Chapter 11
It was a week until I found out what they had all been talking about over dinner before.
The guys had all left in the morning and Senji had barely woken me up with a kiss hotter than usual before covering me and bringing me over the edge with him.
I was still recovering from the sudden sex without any warning when he went to take a shower without me.
His scratches had healed up nicely, with some clear scars to match my fingers.
I stared at him as he came back out of the bathroom a couple minutes later wrapped in a towel.
He pulled on his jeans and turned to look at me with a grin that was too sexy for his own good.
I heard the knock on the door as he was buttoning his jeans.
"Come in." He said.
I yanked the blankets around me with a glare at him as Karako pushed the door open.
"Good greif Senji, you should have been gone ten minutes ago. You're screwing up the schedule."
"Oh shut up, I made the damn thing with this kind of holdup in mind." He said as he rifled in his dresser for a shirt.
She pushed him out of the way and dug in the back of the drawer for a shirt wrapped in plastic.
"Now shoo. Nagi is still waiting for you downstairs."
Senji stuck his tongue out at her as he unwrapped the pristine white undershirt and pulled it on.
She shoved him out the door.
"You get that dirty and I'll kill you."
He flipped her off as she closed the door in his face.
She turned to face me.
"Alright, we need to get moving."
I just frowned.
"Up." She ordered.
I rolled out of bed, holding the sheet to me.
She yanked it away and I frowned.
"Bloody hell Fenix, I've got the same stuff."
"I just..." I started.
"No time." She urged me to the bathroom. "Do a damn good job and make sure you condition your hair." She said. "I'll be back before you get out."
I frowned as I did as ordered.
She was waiting in my room when I came out to get clothes.
"Here." She motioned to the bed and I saw something very familiar.
It wasn't quite the same, but it looked a lot like the old teal lingerie I'd snuck into Senji's room so long ago. Only this was shimmering gold.
I frowned as I pulled it on.
She had set aside a pair of plain jeans and a loose shirt of Senji's that buttoned up.
"You don't have any button up shirts, so I had to take one of his work shirts." She said.
I frowned as she quickly brushed through my hair while I fumbled with the buttons.
She pulled it up in a neat bun and secured it.
"You do have great hair. I envy that."
I faced her. "Yours is pretty too." Now that she was growing it out, it went almost to her shoulders in a cute fluffy layered style.
"Not like yours, but Nagi said he liked the color, so I guess that's fine."
I smiled. "So what is going on today? What's all this fuss about?"
"Senji's surprise." She said as she tugged me out the door.
I frowned as we went downstairs.
Senji was pulling his jacket on and Karako glared at him again as he came to kiss me.
"I told you to be gone." She said.
He laughed as he looked at her.
"I had to make my woman breakfast. Otherwise she might never eat today." He said.
He looked back down at me.
"I love you baby." He said.
I smiled as I touched the hand doing up the zipper of his jacket.
"I love you too."
He kissed me again before Karako made a motion and Nagi pulled him away from me.
"Come on boss, you're getting me in trouble too."
Senji laughed as he grabbed his keys and headed out the door.
Karako sighed as I watched Senji's car take off.
"I guess you should eat, since he did make it."
I nodded and moved into the kitchen to find that he had made enough for us both.
"Such a stupid fool." She mumbled as we cleaned up.
"But he's my stupid fool."
She sighed. "And I guess Nagi is mine."
I nodded.
xXx
The drive to our next destination was short.
A hair salon.
Karako led me inside and I frowned.
"Sorry we're late. Senji screwed up the time by making breakfast." She said to Sherry.
Clara was there to pull me into a chair and I frowned as a stylist came to me.
"Can you do that style I picked out for her?"
"Well...her hair is longer than I thought. You said past her butt, I just didn't think you were serious."
Clara sighed.
"I'll get it covered."
I sighed as the woman went to work on my head.
"You've got no split ends, that's a great trick. What do you use?" She asked.
"Nothing." I mumbled. "Just lucky."
Clara and the other two got their hair done up and I glanced up as Karina came in. She turned at the door to wave Shindo off. He waved at us all before driving away.
"Sorry I'm late. Shindo got called in to write up a report and the boss wanted to give him some stuff for later since the rest of the station isn't off today." She said.
Clara nodded. "He should have called Kan."
"Kan has bigger things on his plate you know." Karako said.
Clara sighed. "True."
It did seem like recently Karina had been giving it a shot to accept the guys at the station as 'odd' cops.
Ever since she had decided to join Senji's team, she had been a bit more open with being a Deadman.
It was becoming more common to see Deadmen, on both sides of the law.
xXx
My hair was pretty nice once it got finished.
The braids keeping my hair in a straight fall down my back were pretty nice and whatever she had put in my hair smelled wonderful.
Clara drove us back towards the house and I was a bit more relaxed.
"So, what do you think about your hair?" Karina asked from the front seat.
"It...is pretty nice." I said.
"Good, Clara and I worked on the design with a bit of help from Larissa to keep the style together."
"And as you probably noticed, Karako took over your under stuff." Clara said.
I frowned at the woman in question.
"I did."
"And you'll hate me more shortly too." She grinned.
I frowned as Clara pulled into the drive in front of the house and pulled out a bandana as I got out.
I started to head for the house.
Clara pulled me to a stop and wrapped the bandana around my eyes.
"Guys?" I reached for it, but they took my hands to stop me.
"Just take a second and come with us." Clara said.
"Go ahead Karina." Karako said.
"Right."
I heard her run off.
I felt the stone path from the house to the complex under my feet.
We were headed there?
The door got opened and I was brought inside and pulled directly left.
When another door was opened and closed, I finally felt the cloth removed and glared at them.
"Relax, it's for a good cause."
I turned at Larissa's voice.
"What are you guys doing?"
"Make-up and polish." Karina said.
Karako pushed me into a chair and I looked around.
We were in one of the empty efficiencies.
I hadn't realized exactly how big they were.
Each one was at least the size of our master bedroom and bathroom but with a kitchen along part of a wall as well
They were quite nice.
Karina sat at my feet and took one of my hands to start filing my nails.
Maybe if I did that more often I wouldn't scratch Senji as badly.
But he liked his scars.
I sighed as they pondered over exact colors for the make-up until Karako just took the container and pulled out a soft tinted blush and eye shadow in a burnished gold color.
"With her skin, this will do fine." Karako said.
Karina began to paint my nails a molten gold color and I frowned.
"What is going on?"
"Good lord, you still haven't figured it out?" Larissa asked.
I stared at her until Karako made me close my eyes to apply the shadow.
"Excellent." Clara said.
I opened my eyes to see a dress being held up.
A wedding dress.
But not white.
Shimmering gold, rather like my lingerie in fact.
It had a solid gold sleeveless bodice that barely covered my breasts, with a sheer, glittering gold fabric creating a higher neck and sleeves down to my wrists. The skirt was a fluffy pale gold with a layer of the solid gold keeping it mostly covered except where it parted in the front to show the yards and yards of fluffy fabric underneath. The sheer fabric had been sewn in small feathers to the solid gold, creating a curtain of glittering gold around the skirt as well.
Even the hand made ankle boots with the plush insides and a leather soles were golden.
They intended for me to look like a gold cupcake.
But it was pretty.
"What about you guys?"
"Well, we are your bridesmaids, except Clara, who took on the Maid of Honor position with her husband as Best Man to set this whole thing up with some guidance from Senji." Karina said.
Larissa pulled out other dresses from the wardrobe that had been pulled in for the occassion.
She held them up.
The one Clara was going to be wearing was a subdued glittery silver with gold stitching in a simple full length evening dress style with no sleeves and a higher neckline and the slit in the skirt showed it was lined with the fluffy gold fabric inside and a curtain of the sheer gold kept her dress from being immodest.
The other two were the same silver with more gold stitching, but the necklines were lower cut and they had a less decorative stitching pattern on the bodices than Clara's.
They were very pretty too.
I looked at Larissa. "And you?"
"Calvin and I are going as we are. I'd say my blue is just fine. He's making sure the boys don't mess anything up with the clothes I made them. Afterward I don't care, but before the wedding I'd like everything in one piece."
I nodded.
Karina pulled a can of something from her bag and my fingers were assaulted by cold.
I pulled away and felt the polish harden like steel.
"My own personal stuff. I make the polish using normal paint and thinner, add in a mix of high gloss if need be like today, then use regular quick paint setter." She grinned as I stared at the beautiful coating on my nails. "It lasts a couple days at max. But it's really good." She said as she held up the silver tips of her fingers.
"This is wonderful." I said.
"It's a hobby. I like to mix my own paints. I actually...did Senji's car." She rubbed her neck.
I stared. "You did that? The phoenix and crows?"
She nodded. "Shin said he was taking the car to a friend of his, so the guys didn't question him, but he just brought it to me. It's why it was done so fast. I already had the film painted, I just had to get the car to apply it."
"That is film?" I frowned.
"Yeah. I spray out a large sheet of heat film onto my wall and when it dries, it peels off and I can lay it out on the table and paint it. Shin hated when I did it because the house smells like fumes for a couple hours. The landlord threatened to kick us out until we said what I was doing. I had to do it in spurts along the week before they stole the car. That way I could quickly strip and line the car to paint it black again with the matte finish and apply the heat film to the panels. I ended up staying up two days straight to have it finished before Senji could report it missing or stolen and ruin the surprise." She said as they made me stand up.
Larissa helped me into my dress as they helped each other.
"You like doing that?" I asked.
"The painting? Yeah. I love it. Senji doesn't know yet. I've been a bit leery of telling him I did his car and Shin's." She said.
"You should really tell him." I said. "He'd love it. You could get work in a detail shop easy."
She shuffled as she stuffed her feet in her silver boots. "Eh? I'm not into working with a group doing that stuff. I like doing bodywork and the paint jobs, but I like doing it by myself. Maybe with a bit of help from Shin when I need a second set of hands. Like the hood of his car would have been much harder by myself."
I nodded. I could understand that. I didn't want to be a nurse and be forced to heal people. We liked our freedom to choose what we did.
"Alright, almost time." Karako said.
Larissa nodded and headed out of the room.
I stared at them for a moment.
"Am I really ready for this?" I asked.
"Yes. You are. You and Senji belong together. No one should ever have the ability to part you two." Clara said.
I nodded.
A knock sounded on the door and Karina moved to open it.
Loki came in and looked at me.
"You're so beautiful Fe." He said.
I looked at him.
"I don't feel all that ready right now though." I said.
"I know you are." He leaned in to kiss my forehead. "You're my sister and I know you love Senji, so of course you're ready to do this."
"That's not a reason..." I said.
"You don't want to marry Senji?" He asked.
"I do, I just...this is so sudden. To me anyway." I sat in the chair and he knelt in front of me.
"I know we all kept it a secret pretty well, but Senji wanted it that way. He was planning for this for almost a month now and when you..." Loki took a breath. "He didn't want you to know because I think he was hoping the shock would keep your mind off anything else."
I nodded. "He's always trying to make me happy."
"Does he?" Loki stood up.
I reached for his hand as he held it out to me.
"More than anything else."
"Good."
Loki moved with me to the door as the other three headed out.
He looked at his watch for a second before standing behind Karina.
The woman held out a silk flower bouquet and I stared at the gold and silver flowers.
"Why gold?" I asked.
"Larissa matched it to your tone and it just kind of stuck. Then she went with the dulled silver for them because it compliments."
I looked at his black suit.
"Are the men in tuxedos?" I asked.
"No. Larissa made their clothes too. Black with silver stitching for everyone but Senji. Gold for him. Trust me, it looks pretty amazing."
I looked up as Clara stepped forward and took her husbands arm to go down the aisle first.
I felt very nervous as Loki put his hand on mine where I held his arm.
"I'm scared Lo." I said softly.
Karina turned slightly as Karako and Nagi went next.
"You'll be fine Fenix." She said.
She took Shindo's arm and I felt Loki brush his hand over mine again before tugging my veil of sheer gold over my head.
The headpiece had been a simple headband with sheer gold fabric sewn to cover my head like a hood.
"You'll be alright. Just think of Senji being there at the end." Loki said.
I nodded as the music changed to a slow, low tune.
It was something I recognized.
The old song Loki used to hum to me when I was scared. The one Senji had hummed in prison to calm his own nerves and mine by luck.
I took a deep breath as I stepped out with my brother.
He kept me steady as we walked.
I couldn't even think straight.
Amazing was an understatement.
Senji looked more than amazing.
His pants were plain black, but his jacket was lined with gold like my bodice and the buttons were gold. There were delicate gold embroidered feathers down both sleeves and on his collar. His shirt was black silk with gold dusting and the tie had embroidered feathers in black along its gold length.
His normally messy hair was combed, but not slicked back with gel. Just combed back and held by some kind of almost hairspray like stuff.
It looked soft, like I could run my fingers through it.
I realized what it was as I came closer.
For the first time since I'd known him, he had actually conditioned his hair.
It gave the short strands a natural fluff as they stayed spiked. They had misted his hair to keep it slightly slicked down.
I felt more than nervous as Loki stopped in front of him.
I couldn't speak as Domon spoke up from in front of us.
Senji had gotten his old mentor, his father figure, to marry us.
I took a deep breath as Loki handed me off to Senji.
I barely heard as Domon spoke, too busy staring at Senji.
He just looked so different that I was startled.
I caught myself and spoke when I needed to. Luckily it was only once near the end.
Senji fully turned to me and held my hand up to put a glittering gold band with diamonds just like my engagement ring on my finger. This time the opposite hand.
Senji had told me when he put the ring on me that in his family, as far back as he could remember being told as a little boy, the women of his family wore their engagement rings on their non-dominant hand, with the wedding ring on the dominant hand.
All customs were different, but I liked the way each hand now had the same look.
I took the other ring from Domon and put it on Senji's right hand.
I noted the lack of the bladed rings and my own fingers felt bare without them on me.
Karako wouldn't let me wear them this morning.
As Domon announced us, Senji flipped the veil back on my head to uncover my face.
He stared down at me for a moment before kissing me.
Gently, but fully.
As he pulled away I leaned into him.
He put his arm around me and we faced the small crowd.
The entire crew was there, dressed nicely in their best clothes.
I saw several of the other officers from the station, but a lot were still missing due to work.
All told, our wedding only held about twenty people.
Some Deadmen from the prison who had known us both, police from Senji's old life, my brother and the doctor and his daughter, and a couple new friends.
Small, but family.
It was quick as the tables were pulled to the front of the room and the chairs gathered around them so that everyone could look at each other.
Karako and Nagi came to us with the others in our party.
"Come on, we need pictures for this!" She said.
Domon took pictures for us of everyone, just the women, just the men, and just Senji and I and each of the couples.
It was nice that it worked out that way.
"So how does it feel to be Mrs. Kiyomasa now?" Clara asked me.
I took a breath. "Let me get used to it first."
"Come on, I'm surprised you weren't already calling yourself that for months now." Karina said.
"I...never really thought about having a last name. I'm still just Fenix." I said.
Senji pulled me close.
"My Phoenix." He said. "I do like the sound of Fenix Kiyomasa."
I sat down in the chair he brought me to.
"I also love the dress." He said as he sat beside me.
The tables everyone had pulled together already had platters of food.
Steaks likely cooked by Senji, pasta salad that I guessed Kan had done along with the rolls, regular salad that Senji said Ganta and Jude did up, steamed broccoli and cauliflower and squash that Nagi took ownership of, and Shindo covered the multi layered pudding and graham cracker individual bowls that were kept chilled in large bowls of ice.
I stayed quiet as my brother stood up from the table across from me.
"I spent a long time of my life living with my parents but being the one who took care of Fenix. When I turned eighteen and moved out I feared leaving her behind. That fear was realized a year later when I found out she was abandoned at school because our parents forgot about her. I never let her live with them from the time she was nine. When she was ten, the paperwork finally came through for me to legally take custody of her. It was easily the best day of my life thus far. I knew my sister would never want for anything again with me. We had a good number of years while I was working for a family shop during her school hours.
"Then the quake hit when I was twenty four and I gave up my life to make sure my baby sister survived. This little girl was my life, my baby, everything I had that meant a damn to me. I was infected with the same Branch of Sin Virus she was, but my healing took a bit too long. She buried me alive believing I was dead and survived on her own just like I taught her. I spent the past ten years searching for my baby sister. I knew she was alive, and I was going to find her. I made some good friends and they helped me along the way, giving me the opportunity to find her again.
"In prison. When I had first seen that video, I was scared to death. That was my baby sister up against a ruthless fighter undefeated. Crow killed my sister on accident and I swear I just about died again myself. And then when he held her until she came back to life, I knew I had to come and get her from that hellhole.
"Little did I know that the same man who had killed her was also the one man who loved her more than me. He kept her safe in there, got her free so much easier than I ever could have, and unknowingly sent her back to me. I'm grateful to Senji for taking care of her when she needed it most, and now I can only ask that Crow take care of my baby for the rest of her life too."
Senji nodded as Loki sat back down.
I wiped away tears as Senji held me close.
Loki did forgive Senji for the accident in the Carnival.
No one could deny that Senji had just about lost it when he nearly lost me.
I looked down at my plate as Senji stood up.
"I'll always take care of Fenix. I never really believed that I could find someone I could love until I saw her wandering the halls of Deadman Wonderland. Then I knew it was a bullet to my heart when in all the fear she had in there, of everyone dangerous, myself worst of all, she came to me for comfort. No one came to me for comfort." His old police crew laughed. "I'm just not that kind of guy. But she did and it tore me up. I knew I found a light in the dark. A bright flaming Phoenix that I had protected when it was scared of the dark.
"Fenix became my reason for winning. I wanted to be able to protect her through fear alone in that hell. Even now, I hear Deadmen who never even got caught fear the Crow from Carnival Corpse. When I finally got free after we brought the place down, I couldn't wait to find her again.
"I found her, and all my old friends. People I thought I had lost and she and her brother brought me back to them. I'm glad to have friends and family like you all. Ones I can count on to watch my back like I watch yours and to take care of my treasure when I'm not able to." Senji said. He sat back down beside me and I held his hand.
Everyone held up their cups after the alcohol was poured.
Even to Jude and Ganta. One glass wouldn't hurt those boys. Besides, they weren't going anywhere.
They celebrated us and we all talked and ate for a while.
"Oi, dance." Sherry said as she dimmed the lights halfway and turned on the stereo she had set up earlier.
I shook my head until Senji scooted his chair back and held out his hand to me.
I didn't know how to dance.
I looked up at him.
"Just follow my lead." He said.
I nodded and he started moving.
I managed not to step on his feet, but I almost tripped myself up twice before he stopped.
Karako pulled Nagi out and that encouraged others.
Loki did a dance with Kari before she sat down laughing at how bad she was.
I sat in my chair and watched everyone having some kind of fun.
Karina came to sit beside us as Shindo gave up trying to dance with her.
"Hey." She said.
We both looked at her.
"So...you know your paint job on the car?"
Senji nodded.
"Well...I did it." She said.
Senji made a huffed laugh. "Really? That is pretty amazing." He said.
"I thought about not telling you, but Fenix said I should."
"Yeah. I was thinking about getting custom paint jobs for all the vehicles we'll be getting for the company. Something good and memorable. Like the searing on the jackets. That emblem. Since it's kind of like our company logo."
She nodded. "I could do that. When you get them anyway."
He nodded.
I stayed leaning against Senji as we watched our friends.
I looked up as Cain and Rei came to stand in front of us.
"Can we talk to you both, privately?" Cain asked.
Senji frowned but nodded.
I stood up and he took my hand as we walked towards one of the offices.
Rei closed the door behind us.
He moved to stand beside Cain.
"We debated on telling you both, but Rei decided we should since it might affect how you form the teams when we have enough people." Cain said.
Senji held up his hand.
"I've known for a while now." He said.
Rei sighed. "And you don't care?"
Senji shrugged and I frowned.
"Why should I? You are both adults and know your own selves better than anyone else."
I looked at them as Cain sighed.
"Good. I was just worried how you might take it. I...was willing to quit if it meant Rei could stay on the team."
"What are you talking about?" I asked. "You can't quit. You're both part of this crew."
Senji smiled. "No one is quitting baby."
"Good." I frowned.
Cain looked at me.
"I thought you might have guessed first, but I suppose it doesn't much matter to you." He said.
Rei took his hand.
"We're together." He said.
I frowned until it clicked.
"You're both gay?"
They nodded.
Senji wrapped his arm around me.
"And you thought we might get upset?" I asked.
They nodded again.
"Why? You're family. That means we support each other." I said. "As long as you two are happy..."
"We are." Cain said. "I...didn't really think about it being an issue since my tastes are a bit obscure. I normally don't go for anyone like Rei. I used to just prefer guys more like the boss actually, but less terrifying and insane. But I saw him and just couldn't get why that stupid messy hair just pissed me off. Or why his habit of jumping the second floor railing scared the shit out of me."
I nodded. Love did crazy things.
"And I had never looked at anyone before, given how volatile my Branch is. I was scared of hurting them. Turns out, Cain is pretty immune to my skill." Rei said. "He's the first person to be able to help me tame my skills and the first who ever admitted to liking my off kilter personality. I know I'm a bit much to handle, really."
"You're like a damn Energizer Bunny most days." Senji sighed. "Just watching you exhausts me sometimes."
Rei grinned. "See, Cain isn't like that. He is the first man to ever keep up with me. It's something I've been searching for in both a relationship and partnership."
Cain ruffled his spiky blond hair. "We just wanted to let you guys know. If it ever affects the team, you can split us up."
I frowned. "It won't. I'll make sure of it."
Rei smiled. "Thanks Fenix." He moved in to hug me.
Cain did as well.
"You guys really are the best." They said.
Senji shrugged. "We all have our weird habits. Mine is being unable to look at women straight, Fenix can't stand the dark without me there, you two happen to swing for each other. Who cares?"
He turned for the door.
"Thanks for understanding boss." Cain said as he headed out the door.
Rei nodded as he moved to catch up.
We watched them for a moment.
There were tiny things they did that most people wouldn't notice that gave them away, but they didn't hide it either.
We watched the party for a little bit.
Senji leaned down to whisper to me.
"Shall we go home and celebrate by ourselves?" He asked.
I blushed, knowing what he meant.
I nodded.
He started to lead me to the doors.
Clara stopped us.
"Hold up. First, she has to throw the bouquet."
I frowned.
She held it up and motioned to the small group of single women.
I sighed as I took it and put my back to them.
I tossed it behind me over my head and headed for the door.
Senji pulled it open and I glanced back to see Karina holding the silk flowers.
The police clapped Shindo on the back.
"Better get moving."
Senji laughed as the door closed and he held out his arm to me.
It was just cold enough that I leaned in close to him as we hurried towards the house.
"We can be as wild as we want tonight." He said.
"What about Karako and Nagi?"
"They decided they want to finally move into one of the apartments." Senji said. "They'll move their stuff tomorrow though."
I nodded.
Our house was empty again. With everyone in the complex, it was going to be lonely, but at least we had good neighbors. I smiled.
Senji opened the house door and we shivered as we came inside.
xXx
I had expected a bit of embarrassment as Senji pulled my dress off.
But the smoldering look in his eyes was more than I'd thought he'd show.
"Okay, this is much better than that thing you wore to seduce me in prison."
I blushed as he fingered the bows at my hips.
He tugged on the strings as he leaned down to kiss me.
I worked on undoing his buttons as he barely left the panties tied on.
Any wrong moves and they'd be off me in a second.
Senji shrugged out of his shirts and I pulled the white undershirt Karako had made him put on that morning from where it was tucked into his pants.
I slipped my hands under his shirt against his skin.
He groaned as I eased his shirt up.
"Such a tease." He gripped the hem and yanked his shirt off.
I kept my hands against his skin.
"So warm." I mumbled.
"Am I?" He frowned.
"Yes. You're hot, sexy, and dangerous to my ability to think."
He laughed as he pulled me against him and leaned down, forcing me to tilt my head back.
"Then don't think." He kissed me.
I let him push me onto the bed and my panties came untied at my left hip.
He ran the backs of his right fingers down my left side and I shivered at the feel of the simple gold band on his finger running over my skin.
He was officially mine now.
And I his.
Legally and completely.
He tucked his hand under my thigh and tugged me to open to him.
I spread my thighs and he settled between them, rubbing his hardness against my barely covered flesh.
It felt more than good.
"My sweet little Fenix." He said softly.
He leaned down to kiss me.
I loved it when he did.
Even in front of others. He might get embarrassed over it, but I liked his public claiming of me.
I moved my hands to his hips and he lifted up enough for me to push his pants down a little.
It also gave me the leverage to push him onto his back.
I was glad we finally had a huge bed since we'd moved into our own home.
It gave us both space to work with.
And I had been wanting to do this for a long time.
He didn't fight me as I pushed him.
"I suppose I can give in occasionally." He grinned.
"You'll like it." I hoped.
I leaned over him and kissed him.
He didn't even notice as I pulled his old cuffs from the bedside table.
Not until I held them up.
"No." He said.
I frowned.
"It's not that I don't love the thought behind it, I do, but not tonight." He said as he took them and set them aside again.
I nodded.
"Some other time baby." He reached up to brush his hand over my cheek and run his thumb over my lip. "I promise I'll be happy to let you do it."
"Alright." I leaned down to kiss him.
He let me scoot away from him and I moved to straddle his thighs.
Senji let me shove his pants off and he nudged them to the floor.
I looked down at his length.
He was bigger than I always thought.
He never let me look at him like this.
I changed position to make him spread his legs a little.
Damn Karako and her teasing. She had gotten me to look at a book of things to pleasure a man, and now I wanted to actually try some.
She'd meant it as a joke since I obviously already kept Senji pretty happy.
He looked down at me.
"You look unsure baby." He said.
"I...I've never done this before."
"I know." He moved to sit up a little, bracing his arms behind him. "Touch me. I'll be sure to let you know if I do or don't like things."
I blushed slightly.
I reached to hold his length in both hands.
He was hard, yet smooth and soft too.
"You can stroke me." He said.
I nodded and moved my hands over his length, applying just a slight amount of pressure.
"Tighter."
I gradually tightened my hold on him until I just barely saw a hint of discomfort on his face.
Finding his limits was arousing.
He shuddered when I changed speeds.
I tested until I found just the right point that had him tilting his head back.
"Fuck." He groaned. "That's perfect."
I smiled.
He looked ready to break.
I leaned down as a bead formed on the crown.
I touched my tongue to it and his head snapped forward.
"Baby, you don't have to do that." He said.
"I want to." I flushed.
He groaned. "You'll kill me." He mumbled.
"Not yet." I said as I leaned back down.
His taste was something else.
Salty sweet. Slightly thick.
I put my mouth over him and one of his hands went to tangle in my hair.
I stroked him until his body was tense and I licked at him.
But his resistance was pretty damn good.
I took part of his length in my mouth and sucked on the head of his cock as my hands continued to stroke him in exactly the way he liked.
"Fenix." He groaned as he spilled into my mouth.
I swallowed.
It was easily the most erotic thing yet to see him do.
He collapsed back on the bed.
"I'll have my revenge later." He mumbled.
"Promise?"
He pulled me up his body to kiss me.
"Definitely."
He rolled us back over and undid the other string.
He pulled the scrap of fabric off me and then tugged the top off.
It felt almost new again as he stared down at me with such fire in his eyes.
Senji reached to stroke me and I gripped his shoulders.
"See, the torment is a lot to bear isn't it?" He growled.
I couldn't think straight as I nodded.
He leaned down to nip my collarbone and my hands moved to tangle in his hair as he teased my skin.
I moaned as he finally came up to kiss me and thrust into me.
It felt so good.
I ran my shorter nails down his arms as he thrust hard and fast.
He adjusted the angle by lifting my hips and holding my legs up by hooking his arms under my knees.
I reached to cover his hands with mine as I stared up at him with hazy vision.
"Senji." I could feel my nails biting into the back of his hands as I cried his name.
He continued to move me, his brow tight as he focused on pushing me over the edge as many times as he could.
I felt like every nerve was lit up after maybe the fourth time.
Every single touch felt too sensitive.
He held himself over me and braced his arms by my shoulders to brush my cheek with his hand and tangle the other in my hair.
"I'll always love you Fenix."
His gray eyes were so soft as I shuddered under the feeling of him moving in me still.
He felt tense, ready to go over the edge himself.
I was a limp pile on the bed.
I was never going to be able to keep up with this man.
"I love you Senji, forever." I whispered.
He leaned down to kiss me as he finally spilled into me again.
It was just enough to bring me with him.
He groaned as he moved to lay beside me.
He was quiet other than his breathing for a moment.
I turned to snuggle up to him and felt almost too weak to move.
He pulled me close and pulled the blanket over us.
"I'm so glad you're finally mine in name too." He said.
I closed my eyes as I rested my head on his shoulder.
"Me too." I mumbled.
He stroked his left hand over my cheek as his right held me against him and stayed warm on my hip.
Not trying to stimulate my poor body anymore, but just giving me the warmth of his hold.