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He couldn't believe how much he wanted Serena. The first time he met her was a birthday for Mina, his best friend's newest girlfriend. He didn't pay too much attention to Mina at the time. She was nice enough, but he'd long since learned that Kunzite's girlfriends weren't worth remembering. He never dated them for long.

Yet that night he did meet Serena at the party, and all his past cool civility melted away. He teasingly called her Odango, due to the unique hairstyle she had. He actually liked it and thought it fit her. He just didn't tell her that. She proceeded to stomp her foot and get angry at him for picking on her. She crossed her arms and glared at him, and he smiled back at her. "You're beautiful when you're angry," slipped out of his mouth, to his horror.

She rolled her eyes, took a sip of her drink, and replied back sassily, "Well, I'm down right sexy when I'm being complimented. There are better ways to get my attention, Baka."

He sucked in a breath and tried to let it back out slowly. She had him off balance, and he wasn't sure how to respond. He was so inexperienced he was only mostly sure that she was flirting with him. It was the first time in his life he hoped the girl was flirting with him.

He tried to flirt back, "I can't help trying to get your attention." He almost groaned over how lame that sounded.

She placed her hand flat on his chest and crowded his space. She looked up at him with a sultry look and whispered, "Kissing me would get my attention too."

He swallowed hard and leaned down and kissed her on her pouty lips. The warmth and desire that ran through him shocked him. So did the impact of the kiss. When she deepened the kiss he was overwhelmed by their tongues rubbing together intimately. It was such a sensual, erotic feeling.

That kiss had rocked him to his very core. It was everything he didn't know he was missing in his life. He wondered how one, very hot kiss, could change him so much. He wanted her. And that night he realized he couldn't get her out of his head, and she felt like a missing piece in his life.

He quickly discovered that their friends hadn't noticed the kiss. He didn't know if he should be relieved or not. What he did know was that he wanted more.

To his surprise, Kunzite's attention didn't waver from Mina after the normal week and a half. He was pleasantly shocked to discover that his friend had finally found a woman that kept him on his toes. He even laughed in Kunzite's face one day when he voiced his worry over Mina not texting him back. He loved being able to give him shit over how crazy he was over her.

Truthfully though, Darien thought Mina was a good match for his friend. He was glad she'd stuck around. Kunzite seemed truly content for the first time.

He had another reason he liked them together. Mina's best friend Serena came over often. Then when Mina and Kunzite would get wrapped up in each other, Serena would tell them she was heading out.

The first time he heard her say that there was a knock at his door. He opened up, and she was standing there smiling up at him. She got up on her tiptoes and kissed him chastely on his lips. She winked at him and then walked away.

He regretted not running after her.

The second time he was in his room and heard her announce she was leaving, he opened the door and smiled at her walking down the hall toward the front door. "Want to come in?"

She stepped in and spun to face him while he closed the door and leaned on it. "I told them I was heading out."

"I heard you." He almost groaned over his awkward statement.

She smiled at him and said, "And yet you have me in here."

He pushed away from the door. "Lucky me."

Serena giggled. "Well, did you want to talk?"

"I was hoping for a kiss first. One that's more like this." He deepened the kiss immediately and he loved the feeling of their tongues rubbing together, caressing each other. It was even better, more electrifying, than the first one.

When they parted, she looked up at him, and couldn't fight the enormous smile on her face. "Ah, so you're trying to get my attention," she teased.

"You did say kissing was better than picking on you." He caressed her face and said, "I have to admit you're right on that one."

"Now that you have my undivided attention, was there something you wanted?" She asked, looking up at him with bright eyes.

He raked his eyes over her body and gave her a wicked grin. "Yes, but that's probably rushing things. How about I get to know you more first?"

"The great Darien Shields has desires? I heard you were married to your books."

"And who's teasing now?" he asked.

"Oh, my. What's a better way to get your attention?"

"Just be you. You've captured my attention completely." He brushed her cheek with his fingertips.

"So you're into blonds? Kunzite better watch out." She said with mirth dancing in her eyes.

He chuckled and shook his head, "No. I'm into a beautiful woman who also happens to be good-looking on the outside too. I've noticed your kindness, your care, just the wonderful woman you are inside. Mina keeps telling Kunzite stories about you, and I hear them too. You're almost too good to be true. If I hadn't met you, I'd think she was lying."

Serena looked at him in shock. "You… I didn't know you even thought about me after that first kiss. I worried so much about that second kiss I gave you that I was sick to my stomach when I got home. I was worried that I was weird."

"Us kissing is never weird. I promise," he vowed, locking eyes with her. "I'm sorry you were worried. Please believe me that I was so happy you kissed me. I regretted not running after you and getting another kiss, actually."

She hummed out happily. "So kisses are greenlit from now on?"

Darien dared to reach out and pull her into his arms. He held her to him and kissed her passionately. She melted into his embrace. He loved feeling her so pliant in his arms. When they parted for air, he looked down at her beautiful face and kissed her nose. "Stay, please."

She bit her bottom lip and nodded. He pulled her to the couch in his room, and they spent the next hour kissing and caressing each other, cuddling up on the couch.

As the weeks passed, Darien quickly realized hearing the words, "I'm gonna head out," from Serena, was like gasoline to his desires. She would say that to Mina and end up in his room on the couch with him. Her kisses and touches drove him wild.

A month and a half after the first kiss, Darien pretended to reluctantly go to a party with Kunzite. He knew that Mina and Serena would be there, and he really wanted to see the woman he couldn't get out of his head, who'd slowly slipped into his heart too.

When they arrived, he heard Kunzite grumbling. He looked over at him and saw he looked upset. He then followed his gaze and saw Serena and Mina dancing on a table seductively as guys crowded around them, watching them. It looked like they wanted to devour the girls. Mina and Serena weren't paying any attention to them, however. They were swaying to the music and laughing together, having a great time in their own little world.

To Darien's horror, one guy reached out to try to grab Serena. He surged forward with Kunzite to put a stop to everything. They weren't needed, much to their shock. Serena lifted her foot and pressed her stiletto heel into the guy's chest, and pushed, knocking him flat on his ass. She then hopped down and helped Mina off the table. As she walked off, she said, "Apparently, these boys don't know how to behave." Mina had shoved one of the guys who got too close during her speech.

Kunzite burst out laughing, "Damn, do I love that girl."

Darien knew he was talking about Mina, but he felt Serena deserved the praise for kicking that guy. It was so hot!

He watched Kunzite walk off and then pull Mina onto the dance floor. He had his hand on the center of her back, and she was pressed tightly up against him with her arms around his neck. He would be occupied with her for the rest of the night based on the burning desire in his eyes.

He then searched the room with his eyes for Serena. He saw her talking to another friend of hers, but she raised her drink to him and winked when she saw him.

Darien went and got himself a drink and sipped at it as he surveyed the party. Right now, he and Serena were… he wasn't quite sure, but he knew no one knew about them spending time together.

It was exciting. He liked the idea of having something to himself, a secret. Something that no one could tease him about or analyze. At least for now. He wanted more too. He knew he'd get to the point where he'd like her to acknowledge publicly that something was going on between them. That he'd have to put up with the good-natured teasing from others because of his relationship with her, it would be more than worth everything.

But for now, he was happy with the kissing. It was intoxicating. And it was something special to him.

Later that evening, when he was ready to leave, he said goodbye to Kunzite and walked out the door. Waiting for him in the shadows outside was Serena.

"How much have you had to drink?" He asked automatically when he saw the sultry look she was giving him. He had stopped and turned his full attention to her. She dripped of sex.

"Not nearly enough to keep me even buzzed all night. I was careful. Watching you tonight with your dark expression got me kinda crazy. I knew I had to be careful, or else I'd throw myself at you in there."

"Noted. Next time I will keep you well supplied with alcohol," he teased.

She rolled her eyes, "Unless you have an exhibitionist kink, maybe that's a bad idea."

"Oh," he said, swallowing hard. "I… wow." He ran his fingers nervously through his hair. "What now?"

"That's your decision. I made up my mind, but I kinda need your consent." She stepped toward him, giving him a seductive look.

His eyes blew wide as he looked at her. "Consent? What are you doing? This doesn't seem like you." He narrowed his eyes in confusion.

She sighed out and replied, "You're this sophisticated guy. I'm just trying to… I don't know… be more…" she trailed off nervously.

"Sophisticated?" He offered up.

"Yeah."

Darien shook his head and smiled. "You read that wrong. I'm not that guy. I picked on you and called you Odango the first time we met because I thought you were pretty, and I liked your hair."

"But you have everything going for you."

He shook his head and grabbed her hand, pulling her further from the house. "Let's have this conversation in private in my car."

When they both were seated in it, he turned to her and said, "I… Every friend I have sought me out. I'm not one to open up. I don't trust many people. Serena, I'm a virgin."

He'd spent years in mandatory therapy after the death of his parents and his memory loss. He was told he had PTSD and a long string of other issues. As he grew older, he was informed it could prevent him from allowing intimacy with others. He had no problem believing what they said. He wasn't able to trust or surrender any part of himself. That was until he met Serena.

She looked at him and smiled, "So am I. I thought… You have no idea how drawn I feel to you, Darien. I thought I had to be a certain way to keep your interest."

He burst out laughing, "Oh, Serena, you just have to be yourself for that. I told you that, you fascinate me."

She blushed and smiled up at him. "Can I admit something embarrassing to you?"

"Anything."

"I didn't mind playing bold and sophisticated. While that wasn't me, the deep desire to be touched by you was."

He looked at her with wide eyes and reached out and caressed her cheek. "Beautiful Serena, I have desires too."

She leaned in to kiss him, and her cell phone started playing. "I like big butts." She growled out, "Mina! That jerk changed my ring tone again!"

She then sat back, grabbed her phone out of her pocket, and said, "Really? That song?" ... "Yes, that would have been worse. What's up?" …. "Be my guest. I'll call Raye and stay with her. Have fun." …. "Love you too."

The call ended, and she shook her head, "Lucky you. Mina's taking Kunzite back to our apartment. You won't have to listen to Mina's screaming."

Darien laughed, "Thank goodness!"

Serena huffed, "I better call Raye. I need to check if I can stay there tonight."

"Or…" Darien swallowed harshly. "Maybe you have another option…" Her eyes flicked to his, and heat pooled in her belly. He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel and said, "You don't have… it's only that we were talking about…." He let a long breath out and said, "I'm crazy about you, and you hinted at sex… If that was just to get me not to get bored, then never mind. You have my attention, and you don't need to -"

Serena placed her finger on Darien's lips to quiet him. "Do you want to take me to your place, Darien?"

Her finger was still on his lips, and he was sure he would ramble again if he did talk, so he just nodded.

Serena put her seat belt on and smiled at him. "Let's go then."

Darien put his belt on and started the car, and sat there a moment with it running. He turned to look at her and said, "Oh, hell yeah." He then pulled out of his spot quickly and gassed his car, peeling out. Serena was giggling and smiling at him.

When they made it to his apartment, he felt like he was a ball of nerves. He didn't know what he was doing, and he was with the single most extraordinary woman he'd ever met.

When he shut and locked the door to his apartment, he turned, and she was there. She pressed herself against him and kissed him desperately. Instantly his nerves calmed, and he was washed in desire and longing for her. She was amazing and sexy as hell. He let himself be taken over by the longing stirring in him.

"Please let this mean that you're my girlfriend. I need this to mean you're mine." He rested his forehead on hers while their breath mingled.

"All yours," she said and ran her fingers through his hair, scratching his scalp.

He moaned and whispered, "I'll want you to do that again. It feels so good."

She smiled at him, "It seems tonight will start a time of discovering what feels really good. I think I'd like my nipples pinched, would you be willing to… oh that feels so good," he was pinching her through her shirt, and she arched her back in pleasure. She moaned out as she raked her fingers through his hair again.

He leaned forward and said, "I think I'd like you to press your sexy body against my hard cock." She pressed her body to his and rocked against his rigid member several times while he breathed hot and heavy in her ear then nibbled at her neck.

Serena next spoke into his toned chest, "I think I need your help. I would like your hands on my ass pressing me to your huge cock." Darien dropped his hands to her ass and squeezed her perfect butt. He then pressed her to his cock. He groaned out in ecstasy.

Darien loved the impromptu game they started, and he enjoyed how it kept ramping up—getting hotter and hotter. His mind raced over what to try next. Then a wicked smile spread over his face that she didn't see. "I think I'd like to feel your soft hand on my cock, stroking me." He hoped he wasn't pressing her on too fast, but he couldn't help trying. He was so hard for her.

She pulled back and nodded while he opened his pants, and she put her hand down inside and touched the head of his penis. His cock twitched, and his legs almost buckled. Her hand then wrapped around him firmly, and she looked him in the eyes and said, "Please, teach me how to make it feel good."

Darien groaned out, "If it feels any better, I'm afraid this will be over before it starts."

She got a cocky smile on her face and said, "Well, I think I would like your hands on my breasts." She didn't stop stroking him.

His hands went under her shirt and rested briefly on her flat stomach. Then they slid up, pulled down the cups of her bra, and he grasped them, groaning. He chuckled, "It's not a push-up."

"What?"

"Your breasts are so big the guess at school is that you wear a push-up bra with a lot of padding. It turns out they're just incredibly big."

"Great, guys are discussing my boobs."

He pinched her nipples and smiled down at her. "Yeah, they are. And I know the truth and get to touch them." He was feeling really cocky over that fact.

"My turn," he said. "I think I'd like to continue this in my room, with you naked."

"Just me?" She asked sassily.

"If you want me to strip, that's up to you, Serena. I'm sure seeing you naked would do all sorts of things to me."

They made their way to his room. He regretted that she had to stop touching him, but he knew that was only temporary. On the way there, he stopped in Kunzite's room and stole some of his condoms. He knew he'd be buying some of his own as soon as possible.

When he got to the room, Serena was gloriously naked and lying on his bed. He ran his fingers through his hair, "Serena... You're just so sexy."

She smiled up at him and crooked her finger at him, "My turn. I think I'd like you to kiss and suck on my tits."

Darien climbed onto the bed, hovered over her, and licked the valley between her breasts. Next, he brought one hand to her left breast and cupped it, using his thumb to tweak her nipple and loving the moan that slipped from her mouth. He continued using his thumb, and he bent down and suckled her other breast.

Serena's fingers went to his hair, and she scratched his scalp. After all, he liked it, and that was what started this erotic game. She held him to her breast and arched her back in pleasure as he teased her nipple with his tongue, licking and sucking on her.

Darien spoke with his mouth full of her breast, "I think I'd like it if you straddled me. Don't worry; I'll continue to play with your breasts."

He moved to lean on his headboard, but before he did, she said, "I think I'd like you to be naked while I do that." He smiled and reached behind him and pulled off his shirt in one fluid motion. He then pulled his pants and boxers off.

"Fuck, you have more muscles than I even fantasized over." She then crawled to him, giving him a great view of her plump breasts, and climbed onto his lap. His hard cock was nestled against her aching wet core, and her breasts were in his face.

"I was so right," he said, then let out a long low moan as she rocked against him. "This feels so good." He felt her wet pussy sliding against his hard cock.

"And I like having you naked." She dug her fingers into his biceps and moaned. "You're a piece of art."

He grabbed her boobs and smiled at her, "And you're a sex goddess."

She started rocking against his hard cock, and he explored her breasts. Eventually, he hissed out, "I'm going to cum if you keep on…." She rocked harder, and he flipped her off and onto her back on the bed smiling playfully. "No, my little sex goddess. Not yet. You play dirty."

She gave him a sassy look, "Sounds like fun to me."

"You want fun?" he asked back, teasing too. He then pressed her legs open wide and nipped her inner thigh. "I heard this can be fun."

"Biting?"

He locked eyes with her as he lowered his head down. "No, tasting." He then licked her other inner thigh and got her to twitch. He looked at her pussy and saw how wet she was. He added it to the list of erotic sights he had that night. He then nudged her clit with his nose, and she cursed and clamped her thighs around his head. He pressed them back open. "Oh no, you keep those spread for me, Serena," he ordered. He then licked between her folds with the flat of his tongue. "You taste delicious."

For the first time in her life, she had no words. She just mumbled out in pleasure, and she pressed her head back into his bed. She fisted his sheets and spread her legs wider. As intense and overwhelming as it all was, she wanted more. She needed everything he could give her.

Darien ran his tongue around the opening to her womanhood, and her legs quivered. He then set to making her come completely undone. He licked her and sucked and blew cool air onto her center. He listened to her mumbled words and her moans to know when he succeeded in driving her further. He then thrust his tongue inside of her, and his nose rubbed her clit, and he heard her screaming out in orgasm. He smiled, and he licked and sucked her through the orgasm, and she was keening out in further ecstasy.

He looked up, and a tear was threading down her face, but she was smiling at him. He brushed it from her cheek. "Are you okay?"

She nodded and breathed out, "So good. It was so overwhelming."

He wiped his mouth, crawled up, settled next to her, and pulled her into his arms. "I can't believe how much fun that was to do to you. I hope you'll let me do that again."

"Oh, hell yeah!" she said. "That was incredible."

She then rose up and pressed him to his back. "I think it's my turn to taste you."

He shook his head, "I don't know what my recovery time is, and if you're up for it, I really would like to have sex tonight." He ran his hand over her curvy body. "Let's save that for later." He then pulled out a condom and rolled it on.

His hand went back between her legs to her core, and he played with her nub there, wanting to get her worked up again and ready for him.

When she was ready, he hovered over her and said, "You're mine now, Serena. My girlfriend, all mine."

"Yours," she promised as he thrust into her, breaking her barrier and groaning out in pleasure. Darien stilled; he heard you needed to do that for a woman who was a virgin, but it was equally for him. The feeling of being inside of her shook him, and he started to tear up. She was so perfect, and he was there with her, inside of her.

She wiggled her hips, and that snapped him out of his head and began a steady slow pace of making love to her. "You feel so good, Serena. So perfect, so tight," he praised. He felt her flex her inner muscles with every other thrust, and he groaned out in ecstasy. "So fucking good."

Serena was utterly lost in him. She couldn't feel herself outside of the pleasure and his touch and scent. He was hers, and she knew he was right. They belonged to each other. She was making love for the first time to the last man she'd ever have in her bed. There would be no other. They were forever.

She felt the drag of his cock, and she screamed out his name. It just felt so good. He grabbed her hands, laced their fingers together, and pinned her arms next to her head. He then raised himself up on their joined hands and thrust into her at a new angle. His hips seemed to stutter for a moment, and then he growled out, "Oh fuck it!" and the slow sensuous pace stopped, and he thrust into her hard and fast, not letting up. He smiled as he watched her boobs bounce from how hard he was taking her. They heard their skin slapping and their grunts of pleasure. "I love watching your tits when I take you like this," he said with his eyes locked on her breasts.

Serena lifted her hips up to meet him for each thrust and smiled wickedly at him. "I'm glad you find this hot. I'm fucking loving it." He then continued taking her harder. He was chasing their orgasms now, and he then whipped his head to look at her face as he heard and felt her start to orgasm. It was the single most erotic sight he'd seen. He loved watching her as she crashed over the edge. He kept thrusting into her through her orgasm and chasing his own. When his orgasm hit, he screamed out and thrust four more times to ride it out and then collapsed on top of her, smiling.

"You're heavy." She then wrapped her arms around him and held him there. "I like feeling the weight of you on me."

He gave her an exasperated look, "I would have hoped to have you speechless after that."

She rolled her eyes playfully, "It's hard to get me to stop talking." He rolled off of her and pulled her close. "Touché."

She looked over at him and said, "Well, I was lied to. I've heard the first time sucks. That was amazing."

"You waited for the right man."

"Oooh, and that means, you?"

"The man who loves you," he looked her in the eyes. "I was afraid to say it before."

"But you just met me not long -"

He kissed her to cut her off and said, "You told me, you feel it too. Don't lie. I know you feel it deep in your heart."

"Sometimes I get odd glimpses of us dancing in another lifetime. I… that's absolutely crazy, right?"

"No, I see them too. You're wearing a white dress, and your hair is silver instead of gold."

Her eyes misted up, "How is that possible?"

"I don't care as long as it means we're together."

She smiled at him and pressed him to his back, and licked the salt off his neck. "Oh yeah, we're together. I'd like to cum together again tonight too."

He gave her a heated look, "Anything for you, Princess."

"Princess?"

He shrugged, "That's what you look like to me now and in my flashes of you." He then removed and discarded his condom.

She flopped on her back and smiled up at his ceiling. "You know I love you already, too, right?"

He breathed out a sigh of relief. "I'm so happy right now." He then kissed her bare shoulder. "The moment I met you, my life made sense."

She laid on her side facing him and ran her fingers over his chest. "The moment I met you, I thought you were a really hot piece of ass," she said, laughing. "All I could think about was how good you looked and how it would feel to have you kiss me."

He raised one eyebrow at her, "And how was it?"

"It got me thinking about bedroom thoughts. Though, this was better than I expected."

"Because the first time is supposed to suck?"

"Yeah."

He kissed her jawline and said, "We were supposed to be together. And now that you're mine, I won't let you go."

"Forever."

"Forever," he promised, mirroring his promise to her thousands of years earlier.

The next morning, Kunzite walked in, threw his keys into the bowl by the front door, walked into the living room, and stopped dead in his tracks. Darien and Serena were cuddled up eating breakfast on the couch.

"Mina is going to be thrilled when I tell her this," he said, pulling out his cellphone to snap a picture of them and texting his girlfriend.