Shower time

Lin realized about halfway to the shower just how hard the next hour was going to be. He knew that he wanted to help her in the shower. Though he knew she'd likely be able to do it alright with her powers, he didn't like the idea of a stream of water attacking her wounds. Honestly, he didn't like the idea of her doing anything for herself ever, much less while she was injured. He would have never let her cook if not for those doe eyes.

He undressed her carefully and then undressed himself once the water was already a nice temperature. She was blushing down to her toes, though. His shiki also decided that he needed to know that she had snuck a glance at his length, likely the reason behind her blush. She was also nervous, though that was only an emotion in the back of her mind.

"Mai." He called once everything was ready. "I need you to trust me. I won't make you do anything you're not ready for." He'd already carefully applied tape to the exit points of her wounds so soap wouldn't get inside them.

Lin carefully stayed in the line of the water, cupping water onto her shoulders before letting her into the stream with it hitting at her back. She jumped and then moaned in pleasure, her eyes closed. She moved her own body, wincing as the spray hit tender flesh but continuing to wash. Apparently, she'd missed showers as much as he had.

Lin finally lost control. He had to touch her. To give himself the excuse, he grabbed the soap and started to gently lather her arms and neck.

"Eventually, I'm going to be healed and you're going to have to let me return the favor." Mai hummed out.

Lin smiled down at her.

Then there was a sound that made her jump out of her skin. She looked around only to see the foggy shower door and become claustrophobic. Lin pressed his back to the shower wall and held onto her as her tensed body bothered her wounds. "Mai. Look at me. Just look at me." He commanded softly. "Look only at me."

Mai yet again apologized before sinking into his embrace.

"Don't be sorry." Lin told her softly as he slowly went back to washing her.

It was harder because she never detached from him, which he didn't really mind until he washed her hair. The look of pleasure she got on her face awakened a certain limb. Because the height that she was floating to give him better access… his member bumped her thigh right next to her core.

"Hmm?" She mumbled, glancing at him. She then blushed and giggled at the member he tried to turn to hide. "Well, maybe you are a normal guy after all. Oh come on, do you think I've never seen a naked man before?"

Lin sighed. Carefully, he turned back to her and then continued to wash her. "I just don't want to push you."

"If you 'not push' me my any more you'll be pulling." Mai retorted. She sighed, levitating until they were face to face. "Lin, I know I've got scars. I know I've got triggers that you've seen get set off. But I'm not afraid of you. You're not going to scare me off."

"Mai, I-" He stopped himself, sighing. "I know. I'm sorry. The last thing I want to do is carry you at arm's length. I know you're 19 now. You're not a child. But that doesn't mean I want to ever wave an erection in your face and make you think it's your responsibility to take care of it just because we're bonded."

"So, that groan from earlier when I mentioned invading your dreams?"

Lin bit back a groan as his imagination worked on the idea being brought up again. "What exactly do you think they do in those dreams?"

"Oh, I had an idea." Mai smirked. She pecked him on the lips.

Lin snapped and grabbed her, pulling her in for a proper kiss. She responded, winding her arms around his neck and adding pressure. Their bodies pressed together, his member between her legs a couple inches from her core.

Then the kiss became more as Lin added a tongue. She didn't resist in the slightest, though she wrestled with his tongue in her own mouth and didn't cross into his. She did, however, rub her legs together. Lin nearly bashed his head against the wall of the shower when he threw his head back. His shiki were silent, for once, and didn't warn him that she was moving away and was going to wrap her little injured hands around his member and repeat the sensation.

"M-Mai, you're hurt…" He tried to complain, not at all sounding stern or even convinced of his own opinion. "O-Oh..."

"What do you want, Lin?" Mai asked innocently. She completely ignored the pain in her hand and shoulder. This was more important. She wanted to do this. She didn't want him to take care of this himself, or worse, take a cold shower to make it go away.

"Nnngh…" Was all he could get out as he started to rock to make the motions come faster. His hands snaked up her arms and then to her torso, rubbing her hips, ribs, and then chest. His pants came quicker eventually, causing Mai to smile and start to kiss his chest, neck and mouth.

"Lin…"

"Koujo." Lin gasped out. He kissed down her neck and then found her breast. They were average, a C-cup tops. They fit into his hands perfectly. He smiled as she gasped, her hand motions faltering slightly. "Call me my name. Koujo." His lips came down on one of for nipples. He didn't mind the slight taste of soap, especially when she nearly screamed and arched into him. His shiki reported that she wasn't scared at all, no past memories in her mind of bad experiences.

"K-Kou… Kou…" She couldn't say it, not because it was new but because she'd never felt something like this. She'd read about it, yes, and heard people talking about it. This was different. This was real. Eventually, she remembered that she'd started a job. Her hands found his member. "Koujo." She finally said the name, still gasping for every breath. She felt heat in between her legs that she'd only read about in books, recognizing it from that. She rubbed her legs together in an effort to calm the heat, trying to focus on the feeling she was being given and the task she was trying to complete.

Lin smirked when she continued to stroke him. He came to the solid decision that he wouldn't take her until she was at least healed enough to walk. However, because it'd already come this far, he decided to have a little contest with her. If she wanted him to feel pleasure, then he wanted her to become fulfilled first.

After moving to the other nipple, he slowly got back to work massaging her torso. This time, his hands were moving downward. He'd already brought a knee up that she was sitting on, which was giving the added bonus of keeping her steady.

"I've got you." He whispered as his hands finally found her curls. His lips moved to her mouth again, kissing her softly. "Just relax. I've got you. I'm not letting you fall."

"K-Koujo… please." She begged with a gasp, her eyes open and looking at him. She wanted something, though she didn't really know what.

"I know." He whispered. "Later, though. Once you're healed. For now, let me show you pleasure."

"But… but you've been taking care of me all this time…." She whispered breathlessly. Then she let out a long moan as his fingers dipped past her folds. He started to stroke the inside, finding her cavern and then the nub that led her to again forget about her task and cling to him as if she'd fall otherwise. Lin started to stroke that bundle, slowly at first to get her used to being touched.

"I've got you." Lin told her again, kissing her softly. Slowly, he sank just his pinky into her hole. He was a large man compared to her, after all. His pointer finger was the size of her thin little thumb. "No, don't hold it in. I want to hear it." He whispered when he realized that she was trying to stay quieter. "I want to her you."

In a last attempt, though, she tried to kiss him. Lin smirked into the kiss when she moaned loudly, starting to rock her hips against his fingers.

Finally, he gave her some mercy. He carefully grabbed onto her hand, wound it around his still-unfulfilled member, and started to stroke. "Come with me." He whispered. "Mai. Together?"

She couldn't say anything, really, but she managed to nod a 'yes'. Lin did the work for the both of them and, all too soon, he felt himself coming undone. He had to kneel down, worried that he wouldn't be able to support himself. "Mai. Gods, Mai. I'm so close. Come with me." He nearly begged.

"K-K-Koujo…Koujo…" She started to chant. Her entire body started to tense. Just as her inner walls would, her hand also started to squeeze him tighter.

"Yes, just like that." He breathed.

He stilled his finger as she started to spasm, merely stroking her clit to bring her more pleasure. Soon after she started, he also came. Careful of her wounds, he held them together there on the ground with the warm shower spraying on them, both recovering from their first orgasm together.

"Koujo?" Mai called once she was able to speak.

Lin glanced down at her, glad that she was remembering to call him by his proper name. A last-name basis was for colleagues. They were more than that. They'd been more than that for a few days, but he'd forgotten until in the throes of passion and hearing her call his family name. "Yes?"

"So… I'm not a china doll?"

Lin chuckled, petting her hair. "No, that would be Miss Hara." He stated with a smirk. He grinned wider as she giggled. "You are Mai." He told her. "Someday, you will be Mai Lin. Do you see why it would be odd for you to keep calling me by my surname?"

Mai giggled, leaning against his chest. "Your heart is still pounding." She observed.

"Same with yours."

They eventually finished their shower. Or, rather, they rinsed off and retired to bed. Both were still recovering from their experience, though. Mai was rather enjoying the sound of his heart pounding like he'd just ran a marathon, mostly because it was something that she'd helped make happen.

"Koujo?" Mai called quietly, finally taking her ear away from his chest and looking up at him.

"Hmm?" He responded. On a reflex, though, he pulled her back against his body, wanting to be as close as possible. His instincts were screaming that, so soon after an orgasm, she'd be weaker to attack. She didn't seem to mind.

"Do you have to go back to SPR tomorrow?" She asked, trying to sound just curious.

Lin's shiki reported, though he already knew, that she didn't want to ever stop the routine they had found. Sadly, that wasn't an option, nor was it something she'd want later on. She wasn't the type to enjoy staying inside constantly and, at some point, pleasure from him wouldn't be enough to distract her from that.

"I don't know. Most likely." He didn't want to, either. In fact, the idea of being away from her made him slightly panic. At the same time, though, he didn't want to take her to the SPR office. John, maybe, was guiltless. The others, however, had all abandoned her when she needed them most. Lin could distinctly remember three separate occasions when Ayako and Monk swore to always be Mai's family.

It was all lies.

"Hay." Mai called, crawling up his body so she was looking at him again but having the physical contact he wanted. "Be nice, alright?" Then she sighed, seeing the anger in his mind. "At least try, alright? Please?"

Lin sighed. Those eyes should be illegal. "I'll try." He couldn't make any promises.

Mai smiled, lying back down. Soon after Lin pulled the covers over them, she was asleep and he was joining her.