A/N: Okay, I'm back with lots more SanoxMegumi fluff! However this chapter is A LOT more Lemony/limey than previous ones so for those of you who are still young, please do not read beyond this point! Otherwise, those of you who have been following this story, I invite you to curl up in bed or by the fire with a warm blanket and lose yourself in this slice of tempting piece of forbidden pleasure! Xoxoxo! As always, RR please and if there is anything in particular that you guys are wanting to see develop in this storyline between Megumi and Sano or even kenshin and Karou, let me know and I'll work it into the plot! Love!
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It was nearly impossible for Megumi to focus on her work in the days that followed. Everytime she turned around, it seemed something would make her think of Sanosuke and then before she knew it, her thoughts were drifting back to that night of his birthday...
...and that dark room where Sano had completely swept her off her feet and literally taken her breath away.
Suddenly, her had snapped up and she groaned outloud.
She was doing it again.
Daydreaming about that stupid, reckless, handsome, captivating idiot of a man when she was supposed to be prepping for a surgery that afternoon!
She shook her head, pounding the heal of her hand against her temple.
She couldn't work efficiently like this! Her patients were counting on her to be at her one hundred percent best, they were putting their well-being and their lives into her hands!
She couldn't afford this distraction and so she checked the time and seeing that it was still a few hours before the scheduled surgery, she forced herself to take a break and went out for a walk.
She went a little ways down the road and found herself in the shade just down by the riverbank and she heaved a sigh of relief.
She leaned her back against the tree and closed her eyes, welcoming the coolness of the shade and the stress relief it afforded her.
"I would give anything to just stay right here for the rest of the day." She whispered to herself.
But she had patients waiting and depending on her so reluctantly she retraced her steps to the clinic but this time she felt refreshed and refocused as she slid open the shoji and entered.
The surgery was a success and it went faster than Megumi anticipated! She inwardly praised herself; And here you thought you were losing your focus, haha! A triumphant smile turned the corners of her ruby lips upwards as she settled her patient in one of the recovery rooms and then closed the door behind her on her way out.
Now to get things cleaned up; it shouldn't take me more than an hour or so and then I can maybe make a stop over at Karou's and see the girls! She felt giddy with excitement then; knowing that she'd have the rest of the day to herself with only checkins on her patient's progress to take up her time!
She had just finished sweeping and wiping down the floor and was now taking all the instruments she'd used, to the hot basin to clean and sterilize when she heard heavy footsteps echo in the outter waiting room.
Her shoulders sagged; it seemed some other unfortunate soul would need tending to which meant that her free afternoon would no longer be her own. She sighed but didn't let it affect her too much, being much used to it.
"Just take a seat, I'll be with you in a moment." She called out cheerily, wiping her hands on the front of her smock and patting her hair down on her way to greet her patient.
But when the shoji between the waiting room and her steril room slid open, her eyes grew wide and her lips parted as she gasped.
She'd been carrying a small jar of medicinal herbs in her hand with the intent of replacing them in her medicine cabinet but when her eyes caught sight of the person in her waiting room, the jar slipped from her fingers and crashed to the floor, shattering into pieces.
At the sound of shattering glass, Sanosuke whirled around and was met with the wide-eyed, flush-faced lady doctor who appeared quite startled at finding him in her clinic.
"Kitsune, your hand!" His eyes zeroed in on a small cut along the outter edge of her index finger and his chocolate eyes widened in alarm.
Recovering her voice, Megumi's eyes blinked several times and then she remembered the jar. "Oh!" She fell to her knees and began to pick up the tiny shards, suddenly thankful for the diversion it afforded her from the dashing man standing in her clinic.
Sanosuke took two hasty strides forward, fell to his knees and grasped Megumi's hand that bore the injured finger. "Kitsune, stop! Your finger!." He held up her hand for her to see.
"O-oh! I didn't even feel it." She withdrew her hand from him, staring blankly at the cut.
Sanosuke took that moment and went for the broom. He swept up all the shards of glass and promptly disposed of them. Then he went to a nearby drawer, took out a roll of linen bandages and some disinfectant and returned to Megumi who was still kneeling on the floor, staring absentmindedly at the cut on her finger.
"Here." he held out a hand and helped her to her feet.
"Oh it's nothing, Sano it's only a cut..."
He waved her off, leading her to a chair. "It only takes a cut poorly cleansed to cause an infection. you've told me that a hundred times, Kitsune. Now come here."
She gaped at him, a little taken aback that he'd actually taken some of her advice to heart.
She watched on quietly as Sano dragged a stool over and seated himself infront of her. Then he took her hand in his long slender fingers and began to gently dab disinfectant in and all around the wound area.
She would have flinched from the pain but she was far too engrossed with Sano's ministrations to even notice the stinging sensation. He had clearly been paying very close attention during the numberous times she'd attended to his wounds because he was following every step to properly cleansing a wound.
When it came time for the binding she wanted to tell him that she would take it from here but she was silenced when she once again observed his surprising skill at wrapping her cut. He was careful to make the bandage secure but not so tight that it would cut off circulation and she was amazed at how nimble his fingers worked as he wrapped the linens around her dainty finger. Sano had always been rather reckless and clumsy with his hands it seemed; especially when he fought yet here he was using his hands for a purpose that required much more precision, yet they moved with flawless agility!
"You've got such tiny fingers, Foxy...it amazes me sometimes how fluidly they move when you're workin' on sick folks because they're just...so tiny."
She was pulled from her thoughts and the irony of his words struck her as she'd just been thinking the same thing regarding his larger more precarious limbs. "Funny, I was just thinking the same thing about yours. Minus the 'tiny' part obviously. You seem to be so careless and clumsy with your hands but...you've wrapped that very well." She indicated to her index finger where he was now tying off a neat knot, dropping his hands to his thighs and sighing.
"Well, I've seen you wrap my hands up a few times, I figure I've picked up a thing or two from watchin' you." He grinned just then and she smiled back, clasping her hand and inspecting his finished work.
"I guess you have, thank the Heavens' for it too." She laughed, letting her hands fall into her lap and then looking up at him.
The boyish grin had softened to a subtle warm kind of smile that mostly sparkled in his eyes that were now fixated on her wine orbs and Megumi suddenly felt the heat creeping up the back of her neck and into her cheeks.
"I-I'll take that." She stammered, taking the disinfectant and linens from his hands and walking to the drawer to put them away. She lingered for a few moments longer, trying to calm her suddenly rattled nerves.
There was no longer shattered glass or bleeding fingers to distract her from Sano's presence. Now, it was just Megumi alone in the clinic with the dashing russet-haired man and suddenly, the room was feeling smaller and more stifling.
She turned around only to be met with a wall of solid muscle as she all but fell into Sanosuke's broad chest.
She let out a muffled squeak, her eyes flashing upwards to his face.
That warm smile had now deepened to a heated stare and his eyes darkened with desire. "Easy there, Foxy; don't trip."
"S-sorry." She mumbled, fixing her eyes to some spot on his shoulder.
He loved how he got under her skin like this; suddenly turning the usually confident and unfazed doctor into a mess of nerves was definitely something he never thought any man was capable of, least of all himself but this only proved it to be true...and he loved every minute of it.
"So you wanna tell me what had you so rattled earlier?" He asked in a rich, tempered tone.
Megumi felt her body hum at the sound of his voice and she cursed inwardly. Why did he always do that?
She was more formidable than this! At least she had been; now all of a sudden, she meets this reckless, care-free ex-fighter and all of her poise and self-confidence melts at the drop of a hat.
He was so deep under her skin and she knew it-it was going to be next to impossible to get rid of him now.
"I wasn't rattled, just startled."
"Startled. So is that how you react to all of your patients that come in here? Because if it is, I gotta say Kitsune, you gotta work on that bedside manner 'cuz frankly, the terrified look on your face was kind of creepy."
She huffed, feeling a little miffed that he was suddenly teasing her and she glared back up at him. "I am never startled by my patients because they have the decency to not sneak up on me, unlike some people I know." She groused.
"Oh so now I'm sneakin' up on you?"
"You didn't even knock!"
He rolled his eyes. "Right, because I've knocked so many times in the past when I've come to your clinic." He shock back sarcastically, but the smile remained in his eyes.
She opened her mouth but then closed it again when she had no response.
Suddenly, Sano's eyes were drawn to her mouth when she went to respond and in the instant her lips closed again, he felt his body hum to life and he instinctively took a step closer.
"Then I'll be fair." He breathed huskily, his hand coming up and resting on the side of her neck.
"This time...I won't sneak up on you." His thumb brushed along her jawline as he slowly dipped his head to kiss her.
"S-sano what are you-" But she was too late and Sano's lips cut her off.
It was a chaste kiss at first; the light brushing of lips but then Megumi gasped against Sano's lips and he lost himself.
wrapping an arm around her waist, her fiercely pulled her against him and melded his lips much more firmly against hers, hungry and eager to taste her lips once again.
Megumi's body went rigid but when he pulled her against him, her body involuntarily responded and she melted into him instantly, her fingers fisting into the black material of his jacket.
To tell the truth, it hadn't been so much the sight of Sanosuke that had surprised her that day, as much as it was the sight of Sanosuke wearing the black gi jacket she had made him. She hadn't gotten used to it yet; the striking red and black she'd seen on him only once before and she wasn't sure if she would ever get used to it.
Not to say because it wasn't striking on him; it was. That's what made it even more of a shock for her; she couldn't quite wrap her head around how incredibly handsome and striking he looked in the black and red jacket so seeing him in it, took her breath away each time.
Her heady thoughts were brought back to the heat of the moment when Sanosuke pulled back just enough to take a breath.
"Meg..."
He went back in for another kiss but Megumi-regaining some of her wits-pushed her hands against his chest in protest. "Sano, stop it!" She hissed, whirling out of his arms.
"Why?" He whined.
"I-what are you even doing here? You're obviously not here for a-check-up which means you shouldn't be here; this is a clinic, not a teahouse!"
Sanosuke tsked through his teeth, displeased at her reaction and grapped her hand. "I don't care, I had to see you!" He confessed, pulling her back into his arms and this time he made sure to grab ahold of her waist.
Megumi gasped when she felt herself being spun around and pulled back into Sanosuke's arms. Her hands landed on his chest and she looked up into his eyes somewhat helplessly.
She shook her head. "You're either drunk or-or delusional."
"You can say that all you want, Meg but you know it ain't true." he challanged her.
She wouldn't look at him so he cupped her chin and forced her to meet his eyes. "You promised...you wouldn't push me away."
She frowned. He had her cornered and there was no way out now.
She had promised him, and she had meant it.
But that still didn't change the reality that she was still scared out of her mind by what she felt.
Everything she felt for Sanosuke was so foreign to her but more than that it was so strong and so fierce it often times left her literally gasping for air when she thought about it for too long.
And as today had proven, it was starting to affect her work; she couldn't focus or concentrate without something coming up that reminded her of him.
Megumi hung her head. "I'm sorry, Sano I-I'm not meaning to push you away I just-"
She felt like whatever she said would be an excuse so she said what she felt. "I don't know how to deal with all these feelings...I've never felt this way and it's...it's terrifying."
Sanosuke's heart constricted because he'd known from the beginning that she was scared...and he hurt for her.
He wanted nothing more than to take away all of that fear and uncertainty, to show her that there wasn't any reason to be afraid because he would never hurt her!
But he knew that was easier said than done when it came to Megumi; She'd been used, abused and betrayed so many times, it wasn't any surprise that she was terrified.
Still, it didn't make it any easier for him to swallow.
"Look at me." He took her face in his hands, gazing into her stunningly captivating eyes.
"I know you're scared; hell, there are times when I think about it and it scares me half to death but-I've come to embrace that feeling because deep down I know-that if what I'm feeling for you didn't scare the hell out of me, it wouldn't be real."
"Sanosuke..."
"It's real, Meg. It's real and it's strong and it's something I've-I've never felt before in my life and that scares me shitless but I don't wanna run away from it and I don't want you to either!"
She looked down, shaking her head. She wanted to believe every word he said but a part of her was still holding back.
She met his eyes again, unable to look away as he pleaded with her.
"Please, Meg...don't ask me to walk away from this and don't ask me to stop because I-I can't."
He searched her eyes, waiting for an answer.
She could only look back at him, helpless for any words adequate enough.
Sanosuke knew he would have to be the one to take the first plunge because despite the longing written in Megumi's eyes, he knew she was still far too terrified of taking the first risk.
And so he took it for her. He wouldn't let this go even if there was a part of her that tried to resist, he wouldn't let her. "I won't." He reitterated, again fixing her with a serious look, searching for any indications that she would outright forbid him to make a move.
Thankfully, there was none he could see...at least for the moment.
So he dipped his head and kissed her again. Only this time, it was much more feverish and eager.
A part of Megumi inwardly deflated, knowing that she'd lost the first fight.
But there was a bigger part of her that admitted she hadn't really fought against it all that hard...not that she really wanted to.
There were just too many things spinning around in her head at the moment and she didn't have the energy to sort through them all; too many questions, too many what ifs and frankly, the hot pressure of Sanosuke's lips was just too tempting to resist and so she gave up and threw her arms around his neck.
Sanosuke hummed approvingly when he felt her arms embracing him and he hugged her body closer to his, deepening the kiss with a gentle nip to her bottom lip.
Megumi hissed in response, nipping him back which caused the handsome ex-fighter to chuckle softly against her lips.
He loved her eagerness.
"Do you give in?" He asked breathlessly between kisses.
She pulled back and looked into his eyes, shook her head 'no' and then plundered his mouth again eagerly.
Sanosuke rolled his eyes inwardly; of course she would have to keep up her willful, stubborn facade even if her actions blatantly indicated otherwise.
But he didn't care, just as long as he could still have her in his arms like this and kiss her lips for endless hours if he wanted to.
Just then, an idea struck him and he pulled back just enough to look into her eyes again.
They were a deeper wine red and she wore a heady expression that was drenched in desire and want.
"Come to my place tonight."
"W-what?" Her pupils dilated and he cursed inwardly; of course her mind would go straight to that.
He'd better recover fast if there was any hope of her saying yes. "Not...not like that, Fox. I just...I want you to come to my place is all; you've never been there 'cept that one time and I just...I want you there."
He half-expected her to slap him.
Or scream in his face that he was a lecherous fiend.
But she didn't do either.
She looked deep in thought for a long moment and this actually gave him hope.
Was she actually thinking about it?
Would she really take him up on his offer?
"Tonight." She repeated, dragging out the word as if she was methodically disecting it.
"Yeah."
"You live in the Red district if I...remember correctly?"
He nodded.
"Well I...I mean I could always let Dr. Gensei know that I'd be out of reach for the night, I suppose."
Sanosuke had to bite his tongue to stiffle a laugh at her interesting choice of words; "out of reach for the night." As if she was automatically anticipating she'd be gone for the entire night.
He contemplated correcting her but then thought of all the endless possibilities that tonight could bring, and decided against it. He'd been staking his hopes on the possibilites of 'what if' so far, might as well keep at it and see where fate would take them.
"And it's not as if I'd be gone for an entire day altogether..."
"So you'll come then?" He asked eagerly, unable to withstand the mounting suspense.
She peered up at him from beneath her eyelashes and the demure curious look in her eyes, nearly had him falling to his knees.
His insides twisted with anticipation and mounting excitement when she ascented with a small smile and nod of her head.
"Good...I'll see you tonight then?"
"Yes, tonight." And she couldn't help but blush prettily when he flashed her his dashing brilliant smile.
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And so, late that night when Sano heard a soft tap at his door, he went eagerly to the shoji, slid it open and was met with a very shy-eyed and blushing Megumi wrapped in a deep purple hooded cloak that hid her hair and concealed most of her face in shadow.
"Meg?" He whispered.
She glanced up, her fingers gripping the edge of the hood so as to keep it in place over her head and once she saw his warm chocolate eyes and sparkling lop-sided grin, she smiled.
"Am I too early?"
He shook his head, stepping aside and ushering her in. "No, no you're perfect."
She seemed to relax then and let out a sigh of relief as she stepped passed him, uttering a bashful 'thank you' as she entered.
Sanosuke took a brief scanning look out into the alleyway and then slid the shoji closed.
When he turned around, Megumi was standing in the middle of his small apartment, looking around with wide eyes and parted lips at the cozy space.
He'd taken the time to scour the room from top to bottom, putting everything in its place and tossing away the things that didn't belong. Then he'd prepared a modest meal of miso soup and rice balls and set it on two trays which he'd situated in the center of the room between two lounge matts.
To set the ambiance, he had gone to the market and bought up every last wax candle he could find-white, red and yellow wax alike-and had strewn them all about the room, lighting them up so that the whole room was a dancing glow of bright candlelight.
It was this particular aspect of the room that he was most proud of and it seemed that Megumi was presently quite taken with the improvement as she turned in the room, looking bright-eyed and enchanted.
"I uh, usually only have the one lantern for light but with you coming I-well I didn't want you to walk into a dimly lit room and be creeped out or scared off." He scratched the back of his head, grinning sheepishly.
"It's...it's so beautiful! There must but...at least fifty candles here if not more!" She gasped.
"Hundred, actually; I think I might've gone a bit overboard to be honest but once I saw the candles in the booth I just couldn't stop buyin' 'em."
She lifted the hood of her cloak, at last exposing her long midnight hair.
Sano let out a small gasp.
She'd pulled her hair back and tied it with a ribbon then slung it over one shoulder, leaving her bangs and a few stray pieces loose, framing her face.
Sanosuke had never really seen her hair any other way except the two times she'd put it up and even then, he'd missed it hanging long as it always did.
But this was a different look and it both kept her hair out of her way like she prefered while still leaving it long like he liked it.
It was so simple but so flattering on her.
"You changed your hair, Vixen."
She turned startled eyes to him, a hand reaching up to subconsciously finger the ends of her hair.
She blushed.
Noticing her self-conscious movements, his eyes softened and he grinned at her. "It's nice."
At this, her hand dropped from her hair and her fingers curled into a soft fist held held to her chest as she blushed again.
"I...I didn't know you could cook."
He smirked at her deviation of topic. "Well yeah I mean...sorta. I can cook the most basic things...but not much beyond that."
She stepped to the middle of the room and looked down at the table. Then her head snapped up when Sanosuke suddenly appeared at her side, offering his hand.
"Shall we?" He was grinning from ear to ear and she couldn't figure out why exactly.
But she loved it anyway, taking his hand with a bright smile. "Thank you."
He let her down to her seat gently and then settled himself next to her and they began their meal. They were quiet at first, only making small talk about how good the food was or how busy their day had been. But as the night progressed, their conversation went from modest chit-chat to deeper conversations about their childhoods, their time before arriving in Tokyo and what they'd each felt and went through when the revolution had first begun.
Megumi was surprised at how open Sanosuke was being about his time with the Sekihoutai; she knew for a long time that it had always been a very sensitve subject for him-especially considering Captain Sagara. But it seemed that being on his own turf so to speak, had suddenly turned him into a completely different man and he was very much at ease.
"Was there never any indication to any of you that you were being used?" She asked after Sanosuke had recounted the moment they'd all been betrayed.
"Honestly, I think Captain Sagara was suspicious; I remember seeing him talkin' with one of the imperialist messangers at one point; the other guy didn't seem too happy and frankly neither did the Captain...he had this look on his face like...like he knew...that something didn't fit. But he had someone above him too that he had to answer to; he had orders just like the rest of us and plus, he was so passionate and convicted about our cause that...I don't think his head was clear enough to really pay that nagging feeling any mind."
His eyes had darkened towards the end of his tale and he was gnawing much more slowly on his rice ball as he stared long and hard into the flickering flames of the candlelight on the table.
Megumi felt like she was somehow intruding on his private moment of reflection and so she quietly stood to her feet and walked about the room. Her eyes had caught sight of one of Katsu's art sketches pinned to Sano's wall and she moved closer to inspect it. "Is this Sagara?"
Sano looked up and nodded. "Yep! That's the lone wolf himself."
"Loan wolf?"
"Ehh, it's what some of the soldiers used to call him; they said he never really had friends and prefered to be on his own. Then when Katsu and I came along, we ended up getting pinned with the nickname 'wolf pups' since we followed him around all the time."
He chortled, scratching the back of his head when Megumi tried and failed to stifle a giggle. "Yeah, yeah I know it sounds real pathetic when you say it outloud."
"Oh I think it's darling! Ohoohohohoho!" She let out her classic sarcastic cackle but stopped short when she caught how Sanosuke was looking at her.
His eyes were smoldering, his lips upturned in a rougish grin and the candlelight cast a dancing shadow across his face.
All in all, he looked positively dashing and Megumi had to swallow a lump growing in her throat.
"Well he was quite handsome." She murmured, turning back to the painting to avoid Sanosuke's penetrating stare.
"It's really sad that he died so young...but what makes it worse is that...his own country betrayed him; he must have felt so much despair in that moment...maybe even doubt of what he had really been fighting for."
Sanosuke was at her side, staring down at her intensely. "Meg, you're crying."
She shook her head, brushing away the tears with the side of her hand. "I know, I'm sorry...it's just...it really gets to me; hearing his story I guess. I mean you know that there are countless people out there who suffered the same but when you actually have a name...and a face to put to the tragedy, it really hits you." Her fingers brushed over the painting and another few tears fell.
Sanosuke took hold of her shoulders and turned her around to face him. "Hey Meg...I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you; Damn it, I shouldn't have told you all that stuff, I should've just-"
"No! No I'm glad you told me...really Sanosuke, I'm...I wanted to hear it and I'm glad I did. It honors his memory for people to hear his story and I'm...well I'm honored that you felt I was worthy enough to hear it."
He just stared at her, so in awe of how kind and compassionate she was; she had the biggest heart of anyone he knew and she always showed it in the most unexpected and beautiful ways.
He hugged her. Suddenly feeling the need to hold her close and bury his face in her hair.
"You. Are so amazing, Megumi. You've got the best heart of anyone I know. Thank you."
Megumi was startled at his heart-felt display of affection but she smiled when his soft, husky voice thanked her and she snaked her arms around his waist and buried her face in his chest.
He smelled so good. Like the forest, Sake and something distinctly Sanosuke that she couldn't place...but she loved it.
"Meg." He whispered into her hair.
"Hmm?" She hummed softly against his skin, causing his whole body to flush warm.
"I...I wanna kiss you again." He admitted somewhat bashfully.
Her wine eyes snapped open and she gasped against him.
He bit his lower lip, waiting to see if she would push him away like he was expecting her to.
Then he felt hair brushing against his neck and chin as she pulled back and tilted her head up to look at him.
Her cheeks were flaming and her eyes-which were lined with a soft layer of coal- were so deep and focused on his, he lost the ability to breathe.
"So...what's stopping you?" She whispered back. Her ruby red lips parting just the slightest as she exhaled and her breath ghosted across his neck.
He shivered. "I...wasn't sure if you'd...be okay if I just...stole one."
She broke out into a sweet smile and her long eyelashes flutterd as she blinked demurely, looking up at him. "Well...you've stolen one before..."
"Y-yeah. I did." He was shaking. This woman was overwhelming him and he didn't know how much longer he could stand it.
"But then...maybe it's my turn this time." In the next second, she laced her fingers around the back of his neck, tiptoed and brought her mouth to his.
Her kiss was hungry like she was starved for the taste of his lips and she nipped eagerly at his lower lip.
Sanosuke inhaled sharply, gripped her waist and tugged her harshly against him, trying to match her speed and fervency as he kissed her back.
But the woman was possitively relentless! She nipped, pulled and sucked on his lower lip and then ulternated but sliding her tongue over the spots she had nipped, to ease the slight sting left by her teeth.
At this point, Sanosuke was literally sinking to his knees and with no way of steadying himself, he pulled Megumi down with him.
On their knees, Megumi cradled his face in her hands and continued to devour his mouth, leaving Sanosuke breathless and clinging desperately to her with his arms fastened around her waist.
He was losing all sense of time and rational thought as his head emptied of everything else until there was nothing left except Megumi.
The smell of her hair.
The softness of her fingers as they held his face captive.
The taste of her lips as she thoroughly assulted his mouth.
The way her body shuddered and trembled as she pressed it eagerly against his.
He was going out of his mind with ecstasy and desire and he knew this would only ignite his body and make him want more, and more and more.
But he was certain Megumi was not at all prepared to go that far and so he reluctantly pried her fingers gently from his face and pulled out of the kiss.
She made a small whimper of protest and tilted her head downwards in an attempt to recapture his lips but Sanosuke shook his head, humming in protest.
"Meg...wait just...hold on a second..."
"No I...I don't want to...Sano-"
"Meg. Megumi you.." She was leaving a trail of open-mouthed kisses along his jawline to his neck.
Sanosuke gritted his teeth. He really didn't want her to stop and he didn't want to stop either!
"Megumi...look at me."
"I am..."she breathed against his neck, causing him to moan. Damn it, she was killing him.
In one final attempt, Sanosuke took hold of her wrists and firmly pulled her back and up to face him. "Megumi, look in my eyes!" His voice came out a little bit harsh but he had to get through to her fast...because he was coming undone.
Megumi gasped but when she looked into his eyes, she saw an intense fire that had her gasping like she had been consumed from the look.
"If you...don't stop. I won't be able to control myself. And I won't be able to stop."
"Sanosuke..." Her face was fully flushed, her lips red and bruised and her eyes wide. There was even a bit of staining around her lips where her red lipstick had smeared and for Sanosuke, it only turned him on even more at how sexy she looked.
"Damn it." He hissed between gritted teeth.
"Sano I..."
"I know, Kitsune it's okay." He shifted his weight and started to stand up, taking Megumi with him. But once he'd pulled them both to their feet, his foxy Vixen tiptoed and kissed him again, nibbling on his lower lip as she did before and snaking her arms around his neck.
"M-meg." He uttered between kisses.
But she ignored his pleas. Truth be told, she had no desire to stop and despite a small part of her that was still scared, she was completely wrapped up in this moment between them and she didn't really want Sanosuke to hold back anymore.
"Sano, it's okay...you don't have to stop."
"But-Megumi you don't-uuhn." His sentence was cut off when she slipped her tongue into his mouth and licked along the inner boundary of his upper lip.
She was good. Way too good at seducing him and crushing any protests or attempts at restraint on his part.
"Damn it, Megumi...you don't...know what you're...d-doing." He half-heartedly bit back, catching her lower lip between his teeth and sucking.
"I do...and I...w-want to."
"N-no...you don't." He hissed back. Pulling on her lower lip and probably bruising it.
"T-then...stop me. If you can." She pulled back just enough to meet his eyes.
Hers was a challenging stare as she waited and dared him to stop her.
His eyes smoldered with molten heat as he stared back. "You'll hate me."
"No, I won't. But even if I pretend to...I'm trusting you to...just seduce me again." she said breathlessly, bringing her mouth to his for another persuasive kiss.
He was breaking, she could feel it as his muscles trembled beneath her fingertips and she could see it in his eyes as he raked them hungrily over her face.
Suddenly, Sanosuke surprised her by whirling her around in his arms and pulling her back flush against him. His mouth touched the back of her hair and she could feel his hot breath coming in shallow ragged gasps.
"Then tell me." He said hotly against her ear, grazing his lips tantalizingly against her skin. "What. Do you. Want. Megumi?"
Her eyes flashed open and a sense of Deja vu washed over her as his words echoed in her head as the very same words he had spoken in her dream.
Her breath was taken away when his hand slipped from her waist and came up to press against her bosom where her heart pounded furiously.
"I can feel...your heartbeat. It's going wild at my touch." His fingers splayed over her breast and he slowly increased the pressure of his hand, causing Megumi to gasp and moan.
"Tell me." He growled into her ear. "What do you want."
Megumi was on the verge of hyperventilating and her breath came in fast short bursts as she turned her face towards his voice. "I...want...YOU." She gasped wantonly, her eyes connecting with his chocolate brown orbs as she spoke the last word.
The last thread in Sanosuke's rope of self-control snapped when he heard her words; "I want YOU."
It was far too much for him to resist and besides that, the look in her eyes rendered him completely incapable of refusing her anymore.
He claimed her lips in a hot, rough kiss that left them both heady and reeling. Then lifting her into his arms, he carried her to his futon and fell to his knees, pulling her into his lap. She faced him now, straddling his lap and her cheeks flushed when she felt his hips intinctively press upwards into hers.
He managed a small rougish smirk through his wanton stare and a throaty laugh rumbled somehwere deep in his chest. "You've done it now, Fox."
She blushed heavily, turned her face downwards to try and hide the vixen smile that tugged at her ruby red lips.
Sanosuke's smirk widened into a grin and he leaned forward, nuzzling his face into her neck as he let out a possessive growl that was by far the sexiest sound Megumi had ever heard.
"You're...mine now. Vixen." He growled hotly into her neck and then placed a hot open-mouthed kiss there, moving downwards towards her collar bone where he kissed and licked, leaving an ocassional love bite in his wake.
Megumi's head fell back and she moaned and sighed as Sano's lips caused an aching heat to throb between her thighs and in the pit of her stomach.
"S-Sanosuke."
He loved how she said his name. Desperate, longing and wanton like he was the only thing on this earth keeping her breathing.
"Say my name again..." He murmured huskily, pressing a kiss to the swell of her breast.
Megumi hissed and gripped his wild russet hair between her fingers, tugging lightly as he continued to kiss lower and lower.
"Sa-sanosuke!" She gasped.
He chuckled softly, his hot breath carressing her skin. "That's better..." His hands slid up her back and then to her shoulders. Reaching the collar of her lavander kimono that was wrapped tightly around her torso, arms and shoulders, his fingers wrapped around the edge of the fabric and he pulled and tugged, loosening the fabric until at last he could slip it off her shoulders and down to her elbows.
Now Megumi's shoulders and upper chest were completely exposed and the ex-fighter's eyes drank in her flawless ivory flesh. His eyes fixed to the supple skin of the beggining swell of her breasts that was now quite visible and he hungered to see more. He leaned forward, landing a hot kiss to the center dip that was the valley between her breasts and slowly, agonizingly descended lower and lower, his fingers pulling down the fabric and exposing more skin as he went.
"Ahh...Sano." Megumi's entire body was on fire and trembling at every touch. It was like Sano was marking every inch of her with every caress of his lips and every burning press of his fingertips.
She wanted more. Everytime Sano's lips or fingers marked a new place on her skin, she ached and hungered for him to touch more of her.
Sanosuke left open-mouthed kisses on every inch of her bosom which was now fully exposed to his hungering eyes. He slipped an arm around her waist, splaying his hand across the center of her back and pressing her upper body further into him as he buried his face in her breast and breathed her in.
"Mmmm...Meg you smell...intoxicating." He breathed huskily, flicking his tongue out to taste her supple flesh.
She moaned loudly, caging his head in her arms and holding him to her as she craved more and more of his open-mouthed kisses, licks and hot breath as it saturated her skin with his taste and scent.
By now, Megumi's Kimono had been unwrapped and was just barely clinging to her body when she pushed Sanosuke's jacket over his shoulders and down his arms, exposing his copper-toned skin and muscled torso.
Her fingers raked hungrily up his back and over his shoulders, her nails doubtlessly leaving red scratch marks in their wake as she reveled in the feel of his skin.
Sanosuke hissed as her nails marked his flesh but the sting was hot and delicious and the ex-fighter hoped that by the morning, he would be covered in his little vixen's scratch marks from head to toe.
She was so hot and sexy like this; she'd always been sexy to him but this was a whole new level of sex appeal he had never seen before with her or any woman and he was addicted to everything about her.
"Meg...I want you. Now." He panted against her lips.
Megumi's lips parted and she breathed into his mouth the words, "Then-have me-all of me!"
And with those final words, Sanosuke Sagara descended into the depths of overwhelming heat and reckless passion and delved his body, heart and soul into the only woman he had ever loved.
He would never hold back again.