A/N: Please ignore any and all spelling and grammar mistakes.
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Chapter Eight:
"Wait Boss?" asked Kenzi, moving back slightly.
"Well love, you didn't think I was keeping up my luxurious lifestyle by simply running a club now did you? Especially what with my powers being on the fritz, I've got to make a living somehow" said Vex trying to pull her closer to him.
"I guess, I just forget how much I still don't know about you" said Kenzi suddenly feeling a little foolish for saying her thoughts out loud.
Why should it matter what she did not know and what she did know about him? It's not like they were anything more than friends. Well friends with benefits it seems since Vex was now back to kissing down her neck.
"Well you never asked about my businesses before. I also own a lot of property you know" he said winking at her before going back to making her want to melt right in front of his shop.
"Property?" asked Kenzi not really caring about the answer. She pushed him away slightly with a scowl trying to get back control of the situation.
"Ok Vexter you've had your fun" she said sternly, or as sternly as she could manage with him still in such close proximity.
"Not all of it I assure you love" he said sighing with disappointment.
The door to the tattoo shop opened again and a man came out wearing a pair of sunglasses and dark clothing. Whatever tattoos he had were very well hidden.
Kenzi found herself trying to look over the guys shoulder to finally get a glimpse of the store she'd been passing for the last few weeks.
"Have you not been inside yet darling?" asked Vex noticing what she was trying to do.
"No, I've only ever passed it when I had somewhere to go so I've never really got a chance to go in" she said not walking any closer to the shop door.
Despite her curiosity, she knew that if Vex owned this store, then like his nightclub, it would have some fey involvement.
Kenzi was no chicken but over the last few months she had grown a little more hesitant of the fey, especially when it came to wondering into one of their buildings where no one would even think to look for her.
"Well love come on in, I'll give you the grand tour" said Vex, bowing at the waist with a flourish while he offered her his hand.
Kenzi bit her lip. He looked so delighted at the prospect of showing her around. Plus she could not think of any excuse to get out of it that he would not see through.
She remembered a few weeks earlier Bo had asked her, among her many questions about her seemingly strange friendship with Vex, did she trust him. Kenzi was not at the time too sure on her answer.
Although she had answered yes, she had been very very drunk. Now she was sober and it was time to put it to the test.
"Lead the way Vexter", she said with an equally over the top curtsy as she took his hand.
Grinning he pulled her into the shop.
Kenzi was not really sure what she had been expecting. It was definitely one of the most unique and impressive tattoo parlours that she had ever been in, but nothing overtly fey stood out about it.
It had the same black and silver colouring and furnishings on the inside except, where as one wall had black ink drawings of tattoos the opposite wall was covered in every possible colour ink images that created a collage of remarkable artwork from ceiling to floor.
The two decorated walls were on either side of the far facing wall from the door in which three purple curtains hung in place of doors, obviously leading to the rooms where the ink was done.
A dark wood counter was to the side with an old fashioned bell and register which seemed ridiculous among all the modern surroundings.
But that was the fey for you thought Kenzi as she took it all in. The man, called Marlowe, was sitting behind the desk looking at the coloured wall as if it were a television.
"If you skint you're eyes love you might be able to see through the glamour" laughed Vex watching Kenzi staring at the wall in interest.
She did, and she could vaguely make out that the designs were moving. Not all of them but most of them.
What's more is that they seemed to have an awareness of the other tattoos. There was a dragon blowing flames and chasing a butterfly, there was a girl trying to pick a daisy that didn't want to be picked and there was a pair of wings flapping every few seconds almost lazily.
"Wow" said Kenzi feeling triumphant that she had seen them. She felt a little light headed if she stared to long but still, she saw them. She now knew what had Marlowe so captivated.
She walked over past the desk to look behind the middle curtain only to see what seemed to be an ordinary tattoo room, with a table, chair, supplies and some more pictures on the walls.
"Ok impressive Mesmer but what else have you got?" she said turning around to stare at Vex feigning a bored expression.
"Not enough for you human?" asked Vex with a mock sneer, towing her along to the first curtain.
"It was nice so far, but a little too sedate for Vex" Kenzi replied. No way was this all there was.
When they went through the curtain a world of voices hit them. A long corridor lay ahead of them with more doors and more curtains.
A cacophony of buzzing noises, chatter, moans and laughter hit Kenzi like she had just walked into the noisiest club in town.
"What the hell?" she asked staring up at Vex who was still holding her hand.
"This is the fey curtain, the other two just hold normal rooms for the humans" he explained pulling her along after him.
Kenzi popped her head into nearly every curtained and open door she could before Vex pulled her along to the next. He warned her to leave the closed doors alone and what with the moans or screams depending, coming out of those ones Kenzi decided to take his advice just this once.
Some of the fey species she recognised from her cases with Bo but others she had no clue whatsoever and had to whisper to Vex to tell her their names as they went.
One looked like an ordinary tree that the tattoo artist was inking along its stump until it started to speak telling Kenzi all the things it would like her to do to his branches.
Vex growled at the tree and pulled her out of that room especially quick but not before Kenzi burst out laughing. She had tears in her eyes from the weirdness of it and soon Vex started to smile too at Kenzi's uncontrollable state.
He towed her back out of the corridor and towards the front room where Marlowe still sat.
"Now that was definitely something I wasn't expecting" said Kenzi when she could finally stand up straight.
"Well you're easy to impress love, after all a talking tree isn't that unusual" sniffed Vex making Kenzi laugh more which he knew it would.
"Whatever, I've got a movie and food to pick up so I better head" said Kenzi not wanting to say goodbye to Vex but definitely wanting to get some air. The shop was incredible and although she had had fun she wanted to go when the going was good.
After all more than one of the shops patrons had looked at her like a tasty waffle.
"Thanks love I'd love to join you" said Vex inviting himself along.
Kenzi rolled her eyes but did not protest. They were to the door when Vex stopped her with a heated kiss. It was so unexpected that Kenzi could do nothing but grab on to his shoulders as his own hands moved from her waist to her jacket pocket.
Drat thought Kenzi.
"I'll just put this back love before Marlowe finds it missing later on" smirked Vex pulling out the old fashioned bell that Kenzi had swiped from the desk earlier on.
She stuck out her tongue before storming outside while Vex went to put the bell back laughing wickedly.
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Kenzi walked a little ahead of him looking into every single shop window that they passed. It amused Vex how nothing seemed to escape her attention.
Even though she seemed to be in a world of her own she never once knocked into anyone (unless it could turn out profitable for herself) and steered clear of any of the unsavoury pedestrians that they passed.
He had his own hands in his pockets to try and stop himself reaching out to touch her.
Vex couldn't believe his luck when she had kissed him back earlier. It was an impulsive decision that he had made on his spotting her.
He felt delighted at getting to show off his shop and introducing her to something fey that did not involve too much blood and gore.
He felt it made him seem just a tad more normal. Although what he realised on their tour, was how much the abnormal seemed to entertain and capture Kenzi's attention.
Making her even better he thought with a sigh. Falling for a human was never a good move to make for a fey. It never ended well.
Vex was never one to follow the rules though and it seemed his interest in Kenzi was turning down that path. He could not get the little human out of his head.
She stopped outside a Chinese take away and they went in to pick up food. Vex strode forward and ordered his own before ordering for Kenzi too.
He wanted to make it clear that he would be joining her tonight.
He was about to pay when Kenzi stopped him.
"What love?" he asked confused.
"I can pay you know" said Kenzi rolling her eyes. "Besides you forgot to order enough for Bo".
Vex rolled his eyes.
"So stealing a meal and letting someone else pay for it are different are they?" he asked grinning at her huff.
"I don't need you to pay for everything. But fine, I won't turn down a free meal if you insist" shrugged Kenzi grabbing the cartons that were ready as they waited for Bo's order.
"So the Succubus is going to be around tonight is she?" he asked not at all happy by the third addition to their party.
"Maybe" said Kenzi and she explained about Bo's potential hook up with the D-man.
"Ah" said Vex wiggling his eyebrows. "So you're bringing the backup substance in case the wolf doesn't come through?" he clarified making Kenzi laugh.
"Something like that" she said as she followed him out of the restaurant.
Vex allowed her to pick the horror film since he had seen them all already. He only vetoed three which he felt was very fair on his part.
They were just walking up to the front door of Kenzi's shack, even though Vex still felt that was too kind of a word to call what they considered a house when he heard loud moans.
Instantly on alert he was about to warn Kenzi, assuming her human ears would not have picked out the sounds yet but she had already stopped.
"Oh no" she sighed dramatically flopping down (too elegantly for it to be real) on to the floor. "He's even louder than Lauren!"
Vex couldn't help but laugh at her theatrics bending down next to her he said "Yeah love it looks like Bo has started the feast without us".
Kenzi glared at him before looking back at the house forlornly.
"It's not like I'm not super happy for them that Bobo and D-man have got their groove back, I mean he's totally better than the doctor for her but I left my ear plugs upstairs"
"Come on love we'll just go to mine. I'll even call the driver so we can get there before the food cools down "said Vex moving the take out bags to one arm so he could gently pull her up from the ground to his side with the other.
"Ok, the film would look better on your set up anyway" said Kenzi shrugging as they moved away from the door and her friends screams.
Vex was much happier with this arrangement. Not that he ever minded hanging out at Kenzi's place but at his they would be properly alone.
No wolf detectives, sirens or Succubus bffs dropping in to bother them.
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Kenzi got the food and DVD set up. Ever since she had moved in with Bo downloading films had become a thing of the past. Bo preferred getting them and besides they had fun looking at the special features and deleted scenes.
Vex never seemed to mind and besides what with his home system what was the point?
Vex had to take a phone call which left Kenzi alone for the time being. She had never felt this way, being alone before in Vex's house.
After all she had been on firm ground, they were friends, he saw her as some lowly human who amused him and she saw him as well kind of like a big doll that she could drink tequila with instead of tea.
Sure she had been having more than platonic feelings for the doll but now that he had actually started something, it made things all muddled.
Kenzi started to pace back and forth waiting for the Mesmer to return.
Well what the front door? She wasn't going to let him make her feel weird she thought defiantly.
Besides whatever his faults it's not like he had ever made her do anything she did not want to do since they had become friends.
So basically the ball was in her court. Or balls depending on what she decided she thought with a smile.
There was still so much to consider she thought as she started to bite her nail.
It was then that Vex came into the room without a shirt.
Kenzi had had her fair share of gorgeous guys standing in front of her sure but none that made her mouth go dry with the sight.
He was saying something as he put on his new shirt, not looking at her.
Kenzi had no idea what, she guessed maybe an explanation for why he felt the need to change his shirt or something but Kenzi had stopped listening.
"Love" smirked Vex waving a hand in front of her face "Do you have it set up?" he asked.
Kenzi hoped to god he guessed her blush was for some other reason entirely and not because of all the things she wanted to do to him right now.
"Yeah, I mean Yup sure all done" she said smiling.
"Wonderful" he smirked again as he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to sit down next to him on the couch.
"Getting handsy are we?" asked Kenzi raising an eyebrow at Vex as he pressed play on the remote.
"How dare you I'm being a gentlemen, protecting you for when you get all scared from the film" he smirked.
Kenzi just rolled her eyes but did not remove his arms from around her waist.
Soon the film started and it was truly horrible.
Vex was practically holding Kenzi back from jumping off the couch as she screamed at the stupid brunette who ran upstairs instead of out of the house from the crazy killer.
It entertained Vex to no end.
"You tell'im love" he laughed.
"Ugh I mean come on they might as well wave little white flags and say come on psycho I'm all yours" huffed Kenzi flinging herself back into the chair.
"As a psycho I definitely would not appreciate that" said Vex enjoying teasing her.
"Oh really?" asked Kenzi still watching the film.
"Yes, I mean where is the fun in that?" he asked "Especially if you can't show off your bleedin' psychotic skills" said Vex.
Kenzi did not look up at him but she knew what he was trying to do.
"I don't know Vexie I'm not sure if you're really horror movie worthy" she said trying to keep her smile from showing.
"Excuse me?" said Vex in outrage.
"Well you know you're just a bit too cutesy" said Kenzi but she could not hold it and she broke out laughing.
"Oh I think I could get you" smirked Vex as he started to tickle Kenzi.
"Vex no" screamed Kenzi.
She had admitted to him on one of their drunken nights out that she was extremely ticklish, to the point of hating being tickled.
Now was no different.
"Well you could stop this" sing songed Vex not giving in.
"Ok ok whatever you win you're a psycho" squealed Kenzi.
Vex stopped much to Kenzi's relief. However with their tickle fight Kenzi found herself lying on the couch with Vex over her.
She was breathing hard from laughing so much and he was staring at her intensely the smirk gone from his face.
The look he gave her was purely predatory, something in it made her remember that he wasn't human like her, he was very much a mythical creature who was looking at her like he was going to devour her.
Her insides felt like they were melting and she was suddenly too warm. She knew what she wanted and she really could not resist taking it.
Moving her head up, she kissed Vex's lips softly. From her position on the couch she just reached him and it turned out to be a gently touch of lips.
However it seemed to awaken something in Vex because all of a sudden she found herself pressed against the cushions as he kissed her hard.
It was not a gentle kiss like the last few they had shared. It was starving and almost desperate in its passion.
He pushed his tongue in between her lips and devoured her mouth.
Kenzi could do nothing but grab his shoulders and hold on for dear life.
He slipped a leg in between her thighs and started to rub against her core. It was hard slow movements that had Kenzi gasping out his name in pleasure.
Vex started to kiss down her throat and before she knew it her shirt had been ripped off of her.
"Love your skin is so soft" groaned Vex as he licked down her throat to her chest. One strong hand came up to squeeze her breast through her lace bra which only made her squirm more.
"Vex" she moaned.
Kenzi was not inactive herself, she wanted to feel his skin against her own so she started to pull his shirt off.
Running her hands up and down his chest she could not help but pinch is nibbles to see what would happen.
The growl he let out into her mouth made her even wetter.
She felt his hand undo the clasp of her bra freeing her breasts before he attached his lips to one then the other.
He sucked on them hard making her arch her back in pleasure and push her hands in to his hair pulling on the strands roughly to make sure he did not stop which made him moan.
She moved to start unbuttoning his pants but he was way ahead of her. He had her unzipped and her pants off in minutes.
The rough fabric of his jeans brushing against her panty gladded core was unbearable.
"Vex please" moaned Kenzi.
Vex suddenly picked her up as he got up from the couch so she needed to wrap her legs around his waist.
She clung to him and start to move up and down as best she could as she felt his hardness pressed just where she wanted it to be.
'Love I want to have you in my bed but if you keep that up I won't make it" groaned Vex.
"Vexie I need you in me now. So I suggest you get me up those stairs this instant" replied Kenzi biting down on his bottom lip hard enough to leave a cut.
Vex practically flew up the stairs.
He tossed her on to the bed so he could take his own pants off.
Kenzi wanted to see if she could get him riled up even more. She sat up on her elbows and started to touch herself through her panties before throwing her head back with a moan.
"Love" growled Vex not taking his eyes off what her hands were doing. He couldn't remember being this hard in his life.
He did not know where to look, what her hands were doing, her beautiful breasts or her eyes. He never thought eyes could hold his attention but hers did. There was something in them that grabbed him and turned him on just as much as the rest of her.
Finally he had his pants off and was on top of her in an instant.
Picking up her hand he started to slowly suck every finger. He practically moaned in delight at her taste.
It wasn't enough though. He needed more.
Pushing her down on the bed he started to kiss down to what he wanted most.
By now Kenzi was moaning gently. Vex was driven on by the excitement and anticipation he saw in her eyes.
He slowly pulled down her pink panties.
"So wet for me love. All for me?" he asked with a smirk.
"Vex" she moaned giving him a stern look for his teasing making him grin.
Soon though she had her head thrown back against the pillows in pleasure as he licked and sucked her core.
Soon she was screaming out her pleasure so hard it shocked her.
Vex moved over her to kiss her and the taste of herself on his lips was surprisingly erotic as hell.
"I need to be in you now love" he said in a pained voice holding her hands above her head.
"I can't be patient anymore" he growled.
"I don't want you to be" she smirked pushing him over so she was on top.
Slowly she moved over him so she could slide down his length. Taking him in she had to dig her nails into his stomach at the feeling.
She felt so full. His hands came up to hold her hips possessively but in their position she had all the control.
She pumped herself up and down enjoying the feeling. She couldn't stop the smile spreading when she saw his tortured expression.
"That's it love" he growled seeing what she was doing.
With that Vex flipped them back over so he could take back control.
Or really so he could lose control. Balancing on one arm he held Kenzi's hips down so he could pump into her with long hard thrusts.
Kenzi's head moved from side to side as she moaned out her pleasure and bit her lip to stop herself from screaming,
"None of that love I want to hear you, I want to hear you scream my name" panted Vex running a thumb over her bottom lip to release it.
"Oh god" cried Kenzi feeling the pleasure building.
Vex really did want to make this last but it was just too good. He could feel that Kenzi was getting closer too so he decided that if they got this out of their system he could make it slow the next time.
Because there would definitely be a next time.
Reaching down so he could touch her, he felt her squeeze around him and couldn't hold out any longer.
They both came together, her crying out his name and him moaning it into her neck.
He rolled off her but pulled her to him so she could sprawl out over his chest in content.
"Oh my god that was amazing" sighed Kenzi happily.
"You do realise I'm not letting you leave the bed now" sighed Vex in return. "Not after that".
"Is that a request for round two?" asked Kenzi propping herself up on her elbow to smile at him.
Vex laughed loving her enthusiasm.
Flipping them back over Vex kissed her deeply in answer.
A/N: Ok so again I'm so sorry about taking so long to update. I want to say thank you to everyone who as reviewed and been so lovely about me keeping up this story.
I've recently had some remarks made about my writing that were pretty disheartening and honestly intensified me being self-conscious about posting. But I've decided to suck it up to finish the stories I have and to perhaps stick with one shots in the future!
This was originally supposed to be two chapters but I posted them as one to try and make up for the long delay! I hope people enjoy it and again thank you so much for reading. If anyone has any requests or suggestions for the next chapter please let me know, I'd love to hear them!=)