Here's the next chapter! Thank you again for the comments! I won't let you down this time! ..or maybe?

Since I wrote on my PC, I changed the formatting.

That makes it a little easier to write haha.

Have fun!

Their eyes met and Gintoki felt a sting in his heart. Her eyes were so beautiful and could easily reach into his soul.

He bent down and lightly touched her lips with his own. She leaned in but he drew back.

"Nu uh not so hasty" he smiled. Gintoki wanted to seduce her gently. It needed all of his willpower to not jump on her in an instant. He didn't notice until now how ready he was for her, but he didn't wanted to scare her away with uncontrolled actions. She deserved it to be loved with all the time he had. His hand on her face wandered to her hair and stroked it. Touching her like this was a mere dream just an hour ago and now that it was the reality, he didn't really know what to do next. Gintoki wandered down to her chin, lifted it up and he kissed her tenderly. She returned his kiss and they stayed like this for some long moments. Her sweet female scent lulled his senses. Now that she was lying under him, he was more carefull with her. His hand glided down to her shoulder and pressed them slightly. Gintoki sucked on her bottom lip, tasted it and savored the sensation of their lips touching, building up the tension between them. He lightly licked over her lips and she gasped while her hands shot up to his neck. Her hands on his neck fired him up and heat hit him in waves and he continued their kiss. Feeling her under him almost grounded him and his heart was beating so loud, he wondered if she was able to hear it. Gintoki broke the kiss and they gasped for air. Laying his forehead on hers, he closed his eyes.

"You're not going to kill me for doing this, you promise?" He asked.

"What?" She whispered still out of breath.

"I'm dead serious"

"Why would I do that, idiot." she asked.

"Oi, what happens twice can happen thrice."

"You're not dead yet, so I guess I'm okay with it..?" She snorted.

He thought about that for a moment. "You've got a point"

"Now.. could you please.. kiss me again?"

Gintoki felt a warm sting in his heart. Why could she be so mean and cute at the same time. It felt like he needed to grab his chest so his heart wouldn't fall out. He smiled and nibbled on her lower lip, but instead of kissing her, he slowly planted kisses down to her neck. He felt her heartbeat quicken under his lips and suddenly he understood why vampires enjoy to bite necks. He placed his lips right at her throat and Tsukuyo gasped. She bowed her back so he could access her better and he happily accepted that invitation and sucked hard. A whimper escaped her mouth and Gintoki sucked over and over again until he left a trail of marks along her neck. She panted and moved under him, making quiet noises of excitement and he enjoyed that a lot.

With one hand he tugged on her Kimono to make more room for him to kiss and suck. When he planted a kiss on her naked shoulder, she slided her legs from between his and tugged them around his waist. Confused he let go of her.

"Ah what are you doing? Ah -" With a harsh movement she made him fall to his back and topped him. Gintoki was shocked for a moment but then he understood what had just happened and all of his hot blood went straight to his groin.

"Oh fuck.. to be dominated by the Shinigami Tayuu. It's much more pleasant to experience this in bed... but it's also nice on the battlefield!"

Her Kimono was hanging loose around her shoulders. The golden hour was back. But this time it was different. This time, it brought him pure beauty. The reddish sun hit her collarbone and shoulders perfectly and made her skin glow. Gintoki never realized how beautiful shoulders can be. She looked like a goddess. No, she didn't look like one. She was a goddess. And right now, she was his. He savored this sight for a moment and then Gintoki noticed that she wasn't wearing a bra.

"Oi did you really only come her to talk? Seems more like you planned to seduce me all along!"

"Shut up" She looked down on him. Ah that's hot.

He put his hands on her hip and she hissed.

"What, you top me and then I'm not allowed to touch you?" His hands trailed to her back and he pressed his palms flat on her lower back to force her closer to him. That was a mistake. She was originally sitting on his thighs and Gintokis push pulled her to his groin. She gasped, as she clearly felt the hardness of his erection. She looked down at him with surprised eyes and blinked. She parted her wet lips and kept looking at him. Why are you looking at me like that, is that some kind of torture? He moved his hands back to her hip but she didn't move. She only blinked.

"Tsukuyo? Are you okay? Should we stop?"

She blushed but didn't say anything.

Gintoki was getting uncomfortable. What kinda weird games is she playing with me?

He moved his fingers and pressed her hip slightly , hoping to get some kind of reaction from her. She jolted and she sat up again, hit by the sun. As a reaction to this, his hands tightened around her hip and she jumped again at the sudden force on her flesh. Fierce sensation shot through him and his desire overflowed his brain. Her hands found his and she directed them a little more upwards. His hands stopped right besides her breasts and his thumbs were placed under them. He was scared to touch her there but she pushed his hands over them. He carefully placed his hands on her Kimono covered breasts but didn't dare to move. It was his turn to stare.

"Gintoki, what's wrong?"

He looked at his hands touching her breasts.

"I'm touching you and you didn't hurt me.."

"..yea"

"Are you sure I'm not dreaming?"

She leaned a little forward and forced his hands to sink in her breasts.

"ah.." he exclaimed, still looking at his hands. He drew back and brushed over the sides of her breasts, dragging his thumbs over her nipples. He felt them through the Kimonos fabric. She looked down at his hands which were fondling her softly and when Gintoki looked up to her face, he could see the hunger in her eyes. Her breath came in quick pants now and she pushed her breasts into his hands, hungry for his touch. As if he wasn't overly horny already, her tsundere behavior made him go crazy.

"As nice as this sight is, I wanted to give you my service!" Before he couldn't control himself anymore because of this elegance sitting on top of him, he grabbed her and layed her back on his futon with her legs clamped around him. He started to untie her obi, carefully watching her reaction. If she wanted to stop him but didn't dare to, he at least wanted to see if she got uncomfortable. But instead of fear, she saw her lust clouded eyes and she arched her back, giving him more freedom to undress her. Without a second thought he threw the obi off her and her Kimono slid open. One of his hands moved into the opening but he drew back quickly.

"Ouch.. what.. why do you store Kunais there?" He peeked inside and saw a few small ones attached to the Kimono. "And why did you bring them?"

"I'm always prepared"

He sat up and crossed his arms. "Ok you have two choices now: Get rid of all these sharp objects before I hurt myself even more, or this is really over"

"..ok, but you have to look away"

"really?"

"yes, if you don't do that, I'll go"

"okay, fine" He turned away grumbling in anger. From behind him, he heard an almost endless river of Kunais hitting the ground. He frowned and some sweat ran down his forehead. She definitely plans to kill me.

"Ok I'm done" She whispered.

He turned around again and his mouth fell open. She didn't only get rid of her Kunais, but also her whole Kimono. Gintoki could only stare in disbelief. She quickly covered her breasts with her hands and her whole head turned red. Gintoki felt the heat rise to his cheeks as well. There she was, lying almost naked directly in front of him. Her arms shyly closed around her body, avoiding to look at him. He bent down and placed himself between her legs, his head at the height of her smooth belly. Carefully, he kissed her warm skin and he felt her shivering. His big rough hands stroked her legs and wandered up to her hands covering her breasts. He slowly interlaced their fingers and stopped kissing her, lifting his head and moving it over his hands. She was looking down to him but he couldn't read her expression.

"Are you okay?" He asked quietly. She nodded slowly. Without breaking eyecontact, he turned their hands around and kissed her palm. The back of his hands were now in contact with her skin and he could feel her hard nipples. He let go of her hands and slowly cupped her breasts, squeezing them lightly. She closed her eyes and opened her mouth slightly. Gintoki dragged his thumbs over her nipples and continued to do so, until he managed to get a light moan out of her. He lowered his mouth and licked over one of her nipples. Her chest rose and he continued to let his tongue flick over the sensitive knob. He could hear her breathing becoming faster and suddenly her hands were in his hair, stroking and grabbing it. It encouraged him to suck on her nipple and she let out a sound, he never expected to hear from her.

One of her hands reached down to her legs, fumbling on her net stockings to remove them, but Gintoki grabbed her hand. He let go of her nipple and whispered "No, ..please leave them on"

"..w..why?" she replied weakly.

"I..I kinda like them." he admitted. Her face flushed again. Is there a limit to how red a face can turn?

He moved his face down to the hem of her stockings and catched it with his teeth and then dragged his tongue across her leg. Her skin reacted with goose bumps. His tongue on her skin felt like fire and she couldn't think straight. Gintoki reached the lace of her undergarnment and one of his hands slowly tugged it aside and he kissed her now exposed hipbone.

"what...what are you doing?"

He kissed her again "just trust me, it will feel good". She unconsciously cramped her legs together. Gintoki carefully kissed the inside of her thighs, hoping it would take all of her fear away and she would open them for him. After some moments of him pressing kisses on her thighs close to her private parts, she relaxed and let him slightly spread her legs. His kisses moved over her pants and she gasped. She never experienced a feeling close to this. He replaced his kisses with his tongue stroking over her pants. They were soaking wet, but he didn't mind. His licking and kissing blanked her mind and she didn't even realize that he ripped the pants off her and threw them across the room. His hot tongue parted her folds now without a barrier and it sparked a twist in her insights. Her back arched under this strange feeling but his strong hands on her belly pushed her down again.

After he felt her relaxing more and more,he set a rhythm of steady strokes, pushing her into heights she never felt before. She couldn't hold back a moan and he smiled against her. His tongue pushed inside of her and tasted her. Her hands searched for his and she grabbed and squeezed. He carefully pressed her hand in return. His other arm was now wrapped around her waist and it hold her still while he intensified his licking and sucking. Gintokis heart was beating in his ears. He could make Tsukuyo feel good and that was all that mattered to him right now. He concentrated on the small knot of nerves and suddenly, with small cries of pleasure, she twitched uncontrolled and came. It surprised him how quick it was and he came up to her and softly kissed her, replacing his tongue with a finger, slowly stroking her while she rode out her orgasm and moaned in his mouth. He was sad and proud at the same time, that she came so fast. Finishing it fast was on the hand really satisfying but on the other hand she deserved better.

He felt her body relaxing and he was now hovering over her again. Tsukuyo slowly leaned up on her elbows while they were still kissing and he followed her movement. She pushed him far enough that he needed to sit down and lean on his elbows himself. Tsukuyo was now hovering over him and one of her hands was slowly gliding from his chest to his abdomen. She traced his outlines and he could feel her hand starting to shake as she got lower. Realizing what she was trying to do, he quickly grabbed her hand and stopped her movements. As much as this made his lower region boil in anticipation, he didn't wanted her to do things she might regret later or things that made her uncomfortable. He also didn't want to scare her. She broke the kiss and looked at him.

"I don't want you to do anything that you're not comfortable with.." He whispered while avoiding eye contact with her.

"What do you mean?" She was confused.

"I mean.. please don't do that" He now looked at her.

"..Why not?"

"I..I don't want it" He turned away again. That was a lie. He wanted nothing more than her touching him everywhere.

"but.." she started but he interrupted her.

"Let me make you feel good." He look back at her and his red eyes were glowing with lust. He wanted to see her moving like this again.

"You've already done that.." that She blushed. He pushed himself up to her face and kissed her lightly. "Let me do it again.." he whispered against her open mouth "..and again" He gave her another light kiss.

"You've done enough. Let me make you feel good." She whispered back at him.

"Tsukki, I have the most beautiful women sitting right on top of me. If thats not what feeling good is, then i dont know what you're talking about." He pulled her closer and tried to avoid touching her with his agonisingly hard erection. Luckily it was held back by his pants.

"Gintoki.. please.." Her begging made his skin crawl.

"No.. It's.." He started -

"Its ok, I know how to do this."

He looked at her with surprised eyes "I uh what?.. go on?"

"I've never praticed it on the real thing but I'm a woman of Yoshiwara, so I learned about all of this just in case." She said while lightly blushing.

Sweat formed on his forehead. An image of her practicing 'it' crossed his mind and his lips curled at the feeling it produced in his body.

"Ah don't say that or you make me reconsider it" He said.

"But.."

"No.." He was about to turn his head away again, but she placed her hands on his face and kept it in place.

"Trust me, its ok" She gave him a kiss and parted his lips with her tounge. Gintoki closed his eyes and enjoyed her taste. After some moments of kissing and her slowly rocking on him, he sighed.

"..ok" He gave in.

Tsukuyos face lit up in excitement and she pushed him back but he couldn't stand to watch her proceed, so he just laid on his back and stared at the ceiling. Gintoki felt how she trailed down his abs again and along his v lines. The last time someone touched him there wasn't very pleasent, but now it was Tsukuyo setting his skin on fire by simply being close to him. He still couldn't believe what was happening right now. She slowly tugged down his pants and he slightly lifted his hip to assist her. Since he was just planning to stay at home all day, he wasn't wearing any underwear and his errection bounced right in her face. He looked down to her and for a moment she was shocked at the sight. She definetely didnt expect that.

"Oh..." she whispered.

Gintoki blushed and ashamed he turned his head away "I've told you.."

She examined him with her eyes. "It's...big"

"Thats what she said." He giggled nervously but stopped immediately as soon as her hand touched him.

"Tsukuyo.. no" Her light touch sent a jolt through his whole system. Her fingers ran down his whole length and he started to shiver. Please touch me, don't play with me! He screamed internally and it didnt take long until she closed her small hand around him. Her movements started carefully and a little clumsy. The feeling of her sliding up and down created waves of pleasure and his sense of time slipped away more and more with each stroke. He couldn't tell how long she already had been pumping him, but he felt her growing confidence and he bit his lip, trying to surpress the sounds he wanted to make so badly. A grunt escaped his mouth and she stopped and looked up to him. He kept staring at the ceiling to avoid eye contact. Why do I feel so ashamed when she's touching me. That wasn't a problem a few minutes ago. Tsukuyo continued a lot faster than before and he flinched.

Ah.. Suddenly, he felt her bending his cock in the direction of her mouth. Oh shit no.

Tsukuyo bent down to carefilly lick the glans and Gintoki lost it.

"ahhh...no" He curled his hands into the sheets. Her tongue tasted him without a break and even though it had him coiling in pleasure, he surpressed to make a sound and threw one arm over his eyes to hide his lust-filled shame. She added her hand to his shaft, slowly twisting it and pulling it down while she continued to lick the tip. oh why was she so good at this.. he thought desperately. She dug the nails of her free hand into his hipbone and moved the hand closed around him. He lowered his eyes to peek at her work and his head started spinning as he watched her doing all these things to him.

"..squeeze it" He whispered through his clenched teeth and she did without hesitation. He almost swallowed his tongue and a loud moan escaped his mouth. He quickly covered his mouth with his hands. She laughed quietly and he felt the light breeze hitting him. She placed a kiss on the tip.

"No..don't.." Tsukuyo added another one, before she parted her lips and glided them down, just a little bit.

"St..op.." Only covering the tip now, she started sucking and stroking him with her hand. His mind went blank. He felt his climax approaching and panicked. With his last bits of mind control, he begged again.

"Tsu..kuyo.. stop!"

But she didn't stop, completely lost in what she was doing. Her tongue flicked around his overly sensitive tip and he let out a whimper. Gintoki managed to grab her head and forced her to hold still. With his dick in her mouth, she looked at him confused. Oh fuck, don't look at me like that.

"Please, if you don't stop now this will be painfully short and I don't want you to remember it like that." He said to her almost too weak to speak. She let go of him with a lewd plopping sound and he breathed a sigh of relief. "I don't have any objections if you wanna finish it any other time, but not now."

"Ok little boy" She laughed. It was like a switch was flicked inside of her. On the outside there was no shy girl left, only the confident goddess of the moon that she was. How beautiful.

"Come lay down here. I need a small break before we continue." He replied without listening to her taunting.

"What are you, a virgin?" She giggled.

"EH SHUT UP! I just never had a woman as hot as you are suck me before. Actually no one ever did that.."

"Does that mean you enjoyed it, even though you said you don't want it?"

"I.. I didn't mean.. I didn't want it, I didn't want it because of you" He stutterd. She made him uncomfortable and suddenly he felt like the tsundere person next to her.

Still giggling she laid down on his chest. Her laughter died when her face touched his toned chest.

"Oi noooow you're quiet again. Girly indeed!" Her head turned red and she tried to get away from him but he just closed his arms around her and trapped her in muscle mountains.

"No don't move, just hold still. I want this to last a little longer." He hugged her tight and burried his nose in her loose hair. She relaxed after some moments and they stayed like that without talking for a few minutes. He wasn't sure if this little pause was helping at all since his body wouldn't shut up about the very naked woman on top of him. His hormones rampaged and he couldn't hold back to stroke her back. She shivered under his touch and that only made it worse for him. He continued to draw circles on her lower back, carefully pressing her against him.

And then it dawned over him. Oh shit.

"Tsuk..ki. Did your little plan involve condoms?" He asked with a trembling voice.

She lifted her head to look at him. "...no I don't have any but -"

"- well Hinowa gave me some in the package that you brought me.. but.. they are too small" His voice getting quieter with every word.

Tsukuyo didn't move. It appeared to him like she wasn't prepared to go that far anyways. So it wouldn't matter. He could just get some when the time was right.

"Ok then let's eat something, I'm hungry" he concluded and he moved to carefully push her off him.

"-but we don't need any"

Gintoki stopped. "..what?"

"Yes"

"What yes, you need to form a sentence"

"I'm prepared in other ways."

"What does that mean?"

"That we don't need..this"

He stared at her and blinked. It took him a few moments to understand. Oh. Ohh. All of his blood shot straight to his groin.

"ok.. in that case.." Without another word he moved his hands all over her body and she did the same. Both of them trembled in hot desire. He reminded himself that he wanted to give her time, so instead of straight up fucking her, he spooned her, pulled her closer to him and kissed her neck.

"Tsukuyo, I feel you're not ready yet, so I'm not gonna put it in." He whispered in her ear and played with her hair. "I can wait until you're ready."

"No..it's fine" she replied quietly.

"No it's not. We have all the time in the world. You're ready when you're ready." He squeezed her shoulder and trailed down to her leg. Stroking it for a few moments, he then lifted it and placed his dick between her legs, right next to her entrance. Lowering her leg, he groaned in her ear as he started to thrust. His hot throbbing cock rubbed against her womanhood and she felt like screaming with every of his thrusts. He hugged her from behind buryied his face in her neck, sucking and kissing on it. Clawing his fingers into her skin at her waist, he continued his slow thrusts that made her go mindless. One of his hands slided down to grab his own hardness and he pressed it against her even further. The little pause really didn't help him, as he felt his climax approaching once again.

"Tsukuyo..shit.. I'm .. no.." Quick, think of something unsexy. But he couldn't think fast enough, his body tensed and the orgasm flooded him and he emptied himself in his hand. It was quick but intense and he moaned louder than he intended to. He hold still for a moment and then panted heavily in exhaustion.

"ah I'm such a virgin" he mumbled to himself.

"Tsukuyo giggled.

"Stop" he was offended. "Oi I need a break" he slowly closed his eyes.

She turned around to kiss him and he softly pressed his lips against hers. His breath was still coming in heavy pants when she suddenly said

"No breaks for virgin Samurai"

Using her strength, she pushed him on his back and climbed on top of him. Surprised by her taking the initiative and exhausted from the previous climax, he let it happen. Plus it turned him on again. "ugh" was the only sound he could produce as a reaction to this, as she immediately started to drag herself over his still hard errection. It hurt him for a little while and he could only whimper, which apparently turned her on even more. She increased the pressure on him and the sensitivity quickly faded as she was rocking up and down his shaft, and it was replaced by his slowly growing pleasure.

"That's hot.. hngh" he whispered. He felt felt her wet folds slide over his dick. She was so wet that she had no problem to continue for minutes and he grew a little proud that he managed to do that to her. At first, she was just supporting herself on his shoulders, but as she grinded harder on him, she dug her nails into them in hard until her knuckles went white. This would definitely leave some bruises, but he couldn't complain. The pain felt so good to him, he never really thought he would enjoy being in pain. He was just laying there, defeated. Enjoying the woman on top of him.

Her pants grew into moaning and in a trance like state, she threw her head back and touched her breast with one hand. Her back arched and her full breasts were hit by the faint rest of sunlight. He couldn't believe that she was covering them in shame not that long ago. She was back to looking like his goddess. His sex goddess.

Seeing her loose herself just by rocking on him like that was absolutely incredible. Actually, I made him feel very manly. Looking up to a women that pushed against her climax on him, stirred something deep inside of him. But it wasn't just one woman. She was a woman that he loved with his entire existence. How did he not notice sooner. Also he never expected to be in that kind of situation right now. Especially not after planning to simply cry some more until he fell asleep. This was far better than crying or sleeping. No matter what else this night could bring, he was already more than satisfied.

Gintoki couldn't look away, he was captured by her trance. Why would he want to look away anyways?! Tsukuyo, why are you so fucking hot. It was the sexiest thing he ever saw and he wasn't even required to take part in it. He could lay back and enjoy the view, which he did. It was proven by how he felt growing hard again. Tsukuyo noticed as well and she pressed even harder.

She moaned louder and Gintoki noticed that some of these sounds where also caused by him.

"nngh..it hurts.." He mumbled "..but don't stop, this is so hot." He grabbed her thighs and felt her hard muscles under her demanding movements.

Of course she had no plans of stopping. She didn't even hear what he said. Gintoki almost felt like his life was being sucked out of him. His hands slowly wandered up to her hips and he dug his fingers into her curves. He groaned in pleasure and his strong hands gave her a rhythm to work with. A few moments of just raw grinding and rubbing, her movements became more desperate and with her arched back and her mouth open for a silent scream , she exploded on him. He felt her fluids run down his dick and that heated him up even more.

"Great, now you've made me hard again." He whispered to her and he just continued dictating her rhythm while she was still enjoying the last waves of pleasure. She followed his lead and uncontrolable lust flooded him. He held her tightly and turned her around on her back. Spreading her legs, he grabbed his dick, placed it on her and started to grind against her. His hands closed around her hips and with his thumbs, he continued to press himself down and created sweet friction between them. The pressure on her now extremely sensitive knot of nerves made her sobb and flinch everytime he hit that specific spot. She wasn't really feeling the pain, enjoying the view over her. Gintokis face was red and distorted in his struggle to finish another time. He was growling with every thrust, looking down on his hands. His muscles were contracting under every of his movements, squeezing his chest and she found guilty pleasure in watching him in a state like that. She felt another climax approaching and it didn't take long before Gintokis movements became more eratic and he looked up to her, but closed his eyes in strain.

"..Tsukuyo.. I think.. I'm already..."

"coming.." she ended his sentence and she exploded for another time. It was just a small burst of excitement, almost too short to be calles and orgasm, but it nonetheless shook her body and she arched her back in pleasure. She felt Gintokis dick twitching and with an almost screamlike moan, he came over her stomach. He did a few more lazy thrusts and finally broke down next to her, trying to catch his breath.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yes, I'm fine" she replied. He leaned on his arm and turned in her direction.

"How was it?" His eyes fell down to her stomach. "Oh.. wait, let me clean that up" Again, he reached for his shirt and wrinkled his nose. "I really need to wash this now..and you should probably take a shower after..that" A lump was forming in his throat. He didn't entirely process yet what had just happened. He quickly cleaned her up and fell down on his back. After some moments of silence he asked her again.

"So...how was it?" Instead of answering, she pulled him into a hug. His face landed at the height of her boobs and from inbetween them he mumbled "Don't do that or we immediately need to go for another round"

"I wouldn't mind that" She whispered and embeded her hand in his soft waves. He only lifted his eyes to look at her.

"You wouldn't, but I need a break. Men need breaks. I actually came twice and I never managed to do that before" He pulled her closer and buried his face between he breasts and kissed her bone. "But it also never lasted that long." he sighed "And I guess it's because you're so hot" He added after a pause.

"What an achievement" She giggled.

"Yea, guess this is fiction. You also came twice and we didn't even reach the good part yet." He smiled.

"..no.. it was three times" she said shyly.

"what?" He lifted his chin in surprise.

"yea..I guess you were to concentrated to notice that"

He looked away ashamed "I'm sorry".

"For what?" She was confused.

"That I didn't notice it"

"You dont need to be sorry for that"

"but.. but i wanted to see it" He mumbled.

"You can do that next time"

His face lit up "When is next time?" His shining eyes darted back to her face.

"I.. I don't know"

"Kagura is gone until next week right?" He said after a small pause.

"..yes" she replied.

"Good. That means the next time isn't that far away, right? We will have a lot of fun.. but only if you want to"

"..yes.. of course. You said we didn't even reach the good part yet. I'm excited for that." She smiled.

"Then let's sleep a little bit. All of thise made me really tired and I didn't sleep since yesterday." Her face showed signs of worry and he cursed himself that he brought that up. "We have all the time in the world. We can talk about more later." He continued. He lifted his hand and brushed the hair out of her face.

"You're so beautiful" he whispered all of a sudden.

She didn't know what to reply to that. His fingers ran across her scar. He pushed himself up and hugged her tightly. He continued to stroke her hair but stopped after a few moments.

He already fell asleep.