Dark World

Chapter 3

By Lady Saffir

DISCLAIMER:I am making ZERO profit from this story, since the

characters don't belong to me.

LEMON ALERT!

AN - This chapter might confuse a few people, but I plan on the next

one explaining many things, so please bear with me.

"I never knew so young a body with so old a head." - Shakespeare

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Afterwards, when we returned to Heero's mansion, he and I went for a

walk along the beach. Yes, his house was right on the sea shore, so

it literally had everything, from a billiards room to a library to a

pool that had several underwater lights for night-time swimming.

There was a pale crescent moon hanging in the dark sky, and the area

around it struck me as being very close to Heero's eye color.

Our walk was filled with silence, but unlike the awkward 'first date'

silence that could have been expected, this was instead comfortable

and relaxing, and I stopped to stare out over the ocean. I sighed in

contentment and closed my eyes, turning my face up to let the

moonbeams caress it.

"I want you to stay with me."

Startled, my eyes flew open to rest on Heero, who was standing

patiently at my side. His gaze was intense and his eyes seemed more

alive than before, as the weak light played with the shadows.

In fact, all of him seemed to have altered in some dangerous way, and

for a moment I fancied that I was in peril.

Then his gaze softened and the feeling passed, but his words still

hung in the air.

"Why?" I asked curiously, tilting my head to one side to peer at him.

"My enemies might still be after me, and they might think that if they

harm you, I will agree to do what they want. If you stay around for a

few days, I can be sure that nothing will happen."

I turned to regard him fully, my gaze frank as I stepped closer to him.

"That's not the whole truth, is it?"

Heero stared off into the distance for such a time that I thought he

was going to ignore my question. Finally though, he tilted his head

down, the expression on his face unreadable.

"No."

"Then what is the whole truth?" I whispered, watching as his face

slowly lowered to mine. I knew what was about to happen and a shiver

of anticipation fell down my spine.

"I think I'm falling in love with you," he answered huskily, the words

brushing across my face in a warm puff of breath.

Then he kissed me, and it seemed as if everything changed.

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Trowa was leaning against the deck railing, peering intently at the

scene on the beach. Duo, braid flung haphazardly over the railing as

he lounged with his back against the rail, kept up a running

commentary on what was happening.

"Yup, he's gonna do it. He's gonna kiss her...no, wait, of course he

just can't do it, he has to ruin the moment and talk," he sighed,

shaking his head at his long-time companion's actions.

"Oh, wait...he just said he's falling in love with her!" Duo announced

theatrically.

"Mr. Romantic; how did I get stuck with such a sap?" he muttered,

earning a snort from Trowa.

"He said he THINKS he's falling in love with her," Trowa corrected,

turning to look at his companion. "And since when does Heero not

block his thoughts from you?"

Duo smiled, a hint of bitterness in it.

"Because this is his way of letting me know what he plans on doing.

Kind of advance warning, you know, so if I really have a problem with

it, theoretically he'd stop."

They were interrupted when Wufei suddenly appeared from thin air.

"Spying on Yuy again?" he asked by way of greeting, taking a place at

the railing.

"Trying to figure out if this is a good idea, or a bad idea," Duo

answered, plopping down into a lounge chair.

"I've been to see Sally," Wufei said abruptly, catching both men's

attention.

"And what does our great healer have to report?" Trowa asked.

"What we've known," Wufei answered grimly. "Hugh is out to dethrone

Heero, fairly or not. Word is already spreading of the human Heero is

interested in, so every vampire out to harm Heero will most likely try

to use her. She doesn't have a choice now, she must stay with us."

Duo cocked his head to the side, listening to something that only he

could hear.

"Heero beat you to it. He's convinced her to stay with him for at

least a week, and for the moment she's buying the 'angry business

rival' bit. It isn't going to last though," Duo added, sharing a look

with his friends.

"And I have a bit more bad news," he added apologetically. "Heero's

already started."

The cryptic statement was well understood by the two men in front of him.

Wufei cursed at great length in Chinese. "The fool! Can't you talk

him out of it?" he demanded of Duo.

The American shrugged and smiled. "Hey, doesn't matter how good of

friends you are, after three hundred years of having the same person

for a companion and confidant, it gets kinda old."

Wufei cursed again. "So after he's been with her for awhile, it grows

old, then what? He gives her to you and finds someone else to hold his

fancy?"

Duo shrugged again. "Might, might not. Depends on a lot of things."

Trowa interrupted the conversation before it could go further.

"They're coming, and Heero's requesting that we please make ourselves

scarce. He's suggesting the two of you go grocery shopping, since

we're going to need it," Trowa added.

Duo let out a whoop, jumping to his feet to run into the house.

"I'm driving, Fei!"

Wufei paused long enough to glance heavenward, then run after his

enthusiastic friend.

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I knew as Heero led me back to the house what was going to happen. We

were going to go back to his bedroom, and start a chain of events that

would most likely lead to us making love.

I had no problem with that.

The trip up the stairs and winding through the corridors was lost to

me. All I knew was that Heero was suddenly pulling me into his room,

and engulfing me in a tight embrace. He kicked the door shut in the

process, and I could have sworn I heard the lock clicking in place,

but that was impossible.

Wasn't it?

I quickly gave up that train of thought when Heero started kissing me

again. His tongue...I don't know how to describe it, except to sound

like a horrible romance novel. It literally made my knees weak, and I

was quite surprised to find that the moaning sound was in fact coming

from my throat.

Heero pulled back, resting his forehead against mine.

"I'll ask you one more time, Relena," he whispered hoarsely. "Is this

what you want?"

His eyes were so serious, and I knew that we were talking about more

than just the two of us having sex. This went much deeper. I

couldn't imagine the thought of NOT being with Heero though, and so I

nodded my head yes and gave him a smile.

Apparently it was answer enough for him, because he bent his mouth

down again to capture mine. His hands were roaming over my body,

pulling my dress up with ease.

My own hands were busy rucking up his dress shirt, fingers splayed

over his back when I encountered bare flesh. His entire body was hard

and taut, and I knew it was more than just muscle. I started to undo

the buttons that lined the front of the shirt when he stopped me,

pulling my hands up to kiss them gently.

"Let's get you out of that dress before I rip it," he suggested,

helping me to release the back hooks.

The dress fell to the floor silently and when I turned to step out of

it is when I first began to doubt what we were doing.

It must have shown on my face because Heero was suddenly there,

drawing me close with his strong hands. We resumed kissing and then he

oh so slowly moved down to the side of my neck, biting and sucking gently.

I closed my eyes, enjoying the little shoots of pleasure that were

spreading out all over my body. I jerked back after a moment though,

feeling a slight pain.

"Ouch, Heero, that one kinda hurt," I muttered, and I felt his smile

against my skin.

"I'm sorry; here, I'll kiss it all better," he promised, and followed

through.

Whatever he was doing with his mouth was driving me crazy, but the

only thing I could do was clench his shirt in my hands and whimper.

His mouth began to travel lower, his fingers nimbly undoing my bra

clasp. His breath was warm against my skin and I involuntarily sucked

in a deep breath when I felt his tongue caressing a nipple.

I was growing frustrated with the fact that he was still fully dressed

and I was naked.

"Heero," I whispered, drawing his attention away from his task.

"Hmm?"

His hands continued to roam everywhere, and one found its way between

my legs. The rubbing motions were rapidly causing my higher brain

functions to cease, and I could only grit out, "Naked."

Heero purposely mistook my statement, smirking at me.

"Yes, you are. Something wrong with that?"

"You aren't," I returned, fumbling once again with his shirt. He

allowed me to finish this time, and it was his turn to groan when I

ran my hands over his upper body.

I was beginning to work on his pants when he suddenly swung me into

his arms and headed for the bed. Teasingly he dumped me on the bed,

and by the time I sat up he had discarded both pants and underwear.

He crawled toward me across the bed, his eyes a deep blue that almost

looked black. His body was a pale tan and deeply muscled, but for all

that he moved gracefully and it reminded me briefly of how Trowa and

Wufei moved.

All thought came to a screeching halt when he started to kiss me again

and his fingers began to work their magic. I pulled him down to me, my

hand tracing a path down his stomach until I came to his sex. My

fingers were rubbing small circles around the head, and then I slipped

my hand down the length of him, eliciting another groan.

"Relena..."

His voice sent shivers down my back, but before I could answer he was

overtop of me, his eyes staring at me intently.

"I don't have anything," he said.

"Then I guess it's good that I'm on the Pill, right?" I teased, my

fingers flicking up to rub his nipples.

His tongue began to plunder my mouth again, and while he had me

distracted he entered me, pulling a gasp from my throat. He stopped

then and we stared at each other for a heartbeat, before he began to

move with long, sure strokes.

The pace that he set was just fast enough to make me want more, the

pressure building to an unbearable level.

"Heero...." I moaned, and he took that as a sign to up the tempo.

Supporting himself on his forearms he bent his head to my neck, each

thrust coming harder and faster as his mouth worked at my throat.

This time there wasn't any pain, just a delicious thrill that crept

through my body, building and building until I didn't think I could

handle it any longer. I didn't try to hold onto the feeling, choosing

to let it spill outwards with joy.

"Heero!" My cry was muffled at his neck, and after several more

thrusts, I felt him plunge back in one more time before he came, his

voice a harsh 'Ah!' that sounded in my ear.

He collapsed to the side of me then, and we both lay there trying to

regain our breath, and enjoy the afterglow. I snuggled into the crook

of his arm and kissed his neck, content with where I was.

I suddenly felt extremely tired, and Heero, as if sensing my thoughts,

spoke.

"Go to sleep, Relena. I promise I'll be here when you wake," he

whispered into my hair.

Shortly after that, I dropped into sleep quickly, and slept like a

rock for quite a while.

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Heero cast a thoughtful look at the small lump in the middle of his

bed, then proceeded down the stairs to meet with his friends.

They had many things to discuss.