File #22Tanaka Reina was a very sound sleeper. Anyone who knew her knew that. She could probably sleep through a typhoon and an earthquake, and only be annoyed if the quake somehow managed to shake her off her bed.
Come hell or high water, it was pretty much a bad idea to wake her prematurely. Let sleeping lions lie, or so they say. Or in her case, let sleeping kittens snooze, or risk getting kitty claw in the face.
Reina was sleeping now, very comfortably indeed. The hotel bed was nice and fluffy, the sheets smooth and soft, perfect for cuddling in. Slowly, she was beginning to stir, nose scrunched up in a tiny yawn, before snuffling back facefirst into her pillow.
The feel of the sheets was very soft against her skin, and felt strangely unobstructed by the absence of any material in between. Reina made a sleepy little frown, half turning and stretching lazily in her sleep, eyelids fluttering briefly, not fully ready to open yet.
A soft touch trailed down one side of her face, almost sharply cold against the warmth under the sheets. Reina frowned again, this time cracking open one sleepy eye to regard her surroundings.
"Morning, kitten." Reina snapped back into focus immediately as the hazy image before her solidified into reality. First reaction: she screamed and hid her head under the pillow.
Oh my god this is not happening. Reina repeated to herself mentally. She shifted around, realizing with a sinking feeling that she was completely naked as her mind shifted into full consciousness.
Oh god what happened last night?! Reina was hyperventilating inside, her chest tightening painfully with panic. The bed shifted slightly as the person next to her moved closer, putting one hand on her shoulder.
"Ahhhh! Get away from me, pervert!" Reina shrieked, chucking her pillow blindly at her assailant, who ducked smoothly with an impish grin on her face.
Wait, her face?! All blood drained from Reina's face as she gaped at the person sitting next to her. Clutching the sheets close to her body, Reina struggled to process the fact that she was currently naked in bed with another girl. The splitting headache from her hangover was
not helping.
"Who the hell are you?!" Reina blurted out stupidly, trying frantically to figure out what had happened the night before. Vaguely, she recalled someone stripping her of her clothes, but there were too many blank spots in her memory to remember correctly.
"Is this any way to greet someone who saved you from being gang-raped by a bunch of guys?" A lazy smile split the other girl's face, even as the stranger flipped her long hair over one shoulder and settled into a cross-legged position. Belatedly, Reina noticed that aside from the over-large t-shirt that her rescuer (?) was wearing, she was apparently not wearing anything underneath.
Trying valiantly to suppress the rising blush on her face, Reina gripped the sheets around her even more tightly, as if they would miraculously save her from this embarrassing situation.
"Why am I here? Where are my clothes?" Reina was starting to feel mildly better about things. After all, if a girl was the one who picked her up, she shouldn't have been violated or anything like that. Right?
"Why the hurry to leave?" Reina blinked and swallowed nervously as the strange girl moved still closer to her, with a distinctly predatory look in her eyes. Reina shifted away, her bare back hitting the wall. No escape.
"We were having so much fun last night too, don't you remember?" A devilish grin was evident on the other girl's face, and Reina paled again, her throat constricting in shock.
Oh my god, I didn't, did I? Fleetingly, broken up images of this girl embracing her and carrying her to bed surfaced in her memory, and she flushed hotly at the skin to skin contact.
"You...you..." Reina was at a loss for words. Opposite her, the girl smirked.
"Maybe this will help you remember?" Swiftly, the girl dove in and captured Reina's lips with her own, Reina's cry of shock only allowing her assailant's tongue entrance into her mouth.
"Mmrgh..." Reina struggled futilely against the weight pinning her against the wall, her fingers scratching and clawing at the shoulders of the other girl. She was about to burst out in tears when she was released quite abruptly, a mischievous grin still on the stranger's face.
"Don't be so scared, you were so much cuter last night." The stranger shrugged again. "It's not really that big a deal."
Reina snapped right about then.
"How dare you say that, you pervert! It is a big deal! How could you just take advantage of someone who's drunk! You immoral, twisted, perverted asshole! I hate you! I hate you!!!"
In the heat of her outburst, Reina had lunged at the other girl, pinning her down and flailing at her with her fists. She was still so busy shaking the other girl that she failed to notice her new position until a sneaky arm snaked around behind her back and pulled her down nose to nose with her companion.
"Now this is a new position for me..." The strange girl purred, darting her tongue out to lick at a startled Reina's lips. "Feisty, aren't you?"
"PERVERT!!!" Reina screamed again, this time really digging in with her nails, all while trying to push away from the girl that held her captive.
"I have a name too, you know." Ignoring the wince of pain that came from Reina's frenzied attack, the girl flipped their positions over smoothly and pinned Reina easily down on the bed.
"You can call me Ai." Reina continued struggling against her, but Ai ignored it and kissed the young girl again, enjoying how Reina continued yelling obscenities at her through that intimate contact.
"Ease up, spitfire. It won't be all that bad." Ai pinned Reina's wrists down on either side of her head, since the constant scratching was getting annoying.
"Besides, I think you owe me for rescuing you from those drunk guys..."
"WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AND YOU! BASTARD!" Reina yelled again, but was silenced with another kiss. Pissed off, the cat-like girl bit down hard on Ai's lip, drawing blood.
Ai let go of Reina's wrists, lifting the back of one hand to wipe at her bloody lip. She still sat firmly on Reina, straddling her such that the younger girl could not get away from her. Licking up the blood, Ai looked down with a new fire in her eyes.
"You know, you're really interesting. I think I like you even more now."
Panicked, Reina tried to cover herself with her arms while trying also to get out from under Ai. Calmly, Ai simply watched impassively for a while, studying Reina like some kind of insect under a microscope. Inexplicably, that gaze made Reina feel even more naked than she already was.
"Stop looking at me like that! Rapist!" Reina growled, trying to twist away from Ai. Suddenly, an iron grip clamped down around her neck, forcing her to look straight at Ai's suddenly darkened eyes. A tremor of fear ran through Reina, making her cower back as Ai leaned in close.
"I
don't do rape." Those dark orbs seemed to deepen in intensity, making Reina shudder. "Don't make me cross that line." The grip tightened, and Reina gagged slightly, gasping for air.
Abruptly, Ai released Reina, climbing off her without a second word. Reina shivered and curled up, frightened out of her wits as she stared at Ai.
"Get out."
~*~*~
Sayumi winced as she lifted her textbooks off her desk, following the line of students filtering out of the lecture hall. Her muscles screamed with every step, and she felt hyperaware of the number of marks that a certain someone had left on her.
Which was why she felt the need to be covered up so totally today, in coat and turtleneck, as well as long pants. It would be hard to explain all the bite marks to other people.
It had only been a couple of days since Ai had peremptorily commanded her appearance, and the event had been, well, eventful to say the least.
Sayumi had fully intended to lecture Ai about what she was doing to Gaki-san, but before she could even put in two words, Ai had simply grabbed her and pretty much making short work of her clothes right there in the car. The bunny girl had rarely ever seen Ai so coldly upset about anything at all, even in their previous trysts. It was as if a demon had taken over her entirely, instead of merely possessing her.
It had been much later, when Sayu was still heaving from the unexpected exertion, that Ai had climbed off her, apologized shortly, and told her to go back. Sayu had rarely seen Ai worked up over much of anything, and this behavior had worried her.
She could have just saved herself the trouble by getting dressed and leaving the car, but some deep instinct within her had seen that Ai was brooding over something, and she just couldn't leave that alone.
Ai had not been very responsive to her questions, but seeing that Sayumi would not leave her alone that night, Ai had driven them to some nondescript motel and gotten them a room.
It was not in Ai's nature to talk about herself, much less any of her problems. Sayu instinctively knew that. Instead, she chose to express herself through other means, and Sayu currently bore the remaining marks of how Ai chose to vent her frustration.
It had been much later, in the dark, when she had been close to exhaustion and was curled up against Ai, that the other woman had started to talk, as if to herself.
"I don't like it. I didn't want to know. I shouldn't have to know." Pause. "I'm just a tool. And I have my use-by date."
Silence, then in a low tone. "People are scary. I'm only just doing my job. Just my job. I've never..." Pause. "Never mind. Forget it."
Then quietly, barely more than a whisper.
"Thank you for listening, Sayu."Sayumi shook her head, squinting against the bright sunlight as she stepped outside. She had sensed a real emotion in Ai's voice there; a deep, dark emotion that disturbed the soul.
Takahashi Ai. Sayumi sighed. What an enigma. She could never tell if the woman was a demon or just another human being with a dark secret. Too many mysteries and contradictions surrounding this one person, like a black hole sucking in everything into the endless void within.
Ai-chan, what are you hiding?Sayumi could only hope that she had the chance to find out.
~*~*~
"This never happened. I never saw you. We never met. Nothing happened at all."
Ai rolled her eyes, her sunglasses sitting high on her head. Sending an impish wink at Reina, she slapped the younger girl's butt playfully as the younger got off the taxi. She seemed to be completely back to her normal, flirtatious self.
Reina yelped and scowled darkly at her. Ai only blew her a kiss and pulled her sunglasses back down even as Reina slammed the door shut on her.
Turning resolutely away from the cloud of exhaust that the taxi left, Reina stomped up to the hotel where she was staying.
"Tanaka-san! Where have you been?!" The screeching voice of a harpy, better known as the teacher in charge of this school trip, resounded through the large lobby. Reina rolled her eyes as that ugly matron crowded her and bombarded her with questions.
"Just fuck off, old hag." The harpy of a teacher just gaped as Reina flipped her a finger and entered the elevator. It was far too early for lectures.
Right now, all she wanted was a good, long shower.
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And there. Congrats on wedging, dinny.
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