Mei awoke to the sound of grunts, thwacks and thumps. She opened one eye to look at the time and groaned when she saw that it was only 5am.

Seeing as it was pointless to go back to sleep, she made her way to the source of the sounds.

Mei slightly slid the door open which lead to the garden to see all the commotion. Her eyes widened to see Yuzu, once again in her gi uniform, trying (and sometimes failing) to dodge an old man's attacks. She was amazed at how Yuzu could keep up with his movements as they were so fast that it was almost making her dizzy.

She winced as she saw the man land a blow on her face. Redness started to taint Yuzu's visage but she still kept concentrating on blocking all of her mentor's attacks. Yuzu kept thinking back on what he said last time, 'You must watch your opponent's movements and anticipate their attacks'. So she kept watching his attacks, waiting for the right moment to strike, and as the moment came Yuzu was able to land a palm heel strike to the man's chin.

The bald man stumbled backwards a bit but regained his footing. Yuzu took the opportunity to step forward and go on the offense, landing a few blows to Miyagi-sensei's torso. The man chuckled happily, "You're finally learning, Yuzuko-san! That was an excellent match. Next we'll move on to more complex attacks. But go have your breakfast first".

With that, Yuzu bowed, "Thank you Miyagi-sensei!", she said with a smile, even if it hurt.

Meanwhile, Mei was surprised to see that it was already 6.47am. Mei was so fascinated by the match that she had not realized she was watching them for the last hour and 47 minutes without knowing.

Suddenly a knock came from her door and she flinched in surprise. "Aihara-san, breakfast is ready!"

"Oh, thank you, but how did you know I was already awake?", she asked while following the maid towards the dining room. 'Did she see me peeking?'

"Oh! Well, Yuzuko-san informed us that you like to get up around this time", the maid replied.

"I see…", Mei sat down to eat.

Just then Yuzu came in with a quiet 'good morning' and sat down immediately to eat. Mei stared at her stepsister's swollen cheek with worry.

The maid followed Mei's gaze and gasped, "Yuzuko-san, you're cheek is all red and swollen! I'll get you an ice pack right away!"

"Oh, there's really no need for-", Yuzu said in between her noisy chewing but the maid had already run off.

The two stepsisters sat in silence as they ate until the raven haired girl spoke up, "You really should cool it down, or else the swelling will get worse…"

Yuzu looked up from her bowl of rice, 'Is she worried?' "This is nothing! I've had much worse!", she tried to reassure the younger girl but obviously failed as that statement only made Mei's brows furrow with worry more.

Suddenly the maid came in, interrupting the silence between the girls once again. She handed the ice pack to Yuzu and turned to Mei, "Um, Aihara-san what would you like to do today? There's no television or anything since this house is quite old fashioned. However we do have a library if you're interested?"

After a brief pause the younger girl mustered up her answer, "I would like to watch Yuzu train, would that be alright?", she inquired.

Yuzu raised an eyebrow in confusion, 'Why would she want to watch me?'

"Sure, as long as Yuzuko-san doesn't mind?", she turned to the blonde.

Yuzu looked down in defeat, "Do whatever you want…"

After eating breakfast, Yuzu went back to the garden, with Mei following her. Neither knew what to say so an uncomfortable silence had set between them.

Mei sat on the engawa as she watched Yuzu train intently. It seemed like all she's been doing recently is admire Yuzu's new side. A side that she never knew the blonde had. She watched as the blonde broke boards of wood, tiles, bricks and cinder block with her hands, elbows and legs.

"Alright, that's all for the warm up", the bald man called, who Mei discovered to be called 'Miyagi-sensei'.

And so Mei spent all afternoon watching Yuzu train.

…

After lunch Yuzu finished martial arts training and went to the gym. Mei had decided to visit the library while Yuzu got changed out of her gi. She wanted to read a book while Yuzu trained so she wouldn't just sit there and gawk at her older stepsister's hot, sweaty body. Just thinking about it made the younger girl blush madly.

On the other hand, Yuzu had been trying to ignore the raven haired girl's presence all day. Her eyes had been following her the whole time so it was hard for the blonde to focus on training properly. The slight distraction had caused Yuzu's concentration to slip which in turn meant it was harder to dodge Miyagi-sensei's attacks, causing her whole body to gain some more bruises.

In order to prevent that from happening during her exercises, (because god knows she might die from dropping a barbell on her head) she decided to listen to some music.

So Yuzu started her usual workout routine, alternating between each muscle group; her arms, chest, back and legs. Mei's eyes slowly wandered towards the blonde's direction, completely forgetting about her book. She unconsciously gulped as she saw beads of sweat run down the older girl's body, which accumulated into blots of sweat on her tanktop. Mei watched as Yuzu dabbed a towel on her face and drank a whole bottle of water with one gulp. 'Oh god. She's too hot', Mei was now aware that her throat was dry and that she felt a bit...thirsty.

After 2 hours of hard training both girls were called for dinner. Yuzu decided to shower first as she wanted to avoid the awkward silence that had set between them for the last day.

After finishing her dinner Mei made her way to her room, passing the door with the orange tree and entering the door next to it. As she bent down to pull out some clothes from her duffel bag, she heard a quiet yelp from the other side of the wall.

"It'll hurt more if you squirm so much!"

She walked towards it, realizing that 'the wall' was actually just a sliding door meant to divide one room into two. Mei heard another cry of pain before she slid the door open.

Her eyes widened as she saw Yuzu's half naked form covered in bandages. The blonde was sitting cross legged with her back facing towards her as a maid, who seemed to be applying some sort of cream on Yuzu's shoulder blade turned to look behind her, "Oh! Aihara-san sorry for the noise! Was it bothering you?".

"No, not at all. I was just curious as to where that sound was coming from…", Mei said as she saw Yuzu's back stiffen.

"Well, I was just putting some cream on Yuzuko-san's bruises-Ah! I forgot the bandages! I'm sorry to ask you to do this Aihara-san, but would you mind applying this cream on Yuzuko-san's back, while I get the bandages? All the other maids have already returned to their rooms and I can't ask any of the butlers to do this!", the maid frantically explained.

All the while Yuzu had not said a single word, waiting for Mei's answer anxiously.

"No, I don't mind…", Mei said reassuringly as the maid nodded and ran off to retrieve the bandages.

Another awkward silence set between them. Both wore red faces which neither could see. 'What the hell! Her room was right next to mine the whole time?! There are so many rooms you could get lost in this house but they just had to put her next to my room!', Yuzu inwardly screamed.

She heard the younger girl sit down behind her which made her stiffen even more. Yuzu flinched at the cold sensation of the cream touching her sore spots but soon relaxed as she felt Mei's soothing fingers.

A comfortable silence set between both girls, much to both stepsisters' relief. Mei grimaced as she saw the many bruises littering the blonde's body. She continued to rub the cream on the freshest bruises which were blue and purple while the older bruises, which had already started healing, were yellow and green.

"Mei.", Yuzu suddenly spoke up.

"Yes?"

"Why did you come here, seriously?", Yuzu tightened her fists in nervousness.

Mei's hand froze for a second as she thought of how to answer the older girl's question.

"...Because you left before I could even tell you my true feelings", Mei finally answered. She wrapped her arms around Yuzu's neck, "Yuzu, I-I love you".

Yuzu didn't move an inch. She just sat still, completely frozen. "I know that after all I've done to you you must hate me but… no matter what, I wanted to tell you my true feelings! But.. if you do hate me… then push me away. I'll go back home and I'll give up on these feelings…", Mei finished.

After a brief silence Mei was pushed backwards with Yuzu pinning her to the floor. "You idiot! How could I ever hate you?! You make my heart beat so much sometimes it's painful… and sometimes you do the most confusing things! Like randomly kissing me then pretending like nothing happened the next second. And when I finally accepted that you didn't want me I was ready to give up on these feelings... you say this to me!"

Mei stared wide eyed at the blonde, seeing small droplets of tears forming in Yuzu's eyes. "Why-why do you do these confusing things to me?", she finally started crying.

Mei couldn't think of anything else to do but reach out her arms and embracing the older girl, "I'm sorry...I'm sorry…", she said soothingly as she pulled Yuzu closer to her.

After a while Yuzu got up and wiped away her tears. She silently sat down in front of Mei and closed her eyes indicating for the younger girl to tend to her bruised cheek from this morning. The raven haired girl did as was indicated and started applying more cream to the blonde's face.

Just then the maid came rushing in, "Sorry it took so long! We were out of bandages so I had to run out to get some.", she explained.

The maid hurriedly but carefully wrapped fresh bandages around the blonde's back. Yuzu slipped into an oversized shirt as Mei stood up to go back to her room when the blonde suddenly spoke up, "Maria-san, please set up my futon next to my stepsister's…", The maid stared in confusion but merely nodded obediently, "Of course Yuzuko-san".

Mei's eyes widened in surprise and she felt her face grow hot once again. After the maid finished placing the futon next to Mei's she turned to Yuzu, "Will that be all for today, Yuzuko-san?"

"Please have someone remove the sliding doors dividing this room tomorrow", she inquired.

"As you wish. Well, goodnight Yuzuko-san, Aihara-san", the maid respectfully bowed before sliding the door behind her, leaving the two girls on their own.

Mei, who was trying to remain calm, walked towards her duffel bag to complete her original task; get changed.

When she finally pulled out her clothes she noticed that Yuzu was staring at her. 'Crap', she thought. 'I don't know where the bathroom is'

Yuzu noticed that Mei was worried about something, "Mei? Is something wrong?".

"I need to get changed but I don't know where the bathroom is…", the raven haired girl said meekly.

Yuzu tilted her head in confusion, "Why don't you just change in here?"

With that question, Mei blushed an even darker shade of red which made Yuzu smirk knowingly. "What, are you embarrassed? You just saw me half naked so it's only fair that I see you half naked", the blonde said in a joking manner. But as soon as she said that Mei had started to undress.

Yuzu stood frozen as she saw Mei timidly pulling off her shirt, exposing her bra. The blonde was about to explode as she watched the younger girl's expression. She looked so timid, obedient and… submissive it made Yuzu question her morality. Her fingers twitched as Mei had started to slide down her pants.

Without warning Yuzu pushed the other girl against the wall, surprising the both of them as the blonde's body seemed to move on its own. Mei stared at her older stepsister needily, her eyes half closed as both girls leaned in and finally gave into temptation.

Lemon!:

Animal instincts took over as Yuzu kissed Mei roughly, slipping her tongue into the squirming girl. Her kisses were usually timid and inexperienced but now her tongue moved so skillfully that even Mei had to break the kiss to catch her breath.

The younger girl had never seen Yuzu like this before. Usually it was her that took the lead but now she was completely under her older stepsister's control.

Yuzu looked into Mei's half lidded eyes as she struggled to catch her breath and panted heavily, "I don't think I can hold back anymore, Mei".

"Wai- Yuzu-! Mmm", the older girl sucked on Mei's neck which made her squirm yet lean into Yuzu more.

She pushed Mei onto the neatly made up futon and moved her knee up between Mei's legs, Yuzu immediately pulled off Mei's bra and started licking and sucking her breasts.

This was completely different to how Mei thought Yuzu would act for their first time. She thought that the blonde would primarily focus on doing things slowly and taking her time, asking for Mei's consent before doing anything. However Yuzu couldn't stop herself. She was uncontrollable because she needed Mei, right there and then.

Yuzu moved down, kissing Mei's navel and sliding down to her waist before roughly pulling off her panties.

The blonde took a moment to look up at Mei who hid her face behind her forearms. Yuzu moved up to look at the blushing girl's face.

"Mei. Show me your face", Yuzu's voice was demanding, almost authoritative.

Obediently (yet reluctantly), Mei removed her arms from her face but couldn't meet Yuzu's gaze.

'She's so cute', Yuzu thought before cupping Mei's face and gently kissing her.

Finally she moved down in between Mei's legs. "I love you Mei", the younger girl shivered as she could feel Yuzu's breath shower her down there. "Mmph!" Yuzu ran a finger down her moist slit before pressing her thumb on her bundle of nerves. Mei closed her eyes and let out a moan as she felt a tingling sensation between her legs.

Just as she was about to lose consciousness from the tingling spasm that threatened to burst, Yuzu suddenly took her clitoris between her lips and sucked lightly, sending Mei over the edge. "Ahhh!", she tilted her head back and grasped the sheets as she reached her orgasm, sending sparks of electricity through her whole body.

Yuzu pulled back and watched her girlfriend's expression with pride. She watched the younger girl's chest rise and fall, giving her the perfect view of her soft mounds. "You're so sexy, Mei…", Yuzu said as she buried her face in between her girlfriend's breasts. As the last spasm left Mei's body Yuzu started to rub her slit again. "Not done yet!", she exclaimed.

"Wait Yuzu! I just came so I'm really sensiti- Ahn~!", Mei was interrupted by Yuzu inserting her index finger into her sex. "Mei, you're so beautiful" , the blonde slowly started to pump her finger in and out of the girl, increasing the pace as Mei's orgasm was starting to build up again.

"Hyah-!" Suddenly Yuzu inserted another finger and moved her fingers in a 'come here' motion, hitting the raven haired girl's g-spot. Mei's moans grew louder and after repeating the motion a few more times, she arched her back and reached another exploding orgasm.

After calming down from her high the younger girl attempted to glare at Yuzu. "What if someone heard us?!", she whisper-screamed.

"Don't worry, the servants sleep on the opposite side of the building. The only ones on this side are me and you", the blonde tried to assure with a smile.

However, to Mei it looked like a cocky smirk which irritated her quite a bit. Without any warning the younger girl pounced on Yuzu and pulled her shirt off. Her eyes widened as she was met with Yuzu's lean body. Even though it had only been a few weeks since Yuzu's training in both the gym and martial arts, her body had changed quite a bit from the last time she saw her. Yuzu's abdomen was taut and toned and.. sexy.

"Um...Mei-san?", Yuzu asked nervously.

Mei ignored her as she visibly gulped while staring at Yuzu's newly formed six-pack with hungry eyes.

The younger girl moved to rip off the rest of Yuzu's clothes off. She was breathing heavily as she did so, inspecting Yuzu's form more closely. She had wanted to do this since she saw her training in the gym.

Yuzu could swear that the younger girl was trying hard not to drool, which filled her with a little bit of pride. But suddenly she felt a sharp ache return in her body, wincing as she felt it. Mei noticed the grimace and immediately became concerned, "Yuzu, what's wrong?".

"Sorry, it's just my bruises from today are still fresh and it kinda hurts to move now", the blonde smiled in hopes of easing the younger girl's worries.

Mei frowned, feeling guilty since the blonde ignored her exhausted and injured body in an effort to please her.

Suddenly she leaned down on Yuzu, kissing her and gently entering the older girl's mouth with her tongue. Yuzu was surprised at first but gladly kissed the girl back. The kiss was soft and tender, in contrast to Mei's usual forceful yet passionate kisses.

Mei was trying to be as gentle as possible. She wanted to make Yuzu feel better, being careful to not overexert the blonde and instead focusing on pleasing her girlfriend.

Yuzu was the first to break the kiss, " M-mei?".

"It's alright Yuzu. You don't have to do anything. Just relax..", Mei assured with a soft tone.

Yuzu happily obliged as Mei started kissing and sucking her neck, slowly moving down in between Yuzu's breasts. She kept trailing soft kisses down the blonde's toned abdomen, stopping at the girl's waist.

At this point Yuzu was panting heavily, "Mei...stop teasing..me", she pleaded. Mei moved up to give her another kiss, removing the remainder of the girl's clothes in the process.

Breaking off the kiss Mei moved down in between Yuzu's legs, gliding her hands along every curve of her girlfriend's body. Finally, her dominant hand slithered downward as she started to rub Yuzu's bud.

Mei rested her head on the older girl's shoulder as she watched her expressions closely. She moved her hand down even further to reach the source of Yuzu's wetness.

"Ah! Hahnn~", Yuzu couldn't hold back her voice as the younger girl slid a finger into her folds with ease. After finding a steady rhythm Yuzu arched her back and raised her hips closer to Mei's hand to deepen her action.

Mei watched as beads of sweat slid down Yuzu's godly form, turning her even more on and pumping the older girl harder in the process. As she reached deeper inside the girl, she curled her fingers up, successfully hitting Yuzu's g-spot which earned a scream of pleasure from the older girl.

Inserting another finger in, the raven haired girl increased her pace as she hit the blonde's g-spot harder. "Ahh! Mei...mei! I love you…!", the older girl confessed. Mei blushed even more at hearing her girlfriend's words. She hungrily kissed Yuzu as she increased her pace even further and rubbed her bundle of nerves with her thumb.

"Ahhnn~", As Yuzu was nearing her climax she wrapped her arms around Mei's neck to deepen their kiss. After a few more strokes Yuzu arched her back and buried her face in Mei's shoulder.

"Mei I love you so much… I love you so- Hyah~!", she said in between the waves of pleasure.

Mei continued to leave small kisses on the blue, black and purple bruises that littered the older girl's body. The sight of them saddened her a bit which made her want to kiss Yuzu again and again in hopes of making her forget all the pain.

Yuzu, who had calmed down from her orgasm, understood the younger girl's small gestures and wrapped her now, strong arms around her girlfriend. Both felt exhaustion overcome them and after a minutes both were asleep in each other's arms.