Insatiable
In which Satoshi and Risa commune with nature.

Risa grabbed his hand. "Let's make a run for it!"

He looked dubiously from her smiling face, to their clasped hands, to the dark clouds above. "From here to your house? I don't think we'll make it."

She shrugged. "Your place first, then. It's nearer." She tugged at his hand, hard. "Come on!"

She started running, and Satoshi had no choice but to follow, removing his eyeglasses and putting them safely in his pocket in the process. She giggled as the drizzle fell lightly on her skin. He shook his head as he observed her: head raised and tongue out as she tried to catch a few raindrops in her mouth. He wasn't really one for taking impromptu baths in the rain. He didn't particularly like getting wet for no reason. Or if the reason was that neither of them remembered to bring an umbrella to school today despite the rains the town had been experiencing these past few days. He cast the sky another dubious glance, hoping the drizzle they were currently experiencing wouldn't get harder.

As if hearing his silent plea, the sky opened itself more, and fatter raindrops started falling. In a few seconds, both of them were totally wet.

"Isn't this great?" she turned and smiled at him, walking backwards and still holding his hand. "It's like communing with nature!"

"My dear," he deadpanned, "there are better ways to commune with nature than getting wet in the rain."

Nature wanted to commune with Risa more, and a very visible and bright lightning streaked across the sky just then, accompanied by a loud crack of thunder that sounded like it was right next to them.

She screamed and threw herself at him, burying her face in his chest. His arms instinctively went around her, and they stood together for a few moments under the downpour—Satoshi would never say it out loud, but he had been rather shaken as well. Meanwhile, Risa was trembling in his arms.

"I told you," he nearly had to shout over the noise as the rain intensified even more. "This isn't a good—"

She raised her head, and he realized she had been trembling from laughter and not because she was frightened. "Wow!" she exclaimed, her hair coming undone from the ribbon at the back to be plastered down the sides of her face. "That was incredible! Did you see it?"

He pushed his dripping hair away from his eyes before proceeding to push back hers from her face, feeling utterly exasperated. "I think the rainwater may have addled your brain a bit."

Pouting, she stuck out her tongue at him. "No, really! Look!"

She pointed, and as if in command, lightning a considerable distance away streaked down to the ground. It was purplish in hue, and its edges could clearly be seen. It was positively breathtaking—if one didn't entertain the thought of being fried by it.

She beamed up at him. "Now tell me you're not having fun."

"I'm not," he said almost petulantly. "I'm cold, I'm wet—soaked to the bone would be a more appropriate term,lightning may strike us any moment now, we're still standing here getting pelted by dagger-like droplets, and—"

Risa stepped forward and covered his mouth with hers, running her hands slowly up his arms—making goosebumps rise in their wake that he knew weren't because of the cold—to place them about his neck. The taste of the rain mixed with her own sweet one, creating a new sensation that wasn't entirely unpleasant for him. She pressed herself against him, making him feel every curve of her body through their drenched clothes, and Satoshi moaned into her mouth, his hands digging into her waist in near desperation for more contact.

The rain slowed to a drizzle once more, and still they stood out in the open, embracing. Risa pulled back slightly and slowly opened her eyes to smile brilliantly at him. "Still cold?" she whispered.

Water continued to run in rivulets down his face to seep more into his clothes, but all he could really feel was her warmth through their soaked garments. Shaking his head in reply, Satoshi smiled down at her and pulled her closer. "Now I'm having fun."

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I'm living again, awake and alive
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies

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Fin.

Reen's ramblings: And there goes another SatoshixRisa kiss fic XD For all the people who say they don't mind if I make the two do it over and over again (I hear you! I'm with you:D)
And wow. I'm quite overwhelmed with the reviews I've been receiving. Big shoutout to all my reviewers, especially Chi. I'll think about your proposal, ne? ;p Meanwhile, enjoy my fics y'all!

And oi, I don't know if those of you who've put this fic on alert have been receiving alerts everytime I export and edit chapters here. If you are, I'm sorry, I'm just really tetchy with spelling errors XD And what is UP with ffnet deleting spaces between words sometimes? XD