Aerith gasped as she saw Tseng step out from the shadows. She backed quickly away from him, until her back hit the wall of the garden shed. He slowly stalked towards her, and Aerith couldn't take her eyes off his face. The smile on his face mesmerized her, and she felt her pulse start to quicken with an unusual mix of fear and anticipation.

"I went to easy on you last time, didn't I?" he asked when they were almost close enough to kiss. Aerith involuntarily nodded, and his smile deepened. "Well, I'm not going to make that mistake again." He grabbed her and turned her around, pushing her against the garden shed wall so that she was facing away from him. She was too stunned to resist as he put cuff shackles on her wrists, but he didn't stop there. He reached down and put some on her ankles too.

"Where are you taking me?" Aerith blurted out, as he pulled her towards a waiting limousine. This wasn't what she had expected or wanted, and her disappointment prevented her from trying to get away.

"Drive." Tseng commanded the driver, ignoring Aerith's question as he shoved her into the back of the limousine, then got in next to her on the oversized back seat. The ensuing silence grew more and more frustrating for Aerith as the miles went by until she couldn't take it anymore.

"Say something!" she demanded. Tseng turned his head and just looked at her until she bowed her head to apologize for her outburst. "I'm sorry." she told him meekly.

"Not yet." Tseng replies as he reaches behind her and did something to her restraints, and she gasped again as they suddenly pulled her wrists down and it started to pull on her ankles too, and the change made her fall on the floor. She didn't even know the shackles were connected, but she felt the chain between them as she tried to find a position that didn't hurt, grateful the limo had a spacious floor. The only way she felt comfortable, or at least experiencing only mild discomfort was on her knees, her hands gripping her ankles and her legs spread apart. Once she stopped moving, he reached down and picked her up, putting her on top of him as he reclined further back to make room for her to mount him. Aerith realized she shouldn't be surprised to find out that her forced position made her fit him perfectly, but she was. "But you will be very sorry, won't you?"

Aerith nodded obediently this time as he started forcing her to ride him. He didn't even have to be rougher than he had been their first time, her restraints did that for him.

"Aerith, wake up…wake up, Aerith!" Zack gently shook her.

"Where…where am I?" she asked groggily.

"We're in Kalm at the inn. Were you having a nightmare?" Zack asked concernedly. "You kept whimpering and smiling."

"Oh, it's nothing. I'm fine now." she lied and smiled at him. "Go back to sleep." Aerith kissed him on the cheek. He easily drifted off to sleep again, but Aerith couldn't. The arms of her first love wrapped protectively around her weren't even as comforting as they should be. How would he react to finding out what she and Tseng had done? Or any of their friends? How could they ever understand it? Now that she was back with them, she wasn't sure she understood it. It was just the one time…well, multiple times, but just the one encounter. And it wasn't like she hadn't had sex before it happened, but their encounter went so far beyond anything she had known about sex, she felt like she had been a virgin. But Zack's return changed everything, and what happened between her and Tseng must remain a secret even more now. Not only to protect him, but Zack as well. He was such a good man, it would kill him too, knowing how she and Tseng had betrayed him. Zack had told her that he had asked Tseng to keep her safe, because he was the only one he could trust. And how did things end up? She basically prostituted herself to the man who subjected her to such delicious abuse before turning her over to the lab, and she couldn't speak for Tseng, but Zack had been so far from her thoughts the past few days that he might as well have been on another planet. Thankfully, they had been all so exhausted after leaving Midgar that none of their friends told him anything, they just all headed to Kalm for the inn and a good night's sleep. Aerith just hoped that she could sleep off her guilt and shame as well as whatever Tseng had awakened in her…