Amazing, amazing reviews once again. You guys will never understand how much your feedback means to me. I'm happy with the reactions and feelings (anger) towards Sora. I'm not trying to make her a bad guy so don't hate me. I know her actions do not make sense at all lately. They will soon!

For the record I DO NOT CONDONE CHEATING! I feel that if you're going to cheat...DON'T GET IN A RELATIONSHIP/MARRIED! Ugh! It's so annoying!

I'm awaken by a pair of soft lips pressed to my forehead, and a deep male voice singing out my name. I groan and roll on my back. Opening my eyes I'm met with the lovely sight of my fiance.

"Cale?" My sleep plagued voice questions my sanity. I haven't seen Cale since my birthday weekend, over a month ago. In that month, I hadn't talked to him on the phone much either, I was still harboring some resentment over my birthday.

Cale is simply hovering over me smiling, so ask him, "What are you doing here?"

"The manger downstairs let me in." He tells me, "But guess what my love,"

"What?" I reply, sitting up and propping my back against my fluffy pillows.

"I've finished all my business in India. The deal is closed, the office is built, and I've got an entire staff and management hired. I'm here to stay Baby." He's smiling, and I can tell he's genuinely happy.

I can't find the words to express my own happiness, so instead I leap forward into his arms. He immediately wraps me in his embrace and holds me.

"I'm so happy," I breathe out on the verge of tears. I've miss my fiance, more than you might think. The realization that he'll be around more is overwhelming.

Now that I think about it. Even when Cale was in Tokyo all of the time, he still wasn't around much. He'll most likely still be bombarded with meeting, conferences, and other business related endeavors. Still, He won't be in another country!

"Get up," He demands, playfully swatting my butt, which is clad in a pair powder blue, lacy boyshorts. "I'm hungry, Do you have any appointments today?"

I nod my head as I rise from my bed and walk over to my dresser, "I've got three this afternoon."

"Good, I'll be at the office later." he says standing and walking towards the door. "Breakfast with your parents?"

I nod, "I'm sure they'd love that."

Once he's left the room, I strip from the blue tank top I'm wearing, and dress in a pair of white slacks and a pale yellow cami. I don't have that many clients today, so I won't be on my feet long, making it a perfect day to wear a pair of four inch pumps.

Cale insists on taking his car to Snob Hollow, and then dropping me off at Sakura afterwards on his way to work.

"So how are the wedding preparations going?" he asks me as we head to my parents, "What do we have left to do?"

"Nothing much really," I shrug. "The alterations on the dress keep coming out wrong. There's always a stain, or a missed measurement, or a snagged thread." I huff.

"You're turning into your own Bridezilla." He chuckles.

"Not even close," I snort. I'm not.

My mother and bridesmaids tell me that the dress looks perfect. But I always seem to find a fault in it.

"Tai's sister, wants to be a photographer for our wedding. She's a photography student, and needs one more event for her final portfolio. She worked on Mimi's wedding." I tell him hopefully. I'm slightly angered by his chuckle.

"Okay, but we still need to find a professional photographer, Sora." he tells me, as he stops at a traffic light.

"Kari's pretty good Cale, and she's not asking for any money for her services." Even though I intend on paying Kari anyways, I don't see a reason to find an even more expensive photographer to do the exact same work.

"Money isn't an issue Sora, you know that," He states arrogantly.

"Trust me Cale, how can I forget," I reply sarcastically. He has been in my presence for a whole day yet, and he's already annoying me.

"Well what else?" he laughs before continuing, "You want Matt and his band to perform in place of a DJ?"

I glare at him and cross my arms violently. "Cale, you're being a complete ass right now."

"I'm sorry, I'm just a little taken aback. I mean, this is our wedding, we should be going all out for it right?" he replies still chuckling.

"Just drop it Cale," I mumble looking out or the window at the buildings passing by. Cale says something else to me, but I block it out as my thoughts wander to Tai. I wonder how he'll feel about Cale returning home for good? I wonder if we'll be able to maintain a normal friendship now that my fiance is back in the picture?

I spend a lot of my time wondering about Tai.

I wonder what he's doing this very moment.

I'm very proud of my team as I watch the last of the flames drown out on the once beautiful two story home. I've notice a change in the guys. They are more confident about jumping into action and getting the job done. They are still a lot more level headed than I am, but that's probably a good thing.

I'm now inspecting the gutted home of the family of three; a widow and her two young children. I find that not all of their personals, such photos and other belongings, have been destroyed; but the house will definitely be demolished.

They assured us no one else should be left inside of the home, but I'm still required to check everything out.

I see no signs of arson, and conclude this his was a simple electrical fire, mostly likely from faulty wiring.

No matter how long a firefighter is in their profession, I can't imagine we ever get used to the amount of destruction and loss we witness on a daily basis.

Sure, nobody was hurt today, but this family will have to leave everything behind and probably live with distant relatives, if they have any. If not, they'll end up in a shelter, or worse; homeless.

That's why I don't care to be called a hero. If I could prevent this entire event from happening completely, then I'll accept being a hero.

But I can't.

So I'm not.

After a nice breakfast with my parents, Cale drops me off at the salon and heads to the Watanabe Tower.

"Was that Cale?" Lena asks me surprised. I nod and smile as I sit my purse down. "How long is he back for?"

"He said for good." I tell her as I pug in my equipment, "He said everything is complete in India."

"That's good," Lena nods before returning to her customer. I wonder if she's being sincere.

I don't have time to dwell on it as my first customer walks in, and I immediately begin my work day.

Hours into the day, we notice the news if reporting a house fire on the opposite side of town, and I wonder if Tai is okay.

The images of the house are pretty bad, so I pull out my phone and text Tai a simply hello. My nerves are wrecked for hours as I wait for him to reply.

It's not until after my last clients hair is finished, that I receive a phone call from him.

"How was your day?" he asks me.

"It was pretty simple. I had breakfast with Cale and my parents, and only had three clients today." I tell him nonchalantly. My client pays me and I begin to unplug everything in the salon. Only me and Mai remain in the shop.

"Cale is in town?" he asks in the same surprised tone Lena had.

"Yes, he's back for good now," I can't hide my happiness.

"That's good," Like Lena, I wonder if Tai is being sincere.

"How was your day?" I ask as if I have no idea.

"It was usual work I guess. We had to respond to a house fire." he tells me with a sigh." I hop in the passenger side of Mai's Honda Accord, and we head en route to Cale's apartment.

"Nobody was hurt were they?" I ask hopefully.

"Fortunately no," he says a little more cheerful.

"That's great to hear." I reply.

"I'm really sleepy Sora," he yawns, "I'll catch up with you later, okay?"

"Sure. Get some rest." I smile to myself. "Goodnight."

I was surprised to hear Sora say that Cale had returned home for good. I knew he'd eventually have to return, as their wedding is less than two months away.

Still, knowing that he's back and will now occupy much of Sora's time is kind of saddening.

In the end, she is his fiance though. So I lose.

In the weeks that pass I see less and less of Sora, as well as hearing from her even more sporadically. I only saw Sora whenever we had a group event, such as T.K's graduation from Tokyo University. Afterwards we all met up at T.K. and Matt's apartment to celebrate T.K's graduating and new job.

I was able to steal a few moments of Sora's time, including an innocent peck on the cheek. But other than that, we've been acting on a friendly level only. Which is how it's supposed to be anyways I guess.

I'm starting to feel pretty bad about what we did in Spain, as well as all the kisses and intimacy we've shared for the past couple of month. If Sora was my fiance, I wouldn't know how to handle another man doing to her, the things I've done.

If it was out in the open, our relationship that is, I would man up and apologize to Cale for the disrespect I've caused. But it's not, and until Sora decides to tell him, I won't say a word.

I'm working on detaching my romantic feeling for Sora, and having a strictly platonic friendship with her. She's getting married in July, and there is absolutely nothing I can do to stop it. Still, I want Sora in my life. She's a great friend.

So I have decided to throw myself into my work again. I'm not angry with Sora. I'm just giving her some space.

Things have been going pretty good with Cale as of lately. He's still always busy, but we always find a way to spend time with each other. We haven't been arguing as much either.

It's the last weekend in May and our wedding is only a few weeks away. The only issue we're facing is my dress alterations, which everyone tells me is a figment of my imagination.

It's Friday night, and I wanted to go on a spur of the moment weekend beach getaway with Cale tomorrow. Unfortunately, he has other plans.

"I thought all the late nights in the office were over with Cale!" I whine. I'm sitting on his bed Indian-style with my arms folded and my bottom lip poking out.

"I'm sorry Sora. I just really need to meet with these mergers before they leave town on Sunday." he says with a sigh. He then retreats to the bathroom to take a shower. He's got two meetings with potential business merger from northern Japan, tonight and tomorrow.

His vibrating phone sounds loudly on the dresser, and I curiously grab it and look at the screen. It's a text message. The contents make me question the real reason why my fiance can't go to the beach with me tomorrow.

SMS message from: Miko Masaki
Hey Baby!
I just wanted to tell you that I've cherished the relationship we have, and I'm sorry for all whining I've done about having to stay in the shadows for the past year. It has been very hard having to be a secret, but I understand your situation. I love you and I made those reservation at Red's tomorrow like you asked. See you then.

My blood begins to boil as I read the message over and over again. Memorizing and analyzing every words of it.

I always knew that Miko wanted Cale. She always wore the skimpiest outfits to work, showing of plenty of legs and cleavage.

What I didn't expect was for Cale it actually give in to her seductions, and for the past year?

I'm crushed!

No, I'm pissed!

His phone vibrates again, and I see that its Miko again. I want so badly to read it, but I hear Cale turn the water off and exit the shower so I hurriedly place the phone back on the dresser. I'm prepared to act as if nothing has happened.

"Cale, are you sure you can't cancel and come to the beach with me?" I ask again, this time a little more sensually. "I don't understand why you can't just wrap up the merger deal with your meeting tonight? Why do you need tomorrow night too?"

Cale sighs as he fastens the white towel more securely around his naked waist. "Sora, I really wish I could, but this is important. Would you rather I take a couple trips up north instead?" He teases. I can smell the lies oozing out of that one.

"Whatever Cale," I huff, standing from the bed. "I'm going to the beach tomorrow with Mimi, Matt, and Tai." I lie. "Enjoy your meeting" I add sarcastically.

"I love you Sora," he calls behind me as I storm out.

I'm sure you can guess where I ended up going...

I'm just getting out of the shower and ready to relax after a long day of work. Another house fire broke out and our squad had a hard time controlling it at first. My body is tired and aching and I just want to lay down.

So the knock on my door is slightly unwanted...

However, upon opening it I'm met with a pair of long arms wrapping around my neck and a pair of all familiar soft lips pressing against my own.

It's Sora. And for a few minutes I'm too taken by surprise to question her actions. I eventually snap out of it and pull away.

"Sora what-" I'm cut off by her lips again.

"Tai, I need you." she breathe into our kiss, "I can't hold it in anymore. I really need you now!"

I'm happy Izzy left for his parents house for the weekend.

"Sora, we can't." I protest pulling away from her again, only to be pulled back into her kiss. "Sora, you're about to get married. You love Cale, you can't do this."

"Damnit Tai!" She screams pounding her fists into my chest. I can see tears welling in her eyes and I'm even more confused as she states, "Why don't you want me?"

I sigh and shake my head, "It's not that I don't want you Sora. I do. I want you more than you'll ever know. Hell, I love you Sora. But you're not mine. You're his." I tell her. I don't even notice that I've confessed my love for her until it's too late to take back.

"But you can have me Tai." she pleads. "I'm offering myself to you now."

That's not what I mean, and she knows it.

Still, what do you do when the woman of your dreams is practically begging you to take her?

A good person would sit her down and talk some sense into her. But as of lately, I haven't been making many good decisions.

So I give in.

When Sora approaches me again, I give in. I don't reject her, I embrace her.

We head into my bedroom, and I allow Sora to make the first move, pulling my black t-shirt over my head and running her manicured fingers down my bare chest. Her fingers dance along the waist line of my sweat pants for a few seconds before diving in and stroking me.

I briefly allow my head to fall backwards and enjoy the feeling of her slow strokes. I come to my senses soon after though, and use my own hands to remove her spaghetti strap tank top. Her bare breast are not exposed to me for the second time.

Sora brings her lips to mine again, as I massage her perky breasts and run my thumbs across the now erect nipple. I give them a quick pinch before pushing her back onto the bed and climbing on top of her.

She lets out a deep moan as I bring my tongue to her nipple and swirl it back and forth. I take this time to also unbutton her jeans and yank them down her hips, before discarding them to the floor, leaving her in only her panties.

I want to taste Sora again. So I make the slow sensual journey down her flat stomach to her nether regions. I take a few seconds and use my thumb to make soft circles on her clit, before replacing it with my mouth; licking, sucking, and biting at the wanting numb.

Above me, Sora is in pure bliss. Her moans are echoing through my bedroom and her wetness increases. My tongue dives inside of her, causing her to moan louder.

"Please Tai," She pants out and grabs bunches of my hair. "I can't...I need you now..." She stammers.

I slide my body back up hers, stopping at her hard nipples and giving them both a short kiss. When my face is finally hovering above hers, I bring my lips to hers and kiss her softly, dancing my tongue across her full lips asking for access. She grants it to me, and our tongues dance with each other in a steamy lip lock.

I guess Sora has gotten impatient, For she is now tugging at my sweats, bringing them down my hips along with my boxers. With my new freedom, my rock hard manhood is standing straight at attention.

I crook my fingers in the sides of Sora's panties and slide them down and off, tossing them off into the unknown.

Sora brings her knees into a bent position and opens them wide. I position myself over her entrance and wait for her final confirmation. She gives out a huff and thrust her hips forward, so I decide to give her what she wants. I thrust my hips forward and enter her completely.

I've never felt anything like that sensation of Sora's inner walls grip me. I pull out slowly and reenter her at the same slow pace. I continue this pace until Sora beings begging me to speed up.

"Faster," I hear her moan at least three times before I snap out of my daze and oblige.

I begin to pump into her faster. Planting both of my hands on either side of her head, I pound all of my weight into her thin frame.

Being inside of Sora is more feels better than I ever imagined. I want to take things slower with her, but she insists on having it rough and fast.

I want to go deeper inside of her, so I crook my left arm under her right leg and bring on top of my shower, allowing me to pound deeper in her core. I'm rewarded with screams from the beautiful woman before me.

The mild profanities mixed in with the calling or my name, are like music to my ears. I'm not sure how much longer I can hold in my close approaching orgasm, but I want to make this moment last. There's a fair chance that I'll never have this pleasure again.

A few minutes later, I feel Sora's tight walls constrict around me before she screams and her juices flood out. Her release encourages me to give in to my own, and I grunt loudly as I spill my seed deep inside of her. It's only then that I remember I'm not wearing a condom.

Sora lays below me with he head arched back and her eyes closed. I collapse on top of her to catch my breath; careful not to put all of my weight on her.

I don't have time to rest long however.

Sora wiggles her lower half against my still erect penis. Deeming it still functional, she flips me on my back and straddles me. She slides her entrance down over my member slowly, tossing her head back to relish in the feel.

Once she has fully adjusted herself on me, she begins to grind her hips hard against me, riding me as if i were one of those mechanical bulls. All I'm able to do is lay down, my mouth slightly ajar and my eyes trained on her upper half. I'm in love with the way her breasts jiggle and bounce as she rides me.

When she finally reaches her second climax, her body begins to jerk and buck wildly, and she lets out a sexy moan. When I feel my release coming again, I decide to be smarter about it and push Sora off of me.

After I've caught my breath I sprint into the bathroom and grab two washcloths to clean us both with. After we're both clean, I lay under my comforter and pull Sora under with me. She snuggles close to my chest and I kiss her forehead lightly.

"I'm sorry Sora." I whisper.

"Don't be." She replies, "I'm not."

I sigh a sigh of relief. Happy that there are no regrets on her end. Even though there should be, there aren't on my end either.

I'm not sure what this means for the two of us. But I've got a pretty good feeling about it!

Just when Tai's trying to do the right thing, Sora comes along and offers herself to him...Love can really screw up your head!

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