The Melancholy Schmaltz

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: BY CHANCE

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"Kahoko," Yunoki said her name between kisses. Kahoko's lips were wet with his kisses. Yunoki unbuttoned her blouse and slid it off her shoulders. He then kissed her neck, shoulders and down to the valley of her breast.

Kahoko had never felt this before. She had never felt so much fire burning within her. His touch was igniting everything. He's claiming her and she wanted him to do so. It has been years… the distance had come to an end. They never knew that they would be this close to each other once again. And now, they're willing to close the gap between them and melt as one.

Yunoki separated her legs. She was wearing pants. He kissed her stomach and caressed it gently. He sat on his knees and undid her belt. He took it off her and let if fall off the bed. Kahoko watched him as he gave his attention to her pants. He undid its button and unzipped its zipper. Kahoko blushed hard. She can't explain what she's feeling. She felt a different sensation pooling between her. Yunoki held the sides of her pants and pulled it down. She closed her eyes, ashamed of what he'd see. She could feel the cold air passing through her skin as her pants left her. Yunoki stared at her. She was closing her eyes tight and her cheeks were flushed. She was merely on her bra and underwear. His Kahoko… Kahoko opened her eyes and looked at him with shyness. He then undid his top without leaving his gaze of her. As he took his shirt off, Kahoko saw his fine muscles. And to add it up, he was looking at her with such devotion and want. He looked beautiful… Her Yunoki Azuma.

Yunoki kissed her once more. They held each other as if their life depended on one another. He kissed her with fervent passion. Lips locked, tongues entwined and skin ablazed. As their tongues battled, Yunoki's hands travelled from her neck, down to the valley of her breast down to her lower belly then back up. His hands stopped on her covered breasts. He broke the kiss and caressed her breast. Kahoko grasped.. Her breathing slowed and deepened as he began lowering his head and pulling down her bra. He cupped it and massaged it tenderly. Kahoko suppressed making any sound. Suddenly… Yunoki licked her left nipple. Kahoko shuddered. He then took it in and began sucking.

"Azuma…" She embraced him tight. Her face flushed and trying to control whatever emotion she wanted to express. "Oh.." It was a queer sensation as his tongue played with her nipples while his left hand caressed and her other breast. Satisfied, he turn to her other breast and did the same. He was sucking her and it felt so weird. Kahoko embraced him tight… wondering why she felt so scared yet so… uncontained at the same time. She wanted him to claim her some more but wondered how. Her nipples hardened. She never felt them react that strong before and her legs… they were separated with him in the middle. There was a different sensation pooling down right between her legs and it was as if pushing itself to him…

Yunoki unclasped her bra and tossed it away. He then took her right hand and kissed the back of her hand going up. He licked the palm of her hand, making her grasp at how her body reacted with the mere gesture. He lay atop her. His face was merely inches from her own.

" Why do you always mess my rhythm?" He whispered.
With flushed, embarrassed face.. "Mess?"
"Even before when we're young. You always make me feel different." He placed his forehead against her own. "When I fell in love with you, I never recognized it at first." His right hand travelled from between them.. her stomach down, sliding under her underwear then to her sensitive part. "Not until the time when everybody seemed to have been taken by you. I didn't like it. I didn't want to think that you'd be distant." He caressed her sensitive part.
"Ah—" She embraced him tight. She doesn't understand the way her body felt under his touch.
"Showing the true Yunoki Azuma to you was out of my league. I didn't actually want you to know… but you fell in love with him the way he fell in love with you." He rubbed her sensitive part.
"Azuma…" She moaned his name. Her mind and body all spoke his name.
"He didn't believe in love… in anything… until you made him feel lunatic." He slid his fingers inside her.
"Ah—" Her eyes mistied. "Azuma, what is going on?"

Yunoki slid his fingers in and out of her. She held onto him as if her life depended on him. Suddenly, he withdrew his hands from inside her and sat up on his knees. Kahoko looked at him as he pulled off her underwear down, down and dropped it on the floor. She was now bare… naked under him. She gestured to cover herself but he stopped her. His eyes told her that she has nothing to be ashamed of. He then undid his own belt, unbuttoned his pants and unzipped it. Kahoko watched him as he did everything with grace. Then, he went of the bed and lowered his pants together with his boxers. Kahoko was bewildered at what she saw. He crawled back to her, separated her legs and stayed between them. He embraced her on the bed. Skin to skin, they felt each other.

"Kahoko…" He took her left hand against his right and brought it beside her head. He locked their fingers and he kissed her passionately. "I love you." He said on her lips. Suddenly, Kahoko felt something long and hard enter her.

"Ah—" She closed her eyes tight and tightened her gripped on his hand and her other hand grabbed the sheets. Yunoki tried controlling himself. When she seemed to have adopted, he started pushing and pulling. "Azuma…" She was crying. Heavy beads of sweat formed from her body. Yunoki tried not to lose his control. Everything then changed as a matter of minutes. Everything was stirred up. All Kahoko felt was Yunoki moving in and outside of her and she was buried deep into the bed. She could hear his groans and her own moans of pain and pleasure. After that, the world darkened until she saw nothing.

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Kahoko woke up. The dawn was about to break. She blinked a few times until everything looked clearer. She can finally see the ceiling. Her eyes closed once more… suddenly, images of last night came to her.

"Azuma!" She sat up. She's inside his vacation house… inside his room and they made love that very night. She looked around. She was alone. Suddenly, a jolt of fear emerged from her heart. "Azuma!" He couldn't have left her again, would he? She went down the bed, suddenly, the door closed.

"Kahoko."

She recognized that voice. She couldn't see the face of the man though. There was no light yet. The night and morning was still on a battle.

"Azuma.." She muttered.

"Yes." He confirmed.

She pressed her lips, her brows then curled and her eyes misted. She ran to him and embraced him. "I thought you left."

Yunoki smiled. He embraced her and patted her head. "No, idiot."

She pulled back and looked at him. She looked at his eyes. Topaz. But suddenly, a realization came to her. His hair was now short.

"Your hair…" She ran her hand through his hair. Newly cut. "But why?"

Yunoki moved to his side, took a robe and held it in front of him. "You're naked. You might catch cold."

Kahoko wrote the robe and pulled him a little bit near the balcony for some light. Kahoko grasped. Yunoki looked so new. He looked so handsome. Way handsome than before.

"Why?" She held his face.

"For you. For the new us." He traced her nose bridge, cupped her chin and kissed her lightly. Kahoko couldn't believe he cut his hair for her. For the new them… "Are you alright?"

"What do you mean?" She wondered. Purely naïve.

He chuckled and shook his head. He then lowered his head, and gestured to whisper something into her ear. "Does it still hurt?"

Kahoko blushed hard. "Err…" She had just realized. It really hurt last night but now… "Not much."

"Not much. Meaning, we can do it for 5 more rounds." He smirked. "At least there's something to celebrate."

"Azuma!" She was now really embarrassed at the thought. He had that smirk on as he carried her like a bride.

"Don't move so much." He laid her on the bed and then followed.

"Azuma, are we—" She wanted to ask if they're going to do it again but too afraid to even try.

"Do what we did last night for 5 rounds?" He had that naughty smile on. "Do you? I can afford more than that." He whispered.

"Azuma!" She covered herself with a pillow.

"No. Sleep...for a virgin like you. I can't abuse going farther than expected." He took the pillow away from her.

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Len closed his laptop.

'She didn't want to marry me because he's back and he's after her.' He thought to himself. 'What do I lack? Why can't I seem better than Yunoki Azuma for Kahoko?'

Len was really bothered. He couldn't tell why Kahoko is still distant to him. Was it him? Or was it her? He had just found out the reason behind Kahoko's travel schemes and the person behind it all… Yunoki Azuma.

'Making himself anonymous huh?' He leaned against his window. 'Kahoko, am I not enough? By any chance.. will I ever be good enough for you?'

He had called for a lot of times now and not once did she answer his called that night. He dialed her number once again. It kept ringing but no one ever answered it. 57 missed calls are just too much.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: It's been eons! I'm back. Should I continue this or not? I'm having a hard time. Huhu I don't want to hurt Len! And I've cut Yunoki's tresses.

Please let me know what you think. Reviews and PMs are the reasons why I am continuing this story... so please please please leave me a review. :)