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"It's delicate…"

Chapter Thirteen

The sudden hunger pooled itself in my stomach and threatened to consume me. Hagi's scent…his weight over me…the taste of his lips on mine…the salt on his skin…there were no words for this. All that I could say was it was delicate; requiring no words or thoughts. Merely feelings, heartbeat, touches…breath.

His knee had pressed it's way between my thighs and I arched at the touch, unfamiliar but not unwanted. The bandages on his hands skimmed roughly over my skin, but it was a delicious sort of rough. My fingers ran through his silky black hair, and I wanted to press my face into it and just breath for a while. I felt him chuckle against my skin as he kissed down from my neck to my shoulder, sending another shiver up my spine. "Saya…" he breathed, and I smiled at the huskiness lacing his already deep tone.

Delicately, he lifted my shirt up and pulled it off. I scratched at his stomach before removing his as well. He let out a low groan as my fingers traced over his back and spine and shoulder blades. He had been through so much over the years, for my sake, and yet his skin was still blissfully smooth. Gently but insistently, he pushed my hands over my head and into the mattress with a firm grip. Trailing his tongue down my stomach to the rim of my pants, I arched again, letting out a gasp. "Hagi…please…" I whispered, not sure what I was asking for, only knowing that I wanted it.

Slowly he unzipped my pants and slid them off my legs, watching each portion of skin as it was revealed. I tugged at his pants and I helped him shrug them off, our eyes never leaving each other. He placed a soft kiss at the base of my stomach before looking up at me unsurely, and I nodded in response with a slight gulp. In one swift motion, he was positioned above me, staring intently at my face. What was he afraid of? Hurting me? And then he was pressing into me, and I almost screamed. I had been alive for decades, and never once experienced this sort of thing. But Hagi just leaned down and ran his tongue up my neck, and I calmed down and adjusted to the feeling.

His pace started slow, but sped up as I was unable to suppress the moans rising in my throat. Finally I started bucking up my hips in response, keeping in tune with him. He groaned and his thrusts grew faster, harder, more primal. We were both screaming each other's names through clenched teeth by the time it was finished. Lazily, he traced my side with his hands as we lay watching each other, trying to catch our breaths. I placed my hand on the side of his face, feeling the pulse beat furiously from his temple.

Then I grasped his bandaged hand and turned it so that his palm was facing up. I lowered my face down to his wrist and placed a kiss there. When my eyes met his again he was just watching me curiously, something lingering in his eyes I couldn't quite comprehend. Snuggling against the heat of his body, I sighed and fell contentedly to sleep.

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It hadn't even been three hours by the time I woke up and was compelled to run to the window. In the distance of the dim, violet tinted sky I saw flames. A trail of menacing smoke rising as well. Where was Kai? Frantically I ran down the stairs, running down the hall but then back to my room to get some clothes. I threw on my nightgown and ran downstairs, Hagi following after. Julia was sitting at the table, tired looking but not asleep. "Julia…? Where did Kai go?" I asked.

She didn't meet my gaze but I was relieved the fear had left her voice. "He went to burn down the abandoned factory. No one should find what happened there, or else it just leaves an opening for it to happen again," she said seriously but solemnly.

We waited with her until dawn came, and as the first traces of sunlight seeped in Kai returned. His face was dirty and tear stricken, but he smiled at us. "It's done," he said. "Hopefully for good, this time."

Tears gripped me, and I ran forward and hugged Kai. I had caught him off guard, but he didn't flinch. Wrapping his arms around me too, I apologized for everything. For how selfish I had been, for what he had been through, for what I had taken from everyone's lives. But he just pushed me away, as always, smiling and telling me it was alright and not my fault at all.

After he went in the kitchen to talk to Julia, Hagi and I walked into the living room. I walked up to the twin and stroked her hair once. She looked just like Diva, even if she appeared half starved and sick. She was wearing one of Kai's old shirts, and the simple attire made me smile. Would she be his daughter again? Keep him company while I was asleep? I hoped so. It seemed like I had been sitting there for hours before I finally returned to the kitchen, stopping near the doorway before entering, freezing at the words I heard. "…we have to. If she already went berserk once, we could have a serious problem. This whole town could be butchered like what happened in Vietnam, and this time she might not recover mentally," Julia said.

"I…I understand," Kai replied, his voice slightly strained.

I backed away from the door in horror. They…were they going to force me back to sleep?

A/N: Probably only one or maybe two chapters left. I have a writing assignment tomorrow night so I might not be able to update until Friday. I'm sorry! Please review!