Chapter 78

Inhaling deeply, Reno breathed Aura and that perfume in, remembering all the times he'd held her like this and not done anything. She smelled just like she had back then, when his entire existence had revolved around protecting her and keeping her safe, and it was making him hard.

"Reno…"

He looked down to meet her eyes from where she still leaning against him and the instant her Mako eyes met his, Reno was reaching out to place the bottle of perfume on the table beside the wineglasses without looking away from her. A moment later he had rolled to pin Aura beneath himself. "You smell good…" he murmured, holding her gaze as he felt her hands move over his back.

"You feel good…" she replied, grinning at him as her hands slid up under his shirt, skimming across his skin. Reno grinned back at her before he kissed her, revelling in the taste of her when she opened her mouth to him. He licked carefully at her, deepening the kiss when Aura dragged her nails down his back and Reno was unable to help pushing his hips into her with a groan.

Almost instantly Aura's hands went to Reno's pants, and he felt her hurriedly trying to undo them. He broke the kiss long enough to tug his shirt up and over his head before tossing it blindly off the bed, and then he helped her in pushing his pants down and kicking them away. Unable to help another groan, Reno's eyes closed when Aura's nails returned to his back, and his own hands began pulling at her dress. He got it open fairly quickly and then lifted her enough to tug it up and off of her. Tossing the dress off the edge of the bed to join his shirt somewhere on the floor, Reno turned his attention to Aura's underwear.

"Come on…" she whispered, lifting her hips for him, and Reno swiftly dragged her underwear down her thighs. Aura kicked them away before one of her hands slid up Reno's back into his hair. He felt her tug gently until he moved back up to kiss her and then that hand was combing gently though his hair as she adjusted herself beneath him. Deepening the kiss, Reno trailed his own fingers lightly up Aura's thigh and to her waist. When he felt her open her legs to him, his hand went straight between her thighs and his fingers had earned a gasp from her within moments.

He kissed her again, enjoying the taste of her, still with a hint of the sweet dessert wine, and making sure that he was also able to taste every sound she made as he continued to work his fingers between her legs. When Aura's hand tightened in his hair and she sighed his name, Reno drank the sound up, his tongue tracing her lower lip as she arched beneath him. A surprised groan escaped Reno's own lips when Aura's free hand wrapped around his hard length and began stroking him encouragingly. He pressed his face into Aura's neck, groaning again as her hand worked him and her other arm wrapped around his shoulders holding him close.

The familiar scent of the perfume was filling Reno's head, clouding his mind, until the only things he was aware of was Aura's hand on him, the fact that he had her pinned beneath himself, and that she seemed to be urging him on. She wanted him. That was as evident as the fact that he had wanted her for years was becoming to him. Breathing her in again, Reno marvelled at the fact that Aura could still want him after learning who he had become. He had told her about the plate and Sector Seven, the worst thing he had ever done, and she was still lying beneath him now, the perfume reminding him of who she was, who he used to be, and of the fact that she had accepted who he was now. She knew the worst thing he had ever done and she hadn't turned away.

Pressing himself firmly against her again, Reno felt both of Aura's hands move to his back before one came up to his shoulder, sliding across to the back of his neck. He let out a soft breath as his own hands slid down Aura's soft skin to take hold of her hips.

"Reno…"

His blood surged through his veins, quickened by his name on Aura's lips, and Reno couldn't help himself. He licked his way up her throat to her jaw, grinning as he felt her shudder. Her perfume surrounded him again with his next breath and Aura gave a startled gasp when his hand seized her wrist and pinned it to the bed by her head. Reno lifted his own head to meet her eyes and he watched her face as he adjusted himself with his other hand before pushing quickly into her. Aura's back arched a little, but she made no sound, biting her lip as she tried to adjust. Reno had been unable to hold back a low groan however, and he pressed his face into her neck again as he did so. His left hand came up to take hold of Aura's arm, starting at her elbow and sliding down to her wrist before pinning it by her head as he had the other one. Aura made a small sound at that, as if she were about to question what he was doing, but Reno thrust his hips forward and all he heard from her was a gasp.

Lifting his head again to be able to watch her, Reno hovered over Aura, his eyes on her face as he held her pinned by both wrists and his hips. She just looked steadily back at him, taking one slow breath after another.

"Does this feel good…?" his voice was practically a growl as he slowly rolled his hips, "Do you like that…?" Reno watched as Aura's cheeks began to flush and she nodded, trying to lift her hands, but unable to move. He repeated what he'd done, grinning when he finally got a soft sound out of her, and lifted himself slightly so that he could look down between them and watch as he pushed into her again and again. Pleasure flushed through him at the sight and he couldn't help a low groan, "Aur…" He flicked a glance up at her and saw Aura lift her head to try and see what he was looking at, and he groaned again when he felt her tighten around him before her head fell back against the pillow once more. "That good, yo?" he asked, his eyes on her face.

"Mmm…" He saw Aura flex her fingers, but she couldn't so much as lift her hands with him still pinning her wrists to the mattress, "Yeah…"

Dipping his head to press his lips carefully to hers, Reno braced his weight through his hands as he began to move more quickly, establishing a smooth rhythm, and when Aura wrapped her legs around his waist, seemingly to encourage him on, his lips moved across her cheek to her ear, "I wanna hear you…" he breathed, thrusting into her, "every… sound…"

"Mhmm…" Her legs tightened around him and Reno drew a shuddering breath, groaning softly when he breathed in her perfume once again. He had her exactly where he wanted her, where he suspected he had always wanted her, and he was going to make the most of it. "Ah…" Aura gave a soft gasp when Reno quickened his pace, his hands still pinning her wrists to the mattress and holding her in place. "Reno…"

"Yeah?" he lifted his head to look at her, her hair splayed out around her, "Still okay?"

"Let my hands go…" her voice was soft and, with her wide eyes looking up at him, she looked as innocent as she had the first day he'd met her. Reno instantly loosened his hold on her wrists, shifting one of his hands over to cup her cheek, keeping her looking at him as he focused on maintaining his quick rhythm. One of Aura's hands went to his shoulder and Reno listened to her breathing quicken before she let out a breathy groan. He kissed her again, enjoying the sensation of her nails moving down his back as the scent of the perfume washed over him again and, keeping one hand at her cheek, he trailed the other down her side then her thigh. Tracing his tongue slowly across Aura's lower lip when he felt her legs open wider for him, Reno slipped his left hand down behind her right knee and lifted it. He met her eyes then, seeing the question there as he continued to lift her leg, and he held her gaze as he brought it up to set it over his shoulder, pleased that she was flexible enough for that to be easy. Aura gasped when he thrust again, and he groaned at the new angle he was able to achieve as his hand slid down her thigh to rest at her hip. She still looked uncertain, so Reno pressed a soft kiss to her cheek.

"That okay?" he murmured, and she nodded, her hand clutching at his back, "Doesn't hurt?"

"No…"

"You sure?" he thrust again, slow and careful. With her leg up over his shoulder, Reno felt as if he was able to press deeper while Aura felt tighter around him but still delightfully warm and soft and, as her hands moved over his back, he continued to trace his lips across her cheek to her throat again. "How's that feel?" He rolled his hips, and Aura's back arched beneath him.

"It's good…" she replied softly, her voice barely above a whisper. "It's good…"

Her nails bit into his back when he moved again and Reno began to pick up the pace. He felt sweat prickle between his shoulder blades and one of Aura's hands moved up the back of his neck into his hair as she pulled him in to kiss her again. Reno was more than eager to comply with what she wanted, sweeping her mouth with his tongue when she opened for him. He felt her trying to wrap her arms around him but, with her leg in the way, she was unable, so Reno shifted and helped her bring her leg back down where she wrapped it around his waist and then he groaned in appreciation when she trailed her fingernails gently down his spine.

As Aura threaded her fingers through Reno's hair with one hand, Reno pressed his face into her neck as he focused on trying to maintain his smooth rhythm. He groaned again when Aura's other hand moved down his back to clutch at his arse before her back arched again as she let out a groan of her own. Lifting his head so that he could see her face, Reno brought one of his hands up to press down on Aura's lower ribs, below her breasts, watching as they moved with every thrust he made into her body as he pressed her back down onto the mattress. The soft sound Aura made as her head tilted back encouraged Reno further and he reached up over her to get a good grip of the headboard in order to get more power behind his movements. Aura groaned again, and Reno grit his teeth in a grin, pleased.

Clutching at Reno's shoulders, Aura tried to keep her breathing under control as he moved inside her with even, powerful, strokes. She heard the headboard creak when he reached over to grip it in one of his large hands, and she felt the increase in the force behind his thrusting immediately. Unable to help a groan, Aura slid her hands out across the bedspread, clenching handfuls of the material as she resisted the louder cry that wanted to slip out.

"You like that?" Reno grunted, taking her face in his hand that wasn't still gripping the headboard above her, "Tell me what you want…"

"Ah!" Heat flooded Aura when she met Reno's eyes again, and he continued to thrust into her, waiting for her answer, as the headboard continued to creak with every move he made, "Ah…I…" she released one handful of the bedspread and gripped Reno's shoulder again, "Just you…" Aura practically panted the words out.

She shrieked an instant later when both of Reno's hands went to her hips and he yanked her down the bed off of the pillows until she was flat against the mattress beneath him. Gasping in surprise, Aura had been about to ask him what he was doing when he flipped her over onto her stomach and then lifted her to her knees. Aura barely had time to take her weight into her arms when Reno had pushed himself back inside of her with a hard grunt. Within moments his hands were tight on Aura's hips as he pulled her back to meet his rhythmic thrusting, and Aura managed to snag a pillow and drag it toward herself to help take her weight as she tried to support herself.

Once he'd settled into his rhythm, Reno trailed one of his hands up Aura's back to the back of her neck and she shuddered at the sensation as she leaned further forward onto her elbows. She knew that this was what he liked even though he had never told her so. It hadn't escaped her notice that Reno took every opportunity he had to have her from behind, and the sounds that he was making now made it clear that this was what got him off.

Pushing herself back to meet him now, Aura groaned and dipped her head, allowing Reno to push her further down until her cheek was pressed against the pillow she'd pulled closer to herself. She let him keep her there with his hand still on the back of her neck as he fucked her. Listening to Reno's groaning, Aura gripped the corner of the pillow when he gave a particularly hard thrust accompanied by a loud grunt and the hand on her hip slid around and down between her legs.

"Uh… Reno…" she groaned, wondering if her knees wouldn't give out on her. In response, Reno increased his speed, his hand tightening on the back of her neck, and Aura closed her eyes, trying to breathe through what he was doing.

When he shifted his angle, Aura flinched in pain. She tried to tell Reno to stop but, with her face pressed into the pillow the way it was, all that came out was a muffled groan. She knew that he hadn't heard her or understood what she had tried to say and, therefore, she knew that he wasn't stopping. Digging her nails into the pillow, Aura tried to push herself up, but Reno's hand on the back of her neck prevented that, and she tried to work out what else she could do, squeezing her eyes shut tight in pain as he continued in the same way. Realising that there was nothing else she could do, Aura tried to crawl away from him.

That got Reno's attention, and he stopped what he was doing, immediately releasing her. "Aur…?"