The next morning, Chun Li awoke feeling rested and refreshed. Turning her head, she gave a little start when she saw that Ryu was watching her his head propped up on one elbow. "How long have you been awake?"
"Maybe an hour," he said evenly. "Good afternoon."
She was confused. "Good afternoon? I thought it was good morning."
He smiled, amused. "It would be if it was morning, but it is actually two in the afternoon."
"Oh my god, is it really?" She sat up and looked out the door. "Wow, I must have really been passed out." Laying back down, she tried to get used to the feeling of being watched by him. "Have you been looking at me the whole time?" He nodded without saying anything. "Why?"
"Why not?" He lightly brushed her bangs off her forehead. "I like watching you sleep. It is very calming for me."
The way he was looking at her and the soft touch of his fingers made her feel a little dizzy. "Really?"
"Truly." Pulling her closer to him, he traced the curves of her lips lightly with his finger and said, "I have been thinking a great deal about everything that has happened. Especially since last night." Wondering where this was going, she began to feel nervous. "I was amazed at how angry I was when Guile returned briefly and I thought back to the night I saw the two of you together."
Oh no, not this again, she thought with dread. His voice was oddly calm though, in spite of the topic. She opened her mouth to say something but he softly put a finger on her lips, quieting her.
"This has not been easy for either of us," he continued softly. "I realized yesterday for the first time that as hard as this is for me, it was just as difficult for you. I do not know why it has to be this way, but you must be very important to me for me to behave so strangely. And I also can see now that I must also be very important to you."
The risks that he was taking in revealing this to her did not go unappreciated and she looked away as tears spilled over her cheeks. Taking her face in his hands, he forced her to look at him. "Do not look away from me," he said firmly.
It was unbearable having him stare at her so intensely when she felt so vulnerable and naked and she tried to pull herself together, but the warmth in his eyes made it impossible and she broke down helplessly under his penetrating gaze and began to sob in earnest. Feeling more exposed than ever before in her life, she fought him, begging, "Please, let me go."
Ignoring her plea, he began kissing her hungrily, tasting the salt of her tears as he did and he roughly tore her underwear off her hips. Watching her face, he began to tease her with his fingers, softly at first, gradually becoming more insistent. Ashamed at how he studied her reactions to his touch, she again attempted to avert her eyes but he took her jaw firmly in his other hand and forcibly turned her head. "I told you not to look away," he growled. His fingers continued to work feverishly on her clit and she bit her lower lip, trying to maintain her composure, but he could see that she was rapidly approaching orgasm. "Come for me, Chun Li," he breathed into her ear. A feeling unlike any she'd ever experienced tore through her body and she threw back her head as a gutteral cry escaped her throat. "Good," he whispered, as he watched her lost in the throes of her pleasure. Feeling her shiver from becoming sensitive, he pulled his hand away, which was completely coated with her fluids, and began stroking himself.
When she had calmed down somewhat, he laid on his back and pulled her head towards his dick and pushed his head against her lips. Taking him deep into her throat, she could taste herself as she caressed his shaft, then his head repeatedly with her tongue. Taking her head in both hands, he used her mouth roughly until he knew he was close. Pushing her face off his cock, he turned her on all fours and slid inside her. Then gripping her hips in both hands, he pounded into her and as he felt the first wave of her ecstasy hit, he gave an almost animal cry as he came violently inside her. Though he had finished coming, he remained hard, he was so aroused. Throwing her on her back, he stuffed his cock inside of her even as she was still coming and resumed thrusting. Looking into her eyes, he asked, "Do you love me?" Whimpering, she nodded, feeling the intensity building up inside her again. Grabbing her by the hair at the nape of her neck, he kissed her hard, never breaking his rhythm. "Say it. Say it as you come for me."
She snapped at his words and was barely able to whisper, "Ryu, I love you," as she exploded, digging her nails into the flesh of his back. He smiled to himself as every muscle in her body went stiff and he didn't stop until she began to cry softly.
Taking her in his arms, he gently kissed her eyelids before she buried her face in his chest and wept openly. He stroked her soothingly until her sobs subsided and said quietly, "I think…I love you too." She hugged him tightly to her at his admission and the pair laid together in silence, feeling more at peace than either had in a long while.