AN: I have been convinced to write one more lemon... Last one in quite a while though

*Delightfully Dull December*

Saeko had Faith backed up against the rear wall of 'their' balcony, kissing her deeply and without rush. The ninja wore just a button down shirt despite the cold which now hung open, displaying her bare breasts – she had forgone the bra since the nature of the meeting was basically a booty call.

Faith's top had been discarded and lay on the stone floor along with her jacket and bra. Enjoying the freedom to explore Saeko scraped over the Puff's ribs, causing Faith to disconnect their lips and catch a breath. The kunoichi moved her hands and caressed the underside of Faith's breasts, eliciting a quiet groan.

With one final tug on Faith's lower lip Saeko moved onto the exposed neck, her hands roaming over the Brit's soft flesh of her tits and stomach. Faith tilted her head to the side to give more room to play and Saeko let out an appreciative hum.

Moving lower still Saeko used her tongue to tease the hardened nipple. Faith moaned in response and fisted her hand in the black hair. Trading one stiff peak for the other caused the light brunette to buck slightly under the ninja's touch.

"Patience, my dear" Saeko murmured patronizingly.

"You are evil" Faith breathed out.

The Uchiha chuckled and captured the dark pink nipple between her teeth and bit down gently. At Faith's whimper she soothed the peak with her tongue. Switching tits again Saeko sucked hard, getting something akin to a mewl in return.

While Saeko's mouth was occupied her fingers went to the Puff's belt. Few seconds later the ninja returned back up and brushed her lips against Faith's. The light brunette's eyes snapped open and she breathed out "Please!"

Saeko smirked smugly and slowly kneeled. Faith moaned at the sight of her girlfriend kneeling, taking her pants down with her. Getting rid of them completely Saeko tenderly kissed Faith's stomach while she took off the last barrier between her and her prize.

Nipping at one thigh the kunoichi urged the leg on her shoulder. Faith looked unsure but Saeko looked up "Trust me."

Saeko lowered her mouth to the slippery folds and took a long lick. Faith let out the loudest sound yet. The ninja couldn't help her grin as she proceeded to eat out her girlfriend.

"Oh, God!" the Brit exhaled and threaded her fingers into the Uchiha's black hair and pressed Saeko closer to her.

The kunoichi let her tongue explore, not minding the whispered pleas. Finally relenting Saeko's lips found Faith's clit. Alternating rough licks and fast flicks was rewarded by an almost violent thrust upwards, needing more.

Despite almost getting lost in the whimpers of her lover Saeko dove in deep, letting her tongue caress Faith's insides. The witch scratched the wall behind her, maybe trying to ground herself in some way.

Saeko moved back to Faith's clit and teased it lightly. Another loud sound made her grin and move to finish. The ninja's lips closed over the bud and she sucked, hard.

"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my GOD!" and a gush of wetness were her answer. With a surge of pride the nin tried to prolong her girlfriend's orgasm as long as she could.

When the shivers of pleasure subsided Saeko asked playfully, her voice deep and scratchy "Another?"

"I don't think I can" Faith breathed out, her eyes closed.

"You think or truly cannot?" the Uchiha smirked wickedly.

Not waiting for an answer Saeko thrust two fingers in her girlfriend's heat, curling upwards, staying clear of the clit, knowing it would be too sensitive right now. Faith let out an incoherent sound and let her head fall back on the wall with a thud. Slowly and steadily she was brought to one more peak, less explosive than the previous one but no less pleasurable.

When Faith recovered she opened her eyes and whispered "No more please."

Saeko merely smiled and gently kissed her girlfriend's abdomen in reply. Still holding the lighter brunette up the ninja stood and connected their lips in a kiss.

"I love tasting myself on you" Faith hummed.

The scarred Uchiha hummed as well "I love when you talk dirty to me, but right now I would love your mouth doing something else"

"So demanding."

Ravenclaw Tower

Saeko tried knocking at Helena's door but since no one answered she made her way downstairs in search for the blonde. She grinned when she spotted her friend with their little poker group, talking while shuffling cards.

"Konbanwa" the Uchiha smiled at her classmates before turning to Helena "Could I bother you for some tea? The strong one you brewed me last week?"

"I could but you wouldn't sleep much tonight. Why do you need it for? We have no homework due tomorrow" the blonde witch said with a confused frown.

The brunette shrugged "I'm working on the DADA essay Deirdre gave us today."

"Still?" Ashley interjected, "You were working on it before dinner for at least two hours."

"It's just too fascinating a topic" Saeko grinned in delight.

Daniel looked at his friend shrewdly "How many pages did you write?"

"Oh, twenty? Twenty two? Maybe" the brunette said sheepishly while thinking "Ooops."

The group face-palmed. Peter smirked "Fascinating my ass, you just want to impress Deirdre."

"I'm already her star pupil. The assignment is about fire! Fire! Of course I went a bit overboard" the Uchiha defended.

"Pyro" Ash grumbled good-naturedly. The group nodded sagely.

Daniel patted the spot next to him and said with a patronizing smile "Why don't you play with us for a while. Then you can go back to the essay and shorten it in half. It's still more that it was required but I guess that's it for your restraint in the matter."

Saeko did her best puppy dog eyed expression, complete with the tearing up but Daniel didn't budge. Finally she sighed sadly "Alright. I guess it's reasonable. I might continue the project on my own though."

Ashley rolled her eyes but said nothing. Helena smiled approvingly and began dealing cards while the group formed a more regular circle.

Saeko counted the chips she received from Daniel, just a force of habit more than suspicion. Her two cards were an eight of spades as well as a nine of the same color. Her long hours on both the Clan Council and Village Council helped her contain her satisfaction with her draw.

"Speaking of homework" Caitlin began while frowning at her cards, "You could help me with the Divination one."

"Really? What's it about?" Graham asked.

Helena rolled her eyes, her distaste for that subject was well-known, and revealed the flop. During the betting Caitlin answered "We are studying the Zodiac now. We are supposed to make a profile on our classmates or whoever, one for each sign and then compare it in class just before Yule, thus making a common profile."

The next card was turned, a king of hearts.

"What does the profile consist of?" Saeko asked.

"We are supposed to extrapolate main character traits and attributes" Caitlin sighed.

Daniel arched his eyebrow "Why do you need us then? Aren't you supposed to do this by observation?"

"In theory, yes, but it would be easier to do it in a group" the red-head pleaded.

The Ravens looked at each other and ultimately agreed. It might be fun after all. The river was turned and the final betting round ensued among the remaining players.

Ashley, who was most definitely trying to bluff through the round, asked "How do we start then Kate?"

The ginger smiled and retrieved a journal from her bag "The standard Zodiac signs are determined by birthday."

After Daniel's victory with a full-house the games progressed as Saeko was identified as the lone Scorpio of the group. Doing Caitlin's assignment was surprisingly fun and strangely enlightening - it's always interesting to know what other think of you. The Uchiha relished in hearing she was resourceful, observant or fiercely independent. "I guess I do deserve the obsessive, suspicious and manipulative labels as well."

Caitlin was ecstatic about the amount of work they managed to do, only few other signs remained which she could do on their own. "Thank you guys, I owe you."

"On that note I'm going upstairs to my essay. Apparently I have some shortening to do" Saeko said with a smirk as she counted her chips.

"Good girl" Daniel said patronizingly, trying unsuccessfully to contain his grin.

"Cheeky bastard" Saeko replied with a small smile.

Infirmary

"I'm so, so sorry" Saeko said again as she led Jamie Todd towards the school infirmary.

The quidditch captain smiled weakly "It's not your fault, I wasn't paying attention."

Madame Pomfrey looked up from the file she was reading, stood up hastily and went towards Jamie who was bleeding "Sit down over here my dear. What happened?"

"A minor quidditch accident" the blonde said, sitting heavily on the indicated bed.

The nurse looked sharply at Saeko, her stare demanding answers. The scarred teen obliged sheepishly "She got hit by a bludger just behind her ear. Subsequently she fell from her broom but we were flying low. Still she broke her leg but I fixed it…"

"FIXED?!" Madame Pomfrey exclaimed and went to check Saeko's work. A diagnostic spell later the elder woman nodded "Everything seems in order, you did well dear. Anything else besides the head wound?"

Saeko shook her head "No ma'am."

Jamie nodded "Just some scrapes and bruises."

"I'm really sorry, I was positive you saw it approaching."

"It's alright. It happened, get over it" the chaser said in mild annoyance and patted Saeko on her arm, "I'm ok."

The Uchiha nodded and let the nurse do her job. When Madame Pomfrey was done she stood up to fetch some potions to accelerate the healing of the scrapes and bruises Saeko asked "Lauren's not around?"

The healer shook her head and handed two small sized bottles. Jamie frowned at the smell but drank them quickly. Madame Pomfrey smiled tightly "Good. Now I hope you will be more careful next time."

Both thanked the elderly nurse and made their way out of the infirmary. Saeko escorted her captain to the Ravenclaw Tower despite the blonde's insistence that she was perfectly alright.

"Please don't tell me you are going to tuck me in" Jamie joked when the raven summoner pointed sternly at the chaser's bed.

Saeko smirked "If you say pretty please. If you really wanted I could even sing you to sleep but that sleep would probably be of the permanent kind."

The fair teen chuckled "Funny. Now please get out."

"Alrighty" the Uchiha smiled. With one foot out of the door she turned back "Once again, I'm sorry. Sweet dreams." Jamie smiled and made a shooing motion. The Uchiha smiled as well and closed the door behind her.

Since Ashley informed her that the group would be in the library while she was on the quidditch pitch Saeko decided to head there. As she went through the Common Room she noticed her favorite prefect surrounded by a mountain of books. "Hello Geoffrey. Tough homework?"

The seventh year jumped in surprise "Oh, hello Saeko. I'm preparing for NEWTs."

"Already?" the Uchiha said, impressed.

Geoffrey sighed and rubbed his eyes "Yeah. We are already in the middle of the term and those exams dictate our future."

"You need top marks for the Ministry, right?" the raven summoner said knowingly.

"Indeed" the prefect said and rubbed his tired eyes, "I already failed to achieve the Head Boy status so I need to compensate."

Saeko nodded "Still bitter about that, huh?"

The older Raven shot her a glare but shrugged "A bit, yes."

"It won't matter, the Ministry will be lucky to have you. Which department interests you anyway?" the girl asked.

"At first I wanted to join the Unspeakables, for the research you know, but now I think the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes would suit me best" Geoffrey mused.

The Uchiha hummed "Sounds good."

"Yup" the boy nodded, "But I need to study for it."

"Is that a polite shove off?" Saeko chuckled.

Geoffrey smiled sheepishly "I really need to finish this."

Saeko shrugged "If you say so. Though, you should take a break from time to time so you don't burn out."

"Don't worry" the seventh year smiled, "I get so intense about it only on weekends."

"Okay" Saeko smiled, "Take care."

The prefect nodded gratefully went back his books. The Uchiha sighed, remembering how the Hokage and her brother were worried about her over focus, but nonetheless she left him to his own devices.

According to her previous plan she made her way to the Library. She nodded to Madame Pince who shot her a preliminary glare. Saeko chuckled quietly and went to look for her friends. She went off course once again when she spotted a familial red-head.

The Uchiha plopped down on the chair next to her Slytherin friend and exclaimed "Two people today blew me off, you are going to entertain me."

"Really now? I see you don't save your innuendo for Gallaher" Lauren looked up from the Runes textbook.

"Huh? I hadn't noticed." Anko would be so disappointed.

"Happy accident then?" the Snake smirked, clearly amused.

"Those are my lines! Did we body swap or something?" Saeko said in mock horror.

"You wish" Lauren kept her smirk.

The scarred teen cocked her head to the side and stared appraisingly at the red-head with a smirk of her own "To answer that I would need to do a thorough assessment."

"In your dreams" the Slytherin shook her head in mock exasperation.

"Already there" Saeko winked.

"What would Faith say?"

The Uchiha pouted "Spoilsport. So what are you doing?"

Lauren held up the runes book "Knitting a sweater."

"You are hilarious today" Saeko rolled her eyes.

"I try. So did you need something?" Lauren asked.

The Leaf nin shrugged "Not really. How are Lexie and Soldy?"

"Good. They are behind on the Potions homework and freaking out a bit" the red-head said while putting her book down.

Saeko nodded sagely "That I do understand. I imagine Snape is even tougher on you about this stuff when behind closed doors."

"He is. And he's been in a mood lately - the Weasley twins are apparently waging a campaign against Slytherin. It's been very annoying since they don't discriminate" Lauren sighed.

"Well, at least you can get a breather during Yule" the Uchiha smiled.

The Slytherin grimaced "No such luck, I'd be better off staying here. My family hosts a party. Formal robes and all that."

Saeko couldn't help but chuckle "Sucks to be you. Meanwhile I'll be with my friends in a bar."

"Bitch" Lauren said with no real fire.

"Such strong language" the Uchiha smirked, "It doesn't go well with formalwear."

The red-head glared.

Hogwarts Grounds

"Finally some snow! I thought we would just be freezing and have nothing from it!" Ashley exclaimed in delight as she danced on the white surface.

"Yeah, me too" Saeko said, clear that she hoped it would be so.

Helena frowned "Why are we here? You know I hate the cold. If you want any adventures in winter wonderland you should've asked Caitlin or the boys."

"They are coming too" Ash said with glee, "I just couldn't wait any longer."

"Yeeey" the blonde's voice dripped with sarcasm.

As the smallest Raven began to amass snow for a sculpture or something of the sort Saeko asked her blonde friend "Where are you going over Christmas anyway?"

Helena shrugged "I don't think so, just a quiet Yule with the family. There are several parties but I think I will have to attend only the one at Malfoy Manor."

"Malfoy is the pureblood bigwig, right?" the brunette said in realization. "The one that is close to the Minister. Glad Fudge had enough brain not to say anything about his contact with Konoha. Well, even if he hadn't a subtle bit of fuinjutsu takes care of that now."

The tea aficionado nodded "That's him. He creeps me out a bit."

"Really? How so?" Saeko asked, tad bit surprised.

Helena shrugged "He's too smooth, sleek."

"I think I understand" the ninja nodded, Jiraiya did say something similar.

"Do you know where is Ashley going? Some ruins again?" the blonde asked and looked over to the laughing brunette frolicking in the snow.

Saeko sat down on her cloak "She said she was going to her grandparents for the holidays. But I wouldn't put it pass them to go somewhere 'cool' again in the summer after their teaching tour is over."

Helena hummed "And you?"

"Same old, same old. I'll see when I'm back in Konoha. Maybe Hokage-sama will have some nice mission for me to do."

"No holiday relaxation" the blonde chuckled.

Saeko laughed "Being here is mostly a vacation, one I am enjoying immensely. Now I just have to go back to work for a while."

Their discussion was interrupted when the rest of the Ravenclaw third-years, even Michelle and her crew, joined them. Peter, Graham and Caitlin immediately joined Ashley in the snow. The brunette's enthusiasm caught even the reserved Aaron, the resident loner, and soon the Ravens were roped in an epic snowball battle royal.

The sky began to darken when the Ravens collapsed in the snow, exhausted by the fight. "I so won!" Peter declared wheezing.

"You most definitely did not!" Catlin countered.

"What is the measure of victory in a snow fight anyway?" Saeko asked, genuinely curious. In a real fight victory is quite tangible after all.

"No clue" Ash giggled, "But I won nonetheless."

Helena snorted "Sound about right. And if anyone won it was Angela."

"No way! Angela was behind cover with Michelle for the whole time!" Graham exclaimed.

"Nah, I agree. Good work Angie" Michelle said to her friend.

"Matters not, I'm starving!" Patrick interjected with a thick Irish accent.

Ashley grinned "All in favor for dinner say 'aye'."

"Aye!"

"Aye!"

"Aye!" came in chorus.

"Alright troops, let's get some grub!" Ashley said with an accent Saeko could not recognize.

Outside Great Hall

Saeko was waiting for her girlfriend to show up. They did say the goodbyes and Merry Christmas the day before, during a private session, but leaving for the holidays without one last peck would be bad form.

Dressed in the traditional Uchiha garb, a wide-collared shirt with the clan's crest and with the huge sealing scroll on her back Saeko was quite visible so she didn't bother looking for Faith, certain the Brit would come to her.

"Hey" the Hufflepuff in question greeted.

"Hey" Saeko replied with a smile. To be perfectly honest she couldn't wait to go back to Konoha and would prefer to portkey out right away.

"Aren't you going to be cold dressed like that? No jacket, no scarf" Faith sighed.

The jounin shrugged "No, not really."

"Well, I do like the shirt, it shows your collarbones. Thank you for wearing it, it makes me kinda proud" the brunette grinned.

Saeko arched an eyebrow "How so?"

"You did notice…"

"Notice what?"

"Never mind" Faith said innocently and promptly changed the subject. The kunoichi just shrugged and humored her girlfriend as she was talking, Saeko's mind already in Konoha.

When it was time to head for the station Saeko and Faith parted ways, both of them joining their friends for the train ride.

Once the third-year Ravenclaws boarded the train they sought out a compartment. They didn't have much of a luggage with the exception of Saeko who thought prudent not to leave ninja or illegal stuff lying around the Tower while she was away. Helena immediately whipped out a deck of cards and looked at the group with a raised eyebrow.

"Nah, not really in the mood" Graham shook his head as he sat next to the blonde.

"Me neither" Saeko agreed and sat down as well.

Helena shrugged and stashed the cards "Pity."

Caitlin reached up to store her backpack. As she looked down she grinned at the sitting ninja and subtly pointed something to her friends who were still standing.

"Is that a hickey?"

…

"Oh! That's what she meant!" Saeko's eyes widened with realization.