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Chapter 3: Hot Spring Confessional
"Um, Shippo-chan. I can't reach all your wounds," Rin said, blushing. "Maybe If you were to get into the spring with me," she suggested, looking down at the water that concealed most of her body.
Shippo spun around where he sat, gaping at the woman in the spring. "Are ... are you sure," he asked. His eyes grew wide when she nodded slowly and looked him in the eye while she stood up in the spring.
Nodding to himself, Shippo stood and shed his pants before entering the spring. He moved to stand in front of Rin, his hands moving to her arms as he stared at her. "So beautiful," he whispered, pulling her to him, hugging her tightly as he buried his nose in the crook of her neck, his lips lightly brushing over her skin. Shippo nearly smiled when her arms wrapped around his waist and her hands slid up his back, but he winced when her nimble fingers passed over an open wound.
Rin, feeling the wince, let go and pulled away immediately, looking at Shippo for any sign of pain. "I am so sorry. We should get you cleaned up," she said, taking his arm in her hands and directing him towards a rock to sit on.
Before sitting down, Shippo dunked himself under the surface of the water, wetting his hair, and rinsed some of the blood out of his hair. Coming back up, he wiped the water and hair from his face and sat down on the rock with his back to Rin so she could finish cleaning his shoulders.
Stepping up behind Shippo, Rin resumed her cleaning, grimacing at some of the wounds, though she was surprised that none of them were bleeding. "You never did tell me what happened to you," she asked as she gently ran her cloth over his shoulders, wiping away the blood.
"I was training with my dad. He was upset after what happened last week. I should have been able to get home without stopping to rest; or so he says," Shippo explained. He turned around when she finished cleaning his back, and watched Rin as she started on his chest. "Then, after we had finished training, your dad showed up," Shippo told her.
Rin gasped and looked up at his face. "He didn't do this to you, did he," she asked, worry in her voice.
Shippo shook his head at her, smiling. "No. I got all these while I was training," he told her. Seeing the worry increase on her face, he placed a finger on her lips, shaking his head. "Don't worry. I heal fast."
Rin frowned and removed his finger from her lips. "It must hurt you though," she protested, moving her right hand to a wound on his chest. "Your father shouldn't try to make you train in a way that is going to cause you injury. Just like my father shouldn't try to keep me locked up away from people he doesn't think are worthy," she told him, her eyes locked onto his.
Shippo smiled at her. "And I'm probably on the top of his list," he joked, his hands moving to her shoulders and pulling her closer. "And I know you're at the top of my father's list of my father's list of people for me to stay away from. If only for the fact of who your father is."
Rin sighed. "Speaking of my father, what happened after he showed up," she questioned, stepping closer to Shippo, sliding her hand up his chest to rest on his shoulder.
"My father told me to get washed up and then go keep my mom in the village. But, uh, I got a bit distracted," he explained, his hands rubbing up and down her arms, and then moved to rest at her waist.
"Distracted by what," Rin questioned, twining her arms around his neck.
Shippo just smiled and shook his head. He lowered his head towards hers slowly, watching her for any sign that she would want him to stop, but by the time his lips touched hers, he saw none, so he let his eyes drop close and just enjoyed the feel of her lips pressed against his; her body pressed against his. His hands stayed on her hips as his lips pressed sweetly against hers, his tongue slipping out to caress her lips. He nearly groaned when her lips opened for his tongue, and it slipped into her mouth, rubbing against her tongue for a second before continuing deeper in her mouth.
Rin moaned as his tongue caressed her mouth, giving her a taste of him. Her hands tangled in his brightly colored hair and she pulled her body closer to his as she earnestly returned his kiss. She shivered when she felt his hardened member press against her stomach, and pulled away, shocked.
A/N: This is not the end of the chapter, though this chapter is the end of the fic. But I can't post it all here because it contains a lemon. If you want to read the rest, the link to the chapter is in my bio. Ffn is not allowing the links I'm posting to stay properly, so I'll just be posting links to my lemons in my bio from now on.