Chapter XVII
Seventeenth session
The rain hadn't let up at all since they left, and despite it not being strong, it was soaking them. Their steps were light, yet they weren't running due to how wet the sidewalk was and the heels Kagome was wearing. InuYasha was delighted at how close they were, as a consequence of their circumstances. For an instant, and right before entering the street where he lived at, he allowed himself to seek her chestnut brown eyes, a gaze that soon met his. He had the feeling something important was happening, yet found no way to define it.
When they were in front of the door barring way to his place, InuYasha handed her the keys for her to open, as he shook the water off his jacket, which they had used as an umbrella.
"The blue one." He instructed when he saw her hesitate. Once Kagome opened the door, he pressed her, "Go in, go in."
He touched her back slightly, at waist height. That became a gesture none of them happened to ignore, same as their previous interaction, when they left that bar holding hands.
They looked at each other, once inside, with a smile product of their small adventure through the wet streets. Suddenly, the smile gave way to anxiety and something none of them dared to name.
"Shall we go up?" InuYasha asked, leaving way for Kagome to do so in front of him.
She nodded and began climbing one of four stairwells between them and the floor they were going to. InuYasha couldn't help watching the sinuous way in which Kagome swayed with each step. He got close, once a couple of steps were behind them, to be at enough distance to be able to caress her arm with the back of his hand. That minimal gesture filled him with yearning and calm at the same time, creating an exquisite enchantment on him which she caught immediately. He knew it when her chestnut gaze met his once again.
After reaching the first landing, Kagome took advantage of being a bit ahead and turned around to face him, now both of the same height due to the step InuYasha had yet to climb. She bent towards one side of his head and placed a kiss on his neck, causing him to let out a hurried breath before the caress.
"If you keep that up... "He didn't finish the phrase. Instead, he placed his open hand on her waist, then felt the curve of her hip, then her thigh; all the while seeking to kiss her neck.
In that moment, it was Kagome who let out a hurried breath.
"Alright, I get it." Was all she found herself up to say, placing both her hands on his shoulders, waiting for him to release her of his grip.
Kagome wasn't sure if she felt relieved or frustrated when he let her go without complain nor hesitation. Next, she felt his fingers intertwining with hers, holding her hand. Beyond what she was willing to admit, she found that gesture pleasant.
They climbed the rest of the stairs in silence, InuYasha on the front this time, their linked hands resting on his lower back.
Once they reached his apartment and stood in front of the door, he took a step to the side, letting the wall support his weight and gesturing to Kagome to open it; she still had the keys.
Kagome had to admit it was strange for her the way in which InuYasha introduced her to things inside his life, through a kind of trust she had never given to anyone she had met until today, in encounters like these. She looked at the bunch of keys on her hands and then at InuYasha, asking for help; however, she only received a silent smile.
"Which one?" She wanted to know, returning the contagious smile.
"Investigate." He encouraged her, brushing her arm with the back of his fingers, through the cloth of the dress she was wearing. Kagome felt haste and need to open the door, just with that one gesture.
She wasn't in any position to analyze her own emotions; she was sure enough, however, that she needed to placate them with InuYasha between her legs. She let out her breath in frustration when she tried the first key and it didn't work. She saw her companion move from his place and stand behind her. The heat coming from his body, so close to her own, made her tremble, the keys clinking on her hands. She tried a second, it didn't work either. InuYasha, on his part, caressed her ear with his lips, and Kagome could feel his hot breath on her skin. She closed her eyes and sought to compose herself, before trying a third key.
"Stop..." She begged, feeling his hand tracing the curves of her body, just bellow her chest.
"I think I don't want to." He muttered on her left temple, pushing himself against her body so that she could feel the pressure he himself was enduring.
The third key entered, with a huff from Kagome, who had bent slightly forward. The lock once again didn't open, and she almost cursed out loud. She turned around, still embraced by his arms, and lifted her head just enough to seek a pair of lips waiting for her, yearning. InuYasha accepted the kiss and took the keys from her hands, halting the caress just about enough to identify the correct key, then continued as he fit it inside the lock, practically out of intuition alone. He heard Kagome mutter a finally once the door opened.
The process of entering the apartment had been done in the middle of a maelstrom of kisses, pulls at each other's clothes, most of them wet. Kagome stepped away from InuYasha, and took a few more back, watching the way in which he began to unbutton his shirt. In that moment, she lifted her dress over her head, and stood there, a couple of meters away from him, only on her high tights, those strapped heels he liked so much, and her intimate wear.
InuYasha turned the little lamp by the entrance on, and was charmed by the image of Kagome there, seemingly exposed just for him. The pale pink of her underwear contrasted against the black of her tights and heels. He felt a desire to strip her of everything, which contrasted with his other desire of profaning her by moving aside only what was necessary. However, he took in consideration how little or how much he knew her already, and walked towards her, slowly. He extended a hand once she was close enough, and graced her shoulder with his knuckles. Kagome held her breath in a gesture which he understood as clear sign of sensitivity, yet InuYasha didn't halt his caress, and traced her arm, following the gesture with his gaze; because of its delicacy, desire, and beauty, then he became aware of how agitated his breath was, much like hers. Only when he reached Kagome's fingers did he met her chestnut eyes, full of yearning. He intertwined his fingers with hers, and pull her hand so that her arm surrounded him, feeling the heat of her body in a sort of refuge that Kagome thanked with a relieved sigh.
"Do you have protection?" Her question mirrored the one inside his mind.
InuYasha smiled, then bent towards her in search of a kiss. He hesitated for a moment, not knowing if Kagome would accept the caress as part of her strange behaviors, as in some occasions it seemed as she wanted to devour him through kisses, and in others, evaded him outright. He didn't want to think too much about it, and neither had the time to do so; Kagome guided his face with a hand, accepting the kiss. InuYasha found delight in the moist and demanding touch, so much, a breath escaped him before he could react.
Kagome tasted him, in the way one taste that which is taboo, slowly, knowing it's not allowed wishing for more. In her case her wish wasn't born from her body, but from those emotions she didn't want to explore, and so she suppressed. Once again, like the last time, she swore this would be the last time, because thinking about keeping someone close enough for them to know her better, was scarier than being alone.
Suddenly Kagome became tense between his arms, as they kissed, and InuYasha made a mental check of what he could be doing wrong. His heart pounded in a hurry, and he could feel the coldness of rejection inside his chest. He needed to get rid of those sensations, and decided that sex only for pleasure was a good plan; however, in that moment Kagome sighed in the middle of the kiss, making InuYasha feel lost.
He embraced her and guided their steps towards the bed, a few meters behind her. When Kagome felt the soft surface beneath her back, she extended her arms to recognize the space, as she delighted herself in the image of him, straddling on top of her thighs, taking off his shirt. From that point of view, and thanks to the light coming from the window, she could catch every chiseled detail on his torso, and didn't want to lose the opportunity to touch it, even if it was only with the tip of her fingers.
InuYasha saw the delicate caress, and felt his skin stand on end, from his arms, to his belly, to his back, all the way up to his nape. He filled his lungs of air, breathing through his mouth, in an act he couldn't, and didn't want to hide. Kagome met his gaze and both remained just like that, for an instant, just watching each other. He thought she was beautiful, but not in the way beauty is usually judged, what he saw came from that glint of vulnerability deep inside her eyes, which she never let other easily see. He also thought he liked Kagome way more than just for one or two encounters, albeit he would not tell her that.
"Inside the drawer." He preferred to go to something certain, physical, to escape of what he was thinking.
"What?" Was her pertinent question. It was inevitable for Kagome to see the change in that golden gaze, which went from delight to a kind of focus that came almost as abrupt.
"Protection."
She saw him smile and bent towards her belly, placing a few kisses on the skin. Yet the change was still there, as if the air in the room had gone cold. She dedicated a second-long thought to it, then decided she'd keep her previous conviction: this would be the last time.
InuYasha freed her, to take his pants off, as Kagome dragged herself towards the drawer. Her mind still wondering about that sudden change in InuYasha, almost imperceptible; for some reason she felt that change took away what she really wanted from him. She reminded herself again that after today, there would be no more.
"How many do I get?" She asked, with a certain coquetry, as soon as she found the box.
He looked at her once his pants were off, and only his underwear remained.
"How many do you want to use?" The answer couldn't be more inviting. Kagome made an approving gesture, biting her lip, and brought the whole box out to leave it on the bed.
InuYasha placed his thump under his boxer, to take it off, but Kagome shook her head.
"Don't do it, leave it to me."
He saw her kneel on the bed, and point with her hand a place by her side. InuYasha obeyed, trying to focus on just enjoying himself.
With that idea as a constant reminder, he bent over her chest and took a nipple for himself, biting it slightly through the cloth still covering them. Kagome shook and entangled her fingers between the silver strands of her companion, closing her eyes and allowing herself to feel, only feel, leaving the fear out, at least the one concerning touch.
Another new barrier down.
She didn't want to think about it, InuYasha's caresses were to her liking, and she just wanted to enjoy them.
A rush of kisses, and hands tracing and recognizing skin came next. Kagome had the sensation of drowning a twister of emotions against the pillow she held over her face as InuYasha kept tasting her ribs, one by one. Her body, mind and emotions were mixed in a braid whose parts she couldn't define.
Oh, please. She heard herself beg when his kisses reached the curve of her chest and armpit.
She turned sideways and sought InuYasha's mouth to kiss him, and through that, being able to get back some of control over her own sensations. However, he smiled and dodged it to his cheek, and from there he brought his lips towards her neck. Kagome felt that gesture like a clear slight, finding a place inside her stomach like the deepest of insecurities.
"I need to have you inside." It was all she managed to say.
She thought that, in the middle of the chaos brought by an orgasm, she had control at least. Right now, she yearned for that moment of complete yield of one self from InuYasha.
"Deep inside?" He asked, his voice lost between the kisses placed on her neck.
"Yes." She was able to answer, agitated, breathing with yearning and seeking with even more yearning one of the condoms inside the box.
"Really deep inside?" The question came from a held back voice, as his golden eyes sought her chestnut gaze.
Kagome felt there was a deeper meaning inside that question, and she didn't find herself capable of answering it. She noticed how some tears threatened to cloud her vision, and she limited herself to nod as a method of escape. InuYasha bent his head to the side slightly, then calmly descended until their lips touched in a sweet and delicate kiss, which contrasted against the erection pressed against her hip. Kagome closed her eyes and let herself go.
Love.
The word appeared on her head decorated by neon lights, and the only way she found to erase it was to hold InuYasha's sex inside her hand, and tighten her grip.
Crap. She heard him complain, then curse, to finally leave a soft bite on her lip, as a way of payback for pulling him out of that reverie. Kagome felt grateful that, at least, that encounter continued, hands joined, with sex for sex.
To be continued.
A/N
It was so hard to write the second half!
It's complex to narrate a thing like action, when what moves said action is an energy altogether different, and manage to tell both without them interfering with each other.
Ofú!
Kisses!
Thanks for reading and accompanying me,
Anyara.
This text is possible thanks to the translation of: Dezart
