Chapter 45: No means no, Zoi

Warning: Graphic naughtiness discussed in this chapter

[Now Kunzite's eyes are as big as saucers as Zoisite starts grinding up against him.]

Kunzite: [pushes Zoi away] What do you think you're doing?

Zoi: You tell me. You are of the one with all the experience in these matters.

[Kunzite pushes Zoi until he's at arm's length.]

[Zoi squirms out of Kunzite's grasp like a mongoose and goes back to kissing him again.]

Kunzite: Get off me, you little devil.

Zoi: You rub up against me from behind and then ask me what I want to do. What were you expecting me to say? "I'd like to ask you a few more questions?"

[Kunzite pushes Zoi away and turns him around so he's facing the other direction, but Zoi just juts out his hips toward him.]

[Kunzite pushes him back again]

Kunzite: Get on your own side of the bed and stay there! You're too young to be fooling around like this!

Zoi: [grumbling as he scoots over] Oh, come on! I want you inside me.

Kunzite: You have no idea what you're talking about.

Zoi: And at this rate, I never will.

Kunzite: Absolutely not!

Zoi: Do I have to beg for it? Because I will, you know.

[They look at each other for a long time. Kunzite is staring intensely at Zoi, Zoi is smiling faintly at Kunzite.]

Kunzite: Oh fuck it! [He pulls Zoi close and kisses him deeply, rolling on top of him. As they break off the kiss, Zoi pulls off Kunzite's shirt while Kunzite unfastens his belt. He's already gotten to his fly when he suddenly realizes what he's doing and vanishes in a flash of magenta.]

Zoi: Kunzite?

[Kunzite reappears at the far end of the room. His belt and shirt are back on.]

Kunzite: That's it! I've had it! If you don't stop trying to seduce me, I'm leaving!

Zoi: [giggles and trails his finger on the pillow] What? You don't want to do it?

Kunzite: Of course I want to do it! That's not the point! If we start fooling around like this, I'm going to end up doing things that hurt you! A lot! It's going to burn like fire. I'll be as gentle as possible, but it won't be enough. This isn't going to be a carried-away-in-the-heat-of-passion, let's-take-Zoisite-in-the-butt, sort of thing. That not how this works! I don't know what you've read about this sort of thing, but it was probably written by fangirls who have no idea what they are talking about! You're not going to like it the first time we do it. You're probably not going like it the tenth time we do it.

Zoi: But there are…preparations… we can do, right?

Kunzite: Of course. There is an entire lost artform to that. But the preparations aren't going to make it hurt any less. If anything, they'll prolong the torture.

Zoi: You're kidding, right?

Kunzite: Not at all.

Zoi: Then what's the point of the preparations?

Kunzite: The preparations are to keep you from being torn to shreds.

Zoi: …

Kunzite: It doesn't sound quite so magical now, does it?

[Zoi ponders this for a while]

Zoi: I still want to do it.

[Kunzite sits on the edge of the bed and sighs deeply]

Zoi: [gives him a look of longing] Kunzite. I'm ready.

Kunzite: No, you're not. You couldn't possibly be ready.

[Zoi blushes with shame and disappointment.]

Kunzite: I'm sorry, we can't. You are so soft, so fragile. I'd have to mind my actions every moment we are together. I could kill you quite easily, Zoisite. Simply by accident. One sudden move and I could snap your spine by mistake. You don't realize how incredibly breakable you are. I can never, never afford to lose that kind of control when I'm with you.

[Zoi sulks, feeling thoroughly rejected and embarrassed.]

Zoi: You're a big tease, you know that.

Kunzite: Do you want me to leave?

Zoi: [alarmed] No!

Kunzite: Do you promise to behave yourself?

Zoi: *nods*

[Kunzite climbs back into bed with him, and strokes his hair until he stops frowning. The two of them lace their fingers together, then look into each other's eyes as they hold hands.]

Kunzite: I'm sorry, but I care too much to run the risk of ruining things between us. It would be different if you weren't a virgin. I wish you weren't so inexperienced at this.

Zoi: I thought you said you were jealous?

Kunzite: And I am, but I could overlook a meaningless encounter or two if it took place long before you met me. Love and lust don't always share the same bed, you know.

Zoi: They do for me. I can't stand the thought of kissing anyone but you.

Kunzite: [smiles] At the moment we have that one thing in common.

[For a few minutes, they just lay there, holding hands and gazing at each other adoringly.]

Zoi: [releases his hand] Can I ask you something?

Kunzite: [brushing the hair back from Zoi's face] What is it?

[Zoi gives Kunzite a nervous look, then averts his eyes, since he's already feeling rejected enough]

Zoi: Forget it. I changed my mind.

Kunzite: Zoisite. You can ask me anything.

[Zoi lies on his side]

Zoi: Maybe I'll ask it in my sleep.

Kunzite: [strokes Zoi's hair] Please?

[Zoi shakes his head]

Kunzite: If you don't tell me, I'll assume it's something worse than what it really is.

Zoi: Well…

Kunzite: Yes?

Zoi: Is…marriage… the same for the Shitennou as it is for humans?

[Kunzite grins]

[For a moment, the room is completely silent]

[Then Kunzite starts laughing like mad]

Kunzite: Honestly, what a question. What is a Shitennou marriage like? No Shitennou has ever gotten married, ever. Do you see any of the others running around with rings on their fingers?

[Zoi fidgets uncomfortably]

Kunzite: In answer to your question, since we are beings of the Dark that reign over the earth, I suppose a Shitennou would have to have two weddings. One in the Earth Realm, and one in the Dark Kingdom that would follow the more arcane traditions. But I suppose the basics are still the same, the fancy clothes, the high priestesses, the wine drinking, the vow taking, the symbolic binding of two souls, the giving out of souvenirs, the escaping away to the consummation chamber… I guess some concepts are universal.

Zoi: Oh.

Kunzite: [still chuckling] Was there a purpose behind your wanting to know this?

Zoi: [sulky] Not really, I was just curious, is all. [Turns away from Kunzite and puts a pillow over his ear]

Kunzite: [lifts the pillow and smiles at him] Before you go to sleep, I actually had a question I wanted to ask you, too.

Zoi: [annoyed] Oh really? What is it?

[Kunzite removes the pillow and turns Zoi over so that they are looking face to face. Then he takes Zoi hand in his and gives it a kiss. Before stroking Zoi's hair from his face and looking into his eyes.]

Kunzite: Zoisite. Will you marry me?