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Chapter 15
One More Chance
-Sometimes it's not about trying to fix something that's not broken. Sometimes it's about starting again and building something new. Something better.- Leisa Rayven
Amaranth laid on her bed under the white comforter, three weeks had passed since she and Riku had come back from vacation. Christmas and the New Year had come and gone, during that time they had announced that they were in a relationship. Both parents were happy, it seemed that both had their own reasons. As she had predicted Riku's parents knew about her pregnancy and were overjoyed to welcome her and the baby into the family. They both had to clarify that they were seeing each other and not planning on getting married anytime soon. Riku's mother had been disappointed, but her husband pointed out that there was always a possibility of them getting married in the future. Right now they had to get to know each other better, since Riku had lost his memories of their pervious time together.
Her parents reacted the same, although Amaranth was too afraid to come out and tell them that she was pregnant. Riku had gotten the third degree from her father, her mother had been thrilled that she had found someone. Although she never imagined that just like in the movies she'd meet and fall in love with her first crush. That had been an embarrassing moment in front of Riku, but she wasn't going to hide the fact that it was true. He had been her first crush, her only crush and she had been extremely lucky to have met him once again.
Their friends had already known of their relationship, so they were just happy that they had gotten back together again. Well, almost everyone was happy. Hina still didn't like the idea, but she said that as long as Amaranth was happy she would deal with it. Nina had reminded her that even if she couldn't deal with it, it wasn't her choice it was Amaranth's. They congratulated them on the babies, a shock to Sora and Kairi around the dinner table. They had invited their friends for dinner so they could tell them together. Sora had almost choked on his chicken and Kairi had frozen, literally, she had been midway into taking a bite of food and just stopped. Once they stopped choking and became unfrozen, they had slowly turned to Amaranth and then towards Riku. At first she had thought that they would have been against the children, but before she knew it Sora had pounced on Riku to congratulate him and Kairi was wishing them the best. Although they found it unfair for them to be so far ahead of them, since it was usually the married couple that announced a pregnancy. Sora asked how far along she was and Kairi wanted to know the sex of the child, failing to realize Nina and Hina's plural congratulations. So it was another shock when they told them that the twins were a boy and a girl.
Amaranth turned to face the ceiling and watched for a moment as her mind played tricks with the shadows. She realized that no matter how happy she was during the day, her nights were still cold and lonely, she turned to the other side of the bed and frown. It was still empty and void of Riku, he wanted to take their relationship slow. Which was ridiculous seeing how far advanced it actually was, she touched her belly and felt the softness and contour. She was boarding month six, so she was finally starting to show more signs of being pregnant. Pretty soon, she wouldn't be able to hide it and her parents would find out. As she touched her stomach she felt a flutter and smiled softly as she recognized a kick against her hand. 'Yeah, I should definitely tell them soon. You Grandparents are going to be so happy, but I think that your Father is going to get another lecture from your Grandpa,' she told them with a smile. She turned to her side and held her belly, 'But I am sure Grandma will put him in his place.'
She closed her eyes and tried to get a few more hours of sleep before she had to get up and cease the day. She'd have to talk to Riku before he left for work and let him know that she planned to go and talk to her parents. She sighed in longing as she though of the man that refused to sleep with her, but was in a relationship with her and in the same apartment only a few feet away from her across the hall. She wanted to ask him to come back to their room, but she didn't want to pressure him. Although as a woman who's man refused to sleep with her, it left her baffled and displeased. She kept thinking that she wasn't attractive enough to satisfy him or he was repulsed by her somehow. She clutched the sheet underneath her and released it, he just wanted time, that was all that he had asked her for before they took the next step in their relationship.
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Riku sat in his office working on paper work or so he told himself, but kept reading the same line over and over again. He kept tapping his pen on the desk, which didn't help ease his irritability. He finally dropped the paper and pen in his hand and gave up. He needed something to do to deal with his frustration and sitting in a lonely office wasn't going to help. He had returned to work and his case loads hadn't changed. Everyone congratulated him on his recovery and on returning back to work. Robert had filled him in on all the ins and outs of what was going on in the office, helped him with the research for some of the cases when he wasn't working on organizing and keeping track of all his appointments. His previous cases had been solved, so he literally started fresh. He quickly got back into the same routine, however after a week and a half he realized that he had become frustrated.
He turned away from the paperwork before him and towards the city view behind him. He looked out on to the city and watched mindlessly as cars drove one way or another. People down below becoming dots of color that just like the cars flowed one way or the other, but becoming less as they rushed to hail a cab, jump on a bus or seek shelter from the cold midwinter. Suddenly he became focused on a woman who's belly seemed on the verge of popping. She was led by a small boy, probably her son, he seemed extremely happy and cheerful as they continued down the street with the wind blowing against them and rosing their cheeks. Curiously he continued to watch them and noticed why the child was so happy, they were going into a baby boutique. They were either out to buy him something or buy his soon to be baby brother or sister something.
They entered the boutique and he lost sight of them, but suddenly his mind was on the woman that remained at home waiting for him. He wondered if her stomach would soon be as big as the woman's entering the shop with her son. She was entering the sixth month of her pregnancy and she was starting to show more, but not enough to make it too noticeable underneath her large clothes, especially her frumpy cardigans. She had told him that she was going to tell her parents about the pregnancy, she couldn't keep hiding it any longer. It wasn't that she was ashamed of being pregnant, it was that she hadn't wanted to shock them too much. Either way it was going to be a surprise, Riku was sure to get another lecture tonight when they went over and told them. Amaranth had told him that he didn't have to go with her, but what kind of a boyfriend would he be if he let her go alone.
It was bad enough that even though they were together they weren't together. He recalled the evening at the inn and groaned in frustration. He had gone to confront her and ask why she had kept their relationship and children a secret. After she confessed as to why, she had begun to cry and apologize, something that he didn't want. So in that moment he had filled in the void between them. She had whispered "I love you" and his heart had soared high in excitement, she loved him. He had kissed her once again, while his right hand had snuck underneath her sweater so that he could cup her soft, warm and succulent breast. She had moaned in pleasure as he played with her nipple, she had called out his name and he had frozen. Suddenly he felt a dark shadow drape over him and forced him to halt his ministrations on her wanton body. A sudden feeling of uneasiness began washing over him and he pulled away, releasing her and leaving her startled on the couch. Her breathing heavy and face flushed, she had been enjoying herself and so had he, his member had been a testament to that.
However, there was a nagging feeling in his roiling stomach and he unconsciously began to straighten his clothes. He looked over at her and noticed her confused expression as she did the same. She didn't ask him why, but he could see it in her eyes that she was hurt and wanted to know what happened. He had apologized and told her that it was best if they take it slow, that they shouldn't rush into things. It had been a lie, he didn't want to slow down, but the shadow that loomed over him forced him to pull back and become unsettled and insecure. When she had called out to him, he had felt her call out to him, the memory of him that she was in love with and not the actual him present before her. He suddenly felt that he couldn't match up to his memory and wanted her to want him for him present.
He hadn't changed, he knew that, but he didn't know how he had interacted with her perviously. What their relationship was truly like, except for the fact that he liked to be physical with her and she didn't seem adverse to it. Every night he walked upstairs and stood before her door, compelled to enter and take her, but once he reached out his had for the door he'd freeze. Why, because in that room were memories of her with his past self and he didn't know if he could measure up to her expectations of him. So he would let his hand fall away and turn to the room behind him.
He sighed deeply as he turned away from the cold and windy city before him. To once again focus of the task before him, however there was a knock on the door that prevented him from reaching out and taking the file once again. 'Come in,' he ushered the person inside.
'Hey,' Sora popped his head in and casually greeted him. 'Hope I am not interrupting.'
'No, just studying paperwork for a case,' he answered as he watched him come inside and take a seat. 'So what can I do for you?'
'Nothing, just came to see how you were doing,' Sora watched him carefully. 'At the meeting this morning you seemed to be a little off and I was worried maybe you needed help with work.'
'Work is good, nothing new and out of the ordinary,' he answered.
'But you seem agitated or frustrated and if it's not work, it's home,' he summoned. 'Are you having trouble in paradise? I thought that you and Amaranth were finally together. You're also about to be a father too, so is that it? Are you having cold feet about being a father?' Sora didn't let him answer, 'Of course you are. You never wanted children and here you are about to have two. You're world is about to get turned upside down and inside out.'
Riku reminded quiet, he hadn't really thought much about the babies to be honest. Amaranth didn't seem worried and she hadn't started to baby proof or decorate the condo. Wait, would they even stay there? They had enough rooms, but would it be enough space for them to run arounds and play as they got older. 'Earth to Riku, you with me,' Sora called out to him.
'Sorry, I was just thinking.'
'Don't tell me you haven't even been thinking about the babies, aren't they almost here.'
'There are still a few months to prepare for them. My biggest concern is when we tell her parents tonight that we're expecting.' It was one of his biggest concerns, but not so far up the list.
'You guys haven't told her parents yet,' Sora's electric blue hues looked at him flabbergasted.
'I didn't find out until recently either,' he pointed out.
'But still,' Sora shook his head in amazement. 'How has she been able to keep quiet for so long?'
'She's actually a pretty private person,' Riku answered, 'she didn't even tell Nina and Hina.'
'Yeah, but a kid is big news.'
'I think that with everything that was going on at the time and our relationship, it was hard to announce it to the world.'
Sora let his words sink in and nodded, she found out after Riku's accident and then the fact that he forgot her was probably devastating. If she came out to her parents or anyone they would demand that he take responsibility. Knowing Amaranth she most likely didn't want to be a burden to him and if he hadn't chosen her, she would have also gone her separate way. She was self sacrificing for other's happiness. 'You're right, but now that her parents are going to know, what are you going to do if they demand you marry her?'
Suddenly there was a drop in his stomach, he hadn't thought about that, 'I…' he was at a loss for words.
Sora almost laughed at his friends panicked expression, 'Don't worry, I am sure Amaranth wouldn't mind if you didn't marry her.'
Everything was coming too fast, things he hadn't though about before were coming out of the wood work. Kids, marriage, it was all too much to process when moments ago he was feeling insecure about his past self. His current self hadn't thought that far, but his past self did. He opened the top drawer of his desk and looked down at the little black box he had found his first day back. He had banished the idea of it being his at the beginning, but it made sense when he had looked inside and saw the actual ring. 'What are you looking at,' Sora got up and leaned over to look at what captivated Riku's attention.
'Nothing,' he shut the drawer.
'Humph,' Sora sat back unhappy with Riku's secrecy. 'Probably a naughty picture of Amaranth to get through the day,' he off handily teased.
'No,' he quickly answered, he only had memories of her naked that were enough to turn him on.
'I was joking,' Sora laughed at his sudden seriousness and defense. 'But seriously if you need to talk to someone, you can talk to me.'
'Thanks, but I think that I can solve the issue on my own,' he told him.
'If that's how you feel,' he nodded at Riku's resolve. 'Well, then if it's only telling her parents that's an issue. I wish you good luck tonight.'
Riku nodded, but knew that it was more then her parents that was an issue that needed resolving. He needed to find a way to remember his forgotten memories and put a stop on his insecurities. 'Yeah, I am going to need it.'
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Amaranth and Riku sat nervously on the couch, both looking at her parents with slight fear and apprehension. Both adults were silent and just staring at them as if they had just sprouted two heads. Belle was the first one to speak up, 'I am going to be a Grandmother?'
Amaranth nodded, 'But how is that possible,' her Father countered. 'You two, just barely got together.'
'Pervious to the accident we were together,' she told him.
'What?'
'Adam,' Belle cautioned him, 'they're not children and as adults they have a right to their privacy.'
'She is my daughter,' he pointed out, 'and if they are adults, shouldn't they know better than to have unprotected sex?'
'Adam.'
'Sir, I know this is a shock, it was for all of us, but I promise you that I'll be responsible to Amaranth and our children.'
'Children as in more then one,' Belle asked as a shocked Adam went silent.
'Yes, Amaranth is pregnant with twins,' he answered.
'Mom, Dad, I know that this is sudden, but I can't change the past and I wouldn't change it even if I could. I love Riku and I am happy that I am having his children.'
'But you're not even married yet,' Adam found his voice. 'Unmarried couples aren't supposed to have kids, especially after they've just been together for a few months.'
Amaranth was about to say that it was almost a year, but decided to remain quiet on that part and before she could defend them. Her mother voiced her opinion, 'These are new times, couples don't need to marry each other nowadays to be together or have children.'
'New times or not, I raised my daughter better then this,' he reproached. 'This is all his doing, she's been neglecting work and her responsibilities because he's been brainwashing her or forcing her to comply with his demands.'
Riku was about to say something, but he felt a sudden cold fury coming from beside him and stopped. Turning his head, he noticed Amaranth get up off the couch and glare down at her father. It was the first time in his current memories that he had seen her angry. 'I will not tolerate you bad mouthing Riku and blaming him for something that he didn't do wrong. If I was with him it was because I was willing to be and because I wanted too be with him. So don't blame Riku and if you can't accept it we're leaving,' she reached down and grabbed a stiff Riku's hand. 'Come on, we're going home.'
Riku wanted to apologize, but he noticed her mother ushering him on to go with her. He wondered if it was really alright for them to leave like this. 'Amaranth,' she had released his hand and was getting their coats from the coat rack. He took the coat that she gave him and automatically put it on, but noticed her shoulders shaking and her refusal to acknowledge him. 'Hey,' he reached out for her as she finished getting ready to leave and on the verge of opening the door.
He grabbed her outstretched hand and pulled it away, whirling her around and watching as huge tears produced from her golden hues and ran down her porcelain face. Quickly, he pulled her into his arms and wrapped them around her in a soft embrace. She silently cried and slowly wrapped her arms around his waist, holding on to him for support. 'It's okay,' he whispered as he rubbed her back and tried to ease her crying.
Amaranth took in his masculine scent and his warmth, allowing it to relax her and help her find her voice. 'He had no right to blame you,' she whispered.
'But I am sure I am not without blame,' he told her.
'I don't see my children being an obstacle or a hindrance that need to be blamed on anyone,' she said as she sniffled.
Riku realized that she loved his past self a lot to not find blame and to cherish their children and time together. It suddenly made him aware that she might only want to be with him because she saw his old self. He began to pull away from her and watched as she lifted her head up and gazed up at him. Who did she see with she looked at him with her beautiful hues and such a warm and loving gaze that made his heart skip a beat. 'Ahem,' their moment was broken by her father clearing his throat.
The young couple pulled away and turned to look at him, his daughter wiping her face with the back of her hand. Her emotion a rollercoaster, like his wife's were when she was pregnant with Amaranth. In fact, if he remembered correctly, she would cry at just about anything and she would worry about the simplest things. 'I don't mean to interrupt, but would you find it so kind to return,' he asked.
'Why, so that you can berate us more,' she asked as her anger with him returned.
He was about to snap back at her when he felt his wife's small hand slip into his as she joined them. 'No, so that we can talk like sensible adults,' she answered calmly as she stared at her daughter.
Amaranth was about to say something when Riku agreed with her parents. Of course, she had wanted to protest but Riku shook his head and told her it wasn't right to leave angry with her parents. That the only reason they were so concerned and upset was because she was their only daughter and it was a shock. Her father agreed and asked her once more to return. After looking at her parents and then Riku, she mumbled in agreement but she was still weary of her father.
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'So how'd it go with the in-laws,' Sora teased Riku the next day as they finished their lunch and headed back to the office.
'There was a hiccup at the beginning, but it all turned out well at the end,' he answered.
'Hiccup?' Sora quirked his eyebrows in wonder. 'Did her Dad threaten to beat you up?'
'No,' Riku shook his head.
'Her Mother, but she seems so sweet. I would assume that she's the one that would step in and support you,' Sora continued to guess.
'It was her father, but besides a stern lecture and Amaranth's rebuttal everything turned out fine in the end,' Riku explained.
'Amaranth defended you, wow,' he never imagined Amaranth standing up against anyone let alone her parents. 'She must really care about you.'
Riku felt a ping at his heartstring, 'Yeah,' he answered half heartedly.
'Huh, you don't like being the damsel in distress,' Sora teased, but noticed the hardening of Riku's clenched jaw and knew it was something else that was bothering his friend. Maybe there was trouble in paradise and Riku didn't want to share because he didn't want to seem weak. 'Hey,' he reached out to stop Riku, but he stepped out of reach.
'I have to go, I have a meeting in a few and need to get ready before they arrive,' Riku told him as he waved good-bye.
'Yeah,' Sora dropped his outstretched hand and just watched his friend turn and walk away. Wondering if there was a way to help him.
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Amaranth was sitting at her desk when she heard Nina come in with Hina tagging along. Hina's form of killing two birds with one stone, she'd walk Nina to work and then escort her back home. 'Morning,' she greeted them with a smile.
'Good morning,' Hina smiled brightly and Amaranth's lips curved downward into a slight frown knowing why she was all rose petals blowing in the wind happy.
'Hi,' Nina noticed the slight frown on her friend's face. 'You seem cheery.'
Amaranth noticed her mistake and tried to correct it, 'Umm, no, sorry,' she couldn't be upset by other's happiness.
'Aww, it looks like someone is jealous,' Nina reached out and grabbed Hina and pulled her close. 'But I can't let you have my beautiful blushing girlfriend.'
Hina not really understanding, seriously thought that Amaranth was after her and her face got bright red in thinking that she was interested in her. 'I-I-I-I,' she cleared the stutter from her throat. 'Thank you, but I can't accept your feelings.'
Amaranth and Nina looked at each other and then at the blushing Hina, who thought they were actually going to fight over her. They both ended up laughing at Hina's reaction instead, 'You really are a moron,' Nina insulted her as she released her and tried to hold her belly from exploding from the pain.
'Who are you calling a moron,' Hina pushed her away and looked at Amaranth. 'You're not planning to steal me away? Haven't I demonstrated that I am worth stealing?'
Amaranth stopped laughing and looked at her embarrassed friend, 'No, you have, but I already love someone else and don't you love Nina?'
'This swine, no. I've changed my mind about her,' Hina insulted.
'Really, but last night you were crying and begging me to….' Before she could continue Hina covered her mouth and Amaranth was joining Hina in the blushing department.
'You really should learn when to stop,' Hina reprimanded her. 'You can't just go and tell people about our intimate moments.'
Nina had another mischievous look on her face, she reached up and pulled Hina's hand away. 'I wasn't going to tell her that, you naughty girl. I was going to tell her how much you said you loved my after you cried and begged for the last bite of dessert at the fancy restaurant yesterday.' She turned to Amaranth, 'It was a real shock for people to see a grown woman crying over a bite of ice cream and berries. Although, afterwards she told me she loved me and couldn't do anything without me.'
'Oh,' now Hina felt even more embarrassed for jumping to the wrong conclusion.
'But she was also crying and begging last night in bed too,' Nina finished and it seemed like both Hina and Amaranth were about to explode in a blushing bomb of embarrassment.
'I-I-I-I-I,' Hina was back to stuttering and Amaranth just stared silently at her documents on the table, not wanting to make eye contact with either one of the girls.
'But I am sure its the same for Amaranth and Riku,' Nina was trying to calm Hina, who was hitting her but not too hard.
Suddenly the color drained away from Amaranth and slowly she shook her head. 'Since the accident because of his reason's he hasn't touched me.'
'But you guys are together again,' Nina stopped Hina's hands and told her to look over at Amaranth, who's deposition had turned downcast.
'Yeah,' she mumbled but the enthusiasm was gone from her voice and didn't reach her eyes. 'But I think that I was right. He must feel obligated to be with me since our past relationship and,' her hands wondered to her slightly larger belly.
Hina and Nina looked at each other, before turning to Amaranth and going to take a seat before her desk now that the conversation turned serious. 'Have you talked to him,' Nina asked.
Amaranth shook her head, 'I don't want him to flat out reject me.'
'But if you don't ask him, you'll never know what's wrong. You'll just keep building conclusions in your head and feeling depressed at what you think of,' Nina concluded.
'Look, I might not be a fan of Riku, but I don't think that he feels obligated to be with you,' Hina voiced. 'Yeah, you may be having his kids but he doesn't seem to be the type to stay with someone if he doesn't want too. I mean, we were there when he was breaking up with his previous girlfriend and he didn't even go after her. Instead, he stopped before me after you bolted and asked about you.'
'I remember you telling me that,' Nina recalled. 'If he didn't do that for her, he really didn't care. However, with you it's different. He chased after you, even though he knew that you'd be back. He even asked you to be his girlfriend.'
Amaranth just nodded, but it still didn't easy the worry. 'Maybe after the accident the Prick just can't get it up and that is why he's not touching you,' Hina stated with a serves him right look on her face.
'No, he's not impotent,' Amaranth clearly remembered feeling his stiff member before he pulled away at the inn.
'So he hasn't touched you, yet you know that he's not impotent,' Nina caught on.
'Well, umm,' Amaranth didn't know how to explain. 'There was some minor touching, but it never escalated. He pulled away and said that we should take it slow.'
'Well, there you have it. The Prick is finally being a gentleman and wanting to court you properly, you're just the opposite and horny,' Hina summed up.
Nina was studying Amaranth and noticed that she wasn't telling them something, otherwise she wouldn't mind taking it slow. 'Hmm,' was all she said as she began to assess the situation. 'There is something else isn't there?'
'I don't know,' she mumbled. 'It could just be my imagination…'
'What's just your imagination,' Hina asked her.
'When he pulled away it felt awkward, like he didn't want to touch me because it made him uncomfortable or repulsed and telling me to take it slow was a away to not hurt my feelings,' she answered.
'Don't be a moron, like Hina,' Nina told her. 'And if you really want to be with him then be with him.'
'I am not a moron, you Swine, and haven't you been listening he doesn't want to touch her.'
'I have, but Riku is a man and men are simpleminded like you,' Nina pointed out and decided that later she would have to re-educate Hina so she would stop calling her a swine.
'I—-' Hina was about to protest about being simpleminded, but Nina cut her off.
'What you need to do is seduce him,' she summarized and Amaranth's face went bright red again.
Amaranth could feel the heat radiating off her face and her heart rate pumping faster. 'I don't think that I can do that,' she said in a low whisper.
'Of course you can,' Nina clapped her hands. 'Hina and I will help you.'
'What?' Hina turned to Nina. 'I am not helping her learn how to seduce the Prick.'
'You should really stop calling him that,' Nina pointed out and she got up. 'We'll start your training tomorrow, because I have to go to work.'
'We're not going to train her,' Hina called after Nina as she walked away and out the door.
'Not listening,' Nina called.
Hina turned to Amaranth, 'You're not going to listen to her are you? I mean, you don't need to learn how to seduce a man. The Prick will jump you once he's horny,' Hina told her and wished it was never.
'His name is Riku,' she corrected.
'Argh,' Hina couldn't believe they were actually going to do it.
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Amaranth looked in the mirror and blushed at her attire, three days of training and now Nina told her that she was ready to try and seduce Riku. However, she found it to be a little too much when Nina suggested they go shopping and she picked out some not so modest nightgowns. The first one she had suggested was a burgundy spot lace peignoir, which covered everything but was see-through so exposed everything as well. It had been Nina's favorite and she also picked out some racy lingerie. Both Hina and her had been against the attire and there was not way that she could wear the corset that Nina wanted her to wear.
Hina had gone in the opposite direction and suggested a thick fabric floral nightgown that covered her from neck to ankles. Nina had slapped her across the head and told her she was trying to get laid, not enter a convent. In the end they had settled for a royal blue babydoll negligee. The handkerchief skirt fell just below her thighs, but with the asymmetrical design also exposed a lot. In general the lacy see-through negligee exposed a lot but with the layers it didn't feel like it was much, at least that was what she told herself. She grabbed her dark blue robe and covered herself up, she would go get a drink ready for him and see if he would want to take it.
Nina had told her to get him a drink so that it would help him relax, Hina had told her to give him sleeping pills and that would put him in a good mood. She had gotten slapped across the head again. Amaranth put on her slippers and headed out of her room to go downstairs and get Riku a drink and maybe some tea for herself, since she was nervous as well.
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Riku was downstairs drinking some cognac, when he heard the soft footsteps of someone coming down the stairs. He lifted his head and turned to look over at Amaranth and blinked his eyes a couple of times. It was the first time he had seen her in anything that wasn't fully covering her and exposed her in any nature. Mind you, not much was exposed but enough to make a thirsty man began to pant. In addition, the soft material of her robe fit and molded against her body, showing off her curves. He shifted in his seat on the couch, suddenly feeling the area between his legs become uncomfortable.
Amaranth stopped before the last step on the stairs as she noticed Riku sitting on the couch drinking and watching the late night news. He was wearing dark sweats and a light blue t-shirt, he must have gotten out of the shower not to long ago since his silver locks were still a little wet. Suddenly, Amaranth wondered if he smelled as fresh as he looked and realized that just the though of being near him was sending a tingling sensation towards the lower half of her body. 'Hi,' she broke the spell before she got carried away with her imagination.
Riku watched as she took the last step off the stairs and walked towards him, refined and elegant were her strides. Filled with a sense of confidence, which made him wonder if she knew what she did to him. 'Hey,' he couldn't find anything else to say.
'Mind if I join you,' she asked as she joined him.
'Go ahead,' he shifted his body away from her and crossed his legs, hoping to hide his happy member.
'Anything interesting,' she took a seat beside him, with only a few inches between them. In her mind reworking her plan to seduce him, since bring him a drink up to his room was out of the question. Although, it did eliminate a step from her equation.
'No,' he answered and couldn't help but notice as the robe slid further up her legs, exposing more of her milky white thighs.
'Hmm,' she nodded, but her mind still formulating a plan and not noticing his wondering eyes.
Riku tried to stop staring at her, but found it difficult. The dark blue robe a contrast to her light skin and a back splash to her long dark hair. He wanted to reach out and touch it, touch her and see if she felt soft, warm and inviting as she looked. His hand reached out on its own, but paused when bright amber eyes turned to look at him.
Amaranth was on the verge of asking him a question when she noticed his hand frozen in mid-air coming towards her. He began to withdraw his hand, but she reached out and grabbed it. She remembered that he always had a thing with wanting to touch her hair. 'You can touch it if you want,' she told him as she lightly held his hand in hers. It always amazed her how much larger his hand was compared to hers.
He looked at their connected hands and then back at her face, trying to read her expression but all he saw was genuine kindness and love. 'Here,' she lifted his hand towards her hair and it was as if he was touching a soft, heavy, silky curtain. He ran his hands through the long strains and couldn't help but note the light smell of apple cinnamon that escaped through the falling strands. He took advantage of her kindness and touched her slender neck as he went to stroke her dark strands some more.
'Ahh,' Amaranth couldn't stop the moan that escaped her lips as he brushed against her sensitive spot, sending tremors down her back.
Riku didn't move his hand from his position against her neck, instead he used used his thumb and ran it down the length of her neck. It caused another moan to escape her pink and pump lips. 'Your neck is sensitive,' he continued to run his thumb up and down her sensitive neck, feeling her pulse begin to quicken under his ministration.
'Mmm,' she reached out and stopped his hand, she couldn't take the taunting sensation of his thumb caressing her.
'Sorry,' he pulled his hand away and realized that he was in a dangerous situation with her. If he didn't stop now, he wouldn't be able to hold back and not jump her. He was about to excuse himself for the night, when he saw her out of the corner of his eye get up before him. Her face a light rosy red, she must have been embarrassed by her reaction. However, instead of turning away from him she turned towards him and stood before him. Maybe she was about to tell him off for being too forward.
Amaranth felt her hands shake as they made there way to the sash around her waist. Her heart was pumping fast, it was the first time that she had striped without being told to before him. It made her nervous thinking that he would find her unappealing and become repulsed by her figure. 'Riku,' she said his name and found the heat on her face become more fierce as she got the courage to say the next phrase and open her robe. 'I want you.'
His eyes traveled from her beautiful face, down to watch as the thin blue robe opened and exposed the royal blue babydoll negligee. He gripped the pillow on his lap hard, as he took in her lacy attire that barely covered any of her body. It exposed the shape and curve of her full breasts with the lace barely covering her dark nipples. The skirt flowed freely, but only reached down to her upper thighs, leaving too much skin bare. The light material also revealed the dark lacy blue lingerie that covered her womanhood from view. This was, what was she, he couldn't process what was going on. Well he knew what was going on, but why was she doing this too him?
'Don't you want me,' she managed to ask and she had studied his reaction, but instead of reaching out for her. He had become tense and was holding the pillow before him with an iron grip. Maybe he had found her repulsive and didn't want to hurt her feelings by saying anything. 'Am I not attractive enough,' she whispered.
Heavens, what was he doing? He had a beautiful woman standing before him telling him that she wanted him, but he remained rooted to his spot making her think the imaginable. He looked up from her provocative body, to her face and saw sadness in her golden amber hues. She wanted him, she had said but did she want him or his past self. 'No,' he answered and watched as she lowered her head probably coming up with the wrong conclusion. 'You are beyond beautiful,' he removed the pillow before him and reached out to grab her hands and pull her forward to straddle him.
She felt the heat return to her face by his words, but also because she could feel his stiff member underneath her. 'You're so beautiful,' he whispered as he ran his hands up her thighs, sending chills up her spine as he reached back to cup her bottom. 'All I want is to be inside you, but…'
He trailed off and didn't finish his sentence, so she lifted her head back to be able to look at him. Nina had told her if all failed to talk to him, that maybe there was a reason for him not touching her.
'But,' she asked him.
He searched her face to try and gauge how she would react, but she was always a surprise. He knew that she wouldn't laugh at him or come at him with a malice comment, so he took a deep breath in, 'I don't know if you want me or him,' he confessed.
Amaranth's brows drew together as she tilted her head to the side, confused by his statement. Wondering who else could she want besides him, maybe he still though that she wanted Xemnas over him. 'I told you before, Xemnas and I are just friends,' she clarified.
Xemnas, what did…oh, he nodded, 'I know that, but what I want to know is if you want the me now or the me from your memories,' he explained.
Suddenly laughter erupted from her throat as she couldn't contain it. The reason he didn't touch her was because he was insecure about himself. 'It's not funny,' he squeezed her lovely cheeks.
The hands that rested on his shoulders, reached up and cupped his cheeks forcing him to look at her. 'It is,' she smiled at him and leaned forward to kiss him and in-between kisses she eased his worry. 'But between you and him there is no competition,' she lightly kissed him. 'Because to me you're you, you think that you've changed but you're him and he's you. The difference is that you can't remember and that's what you are unsure of, isn't it?'
He nodded and allowed her to continue to tease him with light kisses. His hands running up her back, losing his grip and control of her hips as she rolled them against his member making the fabric tighter. 'Mmh,' he groaned in pleasure.
Amaranth felt herself wanting more then to give him light kisses or teases. She pulled away and climbed off of his lap, she kneeled before him and pulled his pants and boxers down. Standing before her in all his glory was his member, she licked her lips in anticipation of his member going inside her. 'What are you doing,' he felt her warm hand wrap around his shaft and begin to pump it.
'Helping you get ready,' she stated as she leaned forward and he could feel her breath against the tip of his member. 'You—-'
He never finished, she took him into her mouth and began to lick and suck on his member. Her head bobbing at a good rhythm with her mouth adding more to his stimulation. She didn't have much practice in giving him head, but by his reaction she realized that he was enjoying himself. She pulled back and licked and sucked on the tip of his member, she could taste his pre-cum as she worked on the head if his member before taking him back in again. His right hand weaving through the strands of her hair and placed it on her head, helping her speed up to his desire.
Riku was at his limit, his cock was melting at the warmth of her mouth as she wrapped around him and took him inside. She worked her tongue against the contours of his dick and sucked on it like a pro. He wanted her to pull back, but at the same time his desire wanted him to come deep inside her throat so that he could mark her as his. 'Heavens, I am going to come,' he groaned as her head began to pump faster at his statement. It was done, his perverse decision had been made and before she pulled back and release him he held on to her head with both of his hands anchoring her in place.
Amaranth felt her throat contract as his member pushed back and released his pent up desires in the back of her throat. Once he was done he released her and she pulled back, a thin string of his sticky and sour body fluid connecting him and her before it dropped and broke the connecting between them. She swallowed hard to get the remaining cum down her throat and suddenly became embarrassed as she realized the spreading warmth of her own excitement. She wanted him, she wanted him so bad inside her, but was he still able. She turned amber orbs to look at his member and realized that even though he had just came, he was still ready for more.
Riku had watched as the slight blush filled her cheeks and her eyes turn to his member, a small smile formed on her red lips as she realized that he was still hard for her. 'Are you ready for round two,' she asked him as her hand went back up to his member once more. Her eyes heavy lidded and her voice hypnotic, as she began to seduce him into agreeing. Although, she didn't have to try hard.
'Condoms,' he suddenly told her as he recalled her father and his lecture, at a worse time but knew the old man had a point.
'I think we are a little too late for that,' she chuckled as she reminded him that she was pregnant and carrying his children already.
'Right,' he watched as she got up, her hand releasing his member as it went to her waist so that she could pull down her lacy lingerie off.
'Riku,' she whispered his name after she finished removing the bothersome thing and leaned towards him so that she could straddle him once more. 'I want you.'
She rubbed her warm entrance along his member and he could feel the slickness of her excitement as she was turned on and ready for him. 'Don't you want me,' she worked her hips as if casting a spell on him.
'Hmm,' he nodded, he couldn't find the words as her teasing and seducing were working wonders on him and making his mind mush.
'Really,' she lifted her hips up and away from him.
Riku's hands went to her waist and pulled her close, filling the gap between them and grinding himself against her entrance. 'Yes,' he uttered, his voice deep and husky.
Amaranth smiled as she lifted herself off of him once more and slowly brought the tip of his member to her entrance. It had been so long, she wanted to ease him inside her but he had a different idea as he pushed her hips down to meet his and his whole member when inside her in one shot. 'Ahh,' she cried out in pleasure as he filled her.
'Fuck,' he groaned as she wrapped around him and took him in. This was better then his dreams or fantasies he thought as she began to move her hips at a steady pace. How had he been so foolish as to have pushed her away and let his emotions get the better of him. He could have been inside her and had his way with her ages ago. 'Does it feel good,' she asked her voice a soft whisper.
'No,' he felt her halt, 'it feels great,' he pushed himself inside her to fill her. 'So fucking great.'
Amaranth nodded and cried out as he hit deep inside her, 'Good,' she felt him take control as he helped pump her hips faster. She was losing her mind to the sensation of his member thrusting in and out of her, hitting spots long forgotten and sorely missing him. 'It's so good,' she told him, she wrapped her arms around his head and held him close. She was becoming weaker as her hips met his faster and harder thrust, 'I…' she trailed off as she tried to control her breathing.
'Me too,' he could feel her walls begin to tighten as he thrusted deeper inside her.
One, two, three deep thrusts and he held her down as they both climaxed. Amaranth arched her back and threw her head back as she cried out in ecstasy. He had reached so deep inside her that she was seeing stars. His warmth filled her womb to the brim, if she wasn't already pregnant he would definitely make her.
Riku buried his face between her breast as she pulled back and her muscles contracted against his member. Sucking him in and milking him for all he was worth. She was unbelievable, he thought as he pulled her with him, as he fell back against the couch. She was his and no one else's, he held her close to him. She was a woman that he could never let go of and let someone else steal from him. Why had he been so foolish, he wondered as he took in her scent and his, a musky scent of sex that turned him on again.
Amaranth had been lying her head on his shoulder, trying to catch her breath, when her eyes widen as she felt his member reinvigorate inside her. 'More,' he whispered to her, his voice a deep reverberation against her.
'Hmm,' she nodded and let him change their position so that she was now laying on the couch and he was hovering over her. 'Mmh,' she cried out as he began to thrust inside her sensitive folds.
'Fuck, you feel so fucking good,' he groaned in pleasure. There was no way that they were getting any sleep tonight, they had to make up a lot lost time.
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A/N: Thank you guys for being so patient with me. I know it's been a while since my last update and I did leave you guys a little high and dry in that last chapter. However, I am hoping that in this chapter I redeem myself. I must admit it took me a while, because I'm horrible at writing lemons. Plus, I also wanted Amaranth to become bold and take the initiative, since Riku usually does all the work. So it's a little out of my normal characterization for them, but I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter and will continue to read on to see what happens to our happy couple. So until next time.