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How is it that feelings can come to the surface such as this. Yoko wondered as they both sat in the stairs. Sei had grinned good-naturedly but neither had talked for a good two minutes and even with the kiss still on her lips she was unsure of herself. It's almost as if whomever created such human emotions wished for us to suffer these cliches. She looked up from her skirt to were Sei was staring at her.

"Should we go upstairs so you can pin me to a desk? The stairs would hurt my back."

It was an attempt at humor because even she didn't know what to do. In all those romance novels she read after they kissed it only led to more passion. Note to self: Life is not a romance novel. Then Sei gave an exasperated sigh sprang up and spun in a circle all in one playful motion.

"Well, sweetie, at this point I can't stand the angst I know your feeling, come here for a second."

She leaned over playful and beckoned with her finger. Youko with nothing else to do, except maybe wonder how her angst could be frustrating Sei, stood obediently she was met by the feeling of Sei throwing her arms around her shoulder and by the hot breath running against her ear she was apparently planning to whisper something to her. When she did it was in a playful almost taunting tone.

"Hey! Does that kiss mean you love me, huh? So if you do, I can do this?"

Sei nipped Youko's ear which was met with a suprised yelp. Sei looked amused as yelping didn't seem like something the elegant Rosa Chinesis would do and Youko kind of blushes this what?-I'm-human blush.

"And I can do this too?"

Sei's hands ran up her back, pulling the cotton of the school uniform with her finger, until those hands inevitably met with her black bra clasp. Youko wasn't focusing on that though, Sei's hands were cold. This was wrong. Not the violating kind of wrong, in that sense she was fine with this. There was just no feeling, Sei was cold, the feeling was indescribable as if Sei was doing this because she had too.

"And I can-"

"Sei just stop."

It was a whimper really, a very out of character whimper into Sei's neck which was apparently where her lips had decided to hide at the feeling of Rosa Gigantea's pale hands sneaking to places better left unspoken. Sei put her hands down on demand and simply stood there with Youko buried in her neck, waiting for anything.

"Well, well, since you said no it would be rape wouldn't it?"

She grinned again but it soon faded as Youko said,

"Is this your way of shielding yourself? You say you care for me than go and do things like that. Its your way of preparing yourself for the worst I trust?"

Sei hoped Youko couldn't see her face as she realized she was biting her bottom lip guiltily. Of course unless Youko could somehow feel emotions through ones neck it seemed pretty impossible. Youko's eyes were closed anyway.

"And, pray tell, why would you think that?"

Youko pulled away from her but grabbed her wrists on the way and held her hands in place between them.

"Because your hands are shaking."

Sei looked down to find her hands were indeed quivering but you wouldn't have really noticed if they were moving. Youko's eyes looked up from their entwined hands and she no noticed she was trapped.

"If you care about something don't...I don't know what I'm trying to say. Your human Sei your allowed to care about things and-...and people."

Youko had that stern look that she wore when she was meddling with things. Sei looked down trying to focus on anything that wasn't Youko.

"Sei, please promise that...if there's something you care abo-...something you love."

For some reason she'd been avoiding that word.

"If there's someone you love. You can't just admit defeat, okay?"

Youko didn't feel she had worded that right. It sounded like she was demanding Sei to love her.

Sei didn't want to. What she didn't want to do, she didn't know, but it had something to do with acknowledging her own weakness. Youko wanted something from her though, a promise, and who was she to deny Rosa Chinesis anything?

She nodded, hoping that would suffice, than saw that it wouldn't and added, "I promise."

Then she smiled. Not her closed eyed grin that she used after watching one of her schemes go right, but that one she'd only worn a long time a ago. That soft friendly smile she had only worn when Shiori would walk past her and she'd smile at her back as if it were a promise. So Youko didn't care either way if she had promised with the words she said, that smile was enough. Releieved Youko said,

"Oh and about that rape thing. I don't sleep with a girl on the first date."

She winked but Sei's eyes widened in mock suprise.

"You sleep with girls?" Then, "Date? Ah, what a good idea."

Still holding hands she pulled her out the door and neither either cared or remembered that Youko's stuff was still upstairs.

"Let's go break some rules."

K.S