away slowly Castle told his wife, "No because I don't think about other women. Why do you ask that Kate?"
Not surprised that he looked a little annoyed Beckett kissed him as a way of apology and said, "I can't do that."
"We're not going through this again Kate," Castle replied as she then moved away from him, standing up. "You know I love you and I just let you mark me… maybe I should let you do it constantly soooo…" he started to say in continuation before he dragged on the o for a long time.
At that moment Beckett was ducking under the water and when she came back up she smiled as her husband stared at her with wide eyes while she ran her hands over her hair. Smiling she said, "What did you say?"
"This is why I can't fucking think of anyone else," Castle nearly growled to her as he pulled her against him. "I'm obsessed with you and keep bringing you up in my mind." Before she could say a word he then kissed her again and roughly as they clung to each other tightly. He loved the feel of her wet body, made hot by the heat of the water around them, against his and he would have been happy to spend hours there though that soon became impossible. Sighing he said, "You're the same with me right?"
Kissing him tenderly Beckett then said, "Of course, how am I going to think of another man?"
Castle wanted to verbally reply to that but found that he couldn't as his wife was stroking at his chest gently. He then groaned as she leaned down, kissing the prem on his shoulder a few times before he was leaning down to kiss her directly on the lips. Once they had stopped he let her go as they needed to get out and he followed her, drying her off before he let her do the same for him and they dressed before putting on their robes. He went out into the bedroom where he then got some tea for them to have before they went to bed.
Beckett watched her husband closing the curtains on the windows once it was brewing and after he came to her with her small cup she smiled at him and then brought it up to her lips with both hands. She felt her husband sitting next to her but didn't stop until she'd finished and had set the cup aside. Meeting his lips as they were coming towards her own she wrapped her arms around him and then pulled him onto the bed until he had to move himself.
Castle did his best to lay with his wife on the bed without breaking off the kiss but soon that became too much and he had to do it. He waited until they were underneath the covers; since the night was cold; and kissing before he finally relaxed. When they parted from each other he murmured to her, "I love you Kate."
"I love you too Rick," Beckett told him, smiling slightly at him before they kissed. A passionate kiss that lasted for some time she was a little reluctant to stop but needed to as the fatigue they'd talked about before was starting to take over. Settling against his side she told him, "Night love."
"Night Kate," Castle said, watching her closely. He smiled at the sight of her soon after nodding off and once she had he allowed himself to close his eyes. Sleeping very soon after himself he felt warm and comfortable with her in his arms and was shortly after seeing her again in his dreams, excited to do so as the night wore on.