I really wanted some Kayura and Steve time. XD LOL Fluffy fluffness!

Chapter Fourteen

Steve ached as he opened his apartment door. It had been a long trip back and a not so successful time looking for his friend. He dropped his bag onto the couch and he opened his bedroom door. He saw her waiting on the fire escape with White Blaze in her lap. The night was moonless, but the stars twinkled around her like a sky full of diamonds. She was dressed in all black, and her lips were painted bright red.

White Blaze's ears perked up and bounded in knocking the man flat on his back to lick his cheek. Steve shoved the mastiff of a cat off, "ow, cat...geez."

Kayura slipped in like a shadow, "been a while, soldier."

He smiled at her as he sat up and she held out a hand for him. He was on his feet in a moment and asked, "how did you know I was back?"

"White Blaze woke me up," she laughed as she hugged him tight. White Blaze jumped up on Steve's bed and chuffed happily. She could feel his heart beat in his chest and his hot breath on her cheek. His arms were wrapped around her tightly as if he never wanted to let her go.

He let one arm free to slip under her chin and lifter her face so he could kiss her. His mouth was hard against hers and he pulled her body tight to his. She grabbed his body close to hers by his shirt, his warmth was something she was hungry for. It had been cold all week, and it had chilled her to the soul. She heard White Blaze chuff with irritation as they remained locked for several moments. The cat jumped off the bed and climbed out the window. Steve laughed, "I think he's a bit embarrassed."

She nodded as she grabbed his neck to pull him into the kiss again. His mouth was happy to join hers as she threw her arms around his neck again. He rested his hands on her hips and broke the kiss to look into her eyes. Her lipstick was smudged and he assumed it was on him too, "Kay, why're you here so late?"

"I like the dark," she blushed and played with his shirt. "And I was worried..."

"About," he asked.

She shook her head against his shirt, "I was just worried."

He sat down on his bed, "couldn't sleep?"

She shook her head quietly again.

He reached out to her and pulled her to him, "I missed you too."

She blushed.

She was surprisingly a woman of very little words at times.

Kayura wrapped her arms around his neck, "I know you can't tell me what you're up to...but did it go well?"

He shook his head and looked up at her, "absolutely nothing."

She leaned against him and pushed him back onto his bed with a hard kiss of her. Steve felt his heart racing as their mouths locked tight. She had been on his mind a lot while he was away. Wondering if she was running around in the night looking for demons to fight or shadows to chase. Kay stopped her kiss and laid against his chest, "can I stay with you tonight?"

He felt his cheeks grow hot, and looked down at her, "I don't think that's a good idea..."

She lightly smacked his cheek, "not like that you moron."

He blushed, "wel...hm..."

She decided to tease him a little bit, "I know what you're thinking..."

He felt his face grow scarlet as she starred at him mischievously, he looked away, "...wel...I mean..."

"I saw your hiding spot at the Mansion."

He turned to look at her, "hm?"

She reached in her pocket and pulled out a small black plastic wrapped item, and she said, "had we not been attacked by Akuma, were you planning something else, Captain Rogers?"

His eyes grew wide, "honestly, those weren't mine."

She raised an eyebrow.

He turned a looked away again, feeling his face grow hotter with every breath, "I mean I had some in my wallet...but..."

"But?"

He saw her mischievous smile, "it was...just in case …you know..."

She laughed as she hugged, "I know, Steve..."

He laid a hand on her back, and tried to change the subject, "any leads on the shard?"

"No," she paused to snuggle next to him. She laid her hand on his chest and felt his heart racing, it was certainly cute that he would get so flustered with her. "Felicia didn't remember anything after Sekh foolishly wiped her memory of it. I followed some of my old leads...but none of them seemed aware that anything happened."

"Oh," he said awkwardly. His heart was still racing a mile a minute, and he couldn't manage anything intellectual instead.

She kissed his cheek, "I didn't mean to fluster you so badly."

He rolled on his side to face her and reached over to kiss her softly, "I'm going to go sleep on the couch."

She shook her head, "please...stay..."

He felt his cheeks go red, "Kay..."

"I just want you to hold me," she whispered. "I'm not ready for that yet..."

He nodded and held her close and kissed her forehead softly, "I won't ever do anything you don't want me to do."

Kayura wasn't expecting her heart in throat and she hugged him tight, "Steve...I..."

She had buried her face into his shirt, "what's wrong?"

Kayura slowly lifted her face to look into his blue eyes, "I..."

He didn't say anything.

She knew he didn't know what she was going to say, "I... have never been with a man before..."

She hid her face almost immediately and he couldn't help but smile to himself. He held her close and he didn't say anything for a long while, "It's not like I'm an expert or anything..."

She gulped and slowly looked up, "...that's hard to believe..."

He felt his heart race, "like I had said, before the war I wasn't exactly a healthy kid...girls weren't really into chasing me down...I mean even Peggy didn't take me seriously after the procedure...she even shot at me several times..."

Kay smiled, "I think I might have liked her."

He held her close and didn't say anything. She realized that it was a sensitive subject and she wrapped her arms around him only to realize he was dozing. Kayura felt her eyes grow heavy, his warm arms felt so good.