Sasuke observed me through the whispy steam of his green tea. The sakura trees were coming into bloom in the tea house gardens in which we were sitting and he was making the silent comparison between me and one of the most beautiful sites in the world. No matter what angle he looked at it, I was brighter and more astoundingly beautiful than anything. To him I always had done, I was his perfect woman - pretty, understand, obedient and good in bed of course. He had known me inside and out, still knew my body but as a person I had changed, that excited him because it was like meeting me all over again without any boundaries between us like there had been before. We could start a fresh, no revenge, no animosity, it was perfect like me.
"Why did you just frown?" Sasuke's fingers brushed back and forth on my thigh, he hadn't allowed an inch of space between us. It was suffocating and I was loving it.
"Huh?" I replied, I hadn't noticed that I had frowned. We had been mostly talking but in a moment of silence I suppose I must have scowled a little.
"Maybe because I finished the last of my tea or…I dunno." I did know, I'd thought briefly of Ryo's reaction to my disappearance and felt bad for a second, not that I wanted to share that thought with Sasuke.
"Emi." He said sternly, clearly seeing through my lie.
"Ugh, ok." I sighed, resting my head apologetically on his shoulder and entwining my hands remorsefully with his, "I was just wondering what Ryo's going to do without my help. Purely a non sexual thought." To my surprise he didn't act jealous at all, no, his mouth twisted into an evil little smirk.
"What?" I asked, staring oddly up at his gorgeous face. He looked down at me sweetly and planted a little kiss on my nose.
"Nothing," he grinned, "Let's get going." I'd seen that sly glint in many of the men I had worked with and I knew exactly what it meant.
"When did you kill him?" His eyes widened slightly, shocked.
"On the way back from buying ice cream." he shrugged, holding me a little tighter with the hand that was already possessively wrapped around my hips. Maybe a normal person would have been alarmed by such a casual murder confession but I was used to it, even done it myself.
"You annoyed?" He said, mistaking my silence for disgust.
"No. Just wondering why I guess." Another couple strode past us on the pink petal littered path smiling happily in our direction, I returned the look and almost laughed at Sasuke's dead serious expression.
"That's just what happens to anyone who touches you." he replied before the oblivious couple were out of earshot.
I shouldn't have been surprised by Sasuke's stamina after discovering how amazing he was in the bedroom but I still was. I'm pretty sure that he wouldn't have taken a single break if I wasn't with him and would probably have covered ten times the distance as well. Despite his fast paced march through untamed terrain- forests and rocky hillsides- he never even broke a sweat. Me on the other hand must have looked(and smelled!) terrible. The chance was too good to miss when we passed a small lake almost completely hidden behind some overgrown bushes.
"You're not serious. It's freezing." Sasuke helpfully observed an obvious fact. I was already cold anyway but we had been on the road for weeks, occasionally spending the night at little Inns or vacant homes that rarely had running water. I was caked in sweat, dirt, grime and no idea how much semen.
I answered my husband with a cannonball into the icy water.
Twice so far my hair had caught fire on the fire Sasuke had cleverly crafted for us. He kept telling me that I was leaning too close and I kept replying that I was cold through the noisy chattering of my teeth.
"I did say…" he mumbled over the crackling of the orange flames.
"I needed a bath." I protested.
"Emi, two more days and you could have had one in the next town." He reasoned, pulling our blanket tighter around my shivering body.
"Two days?" I whined. I hated sleeping outside, it wasn't about not feeling safe, because I was sleeping with the strongest guy in the world, neither was it about being uncomfortable, because I always slept on Sasuke's chest, it was the bugs. There was nothing worse than to wonder why your husband is tickling your feet in the middle of the night and discovering the most enormous spider sitting on your toes.
"Your nipples are still so hard." he remarked in amazement, thumbing them through the woollen blanket. Now I was shuddering for a whole different reason.
"How about you, Sasuke? Are you hard yet?" I spoke seductively, burying a cold hand into his crotch. His sympathetic eyes glazed over, replacing his uncovered black orb with a sinister sexual hunger.
"Come here." he growled, hoisting me onto his lap. Suddenly his hands were all over me, tearing my clothes away and exposing me to the harsh chill of the night. I pulled his shirt over his head and he slipped off his trousers as he lay down with his bare back and ass onto the woodland floor with me still firmly stuck on top. I parted my legs, supporting myself with one on each side of his heavenly body and filled myself with him. I threw back my head and let out a cry like a wolf howling to the moon, we slotted so perfectly into each other. Instead of taking control of my hips like I had expected he tucked his arms under his own head like a pillow propping himself up to watch me ride him. I didn't disappoint. My hips rolled on top of him, dancing in large circular motions that made it feel like he was stroking my clit with his dick. I had my eyes closed, completely lost in the moment but Sasuke was wide eyed marvelling at my majestic performance. He watched me obsessively, stared at my shuddering body as I climaxed and groaned at the hot rush of arousal drowning his cock. My tightening walls suffocated the last of his restraint, he pulsated inside my creamy centre and unleashed his own wave of heat. I collapsed on top of him, panting.
I guess even exhaustion caught up with somebody like Sasuke eventually, we had barely made it through dinner at a noodle bar when his eyelids started to droop. My plans for another night of constant passion were scrapped, he pulled me against him in our Inn bed and fell asleep, snoring loudly against my face. Holding me, he slept like he didn't have a care in the world. If I moved out of his grasp at all he would frown and grab for my warm body back against his own. The innocence shown on his face when he was peaceful, the sweet dreams he had of us, blocked out the pain of the past. From what he'd told me, he'd had a very troubled life, we both had, I just hoped that our future would hold nothing but happiness.
My fingers traced the deep lines of stress on his face that were now relaxed. I wondered which of them had been caused by me, or caused by leaving our child behind. I was in love with him, I could feel it in the depths of my stomach. It wasn't just the passion we shared that overpowered my sensible nature but the overwhelming sense that I had to be close to him, like that was more important than taking my next breath. Even now in his arms I didn't feel close enough to him. Only when he was inside me did I feel the connection I desired.
I found his cock, it was soft and yet still considerably large. Slowly I stroked the smooth length, for once masturbating Sasuke was giving me more pleasure than him. I wasn't ashamed of it, feeling his cock come to life in my hands made me wet. My lover groaned in his sleep, what I was doing to him felt like a damn good dream. His gentle sighs and moans forced me to increase the pace, I wanted to feel him coming in my hand, I wanted to taste his arousal, lick it dripping from my fingers. His balls grew tight, drawn up against him. His hips were pulsing his cock furiously into my hand, my name raspy on his lips and then he climaxed.
"I love you, Uchiha Sasuke." I smiled into the darkness, settling back down comfortably beside him.
"Love you…" He sighed dreamily, resting his hand between my legs.
So what's everybody thinking? Chapter 23! Thanks to everyone that's stuck around since the beginning and hey! to you newcomers :D x xxxxxxx