Gokudera feels his knees weaken so he collapse onto the floor, pulling Phoenix on top of him. His chest moves up and down as he tries to get over the aftershocks of the orgasm. The silver-haired teen looks at Phoenix and huffs a chuckle.

"Jesus…that was…"

"Amazing…" Phoenix can feel Gokudera's heart racing against her chest and takes a deep breath, looking down at her Italian lover. She pushes some wet hair out of his face. "Is it just me, or does that get better every time?"

Gokudera smiles, closes his eyes and rests his head back against the wet shower floor.

"It does….But I think it comes with experience." The Italian teen strokes Phoenix's hair. "Or maybe it's 'cause you keep getting sexier every damn day."

Phoenix pecks Gokudera on the lips and rests her head over his heart.

"Lie. You on the other hand…"

Gokudera smirks.

"I think all the sex is getting to your head."

Gokudera rubs tiny circles into Phoenix's shoulders, his hands hit a long scar and he traces it. His fingers jump from scar to scar, lovingly tracing them.

"Hey, it's not my fault you're so hard to resist."

Phoenix smirks and shivers slightly as she feels his hands on her back.

Gokudera kisses the top of Phoenix's head.

"Not mine either." He feels the cool water hit his skin. "Babe, I think the shower's running out of hot water."

"I thought I had the water heater fixed months ago…Bah…stupid cheap Irish mob…I don't wanna move Hayato…I like it here."

Gokudera sits up, bringing Phoenix up with him.

"Don't worry." He kisses her forehead. "We'll be out of here in no time."

Gokudera picks Phoenix up and dislodges himself from her, standing and offering a hand to help her up.

"Then to my apartment right?"

Phoenix grins while she takes his hand but Gokudera stays silent while he helps her up.

"We'll see."

"Hey…" Phoenix looks into Gokudera's eyes with concern. "You know I love you. That I want to be with you every second of every day. Right?"

"Yeah…I know."

Gokudera grabs the shampoo off a shelf.

"Then what's with the hesitation?

Gokudera bites his lip and squeezes the shampoo into his hand.

"I just…I don't want to stay her in America. Not when they'll be looking for us. Sure, we might not be able to head over to Japan so quickly either, but we can't get too comfortable once we get out of here. "He lathers the shampoo onto his hair and rubs it in semi-frustration. "Ya know?"

Hey, I'm not going to leave anyone alive to look for us. And I'll go anywhere with you...but I can't move out of Chicago right now Hayato...And besides...what about my team? They have families to, and none of them are going to trust you so they'll want to be close by to keep me safe and..." Phoenix takes the shampoo and rubs it into her hair slowly. "My life is complicated and hard and messy and...deadly. Certain things must happen, things that were always meant to happen..." Phoenix's hand strays to the small, bird shaped, mark over her heart. "Things that have to do with Fallow."

Gokudera stands under the water, unmoving, while a million things run though his head.

"I…I know that! I just…We need to figure this out." He stares at his red-haired lover. "But not now. Please…not now."

"I know you know about my trial. She told me that she told you. And you know I might not survive..." Phoenix rinses the shampoo from her hair. "That it's most likely I'll die in my trial." The girl blinks and looks to the ground. "We may not have time to figure this out…"

Gokudera washes the shampoo off.

"Please…don't…" His jaw clenches. "I won't let you die!"

"Law of the Lynch. 'You walk alone in hardship, surrounded by those who care'" Phoenix see's Gokudera's arguments coming. "It means that in the trial, the people who we love and who love us back may observe but we can't rely on them. You don't interfere and I might die. You do interfere and I will be killed."

Gokudera slams his fist into the shower wall.

"No matter what you say. I won't let you die. I won't interfere, but I won't let you die."

A determined look appears on his face.

"Hey." Phoenix gently takes Gokudera's face in her hand, cupping his cheek. "I know you won't." She smiles softly and pecks him on the lips. "I love you Hayato."

Gokudera leans into Phoenix's hand.

"I love you too Aydan."

Gokudera kisses Phoenix back and can feel her smirk.

"Then stop worrying so much! I got along just fine before I met you, you know." She kisses him again. "Now come on, let's get dried up. This waters cold."