Note: This chapter contains a boat-load of graphic sexual content.

-Faith, Love, and Forgiveness - Chapter Thirty-three: Anniversary-

Kaeda House - Four months later

The night before Kouta and Lucy's first anniversary, Yuka gave the married couple some unexpected, but not unwelcome news.

"Tomorrow night, me, Nana, Mayu, and Sakura are spending the night with my parents." she said. "That way, you two have the whole house to yourselves."

It was a gesture the pink-haired girl deeply appreciated, so much in fact that Kouta invited them to come with them for their anniversary dinner. Yuka at first tried to decline, but when Lucy agreed with Kouta's suggestion, she finally accepted.

"Don't worry about trying to dress up. We're not, so there's no point in you doing it." the older Diclonius said. She was fully aware that most couples put more effort into their appearance for an occasion like this, but she just wanted to enjoy the night without having to worry about finding the perfect outfit or bothering with makeup. Kouta preferred her without it anyway, and she happened to share his opinion.

Though, to be honest, she had already planned to put a little on for "intimate reasons" once they were alone for the night.

After discussing where to eat, they decided to pick somewhere within walking distance.

"Hey, since Sakura's with us, what about that burger place we went to before?" Nana offered. When nobody objected, they went with the purple-haired girl's suggestion.

When Sakura confessed to not having enough money to pay for her to go with them, Yuka patiently explained (again) that she was a guest, and they were happy to cover her order.

"I wish I wasn't so poor. I feel like such a burden at times like this." she quietly sighed. Yuka reached out and hugged the young Diclonius. "You're not a burden, Sakura. We love having you here, and we'd still pay for you, even if you had enough money to cover it yourself."

To the shock of no one, the young girl burst into tears and thanked everyone repeatedly.

Diagon Burger KAMAKURA - The next evening

"What are we up to now?"

Mayu looked down at her hand, "Six. Wait... it might be seven... Nevermind, he's just going to the bathroom."

Lucy, wearing a beige, slightly shorter than knee-length skirt and a simple, black-colored top, looked at the girls in annoyance.

Five minutes after walking in, a guy approached their table to ask her out on a date. A few minutes later, another guy came over to try his luck. Like the first guy, she politely told him she was already married. When the third guy came over, Mayu grabbed a pen and started keeping a running tally of how many guys tried to ask her out.

After the actual seventh guy came over, Lucy moved over and sat on Kouta's lap. This seemed to be somewhat effective, so she decided to stay right where she was. Kouta wasn't going to complain about his utterly gorgeous wife sitting on his lap, so he decided to let her stay put as long as she wanted. Eventually, the majority of the other diners left, and when they did, Lucy got off and sat down beside him.

When their order arrived, there was a folded piece of paper on Lucy's plate containing a phone number and the words "call me" written in a heart.

Amusingly, it turned out to be from their waitress, and not another guy.

"Well, that's a first." Kouta grinned. "You gonna call her?"

Giving her husband a dirty look, she got up to go find their waitress.

When she found her, she pulled her off to the side and told her she was already married. The woman took it well, and thanked her for being considerate enough to turn her down privately instead of making a spectacle out of it.

When Lucy returned to their table, the makeshift little family finished eating in peace.

On the way home, they passed by a local pharmacy Yuka often used when buying (as she put it) "feminine products". The last time her and Yuka had gone there, she noticed something that caught her attention. Rather than ask about it, she simply searched for it online, and discovered it was apparently a form of birth control. Now that she and Kouta were going to have the house to themselves, she decided to satisfy her curiosity.

"I'll be right back."

When she returned, Lucy was holding a small paper bag. When her husband asked about it, she told him she was on her period and needed tampons.

Yuka gave her a strange look, but didn't say anything. Unlike Nana and Sakura, Lucy actually did indeed have a menstrual cycle, but the brunette knew she never used tampons for it, she used pads.

Even if she had decided to switch, they had plenty of both products at home. Rather than push the issue, she decided to just let it go.

Kaeda House - One hour later

Once they arrived home, Yuka gave her parents a call to let them know they were ready. When they arrived to pick everyone up, they found them all watching TV together, passing around a bowl of popcorn. As expected, the first thing Yuka's mother did was drag Lucy into the kitchen so she could have a good look at her.

"I swear, you get more beautiful every time I see you!"

"I... I thought I looked the same, but thank you." the pink-haired girl blushed. The two girls eventually migrated back to the living room. After several minutes, the older couple said goodnight to Kouta and Lucy and herded everyone else outside.

When she was sure they were gone, Lucy excused herself and went to the bathroom, leaving Kouta on the couch. As soon as she finished, she undressed completely, and reached for her hair-matching pink lipstick. After she perfectly made up her soft lips, she stopped by her and Kouta's shared bedroom to grab the item she had bought from the pharmacy earlier.

There was a light blush on her face as she walked naked back to the living room. Her husband took one look at her and instantly lost all interest in everything else.

Lucy smiled at the look of desire on his face as she walked over to him. It was rare for them to have the house to themselves, and she was going to make the most of it.

"Is this seat taken?" she asked with a smile.

"Hell no!"

The pink-haired girl giggled and sat down beside him. Almost immediately, Kouta pulled her closer and pressed his lips against hers.

"God, you are so beautiful..."

Lucy smiled as she happily kissed him back. After a few minutes of making out, she blushingly asked if he'd like her to use her soft, pink lips for something other than kissing.

"Absolutely." Kouta blushed.

As they continued making out, Lucy reached down and started unbuttoning his pants.

"Hold on... you're not going to do this right here, are you?"

She just smiled and kept going.

"Kaeda, we're... we're in the living room!"

"So?"

"SO... why are we doing this here instead of in our bedroom?"

"Because I want to." she simply replied.

Before he could protest any further, Lucy tugged his jeans and boxers down. After a little bit of repositioning on her part, she leaned down and took his manhood inside her warm, wet mouth, unable to stop herself from smiling when Kouta quietly conceded.

"Fine, you win... I just hope we don't get any on the couch."

Ironically, her next request would more than ensure that didn't happen.

"Kouta, um... you remember that thing I ran into the pharmacy and bought?"

When he nodded, Lucy gave him a shy, embarrassed smile and handed it to him. He took one look at it and started laughing.

"A condom? THAT'S what you were being so secretive about?"

Lucy just blushed and nodded her head. "I know this is kinda strange, but just out of curiosity, I... I was wondering..."

"You want to know what sex is like using a condom, right?" Kouta grinned in amusement.

"Well, yeah, but just this once. If you don't want to, it's ok, but I-"

Kouta interrupted his wife with a very deep, very long kiss on the lips. "Honey, I love trying new things with you." he smiled. "I can't promise you we're going to like it, but I'm happy to try it anyway."

Lucy just smiled and nodded her head. In all honesty, she had a strange feeling that neither of them were going to like it, but it was a one-time thing, so even if they hated it, it wasn't really a big deal.

"I assume you want to do this right here too?"

"If you're ok with it." she replied.

Kouta just smiled and shook his head. "If Yuka forgot something and comes walking in on us, I'm not stopping."

"Good." Lucy giggled.

As her husband hurriedly got out of his clothes, Lucy ran to get her smartphone. She smiled at the sight of Kouta's nude body as she walked back over to the couch.

"You're not planning on recording this, are you?"

She giggled and shook her head no.

"I'm just double-checking how to put this on." she blushed.

Good thinking on her part, because neither one of them knew what they were doing.

She got on her knees, motioning for him to stand up.

Naturally, he complied. Lucy smiled up at him and took his manhood back inside her mouth. Every now and then, she glanced up for a few seconds so he could watch her soft, pink lips please him orally. Though it was very, VERY tempting to keep going until he finished inside her mouth, she forced herself to stop after a minute or two.

Kouta handed her the condom, smiling in anticipation as she opened the wrapper.

"Ok, it says to pinch the tip, but it doesn't say why... Why the hell would you do THAT? It doesn't make any sense."

As she searched for a better tutorial, Lucy would periodically stop to use her mouth to "keep her husband's interests up" so to speak. When she apologized for taking so long, he blushingly told her to take as long as she needed.

"Oh, I see. You're supposed to pinch it to keep air out, then put it on the head and roll it down."

After one last look at the tutorial, Lucy succeeded in properly putting it on.

Unable to resist, she shyly gave him an experimental lick, and immediately regretted it. Kouta tried not to laugh as his wife ran to the bathroom to wash her mouth out. A couple of minutes later, Lucy returned with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Sorry... I should have known that was a bad idea..." she blushed.

"I doubt you're the first girl whose done that." he replied, earning a sheepish smile from his wife.

"Lie down for me, ok?"

"On the couch?"

When she nodded, Kouta cooperated and made himself comfortable, thankful for it's large size. Lucy climbed on top of him and reached between her legs to guide him inside her.

"Ohh..." she quietly moaned as she lowered herself completely. Both lovers immediately felt a difference in sensation as he penetrated her, but it was slight.

As she began rocking her hips back and forth, the difference became much more noticeable.

"What do you think?" Lucy asked, lowering her upper half so they could make out.

"It definitely doesn't feel as good as it does without using condoms."

Lucy nodded in agreement as she kissed him. Having Kouta inside her always felt incredible, but it felt even better when the sex was unprotected.

After a couple of minutes, the pink-haired girl kissed him one last time, then got off. Lying down on her back, she smiled and spread her legs invitingly. Smiling back, Kouta got on top of her and pushed back inside.

For whatever reason, the difference in sensation was far less noticeable this way.

"Kouta..." she gently moaned. He smiled down at her, lightly biting her lower pink lip. She wrapped her legs around his waist and closed her eyes as they kissed.

"You know... I probably should have asked if you wanted to make love or not."

Lucy opened her eyes and smiled at her husband.

"Kouta, I want you to do this however you want." she blushed. "Make love to me, fuck me, or anywhere in between."

"Since you put it like that, what if we do both?"

"Sounds good to me." she smiled.

After a little more love-making, he changed his pace, and the Diclonius let out a sharp gasp as he suddenly started thrusting hard and fast.

"Oh God, this feels incredible..." she moaned.

Even with the loss of sensation, Kouta was still driving her crazy. She firmly pressed her soft, pink lips against his, blushing slightly as they kissed.

"Don't EVER tell Yuka we did this here. We'll never hear the end of it ."

Lucy giggled and touched his tongue with hers. "I won't."

When he stopped thrusting and pulled out, she knew what he wanted before he even said it. She turned over and got on her hands and knees, resting her weight on her elbows. He gently pushed his condom-covered erection back inside of her, smiling as she moaned.

Keeping his thrusts slow and gentle, he spent the first two or three minutes making love to her, occasionally giving her ass a few light slaps. After that, he got progressively harder and faster until she finally put her ass in the air, and all but begged him to take her roughly.

Kouta happily obliged, and the pink-haired girl's pleasurable moaning filled the room.

Lucy reached down between her legs and started touching her little pink flower. With the condom dulling her sensations, simultaneous orgasms probably weren't in the cards that night, and since she wanted him inside of her when she climaxed, she'd have to "help out" a bit.

And God almighty was it worth it! In less than two minutes later, Kouta felt her vaginal walls clench tightly around his hardon as she orgasmed. Her obvious enjoyment prompted him to thrust even harder, and he smiled at the way her moans got louder as he took her harder.

When her orgasm subsided, he informed her he was getting close, and asked if she wanted to finish like this, or change positions.

"What position would let you fuck me the hardest?" she shyly asked. After thinking about it, he asked her if she'd kneel on the couch cushions so he could finish standing up. Lucy complied and got into position, holding onto the top of the couch as she pushed her bottom out a little more.

As soon as he was back inside, he gave his pink-haired wife exactly what she was hoping for.

"Oh my God..." she moaned. This was without a doubt some of the best sex she'd ever had in her entire life. Her husband abandoned any thoughts of constraining himself or holding back. Lucy wanted to be fucked good and hard, and he was determined to satisfy her.

She soon heard her husband quietly grunt, followed by him gripping her hips as he pumped his condom-covered manhood in and out of her as hard and roughly as possible. She felt him throbbing, but sadly, this time there was no gentle warmth when he orgasmed inside her. He gradually slowed down, giving her ass another two or three slaps before he pulled out of her. After he pulled the now-used condom off, he set it aside and nudged Lucy to move so he could lie down. When he did, she wasted no time joining him.

The lovers cuddled nude, thoroughly satisfied as they held each other.

"Remind me to buy Yuka something nice the next time we go shopping." Kouta said.

Lucy smiled and nodded in agreement. While the couple lay there on the couch, there was a knock at the door. Neither of them were expecting visitors, but they decided to go answer it anyway, just incase it had something to do with Yuka or the others.

As Lucy got up, Kouta stayed where he was, an amused smile on his face as he reminded her not to answer the door naked. She looked around for something to cover herself, then picked up the shirt Kouta had been wearing and used it to cover up her breasts.

As soon as she saw who it was, she smiled and ceased her efforts to preserve her modesty.

"Hi, Yuri! It's nice to see you again!" she cheerfully said to the bakery owner. When she stood aside and invited her in, the older woman seemed a bit reluctant at first, but accepted.

"Don't you think it'd be a good idea to go put some clothes on?" Yuri blushed.

"Why? I don't care if you see me naked." Lucy casually replied. She called her husband, who took one look at her standing there nude and sighed.

"Honey, you really need to stop doing this."

"It's just Yuri, Kouta. It's not like this is the first time she's ever seen another girl naked."

After a few seconds of the humans just staring at her with "Are you serious?" expressions on their faces, the pink-haired girl finally threw on a pair of panties and her pink tank-top. When she rejoined them, Yuri opened the box she had been carrying to reveal a small cake with the words "Happy Anniversary" written on it.

Lucy smiled brightly at the older woman and reached to hug her.

"Yuri, you didn't have to go through all that trouble just for us." the pink-haired girl blushed.

"Kaeda, trust me, it was no trouble at all." Yuri responded with a smile.

They stood there talking for a few minutes before Yuri noticed Lucy was wearing lipstick, and decided to tease the couple a bit by asking about it.

"Why are you wearing makeup?" she asked innocently. "Are you two going somewhere? Or have you already gone somewhere?" Unsurprisingly, Lucy answered the question honestly, and told her they had been having sex until just a few minutes ago.

Kouta blushed in embarrassment. That girl had no concept whatsoever of tact.

"How was it?" Yuri casually asked.

"It was amazing! But then again, it always is with Kouta." Lucy smiled lovingly at her husband. "He's so considerate when we have sex. He always does his best to make sure I'm completely satisfied before he cum-"

"Honey!" he interrupted.

It took her a moment to realize what she was saying.

"S-Sorry..." Lucy blushed.

"Well, I won't hold you two up." Yuri said with a knowing smile. "Happy Anniversary, and um, do try to behave yourselves, alright?"

After she left, the two lovers each cut themselves a slice of cake and returned to the couch to eat and watch TV for a bit. Once they were finished, Kouta took the plates to the kitchen sink, and rejoined his wife. Like earlier, they spooned and cuddled on the couch as they watched a movie together.

"Kouta?"

"Yeah?"

Lucy smiled as she thanked him for all the love and care he'd given her since their marriage began. He smiled and hugged her tighter, thanking her for the exact same thing. After their movie was over, the lovers decided to get in bed rather than continue watching TV.

After undressing, they got in bed, cuddled up against each other, and commenced one of the longest make-out sessions they'd ever had. Lucy would have been happy to go for Round Two, but Kouta had work in the morning. Despite this, when they finally decided to call it a night, it was well past 1 am.

"Damn, I knew I forgot something..." Kouta suddenly said.

"Don't worry, I already got rid of the condom and wrapper."

"Thank you." he sighed in relief. "Yuka would've never stopped bitching if we'd left it in the open."

"You're welllcccoooommeee." Lucy yawned.

The couple kissed one more time, then fell asleep in each other's arms almost immediately.

Though it was only their first anniversary, it filled their hearts with hope. If their first year of marriage had been this amazing, the couple had no doubt their second year would be even better.

Next chapter: Prom.

A/N: I'm actually pretty surprised people like the story so much, but I'm certainly not going to complain. The story is actually about 95% finished, I'm just going through and proofreading/deciding where to start and end chapters. I know this one was a bit short, but the next one won't be.