A/N: The second part of the two-shot from the last chapter. This also coincides with Life Goes On Chapter 3.

Disclaimer: I do not, and never will, own Blood+.

Night In Okinawa

Haji watched Saya with some measure of curiosity as he waited for her to explain why she was acting so odd after school. All day he had to put up with Kai's laughter. Kai tried to explain that Saya would have to do "sex ed" today, but would burst out laughing when Haji would ask him what that was. Although Haji did not know what it was, he did figure it had something to do with bedroom activities. Since he had picked her up, he had become increasingly frustrated that she had not been straight with him. Haji wanted to know what was bothering her and if it had to do with the lesson at school. If it did, that likely meant Saya either wanted to continue their relationship or cut it off entirely. That was no small matter and Haji felt that he needed to know.

"I… Well, today, at school, I remembered something from my past," Haji became more nervous. The answer he sought may be coming. "Well, our past. I remembered that night." She said it so softly he could hardly hear her. As Haji processed her statement, and realized what night she was referring to, he could not help but feel a bit shocked. A blush appeared on his cheeks and he turned his head away.

Julia walked in the room to see them nervously looking around. Saya continued to shyly sit on the ground, anticipating Haji's answer. Haji did not feel comfortable talking about this matter with anyone but Saya, so Julia had only made his nerves worse. For the first time in some time, Haji ran away from the trouble and dragged Saya with him. Julia tried to be amused as she watched Haji slam the door to the guest bedroom, but she could not help having a sense of dread. Any fight between Saya and Haji would not be good for anyone. She hoped this was just some sort of weird romantic moment. By David's of their relationship, Saya and Haji needed to start sleeping together regularly. The romantic and sexual tension between them recently was annoying David, and he had been annoying her by complaining about it. Julia walked away, figuring that it was better to wait until the next morning to figure out what was going to happen.

On the other side of the door, Haji's nerves came to a head as he led Saya to the bed. He needed to know what she was thinking. Finally, he met Saya's eyes and gathered the courage to ask her his question: "How do you feel about that memory?" Not being able to look at her face any longer, Haji turned his head away.

Saya, with no idea of what else to do, answered his question with a kiss. Haji, with no way to respond, pulled her down to the floor. Both realized that they had been worried about the same thing: whether they still wanted to be together romantically. In that moment, they knew the answer was "yes."

Even though Haji was sure that was her answer, he needed to hear it from her mouth just like he had that night at the Zoo. "Are you sure this is what you want?"

Saya did not even need to think before replying, "Yes. I've never been so sure in my life." She kissed him, and he lifted her back onto the bed before joining her. They lay there for some time in each other's arms, just happy to be on the same page again. Eventually Saya began to kiss him again. Before she could rip his shirt off, he undressed her so that her school uniform would go undamaged. Haji carefully folded her shirt and bow, laid out her skirt, and placed her underclothes on top. Saya in turn folded his clothes for him and placed them next to hers. She kissed his chiropteran hand before slowly unwrapping the bandages that covered it.

Once again, they fell into an awkward silence as they looked at each other up and down, looking for scars that should be there but had long since healed. Saya broke the silence as she ran him onto the bed and began to kiss him sloppily. Both of them broke the kiss for a shared laugh of relief, and their hands began to roam.

Haji was still clumsy as he began to massage down her body, but the couples he had stumbled upon in Paris taught him something. This time, he took time to make sure that Saya was more relaxed, but Saya's nerves from earlier had not quite died down enough for her to fully enjoy it. That was ignoring that in his enthusiasm Haji's clawed hand was accidentally creating cuts across her back and sending blood flying around the room and leaking onto the sheets. When he focused his attention in between her legs, he finally noticed that she was still a bit nervous. He took advantage of the pleasure that resulted when he drank someone's blood and bit into her thigh before continuing. It worked, but not enough to get her to finish. Haji secretly hoped that it would work in the future, when the lead up was less stressful.

Although Saya was eager to return Haji's favor, Haji once again would not let her. Whenever she would reach below his waist or attempt to move her head down his body, he would roll over and strategically reposition her. For once, Saya regretted how well they had been trained in martial arts, and how much more time Haji had had to practice. Maybe next time. This was the second time he had been too much of a gentleman to let her be a lady. Trying to fix this would be another item to add to her list of reasons to spend as much alone time with Haji as possible. For now, she would simply have to bask in his unrefined worship.

Finally, Saya had had enough of ignoring him, so she worked hard to roll him over so she could do the one thing to please him she knew he approved of. While he lay surprised at her sudden aggressiveness, she took the opportunity to positing herself on top of him and slowly sank down. While he lasted slightly longer than at the Zoo, Haji still knew he could work on his stamina. He was hopeful that Saya would agree to help him on that account.

After he was done, Saya rolled off of him so she could better snuggle against his chest. Haji put his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. This time he stroked her hair until she fell asleep. When she woke up again, Haji found that the method worked well in calming her.

Upon waking back up in the morning, Haji and Saya tried to clean the room with the efficiency Haji had done at the Zoo. Although there was no use in trying to clean the blood off of the walls, Saya hurriedly carried the sheets to the laundry closet and placed them on the floor. Haji re-made the bed with extra sheets in the linen closet. They ran back to The Omoro together, trying to avoid discovery by the one who would be the most upset: Kai.

Despite their trepidation of being found out, the couple had not felt that alive in years. There was nothing quite like being together without battle.

A/N: There's not as much elaboration, but I did not want to do that. I think this time, they accepted it would be awkward and didn't hang onto every detail, so the narrative shouldn't either. Because of the time spent together, they also didn't need nearly as many words. So it seems less awkward than it probably should've been portrayed as.