They would only kiss

"Eureka Thurston?" A representative from the principles office had interrupted the teacher's English lecture.

"Here," Eureka answered, slightly confused.

"Sensei," the office secretary began, "Eureka must come to the nurses office."

"Very well," replied the teacher, and immediately continued with the lecture.

Riku watched as Eureka got up and was led out of the room, noticing that a bashful smile and blush had come to her face. 'She knows what's happening– or she hopes. . .it's gotta be him'.

The secretary opened the nurse's office door, and said, "Please return by the time your next period starts."

Eureka walked in, and wasn't wholly surprised to see who was waiting for her. "What are you doing here?"

Renton was almost offended, but he laughed it off: "Well, hello to you too!"

Eureka walked over and placed a firm kiss on his lips. Without drawing way, Eureka rested her head on his shoulder, and muttered, "You can't keep doing things like this."

Renton wrapped his arms around Eureka's small body, petting the top of her head. "I was already here, picking up a part from Riku's brothers. . .and. . .we don't have time at home."

Renton began to undress Eureka, laying her softly on the nurses cot, and pulling the curtains around the bed.

These type of incidents had been going on for about a month. Eureka kept her rule, walking out to the garage each night to receive her goodnight kiss from Renton; but these incidents quickly snowballed. Eureka insisted, after the third consecutive night in the garage of cumming on Renton's lap, and dirtying her uniform, that they could only do these things in the bedroom.

Renton quickly agreed, but soon realized that by the time he entered the bedroom, after finishing his work for the night, he couldn't bring himself to wake up Eureka just to satisfy his lust– not to mention his own exhaustion.

So Renton had shown up, sometimes more than once week, over the past month at Eureka's school– either during lunchtime, or P.E., or even class– taking Eureka to different, secluded places on school grounds.

The first time, Eureka was so scandalized that she began walking away, so that Renton had to force himself to grab Eureka and pin her to the wall. They were on the roof, so Eureka knew there was a chance Riku might come up to eat lunch at any moment. As Renton's lips moved across her neck, and his hand began unbuttoning her shirt, she protested by trying to make Renton understand.

Renton might have listened, but Eureka's body gave way to Renton's touch. She hardly needed to be retrained, as Eureka moved her body to make it easier for Renton to undress her, and kiss and touch her body.

To Renton's credit, out of all these visits he never asked Eureka to give "it" back. He figured out quickly how to clean Eureka after she came. He would remove her panties, and bring a garage rag with him, so that there was nearly no evidence of their love. But his seed would be a harder job. There were only three options: it could land on the ground, on Eureka, or in Eureka.

For obvious reasons, the first two wouldn't work. As for the last, Renton was completely against Eureka catching him in her mouth. For one thing, he doubted that Eureka would think to do that herself, and he didn't think he could bring it up. More importantly, he thought– though he couldn't exactly explain the feeling in words– that it was degrading for something as pure and beautiful as Eureka to perform such a "taboo" or "dirty" action.

Finally, there had been a sort of unspoken agreement between Renton and Eureka not to become one– or 'go all the way',as Renton thought of it– till they were both ready. They wanted it to be special, not rushed or hidden or contained in any way. When they finally came together, it HAD to be all-consuming.

All this to say, that both lovers were growing increasingly frustrated and impatient.

That night, after Renton had satisfied her in the nurses office, Eureka walked out to the garage to have a serious talk about this problem. Renton, hearing her coming and expecting another passionate scene, quickly climbed down off the LFO and sat down in the chair that had been the place of this past month's petting sessions. But when Renton saw the seriousness impressed onto Eureka's face, his mood sobered and he earnestly asked, "What's the matter, Eureka?"

"We. . ." Eureka knew what she had to say, but found that the words choked her throat every time she began to speak.

Renton tried to help her along. "Are you upset about earlier today?" Eureka considered his words for a moment, but then firmly shook her head: no.

"Is something wrong with the kids, or at school?" Even as the words left his mouth, Renton knew that the problem involved them, and only them. Eureka again shook her head.

Renton didn't go on, as he saw Eureka trying hard to speak. "I don't want this."

Again, Renton refused to speak, though a thousand attempts to decipher her words were rushing pass the forefront of his mind.

"I don't like it– having to. . ."

But before Eureka could find the right words, Renton became defensive. " 'Having to' what!" The harshness of Renton's voice made Eureka become even more timid; but her frustration at Renton for not being able to understand compelled her to speak up.

"I don't like you pulling me out of the way, and– and doing things like that!" Eureka knew her words weren't doing her feelings justice.

So she tried again, interrupting Renton just as he began to speak. "It shouldn't have to be like that! You sh-shouldn't have t-to," Eureka was now on the verge of tears, "hide it afterwards!"

Though tear began to cover Eureka's cheeks, Renton wouldn't let up. "I want to be with you, Eureka! What's so wrong about that!"

"That's not fair!" Eureka shouted back. "I want to be with you too, Renton! I want to give you everything– you don't know how hard it's been– with you working every night!"

Now, Renton realized something that he had never considered before. He always thought of himself as "the lover", and Eureka was his "beloved". He had always assumed that it was his job to love Eureka more, so that she continued to love him back. But now, he saw that Eureka had surpassed him: she was the one who had more love to give– so much that any moment she might burst.

"Now you're the one who's not being fair." Renton had gotten off his chair, and though his tone was spiteful, Eureka allowed herself to be comforted in his arms.

For a long while, the two lovers stood swaying on the spot, not saying a word. Eureka cried silently into his chest, as Renton ran his fingers through her hair, and over the small of her back.

Despite the reverie of the moment, Renton couldn't keep his frustration in– but he also didn't want Eureka to cry anymore. "I have to work–"

"I know that!" Eureka tried to break from Renton's embrace, but as she pushed him away and turned to leave, Renton put his arms around her and hugged her body from behind.

Eureka, not truly wanting the night to end like this, allowed herself to lean in to Renton, encouraging him to go on. "–For you and the kids. . .and myself. I love my work, but I love you so much more, Eureka. If you want, I'll shut down the trapar business. I'll only deal in scrap metal. That's how it was with Grandpa, a lifetime ago, before any of this happened. The family will be fine, and we'll have a lot more time together."

Renton couldn't see Eureka's face, but he felt her body quiver in his arms. 'I want us to have time together,' Eureka thought. 'It would be nice if Renton didn't have to work so hard. . .but that's not Renton.'

Eureka turned around in Renton's arms, and began kissing his lips. They were slight, soft, and her kisses seemed to Renton like small pleads for affections– as if Eureka was asking repeatedly for him to confirm his love, and to show him that she loved him back.

Finally, Eureka stopped and said, "I'll never ask you to do that. I'd never WANT you to do that, Renton."

Despite himself, Renton took a breath of relief. He wouldn't have wanted to stop his business either. It was true: he would rather spend every hour of the day with Eureka, than work on any machine– no matter how interesting. But, he was afraid that over the years he would come to resent Eureka.

"Maybe," Renton tried to sort out both his feelings and Eureka's, "maybe everything is changing too fast right now. You came back, started school, and I got this big job right after I expanded the business–"

"Not to mention. . ." Eureka interrupted, meaning to say something, but decided half way through that she didn't know HOW to say it. So instead, she pressed her body closer to Renton's.

Renton got it. "Uh, yeah– that too." Both of the lovers were blushing. "So how about this. . ."

Over the next few minutes Renton laid out a plan. After going over it, disagreeing often but ultimately coming to a decision, the two agreed on the following:

Their love would be chaste– they would only kiss– till Renton was done with this job. When he was finished, the couple would celebrate with their first, official "date". Axel would take the kids to Riku, so that the couple, when they returned, would have the house all to themselves.