Boys & Girls (unofficial What You Wish For Chapter 13)
Title: Boys & Girls (What You Wish For unofficial Chapter 13)
Author: alliterationhor
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Spoilers: not a one.
Rating: Syaoran/Sakura, so very G. Kuro/Fai, NC-17.
Author’s note I: this is part of the Wish-verse, but it can be read on its own.
Author’s note II: this is not the epilogue. this is ... a flashback.
Author’s note III: this thing has been written *forever*. I am so happy it’s finally posted.
Word count: 3,900
Fanfic archive here.
Comments/concrit appreciated.
Boys & Girls
(What You Wish For unofficial Chapter 13)
“Fai-san ... May I speak with you?”
“Of course, Sakura-chan.”
“Um ...” Sakura sat down beside him on the couch, twisting her hands in her lap nervously. “Can you be serious?”
Fai smiled easily. “Despite all evidence to the contrary, I am capable, yes.”
“Okay. Good. Um ...”
Sakura was already blushing fiercely, which gave Fai a good idea what this was about.
“Is this about boys and girls?” Fai asked, trying to make this easier for her.
“Y-Yes.”
“Okay.” Fai took a long breath. He had known the day for this talk was approaching, but he was not sure whether he was ready for it. But he supposed he would have to be, if Sakura was ready. “What do you want to know?”
“Um ... Well ...” She paused, bit her lip. “Do you know about boys and girls?”
Fai laughed. “I know enough to have this talk with you.”
Sakura nodded, relieved. “Okay.”
“Let’s start easy. Kissing. You and Syaoran-kun have kissed, yes?”
Tiny voice, “Yes.”
“And you want to know about more than kissing?”
Sakura was turning an awful shade of red. Fai was a bit worried her head might literally explode.
“Sakura-chan. You are almost eighteen. This is quite normal,” he assured her, “and nothing to be ashamed about.”
“Okay.” she said, visibly trying to relax.
“You need to be able to talk about this, Sakura-chan. Communication is very important in a relationship. You will have to talk to Syaoran-kun about this too, at some point. So practice with me. What do you want to know?”
“About ... um ... touching.” she said in a small voice.
“Ah.” Fai nodded. “I can pretty safely say that anywhere you touch Syaoran-kun will feel good to him. If it’s a place you want to touch but you’re not sure whether he wants you to, ask him first.”
“Just ...” Sakura frowned in bewilderment, as if it could not possibly be that simple. “Ask?”
“Yes. You can practice on me, if you like.”
“... Can I touch you-there?” she asked, pointing to his shoulder.
“Yes.”
Sakura reached out a timid hand and patted Fai’s shoulder.
“See how simple that was?” Fai asked, smiling. “And if you had asked about a place I was not comfortable with, I would have said no. It’s very simple.”
Sakura looked relieved. “Okay.”
“This applies to you too. If Syaoran-kun-or anyone else-touches you in a way you do not like, you say no.” Fai stared at her in complete seriousness. “Promise me?”
“I promise.” Sakura said, smiling.
“And if that person doesn’t stop, you yell and you fight.” Still serious, “Promise me?”
Sakura blinked, eyes wide.
Fai smiled kindly. “I do not think you have anything to worry about, Sakura-chan. Syaoran-kun would never hurt you. And Syaoran-kun would never let anyone hurt you. But there are bad people in the world, so I say that as a precaution.”
“Alright.”
“Now. Is there anything else you would like to know?”
“Um ... since we’re already talking about ...” She started to blush again, even more furiously than before. “Um ... more than touching?”
Fai said bluntly, “You mean sex.”
Sakura flinched.
“It’s not a bad word. You can say it.”
“... sex ...” Sakura squeaked.
“Yes. Sex is a beautiful thing, between two people who love each other. But even if you love the other person, you should not have sex until you are both ready. It’s a very important decision, especially if it will be your first time.”
“I’m not.” she said quickly. “Ready.”
“That’s okay.” Fai smiled a little. “I doubt Syaoran-kun is either.”
Sakura nodded, relieved. “Okay.”
“Now. You know that sex is how babies are made, right?”
She blushed. “Um.”
“So when you are ready, you will need to use something to prevent pregnancy.”
“Every time ... we have ... sex ...”
“Yes.”
“... we’ll ... have a baby ...?”
“No!” Fai exclaimed. He could not help it, he laughed a little. He supposed he must be more nervous about this than he thought he would be. “No no no. Oh, dear. Pregnancy is a possibility when you have sex. It is not a definite. So until you want to have babies, you must use something to prevent pregnancy.”
“Oh.” Sakura nodded in understanding. “Okay.”
“Do you have any more questions?”
“Um ... I don’t think so.”
Fai gave a decisive nod. “I’m going to find you a book that will explain the more anatomical aspects of this. I don’t think I should attempt to explain that myself.”
“... a book?”
“With pictures.”
“O ... kay.”
“Did I do alright?” Fai asked, curiously. “I’ve never given a boys and girls talk before.”
“It was my first too, but I think you did okay.” She smiled and gave him a kiss on his cheek. “Thank you, Fai-san.”
“It was no problem, Sakura-chan.” Fai returned, smiling.
* * *
“Hey.” Fai tapped on Kurogane’s shoulder, “Stop this-this thing.”
Kurogane muttered, “Hover-mobile.”
“I need to go in here for a few minutes.” Fai said, pointing at a shop with one hand while unbuckling his seatbelt with the other.
“You bought ice-cream, remember?”
Fai waved a dismissive hand at the panel of the hover-mobile. “There’s a chill setting in the-the ...”
“Boot.”
“Why in the world do they call it a shoe?” Fai asked, as he jumped out of the hover-mobile. “Can you set it?”
“Do I have any choice?” Kurogane grumbled.
“Thank you, Kuro-kii!”
Kurogane pushed a few buttons on the panel before he turned off the engine. The hover-mobile drifted a few inches lower toward the ground, then beeped as the security setting turned on.
Kurogane followed Fai into the bookstore. Even if Fai could not read any of the books, he would still be in there for hours if he had his own way.
As Kurogane came in the door, the white-skinned, black-haired man behind the counter gave the ninja a curious look with his one blue eye and one green eye. Even with the proper clothes in this world, the four of them still stood out quite obviously. Luckily this world was used to “tourists” and no one gave them much trouble.
Fai was in one of the back rows of the store, squinting at a paperback with a yellow cover.
“You can read this, right?” Fai questioned, handing him two copies.
“‘Sex for Dummies’?” Kurogane read with a mutter. “Neither of us are that terrible-”
Fai did not look up from the book in his hands. “Those aren’t for us.”
Kurogane glanced down at one of the pictures in the book Fai was holding. “What are you looking at-!”
“These are for Sakura-chan.”
“Are you insane? You can’t give the princess-that!” Kurogane exclaimed in a whisper.
“She asked.”
“She asked you to get her a book with pictures like that?”
“Not exactly.” Fai replaced the book in question on the shelf and reached for another. “She asked about sex.”
“... sex ...?”
Fai looked over at Kurogane with a smile. “Don’t look so dismayed, Kuro-daddy. She’s the proper age.”
“She’s just a kid!” Kurogane insisted.
“Hm. But she’s growing up. So is Syaoran-kun.” Fai flipped through a few pages of another book. “You’re going to have to give Syaoran-kun the talk, too.”
Kurogane felt an immense dread growing in his stomach. “... the talk ...?”
“The boys and girls talk. It’s your responsibility as a father.”
“I’m not his father.”
“If you don’t, who will?” Fai questioned, reasonably.
“Gods forbid it be you.” Kurogane muttered, poking at one of the books on the shelves. He did not trust any of these books enough to open them. “Who knows what you’d fill his head with.”
“I did very good with Sakura-chan.” Fai answered, a bit petulantly. “I’m not a total idiot, not when it counts. I told her everything.”
Kurogane frowned. “... everything?”
“Well.” He reconsidered, “Everything she needs to know before she has sex.”
Kurogane shuddered, and Fai rolled his eyes.
“You can’t act like that when you give Syaoran-kun the talk. He looks up to you, he will get the wrong idea.”
Kurogane pointed to a picture in the book. “And-this-is the right idea?”
“It’s not very pretty, is it?” Fai mused, turning the book sideways to gaze at the picture. “But accurate, as far as I can tell.” He squinted at the picture, then wrinkled his nose slightly. “Don’t worry. This is more likely to make them wait ten years than encourage them.”
“Hmph.”
“It was actually easier than I expected. The talk.” Fai murmured, as he flipped through a few more pages. “I just thought of what I wished somebody had told me before I had sex, and what I knew she needed to know. I’ll make some note cards for you, though, to help.”
Kurogane nodded. “So, no one ever gave you the talk?”
“No. What about you?”
“No.”
“Hey.” Fai leaned subtly back against Kurogane, showing him the page he was currently looking at. “Do you think we could ...?”
“I don’t know.” Kurogane answered, tilting his head. “Can you bend that way?”
“We can always try!” Fai shut the book with a snap. “One book for Sakura-chan, one book for Syaoran-kun, one book for them to share since it’s a bit expensive.” He grinned brightly. “And one book for me and Kuro-chan.”
* * *
Kurogane leaned against the doorjamb of Syaoran’s room. “Hey, kid.”
Syaoran looked up from his bed, where his research about the feather in this world was spread around him on the comforter. “Yes, Kurogane-san?”
Kurogane shoved the yellow paperback at him. “This is for you.”
“What ... oh.” His eyes grew round as he read the title. “Oh.”
“I don’t like this any more than you do. But-the wizard-” (Kurogane really hated that he had almost said “your mother”.) “Thinks it is time for us to have the talk.”
“The ... talk ...?” Syaoran asked, looking longingly at the door as if he wished to make an escape.
“The boys and girls talk. The princess already had one with the wizard. And I guess ...” Kurogane shrugged. “She doesn’t seem permanently traumatized.”
“Sakura-hime ... talked to Fai-san ... about ...” His cheeks were very red, and his voice was very small, “oh.”
“I don’t suppose you could make this easy and say you’ve already had this talk with someone?”
“Um ... no. Sorry.”
“Alright.” Kurogane glanced down at the notes Fai had made for him. “Sexual ...” He gritted his teeth for a moment, then started reading aloud very fast. “Intercourse between two people who love each other is a beautiful thing and it is not something to be ashamed of-”
Syaoran interrupted, “So, do you love Fai-san then?”
“What?”
“Well, it’s only that I’ve never heard you say you love him.”
Kurogane growled, “It’s different.”
“Why?”
Damn this kid and his innate curiosity, Kurogane thought. And while he was at it, damn the stupid mage as well, who was probably having gleefully evil thoughts about how uncomfortable Kurogane was right now.
He grumbled, “Because it’s different.”
Syaoran squinted at him, kind of like he was some puzzling ancient artifact. “Because you’re both men?”
“You’ve never actually seen us having sex either, have you?”
“No!” Syaoran exclaimed, horrified.
“Like I said, it’s different.”
“Well, I figured that much. Physically. I mean, I know a little bit about, um, anatomy.” Syaoran’s cheeks were red. “Some of the pictures on ancient architecture can be a bit, um-”
“Okay.” Kurogane held up a hand to signal for silence and began to read from the cards again. “Sex between a man and a woman can result in pregnancy. Please stress ‘can’, Kuro-pon.”
Kurogane was going to kill him. Slowly.
Syaoran nodded. “I knew that.”
“Protective measures should always be taken. Hand-” Kurogane rolled his eyes and reached into his pocket. He found a handful of condoms right where the note said they would be, and tossed them to Syaoran. “Here.”
Syaoran coloured and shoved them under his pillow quickly.
“Communication is very important in any relationship ... blah blah blah ...” Kurogane looked up at Syaoran, his eyes serious. “You know you have to wait until she’s ready, right? And that you can’t do anything to her unless you know for sure that she wants you to, right?”
“Of course! I would never-!”
“I know.” Kurogane nodded, satisfied. “You have always treated the princess with honour. I would not expect any less from you.”
Syaoran smiled, hearing the compliment behind the words. “Thank you, Kurogane-san.”
“Is there anything else you want to know?” Kurogane asked, stuffing the unhelpful note cards into his shirt pocket.
“Um ...” Syaoran blushed again, uncomfortably. But he managed to get the question out despite his hesitation, “... what is ... it like?”
“The stupid mage bought a book that has pictures.” Kurogane started to turn around. Over his shoulder, he said, “You can look at it after the princess has.”
“That’s ... well ... not what I meant ... exactly.”
Kurogane faced Syaoran again, crossing his arms. “You mean between two men?”
“Well ... n-not exactly ...”
“Spit it out or we’ll be here all night.”
The words burst out of Syaoran very fast, “What’s it like to have sex with someone you love?”
“Oh.”
Kurogane stopped for a moment. And he realized something he did not think he was ready to know yet.
“It’s ... It’s like there’s only you and him in the world, and it’s ... great.”
“Wow.” Syaoran whispered, somewhat in awe. “It must be good, to put that look on your face.” Then he clapped a hand over his mouth quickly, realizing it was probably not a good idea to have said that.
“What look?” Kurogane growled, dangerously.
“Never mind.” Syaoran said, wisely not saying anything else that he should not. “Thank you for the talk, Kurogane-san. It was very ... informative.”
Kurogane grumbled something that might have been, “You’re welcome.”
* * *
Syaoran, after being given ‘the talk’, first encountered Sakura in the living room.
“Oh.” Sakura stopped walking, and started blushing. “Um. Hi.”
Syaoran nodded, also blushing. “Hi.”
“So.”
“So.”
They both stood there, awkwardly, for a moment.
“This is silly, isn’t it?” Sakura said.
Syaoran smiled, and relaxed.
Sakura made a determined face, put her hands on either of Syaoran’s cheeks, and gave him a light, sweet kiss.
“Oh.” She bit her lip. “I was supposed to ask before I did that.”
Syaoran smiled, looking at her lips. “You don’t have to ask before you ... do that, Sakura-hime.”
“Syaoran.” Sakura took both his hands in hers, looking up at him shyly. “I want you to call me Sakura. Okay?”
“Yes ... Sakura.”
“Can I call you Syaoran?”
“Yes.” he replied, running a hesitant thumb over the back of her soft hand. “I would like that.”
Sakura grinned and kissed him again. “Let’s watch one of those moving pictures together! We can make popcorn and pretend it’s a date.”
“It ... can be a date ...” Syaoran offered, “if you’d like.”
“Okay!” Sakura exclaimed, grinning happily.
Syaoran sat down on the couch and Sakura sat close to him. Then she bit her lip again and leaned against him a little. “Is this okay?”
“Yes.” Syaoran lifted his arm and asked, “Can I ...?”
Sakura nodded and Syaoran draped his arm carefully across her shoulders. Sakura rested her head against his shoulder, and Syaoran found one of her hands with his.
“Kuro-lamb, come look at this!” Fai exclaimed quietly.
Kurogane glanced through the doorway of the kitchen, arms folded across his chest. “Wonder how long it will take them to realize the holo-vision’s not on?”
“I don’t think they care.”
“Hmph.”
Fai sighed wistfully. “Our children are growing up so fast. Where does the time go? It seems like only yesterday they were taking their first steps ...”
“You’re an idiot.”
“But I’m your idiot, right, Kuro-daddy?” Fai said cheerfully, leaning a shoulder back into Kurogane’s chest.
“Don’t call me that.”
“I’m going to play waiter so they don’t have to get up.” Fai pointed an admonishing finger at him. “You stay out of there, okay?”
“What, and be stuck in here with you?” Kurogane grumbled.
“You are stuck with me, Kuro-rin.” Fai grinned, pinching the ninja’s cheek. “You might as well get used to it!”
* * *
“Good evening!”
Fai appeared before Syaoran and Sakura with an apron around his waist and a towel over one arm. He bowed.
“My name is Fai D. Flowright, and I will be your server this evening.” He set a large bowl of popcorn down on the coffee table in front of them, with a flourish. “Here is your appetizer, and your drinks are on the way. Would you perhaps care for some romantic music to set the atmosphere?”
Sakura was giggling too much to respond.
“Um, yes.” Syaoran answered. “That would be nice, Fai-san.”
Fai picked up the remote from the table and flipped through a few music stations until he found something suitable.
“There you are. Enjoy!”
* * *
Kurogane waited through the entree (peanut butter and jelly sandwiches) and dessert (banana soup) before he executed his attack.
Fai heard the lock snick into place on the kitchen door. He turned around from where he was about to start the dishes, and saw Kurogane leaning against the kitchen door with a sharp grin and a feral gleam in his eyes.
Fai grinned and leaned back leisurely against the counter, perfectly willing to be prey. “Oo, big scary ninja. Grr.”
Kurogane stalked over to him, grabbed him and kissed him without preamble. His tongue pushed demandingly into Fai’s mouth, tangling together with Fai’s tongue. His hands framed the magician’s face, his fingers in blond hair, keeping him in place as Kurogane devoured his mouth.
Fai made a low whimper and melted against Kurogane compliantly.
They kissed for what felt like an infinity.
Fai opened his eyes for a second and realized they were on the kitchen floor, himself in Kurogane’s lap. He was already shirtless.
“Can you be quiet?” Kurogane muttered between kisses.
“Mmm ...” Fai’s fingers found the buttons on Kurogane’s shirt, determined to get him naked.
Kurogane caught his wrists, holding them still. “Can you be quiet?”
“Can you?” Fai countered, grinding their hips together.
Kurogane exhaled, “Hell.”
“Shouldn’t have started something if you couldn’t finish it ...” Fai teased, singsong.
“I could gag you.”
“I’d like to see you try.”
Fai laughed, but Kurogane knew he would not get away with anything unless Fai wanted him to get away with it. Kurogane was fine with that.
“Let’s try to keep it down, okay?” he muttered. “The kids are in the next room.”
“Mmhmm ...” Fai had already resumed his task of unbuttoning Kurogane’s shirt.
Kurogane yanked the shirt off over his head, impatiently.
“A bit eager, are we?” Fai laughed, running his hands over Kurogane’s bare chest. He leaned in and kissed the ninja’s neck, mouth hot against skin.
“I want to fuck you.” Kurogane whispered. His fingers started work on the buttons of Fai’s trousers.
Fai smirked, his hands at his sides. “Say please.”
“Fuck ... you ...” Kurogane murmured, pressing his face against Fai’s so that their breaths mixed.
“Say please.” Fai requested, with a bit more steel in his voice.
Kurogane knew he would not get what he wanted unless he gave Fai this much. “Please.”
Fai grinned and kicked off his trousers. “Okay!”
Kurogane kissed him again; this time Fai’s tongue slipped into his mouth, tasting and stroking and teasing. Fai’s hands freed Kurogane from his trousers. The ninja’s cock jutted out proudly from between his legs and Fai licked his lips in anticipation.
“Do you have ...” Kurogane questioned. He licked his thumb and pressed it against a pale pink nipple, rubbing.
Fai arched into the touch. “Mm.”
Kurogane groaned low in his throat as he felt Fai’s hand slide slickly over his erection. He looked down, watching the mage’s slender hands coat both their cocks.
Fai reached behind him, smearing some lubrication quickly over his hole. Then he lifted himself up on his knees and positioned himself over Kurogane’s length.
“But-”
“Now.”
Kurogane stayed carefully still as Fai lowered himself, slowly, slowly. Fai hissed, accepting the burn as his body stretched, and his nails bit into tanned skin. Kurogane closed his eyes, overwhelmed by the tight grip of Fai’s body. But his hands stayed lightly at the wizard’s waist, letting Fai take the time he needed to adjust to Kurogane inside him.
“Fuck,” Fai gasped, voice raw and real. “... feel ... so ...”
“... yes ...”
Kurogane tilted his head and brushed his lips against Fai’s, not quite a kiss. Just close.
After a few moments, Fai started to move in earnest. His hips rose and fell, again and again, an intimate rhythm. They held onto each other; pale hands clenched on tanned shoulders, Kurogane’s hands on Fai’s ass, aiding their rhythm.
Fai reached one hand between their bodies and began to stroke himself. Kurogane watched; the slender hand was almost a blur. Fai watched Kurogane watching him.
Fai felt assaulted by sexual stimulation: Kurogane’s cock driving deep inside him, Kurogane’s eyes watching him touch himself, Kurogane’s hands on his ass, squeezing. Kurogane, filling him and making him feel like more than he was. Kurogane, wanting him-
“Kuro . . . gane . . .”
Kurogane clasped a hand over the blond’s mouth. One of Fai’s hands closed around the ninja’s wrist and he threw his head back, moaning his orgasm against Kurogane’s palm. Fai’s body convulsed, squeezing around the cock inside him even tighter, and his come splashed hot against Kurogane’s stomach.
“So beautiful ...” Kurogane murmured.
Fai was panting too harshly to hear.
Kurogane could feel his own orgasm building quickly now. He fell back onto the floor and Fai propped himself above the ninja with unsteady limbs. Kurogane took over, his hips thrusting up hard and fast.
Kurogane groaned, low and deep and long, as he released into Fai’s body. His movements slowed until they came to a stop. Fai collapsed bonelessly on top of him.
The two of them just laid there for awhile, catching their breaths and cooling down.
Then Fai pulled himself up a little and began to kiss the ninja leisurely, anywhere his lips could reach, quite as if he never wanted to stop. Kurogane finally found the strength to raise his arms and wrap them around the mage, pulling him closer.
Fai’s lips met his and they kissed; sweet, soft, and slow.
“What was that about?” Fai murmured, his nose bumping against Kurogane’s. “No complaints, by the way.”
Kurogane took a breath.
It was about something he knew, something that he was beginning to accept. But it was something that he was definitely not ready to say yet. At least, not with words.
“I wanted you.”
“Mm.” Fai smiled lazily and laid his head down on Kurogane’s chest. “That was nice.”
Kurogane rolled his eyes. “Only ‘nice’?”
“Mmm ...”
“What would ‘very nice’ be, then?” Kurogane inquired, his fingers rubbing idly at the back of the wizard’s neck.
“‘Very nice’ would be pillows instead of hardwood floors.” Fai giggled, “Hardwood!”
Kurogane rolled his eyes, annoyed and amused. “I’ll have to do better next time, then.”
“You do that.” Fai murmured, but his voice was completely content.
* * *
Syaoran and Sakura were blissfully asleep on the couch, curled up in each other’s arms.
Fai smiled at adorable picture they presented. “Should we wake them up now and embarrass them, or let them wake up tomorrow and be embarrassed later?”
“They’re fine.” Kurogane said quietly. “Let them sleep.”
Kurogane took Fai’s hand and led him into their bedroom.
* * * * *
end note: I have no idea where Mokona is during all this. maybe he got a job or something.
also, next Monday (Tuesday for some!) there will be more flashbacks. I was going to post them in one big chapter, but I think they'll work better if I post them separately. and then I'll post the epilogue pieces. and sometime, I will have the prequel finished. and there's at least one more unofficial chapter. maybe 2, if the idea in my head works out to be chapter-length.
and here's the links if anyone wants to download the whole thing: (pdf via sendspace) and (html via sendspace)
cross-posted to tsubasarc
Author: alliterationhor
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Spoilers: not a one.
Rating: Syaoran/Sakura, so very G. Kuro/Fai, NC-17.
Author’s note I: this is part of the Wish-verse, but it can be read on its own.
Author’s note II: this is not the epilogue. this is ... a flashback.
Author’s note III: this thing has been written *forever*. I am so happy it’s finally posted.
Word count: 3,900
Fanfic archive here.
Comments/concrit appreciated.
Boys & Girls
(What You Wish For unofficial Chapter 13)
“Fai-san ... May I speak with you?”
“Of course, Sakura-chan.”
“Um ...” Sakura sat down beside him on the couch, twisting her hands in her lap nervously. “Can you be serious?”
Fai smiled easily. “Despite all evidence to the contrary, I am capable, yes.”
“Okay. Good. Um ...”
Sakura was already blushing fiercely, which gave Fai a good idea what this was about.
“Is this about boys and girls?” Fai asked, trying to make this easier for her.
“Y-Yes.”
“Okay.” Fai took a long breath. He had known the day for this talk was approaching, but he was not sure whether he was ready for it. But he supposed he would have to be, if Sakura was ready. “What do you want to know?”
“Um ... Well ...” She paused, bit her lip. “Do you know about boys and girls?”
Fai laughed. “I know enough to have this talk with you.”
Sakura nodded, relieved. “Okay.”
“Let’s start easy. Kissing. You and Syaoran-kun have kissed, yes?”
Tiny voice, “Yes.”
“And you want to know about more than kissing?”
Sakura was turning an awful shade of red. Fai was a bit worried her head might literally explode.
“Sakura-chan. You are almost eighteen. This is quite normal,” he assured her, “and nothing to be ashamed about.”
“Okay.” she said, visibly trying to relax.
“You need to be able to talk about this, Sakura-chan. Communication is very important in a relationship. You will have to talk to Syaoran-kun about this too, at some point. So practice with me. What do you want to know?”
“About ... um ... touching.” she said in a small voice.
“Ah.” Fai nodded. “I can pretty safely say that anywhere you touch Syaoran-kun will feel good to him. If it’s a place you want to touch but you’re not sure whether he wants you to, ask him first.”
“Just ...” Sakura frowned in bewilderment, as if it could not possibly be that simple. “Ask?”
“Yes. You can practice on me, if you like.”
“... Can I touch you-there?” she asked, pointing to his shoulder.
“Yes.”
Sakura reached out a timid hand and patted Fai’s shoulder.
“See how simple that was?” Fai asked, smiling. “And if you had asked about a place I was not comfortable with, I would have said no. It’s very simple.”
Sakura looked relieved. “Okay.”
“This applies to you too. If Syaoran-kun-or anyone else-touches you in a way you do not like, you say no.” Fai stared at her in complete seriousness. “Promise me?”
“I promise.” Sakura said, smiling.
“And if that person doesn’t stop, you yell and you fight.” Still serious, “Promise me?”
Sakura blinked, eyes wide.
Fai smiled kindly. “I do not think you have anything to worry about, Sakura-chan. Syaoran-kun would never hurt you. And Syaoran-kun would never let anyone hurt you. But there are bad people in the world, so I say that as a precaution.”
“Alright.”
“Now. Is there anything else you would like to know?”
“Um ... since we’re already talking about ...” She started to blush again, even more furiously than before. “Um ... more than touching?”
Fai said bluntly, “You mean sex.”
Sakura flinched.
“It’s not a bad word. You can say it.”
“... sex ...” Sakura squeaked.
“Yes. Sex is a beautiful thing, between two people who love each other. But even if you love the other person, you should not have sex until you are both ready. It’s a very important decision, especially if it will be your first time.”
“I’m not.” she said quickly. “Ready.”
“That’s okay.” Fai smiled a little. “I doubt Syaoran-kun is either.”
Sakura nodded, relieved. “Okay.”
“Now. You know that sex is how babies are made, right?”
She blushed. “Um.”
“So when you are ready, you will need to use something to prevent pregnancy.”
“Every time ... we have ... sex ...”
“Yes.”
“... we’ll ... have a baby ...?”
“No!” Fai exclaimed. He could not help it, he laughed a little. He supposed he must be more nervous about this than he thought he would be. “No no no. Oh, dear. Pregnancy is a possibility when you have sex. It is not a definite. So until you want to have babies, you must use something to prevent pregnancy.”
“Oh.” Sakura nodded in understanding. “Okay.”
“Do you have any more questions?”
“Um ... I don’t think so.”
Fai gave a decisive nod. “I’m going to find you a book that will explain the more anatomical aspects of this. I don’t think I should attempt to explain that myself.”
“... a book?”
“With pictures.”
“O ... kay.”
“Did I do alright?” Fai asked, curiously. “I’ve never given a boys and girls talk before.”
“It was my first too, but I think you did okay.” She smiled and gave him a kiss on his cheek. “Thank you, Fai-san.”
“It was no problem, Sakura-chan.” Fai returned, smiling.
* * *
“Hey.” Fai tapped on Kurogane’s shoulder, “Stop this-this thing.”
Kurogane muttered, “Hover-mobile.”
“I need to go in here for a few minutes.” Fai said, pointing at a shop with one hand while unbuckling his seatbelt with the other.
“You bought ice-cream, remember?”
Fai waved a dismissive hand at the panel of the hover-mobile. “There’s a chill setting in the-the ...”
“Boot.”
“Why in the world do they call it a shoe?” Fai asked, as he jumped out of the hover-mobile. “Can you set it?”
“Do I have any choice?” Kurogane grumbled.
“Thank you, Kuro-kii!”
Kurogane pushed a few buttons on the panel before he turned off the engine. The hover-mobile drifted a few inches lower toward the ground, then beeped as the security setting turned on.
Kurogane followed Fai into the bookstore. Even if Fai could not read any of the books, he would still be in there for hours if he had his own way.
As Kurogane came in the door, the white-skinned, black-haired man behind the counter gave the ninja a curious look with his one blue eye and one green eye. Even with the proper clothes in this world, the four of them still stood out quite obviously. Luckily this world was used to “tourists” and no one gave them much trouble.
Fai was in one of the back rows of the store, squinting at a paperback with a yellow cover.
“You can read this, right?” Fai questioned, handing him two copies.
“‘Sex for Dummies’?” Kurogane read with a mutter. “Neither of us are that terrible-”
Fai did not look up from the book in his hands. “Those aren’t for us.”
Kurogane glanced down at one of the pictures in the book Fai was holding. “What are you looking at-!”
“These are for Sakura-chan.”
“Are you insane? You can’t give the princess-that!” Kurogane exclaimed in a whisper.
“She asked.”
“She asked you to get her a book with pictures like that?”
“Not exactly.” Fai replaced the book in question on the shelf and reached for another. “She asked about sex.”
“... sex ...?”
Fai looked over at Kurogane with a smile. “Don’t look so dismayed, Kuro-daddy. She’s the proper age.”
“She’s just a kid!” Kurogane insisted.
“Hm. But she’s growing up. So is Syaoran-kun.” Fai flipped through a few pages of another book. “You’re going to have to give Syaoran-kun the talk, too.”
Kurogane felt an immense dread growing in his stomach. “... the talk ...?”
“The boys and girls talk. It’s your responsibility as a father.”
“I’m not his father.”
“If you don’t, who will?” Fai questioned, reasonably.
“Gods forbid it be you.” Kurogane muttered, poking at one of the books on the shelves. He did not trust any of these books enough to open them. “Who knows what you’d fill his head with.”
“I did very good with Sakura-chan.” Fai answered, a bit petulantly. “I’m not a total idiot, not when it counts. I told her everything.”
Kurogane frowned. “... everything?”
“Well.” He reconsidered, “Everything she needs to know before she has sex.”
Kurogane shuddered, and Fai rolled his eyes.
“You can’t act like that when you give Syaoran-kun the talk. He looks up to you, he will get the wrong idea.”
Kurogane pointed to a picture in the book. “And-this-is the right idea?”
“It’s not very pretty, is it?” Fai mused, turning the book sideways to gaze at the picture. “But accurate, as far as I can tell.” He squinted at the picture, then wrinkled his nose slightly. “Don’t worry. This is more likely to make them wait ten years than encourage them.”
“Hmph.”
“It was actually easier than I expected. The talk.” Fai murmured, as he flipped through a few more pages. “I just thought of what I wished somebody had told me before I had sex, and what I knew she needed to know. I’ll make some note cards for you, though, to help.”
Kurogane nodded. “So, no one ever gave you the talk?”
“No. What about you?”
“No.”
“Hey.” Fai leaned subtly back against Kurogane, showing him the page he was currently looking at. “Do you think we could ...?”
“I don’t know.” Kurogane answered, tilting his head. “Can you bend that way?”
“We can always try!” Fai shut the book with a snap. “One book for Sakura-chan, one book for Syaoran-kun, one book for them to share since it’s a bit expensive.” He grinned brightly. “And one book for me and Kuro-chan.”
* * *
Kurogane leaned against the doorjamb of Syaoran’s room. “Hey, kid.”
Syaoran looked up from his bed, where his research about the feather in this world was spread around him on the comforter. “Yes, Kurogane-san?”
Kurogane shoved the yellow paperback at him. “This is for you.”
“What ... oh.” His eyes grew round as he read the title. “Oh.”
“I don’t like this any more than you do. But-the wizard-” (Kurogane really hated that he had almost said “your mother”.) “Thinks it is time for us to have the talk.”
“The ... talk ...?” Syaoran asked, looking longingly at the door as if he wished to make an escape.
“The boys and girls talk. The princess already had one with the wizard. And I guess ...” Kurogane shrugged. “She doesn’t seem permanently traumatized.”
“Sakura-hime ... talked to Fai-san ... about ...” His cheeks were very red, and his voice was very small, “oh.”
“I don’t suppose you could make this easy and say you’ve already had this talk with someone?”
“Um ... no. Sorry.”
“Alright.” Kurogane glanced down at the notes Fai had made for him. “Sexual ...” He gritted his teeth for a moment, then started reading aloud very fast. “Intercourse between two people who love each other is a beautiful thing and it is not something to be ashamed of-”
Syaoran interrupted, “So, do you love Fai-san then?”
“What?”
“Well, it’s only that I’ve never heard you say you love him.”
Kurogane growled, “It’s different.”
“Why?”
Damn this kid and his innate curiosity, Kurogane thought. And while he was at it, damn the stupid mage as well, who was probably having gleefully evil thoughts about how uncomfortable Kurogane was right now.
He grumbled, “Because it’s different.”
Syaoran squinted at him, kind of like he was some puzzling ancient artifact. “Because you’re both men?”
“You’ve never actually seen us having sex either, have you?”
“No!” Syaoran exclaimed, horrified.
“Like I said, it’s different.”
“Well, I figured that much. Physically. I mean, I know a little bit about, um, anatomy.” Syaoran’s cheeks were red. “Some of the pictures on ancient architecture can be a bit, um-”
“Okay.” Kurogane held up a hand to signal for silence and began to read from the cards again. “Sex between a man and a woman can result in pregnancy. Please stress ‘can’, Kuro-pon.”
Kurogane was going to kill him. Slowly.
Syaoran nodded. “I knew that.”
“Protective measures should always be taken. Hand-” Kurogane rolled his eyes and reached into his pocket. He found a handful of condoms right where the note said they would be, and tossed them to Syaoran. “Here.”
Syaoran coloured and shoved them under his pillow quickly.
“Communication is very important in any relationship ... blah blah blah ...” Kurogane looked up at Syaoran, his eyes serious. “You know you have to wait until she’s ready, right? And that you can’t do anything to her unless you know for sure that she wants you to, right?”
“Of course! I would never-!”
“I know.” Kurogane nodded, satisfied. “You have always treated the princess with honour. I would not expect any less from you.”
Syaoran smiled, hearing the compliment behind the words. “Thank you, Kurogane-san.”
“Is there anything else you want to know?” Kurogane asked, stuffing the unhelpful note cards into his shirt pocket.
“Um ...” Syaoran blushed again, uncomfortably. But he managed to get the question out despite his hesitation, “... what is ... it like?”
“The stupid mage bought a book that has pictures.” Kurogane started to turn around. Over his shoulder, he said, “You can look at it after the princess has.”
“That’s ... well ... not what I meant ... exactly.”
Kurogane faced Syaoran again, crossing his arms. “You mean between two men?”
“Well ... n-not exactly ...”
“Spit it out or we’ll be here all night.”
The words burst out of Syaoran very fast, “What’s it like to have sex with someone you love?”
“Oh.”
Kurogane stopped for a moment. And he realized something he did not think he was ready to know yet.
“It’s ... It’s like there’s only you and him in the world, and it’s ... great.”
“Wow.” Syaoran whispered, somewhat in awe. “It must be good, to put that look on your face.” Then he clapped a hand over his mouth quickly, realizing it was probably not a good idea to have said that.
“What look?” Kurogane growled, dangerously.
“Never mind.” Syaoran said, wisely not saying anything else that he should not. “Thank you for the talk, Kurogane-san. It was very ... informative.”
Kurogane grumbled something that might have been, “You’re welcome.”
* * *
Syaoran, after being given ‘the talk’, first encountered Sakura in the living room.
“Oh.” Sakura stopped walking, and started blushing. “Um. Hi.”
Syaoran nodded, also blushing. “Hi.”
“So.”
“So.”
They both stood there, awkwardly, for a moment.
“This is silly, isn’t it?” Sakura said.
Syaoran smiled, and relaxed.
Sakura made a determined face, put her hands on either of Syaoran’s cheeks, and gave him a light, sweet kiss.
“Oh.” She bit her lip. “I was supposed to ask before I did that.”
Syaoran smiled, looking at her lips. “You don’t have to ask before you ... do that, Sakura-hime.”
“Syaoran.” Sakura took both his hands in hers, looking up at him shyly. “I want you to call me Sakura. Okay?”
“Yes ... Sakura.”
“Can I call you Syaoran?”
“Yes.” he replied, running a hesitant thumb over the back of her soft hand. “I would like that.”
Sakura grinned and kissed him again. “Let’s watch one of those moving pictures together! We can make popcorn and pretend it’s a date.”
“It ... can be a date ...” Syaoran offered, “if you’d like.”
“Okay!” Sakura exclaimed, grinning happily.
Syaoran sat down on the couch and Sakura sat close to him. Then she bit her lip again and leaned against him a little. “Is this okay?”
“Yes.” Syaoran lifted his arm and asked, “Can I ...?”
Sakura nodded and Syaoran draped his arm carefully across her shoulders. Sakura rested her head against his shoulder, and Syaoran found one of her hands with his.
“Kuro-lamb, come look at this!” Fai exclaimed quietly.
Kurogane glanced through the doorway of the kitchen, arms folded across his chest. “Wonder how long it will take them to realize the holo-vision’s not on?”
“I don’t think they care.”
“Hmph.”
Fai sighed wistfully. “Our children are growing up so fast. Where does the time go? It seems like only yesterday they were taking their first steps ...”
“You’re an idiot.”
“But I’m your idiot, right, Kuro-daddy?” Fai said cheerfully, leaning a shoulder back into Kurogane’s chest.
“Don’t call me that.”
“I’m going to play waiter so they don’t have to get up.” Fai pointed an admonishing finger at him. “You stay out of there, okay?”
“What, and be stuck in here with you?” Kurogane grumbled.
“You are stuck with me, Kuro-rin.” Fai grinned, pinching the ninja’s cheek. “You might as well get used to it!”
* * *
“Good evening!”
Fai appeared before Syaoran and Sakura with an apron around his waist and a towel over one arm. He bowed.
“My name is Fai D. Flowright, and I will be your server this evening.” He set a large bowl of popcorn down on the coffee table in front of them, with a flourish. “Here is your appetizer, and your drinks are on the way. Would you perhaps care for some romantic music to set the atmosphere?”
Sakura was giggling too much to respond.
“Um, yes.” Syaoran answered. “That would be nice, Fai-san.”
Fai picked up the remote from the table and flipped through a few music stations until he found something suitable.
“There you are. Enjoy!”
* * *
Kurogane waited through the entree (peanut butter and jelly sandwiches) and dessert (banana soup) before he executed his attack.
Fai heard the lock snick into place on the kitchen door. He turned around from where he was about to start the dishes, and saw Kurogane leaning against the kitchen door with a sharp grin and a feral gleam in his eyes.
Fai grinned and leaned back leisurely against the counter, perfectly willing to be prey. “Oo, big scary ninja. Grr.”
Kurogane stalked over to him, grabbed him and kissed him without preamble. His tongue pushed demandingly into Fai’s mouth, tangling together with Fai’s tongue. His hands framed the magician’s face, his fingers in blond hair, keeping him in place as Kurogane devoured his mouth.
Fai made a low whimper and melted against Kurogane compliantly.
They kissed for what felt like an infinity.
Fai opened his eyes for a second and realized they were on the kitchen floor, himself in Kurogane’s lap. He was already shirtless.
“Can you be quiet?” Kurogane muttered between kisses.
“Mmm ...” Fai’s fingers found the buttons on Kurogane’s shirt, determined to get him naked.
Kurogane caught his wrists, holding them still. “Can you be quiet?”
“Can you?” Fai countered, grinding their hips together.
Kurogane exhaled, “Hell.”
“Shouldn’t have started something if you couldn’t finish it ...” Fai teased, singsong.
“I could gag you.”
“I’d like to see you try.”
Fai laughed, but Kurogane knew he would not get away with anything unless Fai wanted him to get away with it. Kurogane was fine with that.
“Let’s try to keep it down, okay?” he muttered. “The kids are in the next room.”
“Mmhmm ...” Fai had already resumed his task of unbuttoning Kurogane’s shirt.
Kurogane yanked the shirt off over his head, impatiently.
“A bit eager, are we?” Fai laughed, running his hands over Kurogane’s bare chest. He leaned in and kissed the ninja’s neck, mouth hot against skin.
“I want to fuck you.” Kurogane whispered. His fingers started work on the buttons of Fai’s trousers.
Fai smirked, his hands at his sides. “Say please.”
“Fuck ... you ...” Kurogane murmured, pressing his face against Fai’s so that their breaths mixed.
“Say please.” Fai requested, with a bit more steel in his voice.
Kurogane knew he would not get what he wanted unless he gave Fai this much. “Please.”
Fai grinned and kicked off his trousers. “Okay!”
Kurogane kissed him again; this time Fai’s tongue slipped into his mouth, tasting and stroking and teasing. Fai’s hands freed Kurogane from his trousers. The ninja’s cock jutted out proudly from between his legs and Fai licked his lips in anticipation.
“Do you have ...” Kurogane questioned. He licked his thumb and pressed it against a pale pink nipple, rubbing.
Fai arched into the touch. “Mm.”
Kurogane groaned low in his throat as he felt Fai’s hand slide slickly over his erection. He looked down, watching the mage’s slender hands coat both their cocks.
Fai reached behind him, smearing some lubrication quickly over his hole. Then he lifted himself up on his knees and positioned himself over Kurogane’s length.
“But-”
“Now.”
Kurogane stayed carefully still as Fai lowered himself, slowly, slowly. Fai hissed, accepting the burn as his body stretched, and his nails bit into tanned skin. Kurogane closed his eyes, overwhelmed by the tight grip of Fai’s body. But his hands stayed lightly at the wizard’s waist, letting Fai take the time he needed to adjust to Kurogane inside him.
“Fuck,” Fai gasped, voice raw and real. “... feel ... so ...”
“... yes ...”
Kurogane tilted his head and brushed his lips against Fai’s, not quite a kiss. Just close.
After a few moments, Fai started to move in earnest. His hips rose and fell, again and again, an intimate rhythm. They held onto each other; pale hands clenched on tanned shoulders, Kurogane’s hands on Fai’s ass, aiding their rhythm.
Fai reached one hand between their bodies and began to stroke himself. Kurogane watched; the slender hand was almost a blur. Fai watched Kurogane watching him.
Fai felt assaulted by sexual stimulation: Kurogane’s cock driving deep inside him, Kurogane’s eyes watching him touch himself, Kurogane’s hands on his ass, squeezing. Kurogane, filling him and making him feel like more than he was. Kurogane, wanting him-
“Kuro . . . gane . . .”
Kurogane clasped a hand over the blond’s mouth. One of Fai’s hands closed around the ninja’s wrist and he threw his head back, moaning his orgasm against Kurogane’s palm. Fai’s body convulsed, squeezing around the cock inside him even tighter, and his come splashed hot against Kurogane’s stomach.
“So beautiful ...” Kurogane murmured.
Fai was panting too harshly to hear.
Kurogane could feel his own orgasm building quickly now. He fell back onto the floor and Fai propped himself above the ninja with unsteady limbs. Kurogane took over, his hips thrusting up hard and fast.
Kurogane groaned, low and deep and long, as he released into Fai’s body. His movements slowed until they came to a stop. Fai collapsed bonelessly on top of him.
The two of them just laid there for awhile, catching their breaths and cooling down.
Then Fai pulled himself up a little and began to kiss the ninja leisurely, anywhere his lips could reach, quite as if he never wanted to stop. Kurogane finally found the strength to raise his arms and wrap them around the mage, pulling him closer.
Fai’s lips met his and they kissed; sweet, soft, and slow.
“What was that about?” Fai murmured, his nose bumping against Kurogane’s. “No complaints, by the way.”
Kurogane took a breath.
It was about something he knew, something that he was beginning to accept. But it was something that he was definitely not ready to say yet. At least, not with words.
“I wanted you.”
“Mm.” Fai smiled lazily and laid his head down on Kurogane’s chest. “That was nice.”
Kurogane rolled his eyes. “Only ‘nice’?”
“Mmm ...”
“What would ‘very nice’ be, then?” Kurogane inquired, his fingers rubbing idly at the back of the wizard’s neck.
“‘Very nice’ would be pillows instead of hardwood floors.” Fai giggled, “Hardwood!”
Kurogane rolled his eyes, annoyed and amused. “I’ll have to do better next time, then.”
“You do that.” Fai murmured, but his voice was completely content.
* * *
Syaoran and Sakura were blissfully asleep on the couch, curled up in each other’s arms.
Fai smiled at adorable picture they presented. “Should we wake them up now and embarrass them, or let them wake up tomorrow and be embarrassed later?”
“They’re fine.” Kurogane said quietly. “Let them sleep.”
Kurogane took Fai’s hand and led him into their bedroom.
* * * * *
end note: I have no idea where Mokona is during all this. maybe he got a job or something.
also, next Monday (Tuesday for some!) there will be more flashbacks. I was going to post them in one big chapter, but I think they'll work better if I post them separately. and then I'll post the epilogue pieces. and sometime, I will have the prequel finished. and there's at least one more unofficial chapter. maybe 2, if the idea in my head works out to be chapter-length.
and here's the links if anyone wants to download the whole thing: (pdf via sendspace) and (html via sendspace)
cross-posted to tsubasarc