Warning: Chapter contains sexual content. And it's a bit explicit. You have been warned!
Final Project
XXI.
They held each other in their arms as they kissed, lips moving against lips in a gentle, slow motion. The sound of their wet lips meeting cut through the darkness. The bed creaked slightly every now and then when either one of them made a move to get closer.
They didn't make it back to the hotel after completing their mountain climb until well after midnight. They were exhausted, but once they laid down next to each other, what was supposed to be a simple kiss goodnight turned into something that neither one of them wanted to stop.
Lying side by side, their hands caressed each other's faces, bringing themselves forward in an attempt to deepen the kiss with each passing moment. Their tongues met. Soft, satisfied sighs emitted from their mouths. The bed springs squealed a bit louder when Beck raised his upper body off the bed, his lips still attached to Tori's, as he leaned over her, feeling her hands rake through his soft hair.
When their lips parted, he trailed kisses down to her chin, then down to the base of her neck when she tilted her head back to give him better access. From there, he only planted a small kiss here and there, his warm breath shadowing over her skin as he made his way to the side of her neck, sliding up to her jawline, letting out a deep sigh in her ear.
"Oohhh…" Tori moaned, knowing that Beck loved to torture her ever since he found out that her ears were one of her most sensitive areas. Her body tensed and she tightened her grip in his hair, causing him to moan as he exhaled.
"What do you want me to do?" His voice was low in her ear, the question almost nothing but muttering as he moved once again to hover over her.
Their legs became intertwined, but when he pushed his body up to reenact penetration, Tori let out a loud, surprised moan.
"Tori…" he murmured her name, his lips only lingering above hers.
She swallowed roughly and only shook her head slightly, her half lidded eyes focusing on his, "I don't care…anything…everything," she chuckled shortly, her own voice hardly recognizable to herself.
Beck mimicked her chuckle, kissing her again, his right hand sliding down her side to her thigh before pressing on it so he could lift her leg up. She rested it on the small of his back, gasping when he again moved his body upward. She had on her pajamas that she bought it Japan, and Beck was wearing his boxers, but she could still feel his arousal through their layers of clothing.
"Beck…" she whispered his name, raising her hips to his as she ran her hands down his back, seizing the bottom of his shirt, then running her hands up his bare back. His skin was hot but the space between them got even more heated when his body gave an involuntary thrust against her.
Using her leg that was around him to obtain momentum, she was able to push herself off her back and roll them so that she landed on top. Her legs were on either side of him and she sat up on his hips, looking down at the flustered man beneath her.
She was surprised when he sat up as well, his hands gliding up her back as he did so, raising her shirt. Seeing what he was aiming for, her hands grabbed ahold of her shirt at the shoulders to begin peeling the garment off. Before she could even get it all the way off, his lips found her breasts, his left hand helping him as his right stayed on her hip.
Sighing contentedly, she let her head fall back, her long hair sweeping against her lower back. Tori allowed her hands to get tangled in his hair again as she gently yet persistently held his head in place so that he could work his magic on her.
When she raised her head back up, her hair fell around her shoulders. She grabbed both sides of his face and made him look up at her, both of their faces flushed with desire.
"Damn, you're gorgeous…" Beck whispered loudly, his eyes glazed over as she rested their foreheads together.
She rocked her hips up and forward, the action slow and tormenting, and when her hips glided back and down, Beck's fingers dug into her hips as a sensual groan emitted from his throat. Loving the reaction she got out of him, Tori did the motions again, her lips parted in a silent moan when she felt his hands guide her along.
Feeling him pressed against her in just the right area was making it extremely hard for either of them to think. It got to the point where they didn't even remember getting to the position they were in…it just seemed to happen.
"Oh God, Tori…" Beck moaned, louder than his previous ones, his eyes closing hard, the heat making it even harder to think straight. His whole body throbbed with the need to take her, his hormones quickly taking over morals. He couldn't take her seductive flows anymore and quickly flipped them over again, her legs still wrapped around his waist.
Tori licked her lips before bringing his face down to kiss him, her tongue sliding over his bottom lip. He thrust hard against her, their lips parting as they both gasped unexpectedly.
"Beck, please…" Tori groaned, her hips rising and falling against her will as her body began aching for his in a way she never thought possible.
"Shit…!" Beck grumbled with frustration, stuck between wanting to succumb to desire and needing to stop it.
Tori was trying to come down off her high. But seeing what she was doing to Beck really sent her on a trip she was not ready to return from. But she also knew it was wrong…to torture him (and herself for that matter) when they already agreed that sex between them needed to wait. They were not officially each other's, and to claim each other's bodies before claiming a simple title was not exactly the way they wanted to handle it.
Tori was shrouding a secret though…that being that she was jealous of Jade. She knew that she and Beck slept together before, and the thought of him being with someone else really made her want to give herself to him…to make herself his last and only from then on. She hated that she felt that way, but she was starting to see why Jade got jealous so much and always acted like she wanted Beck all to herself.
Of course, it was more than her jealously that made her want him. He was everything to her, and as she tried to bring her brain back down to Earth, she was beginning to see what she was doing to him. And though she knew she would agree with him in a heartbeat if he all of a sudden decided that he wanted to go through with it, she also knew that that decision didn't have to be made tonight.
Not wanting him to hurt, however, she reached in between them and wrapped her hand around him, much like how she did a few nights back.
"I love you," Tori said against his lips, moaning with him when he jerked against her hand.
He rolled off of her to allow a small gap between them so she wouldn't have to strain her wrist. He grabbed the back of her head with one hand and brought her lips to his as his other hand twisted its way into her pajama pants.
His duplicated response came out very jumbled in her mouth as they both began to pleasure each other.
So amazingly perfect…
When Beck woke up the next morning, the first thing he noticed was that Tori was not beside him. He wouldn't have thought too much of it if he woke up in his own room, but the fact that they fell asleep in her room made him wonder where she could have went.
He swung the covers off then placed his feet on the soft carpet, his palms digging into his eyes in an attempt to wake up faster. He walked over to the bathroom and peered in to see if she happened to be in there, but the light was off and it was empty. He then stepped down into the living room but didn't see her at the table or on the couch.
Beck went back up to the bedroom, opening the blinds to get a view of Tokyo, his eyes squinting at the blinding sunlight shining through. He was just thinking about texting her when he heard the door click open.
Turning around, he watched as Tori slowly came into the room holding a huge tray full of food and two mugs with steam rising out of them. As soon as she was fully in and didn't have to worry about the door knocking the tray over, Tori looked up to see Beck standing at the window…with only his boxers on.
Damn, I can get used to this scene in the mornings…
"Heeey," she said instead, holding the tray up a bit higher, "I figured I'd bring breakfast to us this morning. Though…I was hoping you'd still be asleep when I came back in. You know…breakfast in bed."
Smirking, Beck walked over to the bed and sat down, "I can still make that happen. But shouldn't I be the one to bring breakfast to you?" He picked up the one mug and took a short sip of the hot liquid.
"Didn't know bringing breakfast to bed was gender specific," Tori said, setting the tray gently down on the bed before taking the second mug by the handle.
Beck shook his head, "I meant that I should be the one sucking up to you."
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Tori responded, though not at all in a questioning manner. She kind of knew what he meant: that he was the one waiting for her to make the decision of breaking it off with Andre or not. But she didn't want to discuss that. Not now.
Tori leaned forward and gave him a quick kiss before grabbing a piece of toast, "So what do you wanna do today?"
"I think we should start discussing what kind of performance we're going to put on for Helen," Beck picked up a plate with some eggs and sausage on it, "I don't want to fail senior year because she decided we didn't learn enough in Japan."
"Ugh, true," Tori took a bite of her toast, "Hey, we never saw a play yet. I remember that you mentioned wanting to see one before we came here. Want me to call Shiori and see if she knows of any?"
"Sure," Beck nodded as Tori pulled out her phone. Once she got her on the line, she asked her if she knew of a place nearby that was putting on a play that night or in the next few nights. Shiori said that the only one she knew of was the play her college was performing, but threw in that the actors were still topnotch. Beck and Tori agreed that it sounded good, so Shiori told them to meet her over at Shi-chan's around five, so she could take them straight there after she got off work.
"Great. Now we'll be able to see how they put on shows here. That should lead us in the right direction," Tori commented after she got off the phone.
"Did you just wanna head over to Shi-chan's after we get showered and dressed?" Beck asked, finishing up the food on his plate, "We can bring our laptops and upload the pictures we took to make some sort of slideshow background to go with our performance."
Tori faltered for a moment, "You mean…all the pictures?"
Beck knew what she was trying to ask, "The ones that really show what Japan's made of," he took a long sip of coffee, "Why? Are you afraid I'm gonna throw some personal pictures into the slideshow?"
Tori shrugged, wanting to dismiss it, "Just wondering." She suddenly stood up quickly, placing her empty mug back on the tray, "Well, I'm gonna take a shower then."
He watched her walk toward the bathroom, "We're gonna have to talk about this sometime soon, ya know."
She stopped in the doorway, turning on the bathroom light. She gave him a small, almost sad smile, "I know." But then she stepped into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
Beck sighed before gulping down the rest of his coffee. He sloppily pulled on the rest of his clothes to prepare for the short journey back to his room.
Why do girls always talk unless it's something they need to talk about…?
Once Tori and Beck got to Shi-chan's, the first thing they noticed was that the place was packed. They widened their eyes at the huge group of people, having only seen a maximum of ten people in the coffee place at once before.
Shiori noticed them walk in right away though and motioned for them to come over to the counter.
"Are you guys having some sort of special right now or something?" Tori asked.
Smiling, Shiori shook her head, "Nah, ever since I got the record deal, this place has been nonstop busy. I guess you could say I brought them in!" She giggled and winked.
The couple smiled and Beck spoke up: "Wow, that's great. Helping out two careers at once."
"Yeah. It's especially cute when I ask for their signature on their receipt and they say 'only if you give me your autograph!' Then I say, 'well, I need your signature either way, but okay!' And then I enthusiastically sign…whatever they want me to sign."
Tori raised an eyebrow, "You mean it's not always a piece of paper?"
Shiori shivered, "Yeah…you don't wanna know."
Deciding that, in fact, she didn't, she ordered her and Beck's favorite coffees. When she saw Beck about to pull out his wallet, she stopped him and searched for the money in her purse, "I got this!"
Beck stared at her as she counted out the right amount of bills, "All right. What's going on?"
Tori narrowed her eyes, "What are you talking about?"
He smiled, "Well first, you bring me breakfast in bed, and now you're buying me coffee. What's up?"
"Just trying to be nice," she stated matter-of-factly, handing Shiori the money then watching her walk over to the coffee machines. When she saw the curious look continue to linger in his eyes, she folded in her lips and felt her cheeks redden, "And…you know…to thank you for making last night so…special."
"Ah…there it is," Beck smirked when he got her to admit it. He put his arm around her and kissed the side of her head, "But you should probably get used to that. I doubt you wanna buy me coffee every time I st—."
"Shhhh," Tori hushed him suddenly, her face turning even redder when she realized what he was about to say out loud. In public.
Beck laughed. It's not like anyone would have really understood them anyway, "I'm just saying…you'll be broke by the end of the month."
Smiling shyly, she looked up at him with a brilliant sparkle in her eyes. He loved seeing her look at him like that. It made him feel like everything was…right. He had just pressed his lips to her forehead when a small, petite girl came up to the two of them.
She bowed and looked slightly apologetic, "Gomen, eh…Tori…Vega?" The girl's accent was thick as she tried to say Tori's name plainly.
Tori smiled brightly at the girl and nodded, "That's me."
The girl pointed to the front of the coffee shop where the stool, microphone, and guitar sat. Then she tried to say an English word, and it took Tori a few seconds to realize she was saying "sing."
Tori looked from the stool to the girl, looking a bit unsure, "Oh, I dunno, I just came here to get some homework done and…" she saw that the girl had no idea what she was saying.
Shiori giggled from behind the counter, handing their drinks to them, "Looks like I'm not the only celebrity around here. I would do it if I were you, Tori-chan. Everyone's staring."
Tori looked out into the shop to see every single person looking at her. They must have all been waiting for someone to come up to her and ask her to sing a song. She looked up at Beck to see him smiling and tilting his head toward the stool, "Go give 'em what they want. Your coffee will still be hot when you're done."
She tried to return his smile as she slowly made her way over to the microphone. Very rarely is she put on the spot like this. Granted, the few times she sang at Club Dragon, she didn't know what song Shiori was picking for her, but she always remembered the lyrics once the beat started.
But it was totally up to her to pick a song here. Sure, it was only going to be a small performance in a small coffee shop, but you just never know who's watching.
Reaching the stool, she sat down and placed her bag beside her as she picked up the guitar. In the few years that she dated Andre, he taught her how to play the guitar enough to get by…meaning that she couldn't play it all the well (instruments were never really her thing), but could probably pull off a simple song.
When she had the guitar positioned properly on her lap, she adjusted the microphone and looked out into her personal audience. She glanced over at Beck who had found a table for two, grinning when he gave her a thumbs up sign.
Sucking in a deep breath, she closed her eyes as she tried to focus on a song. She still pictured Beck behind her closed lids, so handsome and supporting…the man she's always dreamed about and how he made her feel like she was in love with a prince and lived in a magic sugar castle (take that, Trina!). As she let out her breath, she heard the wisp of her sigh echo into the microphone.
Gripping onto the pick, she placed it against the strings of the guitar and strummed an old, familiar tune. Keeping her eyes closed, she got her lips closer to the microphone as her words to him came flowing out:
"Desperate for changing…starving for truth. I'm closer to where I started…chasing after you." She opened her eyes and looked right at Beck, "I'm falling even more in love with you, letting go of all I've held onto…I'm standing here until you make me move. I'm hanging by a moment here with you."
They smiled at each other as she strummed the guitar a bit faster, licking her lips then blinking slowly when she saw that the whole room was totally engrossed by her. She let out a breathy laugh before returning to the microphone, "Forgetting all I'm lacking…completely incomplete…I'll take your invitation, you take all of me," She suddenly picked up the beat as she truly got into the song, hearing some people in the crowd yell and whistle, "Now I'm falling even more in love with you! Letting go of what I held onto…I'm standing here until you make me move, I'm hanging by a moment here with you! I'm living for the only thing I know! I'm running and I'm not quite sure where to go, and I don't know what I'm diving into, just hanging by a moment here with you…"
It became hard to sing around her ridiculously huge smile, feeling absolutely gorgeous just by the way Beck was looking at her, "There's nothing else to lose…there's nothing else to fi—ind! There is nothing in this world…that can change my mi—ind! There is nothing else…"
And she continued on with the song, quite surprised with herself for playing the guitar so well. Granted, the song she chose had a more basic beat, but to even pull that off was truly amazing. When she ended the song, she laughed when all the people stood on their feet to applaud her, including Beck. She set the guitar down and picked up her bag, quickly making her way over to Beck who instantly wrapped his arms around her in a crushing hug.
It took the coffee place a few minutes to actually calm down, but once Tori thought the show was over and she was about to sit down with Beck to drink coffee and do homework, a couple people came up to her table and held out notepads and pens.
She forced a smile to be polite, showing Beck this look. He only chuckled, "Better get used to this, Tor. You're gonna be a big star one day, remember?"
"Yeah…you're right," But as soon as she reached out for the first notebook and pen, everyone in the shop found out that she was giving out autographs and before she knew it, a line was formed.
Beck took a sip of coffee and looked at the length of the line, "Hey, I'll be right back," he said as he stood up, his coffee still in hand.
"Don't go too far!" she pleaded him, scribbling her name and handing the articles back to the owner just in time for the next person to hand her their pen and paper.
"Just going to talk to Shiori real quick," Beck assured her, though he wasn't sure how well she could hear him. He walked over to the counter, seeing Shiori leaning on the counter with a huge smile on her face.
"She's a hit," Shiori said as soon as Beck reached her, "And what a song to dedicate to you," she winked at him.
He couldn't stop the huge smile from forming on his lips, though he tried to hide it by sipping his coffee, "That's kinda what I wanted to ask you about…"
Grinning wider, she propped her elbow up on the counter and held her chin in her palm, "Lookin' to dedicate something to Tori-chan now?"
Beck looked taken aback, "Wow, good guess."
Shiori laughed, "It's not hard to see how much you guys love each other," They both looked over to Tori for a moment to see that people were starting to want pictures with her now. Shiori's eyes glanced over at Beck, "So you wanna ask me something?"
"Oh yeah…what's something I can do for her here? You know…something special…something that probably wouldn't be done anywhere but in Japan."
"Hmm…" Shiori tapped her cheek with her index finger a few times. She looked up to the ceiling as she went into deep thought. Finally, a sly grin came across her face, "I think I got the perfect thing."
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Hi everyone! First off, I just wanted to thank you for allowing me to reach 400 reviews! Wow, never got into the 400s before. Though I did realize that I lost half of my reviewers last chapter...so either they were just busy the last few days, or I scared them off when I bumped the rating to M. But I suppose I knew those consequences when I made that decision...guess that's how it goes. But a huge thank you to everyone else that continues to review! Though my reviewers have diminished, my followers keep increasing...which greatly confuses me, but I found it's best to just go along with it.
Anyway, did you guys hear about the rumored upcoming episode titled "Tori Saves Beck and Jade"? ...So that figures. That just F-ING figures! They couldn't rub it in our faces enough to get Bade back together...but now they're having Tori hook them back up?! DAMN! That's a punch in the groin right there! I am so angry!
Ahem...okay, not that I vented, I wanted to clarify something about Lifehouse's "Hanging By A Moment" song that I used. I realize that this is a spiritual song and he's singing to God. Believe me...I know. I listen to all the Christian music, but I figured that I could add a double meaning to the song, because it can also be one of the most romantic songs if you think about it that way. So I hope me throwing in this song as secular music didn't offend anyone; that was not my intent at all.
Also...this "thing" that Shiori is planning for them is probably gonna end up being one of the last chapters with them in Japan. It's already Wednesday, and I think I'm having them leave Sunday morning (I'm not sure if I mentioned this previously or I just had the thought it my head). So yeah...one or two more fluff chapters and then the showdowns begin! Thanks for reading!