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Note: just a small note to say this chapter gets lemonish near the end and is rated M for maturity so…. That's your warning. Lol. If u don't think u can handle you can skip that part and chapter 5 which will be more pg, will be up shortly. I tried to tone it down but still make it romantic as best I could. Sorry you guys. it was part of the story and I didn't want to take it out.
Chapter 4
By the time Megumi's place was in site. She was beyond soaked. Her shivering body and chattering teeth needed warmth but every time she thought of a bath, her mind turned back to seeing Sano naked. Not that the thought of him didn't warm her insides, but he was the one she trying not to think of.
"Maybe I should have ran the whole way" She sighed. She looked down at the kitten
staring up at her.
She had decided to name him Pepper because of the black speckles on his back. He was small and cute and Megumi took pity on him. Even tough women had weakness. Hers was a helpless victim. That was probably why she was a good doctor. She wanted to help and care for people. In some ways she's hoped it would make up for her days when she made opium. She still sometimes had nightmares about that and she hated thinking about it. It was a horrible time in her life.
"Megumi, Wait up! Megumi!" Megumi whipped around stunned as she saw Sano running down the street towards her. She considered running for the house but she was tired and hurt. She had no energy left. Instead she simply turned and started walking.
"Megumi! Didn't you hear me?" He asked stopping beside her.
"I heard you" Megumi replied avoiding his gaze for fear of revealing too many emotions with her eyes. Her eyes always gave her away.
"Why didn't you wait?" He demanded.
Megumi tried to keep walking but suddenly Sano stood in her path. She tired to move around him but he wouldn't let her go any further.
"Please Move Sano. I'm wet, tried, dirty and in desperate need of a bath" Megumi pleaded. She was so close to home and yet so far away somehow.
"Megumi I need to talk to you. You don't understand" Sano tried to tell her.
Megumi narrowed her eyes at him in frustration. He was the one who didn't understand. She cared about him; she didn't want him to leave. But he was and she couldn't do anything. She didn't even have the courage to tell him how she felt.
"Don't understand what? I understand, That you're a baka rooster head, who is leaving all his friends and family. Everything he's ever known for China in 2 days. Oh, I understand perfectly Sano. I wish you good luck and I hope you'll be happy in whatever you do! Is that what you wanted to hear! Is that good enough! Have a nice night! " By the end Megumi was nearing shouting at him.
Megumi hadn't meant to shout but she was upset and she couldn't help it. Her emotions had needed to be let out somehow.
She tried to stumble past him ignoring the look of pain across his eyes. She had gone too far and she could tell her words had stung him. But her emotions had been bottled up for so long it was getting so hard to control them. Anger, sadness, pity, pain, and love, how could she feel all of them at once? But somehow she did.
She marched on, head up and she wasn't looking where she was going and fell face first into a giant puddle right outside her house.
At first Megumi didn't say anything, she just started crying. She had promised herself that she wouldn't cry in front of him. She was too strong for that, but now here she was sitting in a giant puddle in the middle of the road, hot tears streaming down her face. She couldn't help herself this time. Nothing was going her way. Her kitten Pepper looked up at her and took off. He looked just as scared, cold and wet as her and she felt bad but she had no energy to go after him.
Suddenly she felt large, muscular arms encircle her torso and legs. Before she could protest she found herself in Sano's arms as he carried her over the puddle. She started kicking her legs and arguing but Sano said nothing. Instead he smiled which was the last reaction Megumi had expected after she yelled at him. He started jumping in the puddle like a little kid with Megumi in his arms. And then she heard an amazing thing. He started laughing as he kicked and played in the rain. Megumi looked at him in disbelief.
"You know Kitsune, you look beautiful in the rain" Sano told her in gasps through his laughter.
Megumi blinked unable to comprehend what he had just said. Had he just called her beautiful? Did he really think that? No one had ever told her that before and before she knew it Megumi was laughing too. She didn't know why. But it seemed like the right thing to do. The way he jumped up and down in the puddle swinging her back and forth. It was so silly and she was so wet and cold, she couldn't believe she was laughing but she was.
When Sano saw her actually laugh, he felt like he had accomplished quite the feat and he set her down carefully on the other side.
Megumi looked embarrassed, cold and tired. The rain had let up a bit but it was still spitting softly. Her soft dark eyes looked up at him as if she didn't know quite what she should say or do or even how to feel.
"Do you want to come inside and dry off? "She offered. She figured there was no harm and letting him stay for a few minutes as long as she kept a tight grip on her emotions, nothing would happen. She was just say goodbye and then he could leave and Megumi could be at peace.
"Megumi I really need to talk to you. I ran all this way to tell you and I need to tell you now" Sano tried to tell her, grabbing her arm.
She tried to turn away. She just wanted to go inside but Sano pulled her back and looked her squarely in the eye.
"I've been … I've been doing a lot of thinking… and I… well I… Megumi I don't know how to say this but… Over the past few months… I… " Sano stammered for a second and finally he spitted it out.
"Megumi, somewhere over the course of the past year, I fell in Love with you" It all tumbled out in one big gasp.
Megumi just stared at him her mouth wide open. And then Sano did one of the craziest things he'd ever done in his life.
Before she could react, He pulled her into his arms and lowered his mouth to hers. He felt her struggle as she tried to pull away but slowly she soon melted against his body as the kiss intensified. Sano's mind raced and all his dreams didn't measure up to this. Her lips were just as soft and sweet as he pictured they would be if not more so.
But as quickly as it had started, it ended. With a gasp Megumi pulled away as if she suddenly realized what she was doing.
"I… Maybe this isn't a good idea. You're leaving soon Sano" Megumi looked up at him with her dark soft eyes that were filled with both love and heartache. "Your talking crazy and I think you should leave, before something happens that we'll both regret. We fight too much. What if we're not right for each other? " She whispered quietly as if ironically she regretted her words instantly.
But Sano wasn't going to give up and go away that easily. Not after all that had happened and how much he cared for her. And hew knew by the way she kissed him that somewhere deep down inside she felt similarly.
"Anytime I spend with you I will never regret because if I could, I would spend every second of every day with you" Sano sighed sincerely. Another tear slipped from Megumi's cheek but Sano kept on. He was going to make her understand.
"The way I see it Megumi, we might not be right for anyone else… and… and...
It can't be any harder to stay together then it was stay apart. I love you Megumi. I really do and I'm not going to give up without a fight. I know you feel something too. You've got a wall built around you that I've never been able to crack. But open yourself to me. I love you Megumi… I need you" By the end his voice was a hushed whisper but Megumi still heard him.
Megumi somehow managed to smile through her tears. She had no idea Sano could speak so beautifully. His words had warmed her insides instantly. She spotted Pepper, the kitten sitting by the house meowing so she picked him up, and slowly and wordlessly taking his hand, Megumi led them inside. The wall she had kept around her emotions for so long had finally been broken by Sano of all people in one night. Sano was leaving. She didn't want to fight or argue with him anymore. It was just too hard and painful. The truth was she felt for him so much she ached. It was so hard for her to admit but maybe now she could.
She let the cat down but No sooner had Megumi closed the door when she found herself kissing him again. But unlike the sweet one they'd shared moments ago. This kiss was hungry and full of the fiery chemistry and passion they felt one another other. Sano slowly slipped his tongue inside her warm mouth and felt her grab onto him tighter with anticipation.
After a couple minutes of frenzied kissing and touching Sano broke the silence "We should get out of these clothes before we catch cold". He noticed Megumi was starting to shiver in his arms.
Megumi simply nodded and let Sano slowly untied her kimono. She was cold, wet, tired and in love with a rooster. She was acting crazy but tonight she was letting herself. She knew reason and reality would come crashing down on her tomorrow but she was willing to risk it. The way Sano kissed her and loved her she knew she was acting crazy but she knew it was a chance she had to take. She couldn't help herself. She was a doctor yes. But sometimes she forgot that she was a woman too… and she wanted this memory of Sano before she let him go forever.
"Kitsune…" Sano said lovingly cupping her face as he slipped the rest of her clothing off her shoulders and they watched it land in a heap at their feet.
"You are more beautiful then I could have ever pictured" He smiled at her sincerely as he watched her blush. His gaze travelled up and down her body appreciating all of her curves and every inch of soft skin. He loved her so much it was almost overpowering and to now to actually see her was amazing.
Megumi realized just how naked she was and yet she didn't feel embarrassed about it as she first thought she would.
Megumi smiled back. "I think I've already seen you naked before" as she helped him take his own kimono off.
"Yes, but not like this Kitsune" He wriggled his eyebrows and winked and Megumi giggled. Sano almost breathed a sigh of relief when she didn't turn away this time.
Although the kimono was different then the white robe and pants Sano usually wore, his waist and hand were still bandaged.
"Good those bandages are still there. Have you gotten into any fights lately?" Megumi asked him raising an eyebrow.
"Come on fox. You're a woman tonight, not a doctor. Ask me tomorrow" He smiled mischievously and reached for her.
Megumi let out a shriek of laughter and took off down the hall to her bedroom with Sano pounding after her. He caught her by the waist in no time and they fell onto her futon together in a gasping heap. Their legs and arms were tangled together and Megumi was amazed out how smooth and soft Sano's skin felt as he laid on top of her.
"I'm not hurting you, am I?" Sano asked softly, as he nibbled her ear. Megumi nodded no and Sano proceeded to bestow little kisses to her neck and face. Megumi sighed in contentment and did the same for him. Before long they had kissed and touched every square inch of each other.
"Sano, I don't want to be alone tonight. Will you…. Will you love me?" Megumi asked in a small whisper, biting her bottom lip for fear of what he would say. She didn't know his sexual history but she preferred not to know how women had been with Sano, especially in his drinking and gambling days.
"Are you sure you want do this?" Sano asked her nuzzling her neck. Megumi nodded and slowly ran her fingers through his dark spiky hair. Hair that she had longed to run her fingers through for months now. She wanted him now more then anything she'd ever wanted before.
Wordlessly Sano stroked her belly and kissed the warmth between her legs. He heard her cry out in pleasure and slowly he entered her and rocked back and forth with her in rhythm with their moaning. As they reached their peak together, they both sighed their, I love you's and collapsed together on the futon, their bodies still shaking with pleasure.
They laid there for a long time, neither of them speaking. It was almost as if they had made a silent agreement. They could be together if only for tonight before everything went back to normal. Neither of them knew what would happen the next morning but they cuddled under the blanket anyways, listening to slow patter of rain against the building, slowly drifting to sleep in each others arms.