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Beloved

By: Aini-x-fallen13thanjel

Ch.4: Bathing the Day Away

"Mugen?"

"Hmm?"

"... I love you..."

"I love you, too."

Mugen let Fuu fall into a light sleep her head rest on his shoulder, her hand laying gentally on his chest, his and her legs were entwined with eachother, and his arm aroudn her shoulder protectively. His sighed and shook his head then looked down at the angel... his angel that lay asleep half way onto of him. He didn't mind that his arm was falling asleep from the pressure of her light weight on it nor did he mind that her thigh was pressed gentally against his groin which was far from asleep its self.

The conversation that he and Jin had shared earlier ran through his mind over and over again. Now he was trying to convense himself that it was to only way that he knew how to deal with it but his mind wondered back to the conversation.

Flash Back

Mugen was trying to think up the words on how to ask what he wanted to ask. The words swirled in his brain and they started to move faster and faster until it caused a dull pain in his head and he knew it was either now or never. Finally thinking the question over agian he sighed and the pain subsided as the word slipped unwavering but unsure.

"How do you think I should let her down?" the words sounded so foreign to his own ears ever though he recognized his voice saying them. He looked to Jin to see what he was thinking but only found that impathic look on his face as he stared out over the field that they were suppose to be plowing. They would be done in time for lunch then they would go start on the holes that were to be dug at the field next to the lake.

Suddenly Jin looked up at him and stared at him blankly and it kinda freaked him out so he looked back to the field. Jin continued to watch him for a few minutes thne turned to fiddle with the plow in his hands then stopped.

"Why do you think I would know?" Jin asked in a monotone voice that he had gotten so used to usign through his year of being a sameri that refused the law. He was patiently waiting for an answer then turned at the sound of something the hit a tree. Mugen was on the ground leaning against it and Jin knew that he had been so frustrated that he didn't even bother to think of pain.

"Because... you looked like a heart braker with your stupid impassive eyes and that stupid voice of your's. So you gonna help me or what?... Becauae if you ain't then I'll have to slit your throat so you won't tell," Mugen said through clenched teeth and he gripped the sword that lay next to him.

Jin shook his head and looked off to the work that they had done then looked out to what they had left. He sighed and thought it strange that such a small village had such big fields... what would they need it for? He ignored the question then turned to look at the man sittign next to him and smiled. "You're in love with her..."

Mugen froze at that. He hadn't exspected such and answer then looked at Jin then he realized somthing... the way she smiled, the way she moved, the way her eyes sparkled, the way he could just stare at her forever without caring... all of them had made his heart ache for her. Jin was telling her the truth... he was in love with Fuu... But that made it even more so a stronger reason he couldn't be with her, she was his weakness and a sameri couldn't afford a weakness.

"Yes... I am... even more the reason I can't be with her. I'd put her into too much trouble and I won't let myself do that because I'm a sameri and she wouldn't be safe with me... She needs a normal husband..." he was fighting against himself just to say those words and he knew that it would be even harder to actually do them.

Jin stood and started to walked to the field next to the lake well knowing that the old man who had given them the chores said he needed the holes dug by sunset and they only had a few hour unitl then. Mugen followed with two shovels thrown over his shoulder and his sword in his other hand and continued to walk until the field was in sight and the lake on the other side of a little grove of trees.

Jin walked to a spot on the field and easily caught a shovel that had been thrust his way by Mugen who was already startign on a hole and a small pile of dirt kicked its way next to it. Jin sighed and started his hole too and about a foot into digging it he took a glance at Mugen then back to his work.

"... So thats it?"

"Yea, what do you exspect?"

"Well, I was deffinately thinking something different."

End Flash Back

Mugen didn't even bother rememberign what he said next; and after chanting like some kind of preist, here he was with Fuu in his arms asleep. He hadn't even noticed that the sun was slowly starting to rise and he didn't feel the bittest sleepy but he knew what he wanted to do for the day when his gaze shifted from Fuu to the tub near them. He slowly and carefully slipped out from under Fuu and walked to slip into his undershirt and pants then picked up the tub and made his way down stairs.

He slipped out the back and dupped the cold water from the wooden tub and went to the side of the building where he had gotten the last batch of hot water and filled the tub again with hot water. He had noticed how big the tub was and it was just big enough to fit one person and was about two feet tall all around. The trip up the stairs wasn't easy the first time but he was used to it this time and it was relitively easy then he slipped into their room again and set the tub down.

"Mugen?" came a sleepy call from the bed of towels. He turned to find Fuu sitting up right and her body bare to his eyes and he looked hungerly at her then shook his head and went to close the door then while coming back into the room shed his shirt then went to her side. He figured that she still hadn't noticed that she was naked but he could clearly see that she was blushing and it was probubly because that he didn't have a shirt on anymore. But he picked her up and quickly walked over to the tub that he had refilled for her and thats when she noticed because she pressed her chest to his and crossed her legs trying to hide the triangle of dark curls the once sheilded her virginity.

He set her in the tub and once she was fully out of his arms hers went over her chest. He let a chuckle slip past his lips and smiled down at her and proceded to take off his shorts which he neglected to take off earlier. He earned himself another blush from the beauty that sat in the tub infront of him. She shyly looked up at him through her bangsbut he wasn't where she had seen him a second ago then suddenly two strong arms encircle her waist.

"We need to talk..." Mugen whispered into her ear sending chills up her spine as his hot breath hit such a sensitive area. She leaned against him so that she could be close to his warmth even though she was quite warm wit the hot bath and all, she just wanted to be near him. He sighed causing her skin to crawl with anticipation and excitment then she suddened at such a feeling.

"What do we need to talk about?" Fuu had no idea what was going on and she wanted nothing more thatn to know so that Mugen wouldn't have to act so strange. Come to think of it he's been acting wierd ever since he walked in... I just don't know how... she leaned further into him to let him know that she was listening.

"How..." Mugen started to say but stopped to look for the right words, "... do you honestly think that things will be the same after this... We still have to find that guy your looking for, do you think things will be the same..." He was going in circles and he knew that but he was getting some where with it, "What if you come with child? What then?"

"I... don't know..." he was supprised by this, matter a fact so was she. But she knew better, she knew that he couldn't be with her, she knew that they would have to part because being with him was a weakness; for her and him. Her life would be in constant danger and he would be contantly worring about her safety and the posible baby that she might be carriering. She knew it too well... because she was the same way her child would be.

"So... what?" he tightened his grip on her and brought her closer to him, closer to his heart so that they would be come one and never part. (cheesy... i no... --;;) She snuggled into him then looked over her shoulder at him and sighed... nows a good a time as any...

"Get Jin... we need to have a talk..."

"Alright... but after you bathe!" Mugen got this strange look in his eye and picked her up out of the water and stepped in himself, "But the faster this goes the faster we get to tonight." He laughed at her blush and set her in his lap and began to put some water on her and scrubbed lightly every where he put water. She laughed and splashed water on him when he started to work his way down her stomache then she got out and sedductivly walked to where the towels lay.

He followed but just put on his clothes as she dried herself off. She took her hair and rung it out over the tub then proceded to put it up in it usual style. She then took her towel and started to dry off her legs, slowly made her way up patting her inner thighs dry, then went to her hips, as her towel covered hand slid over her stomache she stopped and continued to admire it. Thats when she felt a sudden prick behind her eyes and felt the salty, sweet droplets slip from her eyes and the slid down her face and landed on her open palm.

Mugen had her in his arms once he saw that she was looking at her stomache and he began to slowly rock her back and forth and whispered increging words to her. She snuggled against him as he started to dress her and finished after tieing a sloppy bow with her obi. She smiled at him and leaned into him and they sat there until Jin returned from his doodies of the day since they were both exused from them since what happened yesterday was quite a scare...

tbc...

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