I Do

Elizabeth Knight

Chapter 16

Several nights later.......

Bra paced her room in the darkness, quietly, patiently waiting. The clock on the wall ticked away the minutes as her frustration mounted. She'd been extremely irritable of late with out reason. It was very unusual for Bra to be so off balance and emotional. She didn't feel quite like herself today. She'd felt fine yesterday, but today was just off for some reason. Giving an aggravated groan of despair, Bra stalked out of her room and downstairs. She grabbed a glass of ice water and returned to her room, where Kyle stood in the shadows.

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Kyle had entered quietly through the open window calling her name. When she didn't answer he'd been frightened, but then the door had opened as he jumped into the shadows. Bra had entered with that sweet smell that belonged distinctly to her. It floated lightly on the air teasing his senses and seducing his body. Kyle bit his bottom lip as he grimaced from the insight. His love bird was in heat. Her smell was intoxicating and hypnotic. She was going to drive him crazy!

This was the worst thing that could happen right now. He wasn't going to breed with her while they still had other things to take care of. First he needed to get Bra to come home. If things turned ugly, he didn't want the extra worry of an unprotected cub that wouldn't be able to fit into either world. He couldn't protect them both while he was being forced to stay back.

"What took you so long?" she ask him. Her voice was quiet, but he heard the underlying current of frustration that made her voice sharp. It was normal for her to be moody.

"I was waiting for a safe time. I can't come every night, Bra. I have responsibilities I have to take care of." he answered her reasonably. She frowned at him, and he got the feeling she wasn't going to be very understanding. It was to be expected. "Come here, Bra. It looks as if today's been a rough day for you."

"How do you know that?" she ask surprised.

"It's a reasonable conclusion, considering." he replied.

"Considering....what?"

Kyle frowned at the possibilities of her not knowing what was happening to her. For cat-women it wasn't unusual for them to get worse after they had mated. For their senses to be heightened and more sensitive. Perhaps this was the case with Bra. "Never mind. It's not something we need to discuss right now."

"I could think of something we could discuss this evening. Perhaps over a hot shower?" she suggested, walking toward him. Kyle's heartbeat leapt in his chest as she continued forward, and he backed up a step. "Running are we? Funny you never did before."

The seductive sound of her voice washed over his body like warm honey. He wasn't sure he was going to be staying long after all. He could already feel his body reacting to her, and it wasn't going to be easy forestalling the determined Bra. Kyle shoved his paws into the small pouch he'd tied around his waist to keep from grabbing her to him. His paw brushed across a small object in the bottom and closed around it. "I had something else in mind."

"Really? What?" she wasn't even an inch away. He cringed as she pulled his body into her own, molding them together. Kyle clutched the object a little tighter and pulled it out. He wormed his paw between their bodies keeping it clenched. "What is it?"

Kyle let out the breath he'd been holding as she shifted her interest from Kyle to the hidden object he was presenting to her. "It's a very small something that was very hard to come by." he told her quietly opening his hand. "Do you like it?"

"What is it? I can't see it. You're holding it to close to yourself." she whined trying to see into his slightly closed palm. He smiled at her impatients and slowly unfurled his fingers.

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Bra peeked down into his open palm and stared at the small object. "What is it?"

"What does it look like?"

"I know what it looks like, but I don't understand what it means." Bra watched fascinated as Kyle slipped the small silver circlet onto her ring finger. How could he know? He wasn't human. Natives didn't get married. "How did you know?"

"I have a friend that's married to a saiyan. They have a son. I'm very close to all of them." he explained. Bra couldn't take her eyes off the ring on her finger. It had to be the nicest thing he could have ever done. He probably didn't understand any of it, but it was a nice thought. "What are you thinking?"

"It's a beautiful gift."

"It's no gift, Bra. It's a promise. You of all people should know that."

"Then in that case, I do." she whispered, leaning up to kiss his lips softly.

"I do?" he ask. Bra giggled as she realized there was an end to his fathomless knowledge of her species. It was nice to know he didn't know everything. Marriage wasn't the only thing she'd found that he was ignorant of. Just because his instinctive nature knew only one way to mate didn't mean she couldn't ingrain a few new instinctive pleasures into his passionate nature. "I don't know if I should be excited or frightened of that expression."

"Would I ever do anything to hurt you?" she purred up at him.

"I hope not." he answered, running a paw through her shoulder length hair.

"You're not quite yourself this evening. What's wrong?"

"I....I don't...."

"It's ok. You can be honest with me. Do you trust me, sueke?"

"Bra, I don't want to complicate things until every things resolved."

"Complicate things?" she ask puzzled. Complicate? What did that mean? A strange thought hit Bra. He couldn't know about....there was no way he could know. Could he? "You're not talking about the fact that I'm....ya know."

"Yah, I know."

"You know?" she ask, her mouth hitting the floor.

He brushed her cheek with his own and then made a loud audible sniff that she slapped him for. "I suppose that's why you suggested a shower."

Bra slugged him as he snickered. "You're incorrigible."

"And?" he prompted, pulling her closer.

Bra smiled, "And incredibly sexy."

"And?"

Bra giggled, "And terribly tempting."

"And?"

Bra laughingly hit him again. "And don't push your luck. You've yet to kiss me."

"That might prove to be more temptation then I can bare." he said seriously.

"Oh I have a feeling you'll live." she told him, waiting.

"Come here." Kyle pulled her along to the window and climbed out half way. "Now I'll kiss you, sueka. Wrap your arms around me."

Bra obeyed, wrapping her arms around his neck as he pulled her to him. Kyle used his paw to lift her face to meet his light kiss. He ran his lips across hers gently once, twice, three times. He nudged her lips apart and let his tongue slip past their barrier. She savored the rugged taste of him, and the strength of his hold. Much more than that, she savored his tenderness.

The thy she had placed her hand on bunched up as the muscle tensed, and he pulled her closer, deepening the kiss. His hands buried in her hair as he pulled her ever forward to him. His touch was scorching, and Bra was drowning in anticipation. There was no way he was getting out of her room this early.

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Kyle's blood was rushing in his ears, and he felt his control slipping. Panic seized him as Bra melted into his heated embrace. Kyle released her and jumped from his perch in the window. He crashed to the ground none to pleasantly, landing on his feet in the nick of time. The rough ground jolted him back to his senses as he took off as quickly as possible trying to outrun the rush of desire that was calling him back.

He slammed into Michelle's house, panting from the short burst of energy he had expended that seemed to drain him. Robert stood up from his chair at the table and with a worried expression went to him.

"Uncle Kyle? I didn't know you were here. Is there something wrong?" the boy ask.

Kyle took a minute to get his breathing under control before he answered. "Fine." he panted walking into the kitchen. Michelle turned around, looked at him, then turned back around smiling. Her shoulders were slightly shaking in what curiously looked like a laugh. "Are you laughing at me?"

"Oh the tangled webs we weave." she snorted.

"That was very unlady like of you." he gasp, sitting down.

"My wife was a lady once?" Charles ask as he came into the kitchen. "No one told me this. Tell me more, Kyle."

"She used to be more sensitive too."

"NO....Really? What else?"

Michelle turned a mean glare to the two jokesters sitting at her kitchen table. "What else? Well I used to cook dinner for all you guys too."

"Oh Baby! You know you're the greatest! We were just......" he trailed off, as her back passed him and exited the room. "Well I guess we're finishing dinner. Since you ran off my help, Kyle, I fully expect you to help me finish dinner. Now up!"

"I suppose that's only fair. I could use something to distract me."

"I take it that means tonight's been interesting. How about some details?" Charles nudged him in the side.

"Since when did I begin to look like someone who would divulge precious information?"

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