(Expect the unexpected)

Sakura felt her heart thumping harder and faster with each passing moment that she and Hiten had their lips locked together so intimately. She didn't know what to think now that the unexpected had come and was laughing in before her face. As the thunder demon continued to caress her body gently, Sakura slowly understood.

He did love her.

He cared about her as much as she did.

Not hesitating anymore, Sakura placed her hands on his strong chest and slowly kissed him back. It was Hiten's turn to blush this time. He hadn't even realized how much he had loved her until their fates eventually caught up with them somehow.

Over the weeks he had wondered why. He had the ability to coax any female into the sheets, and they were females that had nothing to lose. Perfect bodies, beautiful complexion, and those various shades of eyes.

Sakura didn't have a perfect body. All the scars that she had were critical and to another male, it would have looked quite unattractive. But he knew.

He knew some of her scars; most of them; were created because of him. She had risked her life to save him a lot of times when she didn't have to. She had been hurt and abused by him with harsh words and she never fought back most of the time. She was different.

Breaking the kiss for a gasp of air, Sakura breathed heavily and smiled up at her lover. It was pure heaven to be in the arms of the one that she loved, the one that loved her back.

After listening to Manten and Hiten bicker over who would get more food, Sakura felt a sharp tug at her side and knew that her wound was starting to heal. It was getting really late outside; for when she and Hiten had gotten back from the hot springs, the moon was up and shining.

Climbing in between the sheets that Manten had gotten for her when she had disposed of the straw mattress, Sakura yawned tiredly and went to sleep. Strange thing was, she just couldn't seem to calm her mind. Her heart was still fluttering from what had happened and she couldn't bear it.

She just couldn't keep it in. She had wanted to ask him if she could love him even more, but of course she didn't have the will to ask such a thing from Hiten.

Just then, the sliding door slid open and Hiten walked into the room with his indoor garments on.

"Getting ready to sleep?" he asked. Sakura had a feeling that another unexpected event was yet waiting to come. Sitting up she started to answer but a moment later, she found herself pushed gently towards the wall.

"Sakura, I have a question." Hiten whispered. "Will you love me?"

She sat there pinned to the wall, still unaware of the question. She had just been thinking about asking him...not that she would have, she herself felt like a total flake to do so at the moment. But he had asked her.

"What if Manten finds out?" she asked. "He..."

"He doesn't need to know." Hiten whispered, laid her back down and rolled gently on top of her so that he wouldn't crush her. That was the last thing he wanted to do; to ruin the perfect mood that they were in. He then took off his top and let it fall next to the floor they were on and proceeded to take Sakura's clothes off.

To his surprise, Sakura didn't fight back. It was as if she had wanted this all along. With a smirk on his face, Hiten said to her in the midst of untying the sash around her waist,

"You act like as if you'd wanted to do this."

"No, I'm not." She then pondered. "Yes, I admit I am. But it's for the best."

Hiten gave her a weary grin as he undid her top. Sakura slightly arched her back as he toyed with her breast in one hand and the other hand snaked up her thigh. She pulled his down by his back and kissed him openly, allowing his tongue to enter her mouth and to clash with her own.

"Oh my God..." Hiten groaned after a while. They were now mouth to mouth, skin to skin, and chest to chest together. A faint layer of sweat worked its way out of their bodies, and that added to the heat. The hot summer night wasn't helpful enough to cool them in any way, but that didn't matter to them.

Sakura could see that he was getting tired already. But she had to admit, she was getting quite wiped out also. It was then Hiten whispered into her ear;

"This might hurt, Sakura." He told her as he entered her in a swift movement without warning. Sakura felt the pit of her stomach twisting within her so hard, she felt as if her senses were going to explode any minute Hiten made another move.

At first she squealed a bit from the pain. Hiten, realizing that this was her first time, kissed her on the forehead gently and waited until she could adjust. He didn't even dare to move, as he knew his careless motive could hurt her even worse; his knuckles went pale from the straining, and Sakura saw this.

'He really doesn't want to hurt me...' she thought. She then took a deep breath and said to Hiten,

"I'm fine now."

"Are you sure?" was his answer. Sakura inhaled deeply again, for she knew what was coming.

This was it.

Her purity wouldn't exist anymore.

But at least she knew that she would be losing it to someone who loved her deeply, someone who cared about her. And to her, that was a good enough deal.

"I'm fine." She whispered back.

Eeee...I must admit, I stink at writing lemons...but I'm glad I got that over with. Whew!

No more lemons, ppl! I just can't write that kind of stuff...LOL.....