A/N: This chapter is not the original idea that I had for it, but when I started writing, it just sort of ended up this way. So I decided to just go with it and use it. Let me know what you all think. One more chapter after this and the story is complete.

Chapter 5

This snow of miracles falls down from the sky and covers the world.

Covers those with injured hearts.

And those who have committed sins, the white Leafe will heal them all.

Takako is no longer the Princess of Disaster. Sasame was brought back to life. The world is safe thanks to the Legendary White Pretear.

Everyone cheers in relief that Himeno woke up. They all start heading back to the mansion. Takako stops. Sasame turns his head toward her.

"Are you okay Takako?"

"Is it alright if we talk?"

"Of course it is."

"Hey, what's the hold up?" Go shouts to them.

"We'll catch up with you later. Takako and I are going to talk for a bit." Sasame replies.

"Okay. See you later." Go replies back.

Takako sits on the grass next to some flowers. Sasame joins her.

"What is it you wanted to talk about?" Sasame inquires.

"I just wanted to say thank you for saving my life and that I'm so sorry for causing you so much trouble." Tears begin to form in Takako's eyes. She continues, "If it weren't for me, you would have never died in the first place. I'm so sorry." She puts her hands over her face and begins to cry.

Sasame puts his arm around her. "Takako, it's not your fault. I knew the risks before becoming your dark knight. I understood that there was a high possibility that my life would be cut short in service to you. I would gladly die over and over again for you. All I've ever wanted was to see you smile again and be happy."

Takako removes her hands from her face to look at him, Tears still on her face. Sasame takes his free hand and gently caresses her cheek. He runs his thumb under her eye to catch her tears.

"I love you so much Takako. I've always loved you and continue to love you. You're my princess." Sasame takes one of her hands and kisses it. They stare into each other's eyes.

"Oh Sasame," Takako talks through her tears, "I love you too. I love you so much. But I don't deserve to be loved by you after everything I've done."

"Of course you do." Sasame smiles at her. He embraces her and kisses her lips. Takako wraps her arms around him. After their lips part from each other's, they continued to stare deeply into each other's eyes. Then they decided to go in for another kiss, but this time, one that was much longer and more passionate than the first.

They part. "We'd better get back to the others," Sasame starts, "They're probably wondering where we are."

"Wait," Takako interrupts as they were about to stand up.

"Yes my love."

She blushes and asks a little nervously, "Would it be alright if I stayed with you tonight?"

"Of course." Sasame holds up her chin. "I'd love for you to spend the night with me."

A Few Hours Later

Sasame opens the door to his apartment. He leads Takako to the couch in his living room.

"I'll make us some tea." Sasame kisses her on the cheek before heading into the kitchen. "Just relax and get comfortable."

Takako puts her feet up on the couch and lays down. She had never been inside Sasame's apartment before. She smiles and thinks to herself, "I can't believe that Sasame and I are alive and that we can be together."

Sasame comes back a few minutes later with a tray. On the tray was a tea pot with two teacups and a plate of cookies. He sets it on the coffee table in front of the couch.

"Comfortable?" Sasame smiles at her.

"Very. But I guess I should sit up now."

Takako begins to sit up when Sasame interrupts her.

"You don't have to do that." He sits at the end of the couch and lays her head on his lap. "There. Now we can both be comfortable." He pours tea into the two cups. "I also brought some cookies as a snack."

Takako turns onto her side, lifts her head a little bit, and takes a sip of tea. She grabs a cookie, lays her head back down and starts munching. Sasame takes a sip of his tea. After putting his cup down on the table, he lays one arm on Takako and uses his other hand to stroke her hair. He smiles down at her.

"I am so happy right now. I have the most beautiful woman in the world laying her head on my lap."

Takako blushes.

After they finished off the tea pot and ate the last of the cookies, Sasame asks, "Tired? Ready for bed?"

"Yes." She smiles at him.

She sits up. Then, as Takako was about to put her feet on the ground so she could stand up, Sasame interrupts her.

"Wait."

"Huh?"

He lifts her up and cradles her in his arms.

"Sasame, you really don't have to…" she begins saying.

"I want to. Besides, you're just so precious." He kisses her.

She blushes as he carries her to his bedroom. He lays her gently on top of his bed.

"I'm sorry, but I don't have any comfy clothes that would fit you. Unless you want to use one of my shirts? Oh… that actually sounds pretty hot." He winks at her.

"I'll be fine. I'll just go to bed in my underwear." Her face turns flush red as she realized what she was saying to him.

"Mmmm… That sounds even better." He touches his forehead to hers. "Then again, I've already seen what a gorgeous naked body you have. So, you could sleep nude if you wanted to. I wouldn't mind that."

Her face now a deep red. Sasame giggles. "I'm just joking. I really do love teasing you. You're just so cute when you're shy," he whispers in her ear. "Well, I should probably let you go to bed now. I'll be in the living room if you need me." He kisses her forehead. "Sweet dreams my love."

As he was about to leave her, Takako grabs him by the wrist. "Wait." He turns to her. She starts speaking in an embarrassed tone. "When I asked if I could stay the night with you, I did mean spending time with you at your place. But also, I meant for us to be together by each other's side throughout the night. Meaning, we would also be sleeping together in the same bed. That is if you're alright with that."

"I was secretly hoping that you would want that."

They both begin undressing. He closes his eyes as he undresses, leaving only his boxers on. He could see Takako's image as she undressed using his seeing images through sound ability. From her unzipping the back of it to getting her arms out and letting the rest fall to the floor. "Oh, I like that shade of blue on you. Very nice," he says aloud still with his eyes closed.

"You… you… BAD DOG!"

Slap. Slap. Slap. Slap.

"That stings a little. You really do know how to slap someone in the face. If you ever feel like going any further than that, just let me know. If my beloved would ever want to have me chained to the wall and give me a good torturing or whipping, I'd be the happiest dog in the world." Sasame opens a drawer. "See. I have many different things we could use when we play if you're ever up for it." Takako's eyes widen as she heard him saying all this. She goes to the drawer that he opened to look inside. Inside the drawer were all kinds of different sex toys. From floggers to hand cuffs to riding crops to whips to violet wands to collars to dog leashes to blind folds to vibrators to chains and rope.

"Oh… My… I need to sit down." Takako sits down on the bed. Sasame closes the drawer of toys and goes to sit next to her. He takes her hand in between his.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you."

"I'm more shocked than scared. I never would have guessed that you were into that type of thing."

"Well, that wasn't the case when I started."

"What do you mean?"

"After you were sealed away in that tree in Leafenia, my heart broke. I had helped imprison the woman that I loved when I should have done everything I could to save her. It didn't feel right to me at all to be able to continue living my life in the light while you were forced to live yours in the darkness. I wanted to find a way to punish myself for that. So, I looked into the BDSM scene because I had heard that it was a very consensual way of being able to incorporate and experience pain in one's life for those who get pleasure out of it. I wanted to feel as though I was being punished. When I started it did hurt a lot and after experiencing my first few scenes, it really did feel like I was getting the punishment that I deserved because it hurt so much. But then, after a while, the pain became an escape for me from the loneliness that I felt in reality. And that's when I decided to start my own toy collection. All the things that I've collected thus far are toys that I don't mind being used on myself."

"I see."

"Does it bother you?"

Takako caresses his face with her hands. She pulls him close to her. Their foreheads touch. "No. I just am surprised and find it a bit odd because the Sasame that I know is a very sweet, sensitive, caring, loyal, and gentle man who…"

Sasame embraces her and pulls her into a passionate kiss.

After their lips part, he lifts up her chin. "Go on."

"Who I've learned is a really big pervert," she says as she pokes his nose.

He laughs.

"Besides, all of us do things in our private lives that are only for ourselves to know about," Takako adds. "And you're not the only one who's done stuff like that. I'm not anymore innocent than you are."

"Oh really?" Sasame grins. "Now you've got me curious. So what have you done in your life that no one else, including myself, know about?"

"Not telling." Takako sticks her tongue out at him. "You're going to have to fight me for the answer."

"Hmmm… fight you huh?" He gently pushes her down to the bed. Takako's hands holding his shoulders. "Let me see." He traces her face with his fingers. Then moves them down to her neck. Then he goes further down to her breasts. He begins fondling them in his hands. "This will get you talking."

"aaaaahhh… Sasame… that's my… I'm really sensitive there you jerk…"

"I know. Why do you think I love teasing you there? They're nice and squishy. And I love the way your bra feels against your skin."

Takako moans.

"What else can I do to get you to talk?" He loosens her bra straps and pulls them down her shoulders until the cups no longer covered her breasts. He continues to fondle them. Squeezing them. Playing with her nipples. Then he licks one of them and begins to suck on it.

"Ooooohhhh… You're making… My panties… wet… aaahh… They're drenched now… mmmmm… because of you… I'm dripping all over your bed… Do you want your bed to get wet?"

"I don't mind. You can wet my bed as much as you want. And your panties started getting wet the moment I told you that I liked the color of your underwear." He takes a nibble of her nipple before switching to the other. Then He sucks on it. Then he moves his lips down to her clit and starts eating her out, his hands still playing with her breasts.

"Oooooooohhhh… Aaaaaahhh… Sasame… I'm… I'm… Going to cum… Aaaaaaaaahhhhh… Oooooooohhhhh…"

Slurp. Slurp. Slurp. Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.

"You're so delicious Takako." He moves next to her and holds her from behind. She lays her head on his chest. His jaw resting on her head.

"You're such a pervert. A perverted dog."

"And you're just a dirty girl, aren't you?" They kiss. "You just really enjoy seducing me, don't you? You wanted me to touch you. To eat you out. To suck your nipples. Because otherwise, you would have just answered the question instead of challenging me to a fight. Which I won. So, tell me. What's your dirty little secret that none of us know about?"

"I've worked as a stripper at a strip club."

"Mmmm… When did you do that? Because you couldn't have at the age of 16."

"After I escaped from my imprisonment. Even though I became a maid at the Awayuki mansion, and the pay was more than enough to live comfortably off of over what an average person at any job would be making, I was bored. Cleaning a gigantic monstrous house, serving people food regardless of whether or not they would eat it, listening to the same conversations almost every day, and knowing everyone's daily routine to the point of knowing exactly where and when a person might be, are all not my ideas of fun. And the only reason I even took the job was just to be able to get Leafe from Himeno. So on my nights off or during the late hours when I was not needed, I would dance for people on a pole with other women just to get attention and have tips come my way. And most of those tips came from very unattractive middle-aged men. They wanted to be grabby, and I didn't let them touch me. My body only touched theirs if it was part of the lap dance. Sometimes there were younger attractive men that would come by though. And for them, I didn't mind them buying me a drink, touching my ass, or fondling my breasts. They always tipped me well. It was actually a lot of fun and I got to have conversations with people from all over the world. So there. That's my dirty little secret. So what do you think about your not so innocent princess now?"

"I love her even more now. I think that it's wonderful that we're able to share our secrets and express our true feelings with each other. It makes me happy to know that you trust me in the same way that I trust you."

Takako smiles.

"But also, I wish that I had known earlier that you worked at a strip club. I could have come by and watched you perform your dance. Then I would request for you after your number. You'd give me the most sexiest lap dance and guide my hands to where I was allowed to touch you. And I would gladly tip you a paycheck's worth of money."

Takako whispers and touches him seductively. "Well maybe one day I'll give you a very special private performance. Just maybe."

"I can't wait." Sasame grins. They look into each other's eyes.

"Well I'm getting uncomfortable wearing this." Takako tugs at her bra strap. "They're coming off," She unclasps her bra and slides off her panties. She tosses them to the ground.

"Just what I wanted."

She smiles at him. "Sasame? Do you remember the promise you made to me? The one that happened on that night?"

"Of course I do." Sasame smiles at her. "I wasn't sure if it still applied because the promise was made while you still were the Princess of Disaster and it was meant for after the world ended."

"Well that was my original intention," Takako starts, "But I never really specified did I? All I asked was if you would touch me and play with me again once it was all over."

"That's true."

Staring deeply into each other's eyes, Takako speaks in that seductive voice that he could never resist as she moved her hands on his body, touching his skin ever so gently. "Would you like to fulfill that promise to me right now?"

"It would be my pleasure." They begin to kiss as they passionately embrace each other. "I love you Takako. My one and only princess."

"And I love you Sasame. My knight, the one only meant for me."

"And maybe one day, you won't mind allowing me to bind you to my bed with rope so that I can have my way with you in that way."

"We'll see about that."