Hot fingers left marks of warmth down her back that soothed her tense body. Up and down they moved, poking and prodding every crevice and corner of her form applying just the right amount of pressure to loosen her tight muscles. She had been overworked to the bone lately, with having left her job as a counsellor in Sobu High behind she had managed to earn the position of a counsellor and Traditional Japanese teacher at the esteemed Chiba University.

But it had not all been rainbows and sunshine, certainly not when she thought about it. The pressure was immense for teaching in such a prestigious place and students with troublesome problems were not helping the slightest bit. It had started as small things, missing her usual run in the morning or workout during the evening. Then it got worse. She found herself going back to her old friend, The Cigarette, more and more often. She had quit (or at least tried to quit if things now were to be taken into consideration) smoking as a whole due the earnest request of a certain someone during her time in Sobu.

But life struck and she always told herself that she deserves it, a break from all the hectic things. The one thing that helped her unwind and loosen up. She also told herself she'll quit now, that this will be her last smoke, every single time. After all under all the layers of being amazing and perfect (and totally young if she was to be asked) at the end, Hiratsuka Shizuka was but a simple woman.

And so when his hand split from her upper back to fiddle with the bottom of her shoulder plates lightly before applying just the right pressure to make her stomach feel giddy and make her head swirl, she did what any simple woman would. Let out an ecstatic moan of his name.

She half expected him to freeze up. To stop this amazing massage that she had been blessed by the Gods to experience. But he didn't. He simply continued on after Shizuka heard a small snort and an even smaller 'hmph', she could practically hear his smirk without even looking. His hands wrapped slowly around the hem of her back neck before going up and down, finally splitting up and travelling respectively to her left and right shoulders before giving light presses all through her collar bone.

'What's with the smirk huh!?! ' she thought with a small pout.

"Oi brat you're getting cocky!! " She said, her pout more pronounced now.

"Oh really. " His voice carried throughout the room, sounding sultry and more heavy than it ever had, and his usual voice sultry enough. "Maybe I am… " He squeezed her shoulders right where her collar bone ended and neck muscles, the trapezius, started to elicit a small moan that she hoped he did not hear from her. "What are you gonna do about it, Shizuka. "

Oh that was it!! Admitting to being cocky was one thing but slipping in her first name so sneakily in at the last word was too much. She pushed from her hands and her back was raised prompting him to take away his hands in surprise.

"O-oi I was just kidding. "

Her gaze was shifted from the soft green covers of her bed and the scenery of her bedroom, a fairly large (and an unreasonably large one in opinion of her male companion.) room with white sound proof walls and a shelf in the corner filled to the brim with Volumes of various Seinen and Shounen manga with a healthy sprinkle of Shoujo that she would never admit to reading.

And it snapped onto him.

Indeed he had changed a lot since the days she first met him.

Raven black hair framed his face with bangs growing that hung down to his shoulders, a small ponytail only reaching down to the nap of his neck held together by a thin red rubber band. His features had only grown sharper during his third year and now could be described (at least according to her) handsome but a little intimidating. His lips were twisted in a small frown but his eyes conveyed surprise.

All that before she pulled his left hand towards her, winning the supposed tug of war with little ease before spinning her torso, ending up in pinning him below him with his neck and head resting on the bed rest and their legs completely tangled.

"Soooo…" She drawled out getting closer to his face making sure that his eyes were focused completely on her lips. "What were you saying. "

"Nothing I just uhh… " Hachiman stumbled on his words, his mind going haywire. Truly time had not made him better at dealing with women.

"Hmm let me jog your memory then… " She said with a small but mischievous smile before moving over to his ears. "What are you gonna do about it Shizuka." She continued making sure to blow air into his ears at every syllable and then bit into bit lightly into his earlobe.

Hachiman released something between a growl and a moan as his chest felt light and queasy lightly wiggling in her strong grasp.

"Want me to show you huh you brat? " She continued, bringing a hand up to his chest and then sliding it up all the way to his chin and holding it with her finger.

A gulp and a small nod was all he could offer before both his hands were pinned and his lips firmly taken.

And so the couple lost themselves to passion for the night.