Part Three: Their Secret

Chapter Three: Short and sweet

The hour was growing late and it was dark inside the Kamiya apartment. Alone for the weekend, the two siblings were to be found on the sofa watching the end of Akira; Kari's pick this time. They had turned all the other lights of and so the TV provided the main living area's only illumination.

Tai sat with his back turned into the far right-hand corner of the sofa, a soft cushion behind him and his feet resting on the edge of the table. His sister lay with her feet up and her head resting against his chest, her left arm wrapped around his torso. He had offered up no resistance when Kari had shifted herself to sit like this. While a small part of his brain still tried to tell him that it was wrong, the overwhelming majority loved how right this felt. To have her this close to him was all so natural he never wanted to go back to a time when they sat with so much distance between them. His left hand hung down over her slender waist and pressed lightly against her stomach. Every so often he would feel the underwire of her bra come into contact with his thumb as he absentmindedly caressed her. A boundary that, though he greatly desired to cross it, he treated with the utmost of respect. Kari had given him no indication that she was open to such levels of contact and he had no intention of ever pushing her in a direction that she was not comfortable with. While she may have had two years on him in terms of coming to terms with her incestuous feelings, he had two and a half years' worth of extra life experience. In his mind, this weekend would be about figuring out what both of them were comfortable with, not just him.

Earlier that day, they had gone into town and he had honoured his wager from four weeks ago and bought her a copy of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. And like a re-run of the last time they had gone shopping, Kari had taken him into . Only this time she had kept a firm hand on him as she wandered around the store. It had been unfortunate for him that they had been standing in front of a display of chokers and collars when he had protested. For her devilish grin had spread across her face and she had threatened to buy one, buckle it around his neck and then lead him around the store on a leash. His face had turned bright red at this suggestion and part of him had wondered just how serious she had been. He'd made no further protest after that and simply observed while Kari eyed up a pair of black leggings with crisscrossed ribbon down each side, a brown leather steam-punk corset…thing and a short black leather jacket, amongst several other things. In the end, while he suspected that had she the funds she would have bought the lot, she'd had to settle for just the leggings today. Afterwards, they had wandered around a few other stores and he had started the search for new football boots that would still be several weeks' worth of allowance away. They'd gone to a soba bar for lunch and then spent a fun afternoon in the arcade before taking a trip to the grocery store.

When they had arrived home, he'd decided to start his homework while Kari prepared dinner. At no point did he have any problem concentrating. After another flawless meal, consisting of sushi rolls, chicken katsu and Churros, they had both been blown away by Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, before returning to the dinner table to study. Break times had seen his losing streak at Mario Kart extended to four matches (discounting the one they had not finished). However, the slim margin of the defeats only made him more determined to beat her by the end of the weekend. Kari, on the other hand, had threatened to implement a wager of one CD every time he wished to try his luck from this point on. Stating that she should at least get something for giving him the pleasure of having his butt stuffed with green turtle shells. She was so going down! Once he had made significant headway with his homework, they had decided to settle down on the sofa and watch the film before heading to bed.

The ending scene of Akira drew to a close and Tai looked down at his sister. Even in the darkness, he could see the serene look of contentment on her face. The happiness she radiated so strong that it mixed with his own in some sort of metaphysical bubble that enveloped them both. Her eyes shifted from the screen to meet his own. Neither of them moved yet their gazes danced together like two flames inside a heart ablaze with passion.

"I love you," he whispered softly, realising that he had never uttered those words to anyone else before. Not one of the short-lived girlfriends that had come and gone since Sora had rejected him nor even the redhead herself had ever elicited a shred of the feelings he felt towards Kari in this moment. He didn't care whether or not society would consider it wrong, taboo or whatever else they would label it. Teiko was right, you couldn't help who you fell in love with. And this was just that, love.

"I love you too," Kari replied, her voice delicate and pure.

She raised her head up off his chest and he lowered his own. Their lips met and the passions within them ignited like wine splashed over a hot wok. Except, in their case, a continuous supply of fuel was fed to keep the flames alight. His sister's arms wrapped themselves around Tai's shoulders as her soft lips, which tasted like acacia honey, intertwined with his own. He felt her tongue gently start to tease at them as kisses started stringing together like notes in a musical symphony; or to satisfy Kari, a Mike Oldfield composition. Without resistance, he allowed her passage into his mouth when finally she pressed slightly more. A shiver, though not an unpleasant one, ran down his spine when he felt her adventurous tongue run over his own and explore his mouth.

On the outside, Tai felt one of his sister's hands slide its way up his neck, into his hair and rest around the back of his head. His own hands reached out and pulled her closer to him. Kari worked with him and together they shifted her so that she now sat in his lap; his legs leaving their perch on the table. Lovingly, he started to rub her back on top of her t-shirt, again mindful that she had not consented to hands under clothing.

Back up top, Tai took the invitation from her retreating tongue to follow it back into its garden. He moved beyond her rows of small, perfectly straight white teeth and started to explore the inside of Eden. However, his time was cut short when he felt Kari start to push him back. Even though he could not see her lips, he knew that her devilish smile had formed on them. Like sabres, their tongues duelled, pushing each other back and forth across the centre line where their lips joined. The joust lasted for several minutes before both had to break for a proper breath. While he had no way of telling how turned on his sister was right now, for Tai, the proof bulged between their groins. Panting, both siblings withdrew slightly, though Kari retained her grip on the back of his head.

"You've got me all hot and bothered, Tai Kamiya," his sister managed to say through laboured breaths.

"You gave me quite a work out too," he uttered amid his own struggles for air.

He could feel the beads of warm sweat run down his own neck and in the dull light see a sheen across her forehead beneath her orange hair. When she managed to steady her breathing, her expression took on a more serious appearance. "Is this too much too soon?" she asked, sounding concerned.

Tai snaked his hand up the back of her sticky orange t-shirt and placed it around the back of her head. Gently he pulled her back towards him and planted a tender kiss on her lips. "No," he replied softly when they broke contact. "I can't describe how right this feels."

"You don't have to," Kari said before responding in kind.

They set off again at a relaxed pace, taking time to relish in each and every heartfelt moment. Their bodies pressed together so intimately that Tai could feel her small breasts squashed against his muscular torso. And he did not doubt that his sister would be able to feel the bulge in his pants pressing against her crotch. They continued for several more minutes, the tempo slowly increasing and their tongues once more engaging in an elegant dance, like a couple gliding over a ballroom floor. When Kari next pushed him back across the centre line, he felt her deftly withdraw before her teeth take hold of his bottom lip and give him an affectionate nibble. When she released him, her lips travelled across the left-hand side of his face and down his neck in a series of delicate kisses. A light moan escaped from his mouth as her hands rubbed his chest atop his t-shirt and her tongue started to move in small circles. This was followed by some intense sucking and eventually the feeling of her teeth dragging lightly over his skin.

If ever Tai had been stuck in a heaven and hell situation, this was it. Heaven, because he loved every second of what his sister was doing; piled atop everything they had just done. But also hell, for he felt an almost overwhelming urge to go and masturbate. Indeed, if it were not for the fact that he had never made it beyond second base, he would probably want nothing more than to lie Kari down on the sofa and fuck her. As it were, he had far too much self-control. However, that did not make the need to orgasm just vanish. It had been weeks since he had last played with himself and if his sister kept going in her current direction, he might end up popping inside his jeans.

Tai felt Kari's warm breath on his neck as she took one last long taste of his skin and brought her lips up to his ear. Her teeth lightly caressed his lobe for a moment before she whispered, "I think we'd best stop here. Otherwise, I don't think I'll be able to control myself."

He nodded his head in agreement, but said, "don't I get to play with you a bit more?"

A heartbeat of amused laughter filled her next breath, "if you do that, then I really won't be able to control myself." She pulled her head away so he could now look into her eyes. "And, judging by the bulge and heat I can feel coming from your groin, you won't be able to either."

"It would be too far, too soon," he agreed, feeling both relieved and disappointed simultaneously.

Kari gave him a sweet smile. "Next time, promise," she said before giving him a peck on the lips. She then slid her left cheek past his own and whispered in his ear, "I'll maybe even let those itchy fingers of yours underneath my t-shirt." He felt a brief stab of pain as she proceeded to bite his earlobe.

"What was that for?" he asked indignantly, slightly surprised by the sudden sharp feeling of her teeth chomping at his flesh.

"You're an attractive boy, Tai Kamiya. I need to mark my territory," she answered as she looked him in the eyes again.

"I thought we already discussed not kissing other people?"

"We did," she gave him a wicked grin, "but that won't stop them trying to kiss you."

Tai gave her a pout that stated that this was clearly not fair but succeeded only in causing her to laugh. His sister gave him one last peck on the lips and then climbed out of his lap. "I think it's time for bed," she breathed as she straightened up.

He couldn't agree more. Letting out a laboured breath he could feel his heart racing inside his chest and that blood still pumped vigorously in his lower extremity. Once safely within the walls of his bedroom, he was going to jack-off like he'd never jacked-off before. And he knew exactly what flaming haired vixen would be at the forefront of his mind when he did.