Day & Night

Aftercare

Kyojuro's POV

I held onto her as if I was going to lose her. We were trying to control our breathing. All I could feel were our heartbeats racing. A new feeling was washing over me, and I couldn't pinpoint it. Slowly taking myself out of her, she whimpered from the slow emptiness feeling.

"Stay right here, baby. I will get us a bath ready," I said, looking down at her, smiling.

She didn't say anything but cup my face. I couldn't help but lean into her touch, smiling.

"Want me to help? I can," she said sweetly.

"No, let me take care of you, love," I said, getting out of bed and heading to the bathroom.

Getting the bath ready for us, my mind was racing with so many thoughts. It wasn't until I felt arms wrap around my waist that I couldn't help but laugh at my naked girlfriend.

"I thought I told you to wait," I said, looking back at her.

"The tub is about to overflow," she said, laughing as I reached down to turn the water off.

Reaching out, I stepped in, offering my hand to her as she followed. She put up her hair before leaning back on my chest. This was more than perfect. That feeling was coming back as I wrapped my arms around her stomach, trying to understand.

"You're quiet," she said, letting out a yawn.

"And you're tired," I chuckled, leaning down to kiss her temple. "I didn't hurt you, did I, my love?"

"Oh, gods no. It was an intense session, but no. You could never hurt me," Tsukie said, rubbing her thumb over mine. "How did you...?"

Laughing, I knew the question without her finishing it. "Porn and wiki how."

Slinging her head back with laughter, she asked, "really? All of that research?"

"I was kidding about Wiki How, but I did look up different positions to try on you and see how it went. Obviously well. But, porn helped with knowing how to perform some of the positions, but it's unrealistic, to be honest."

She continued to laugh before relaxing in my arms again.

"What happened? You've always wanted a condom or for me to pull out," I asked, the curiosity getting the best of me.

She tensed in my arms, caught off guard. "I...I don't know. It just felt right," she said, leaning out of my arms to look at me with her blushed face from the question and the warm water. "If you didn't want to do it, you shouldn't have. I'm sorry I wasn't thinking. I-"

Leaning up, I kissed her before she went further down the rabbit hole. "I know," I said, searching her worried eyes. "I want to give you everything you ask of me. If I didn't want to, I would have pulled out. You are on birth control, right? The implant?"

"Yes," she said as I pulled her to my chest.

"Then we are fine, Tsukie, and if somehow, someway it didn't work. We will still be just fine," I said, my heart skipping a beat, knowing what I had just admitted. Was that the feeling I couldn't pinpoint? No, it wasn't because I wasn't even thinking about that.

As my mind continued racing, I felt her breathing change. Looking down, I could see her closed eyes and shallow breaths. Smiling, I picked her up and dried her off before lying down on the bed. I cleaned the bathroom before I spooned myself behind her. Holding her close to me, I felt at home. There were no Yakuza to worry about, no Hashira duties, no demons, just... her. Finally, I drifted off into sleep.

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Waking up, I felt rested. This was the first time in years that I slept so well. A slight wiggle in my arms made me aware of the reason for the excellent sleep. Tsukie was still asleep in my arms, and the smile on my face wasn't going away anytime soon. That feeling I had last night came back to me, and I finally pinpointed it. It was what we shared last night, going to sleep next to her and waking up next to her. I wanted this every day of my life.

Her soft groan interrupted the plans I was making in my head as I focused on her eyes fluttering open. I kissed the top of her head before asking, "Good morning, my precious flame. How'd you sleep?"

She stretched in my arms before looking back to smile at me. "I can't tell you how long I've wanted to hear you say those words instead of over text," she said, turning in my arms and kissing my chest. "That was the best sleep I've had in so long. How'd you sleep?"

"The same baby," I said, enjoying the feeling of her lips on my chest. Sliding my hand to her hip, I kneaded the skin and muscle there but knew we needed to get up. Her lips traveled up to the hollow of my collarbone, my neck, and the soft sensitive spot under my ear. "Fuck, Tsukie." Using her strength, she pushed me onto my back, straddling me. Her smile erased every thought.

"I promise to be quiet this time," she whispered as my hands traveled to her hips.

"You're going to be the death of me, sweetheart," I said, smiling at the view of this powerful woman above me.

"And you'll be the death of me."

Those words were the last we spoke as she rode herself to her orgasm and my own release. Once coming down from our high from each other, we talked about anything. The next vacation, upcoming missions, likes, dislikes, until we were interrupted by a soft knock on my door.

"Kyojuro, Tsukie, breakfast will be ready here soon. Please wake up so you can join us," my mother said.

Tsukie froze, realizing that I was still buried inside her. The corner of my lips tilted up into a devious grin. A chuckle left my lips as my mother left the door, causing Tsukie to slap my chest playfully. We readied for the day and made our way to the dining room. Of course, we reacted as if nothing was going on, even if my parents knew very well about our activities last night. My father was respectful and didn't say anything to embarrass Tsukie or me. Later on, I drove her home and set off to my office space to do research in private.

She might get mad at me, but that new feeling was itching at me. I wanted her, there was no question about that, but I tasted how it would be if it was just us, in our own space. And I wanted it, craved it. Before asking her, I would do much research first and then find a way to ask her the important question. The question would determine the next steps of our relationship and where it would go.