Mᴀᴅɴᴇss | Sᴀsᴜᴋᴇ Uᴄʜɪʜᴀ

Chapter Nine

Day One

"Take off your shirt and lay down on your stomach," Mei said not looking up. Sasuke nodded. Mei paced around the table mixing the liquids and preparing the all the required ingredients. She was completely absorbed in what she was doing, which allowed him to study her openly. She wore long-sleeved green tunic and black loose trousers, making her look messy but somehow enticing. Once again, she wore no shoes, and her small feet rushed around that table making soft tapping noises. Mei rolled up her sleeves and stretched. She wrinkled her nose as she leaned on the table. She silently stood there thinking. He wondered what was going through her head at that moment when she suddenly turned around abruptly and marched towards him. She gently pushed his head down into the pillow, as her hands scanned his back. The girl uttered a humph under her breath as she felt Sasuke's back tense. The harder she tried to make him relax the more his muscles tensed up.

"Uchiha you need to relax," she hissed under her breath. "Why are you acting like you've never felt a touch of a woman,"

Sasuke popped himself on his elbows and glared at the girl. "You need to learn how to shut up. Let us just do this in silence." He laid back down and closed his eyes. Mei bit her bottom lip and shrugged.

"Sure,"

Her hands continued exploring his back. Mei stroked his neck, gently applying force to the pressure points, she worked her way down to his shoulders, then to his back. The silence felt uneasy, but she ignored it and continued relaxing Sasuke's muscles. Uchiha felt good. Her small hands fluttered over his back, like little butterflies. He barely felt her touch, yet at the same time he felt her more than ever. It was a strange feeling that quickly circulated through his body and tingled in his limbs. Mei's grip tightened at the crook of his neck. She pressed her middle and index fingers together and slowly trailed them down his spine, stopping at every bump. At the end of his spine she made several circular motions and moved her hands. She picked up the mixture she prepared earlier and started applying it to his back with quick confident movements. She put aside the bowl. He heard her hands click as she sat beside him. Her leg touched her his almost intimately.

"I am going to start." She said quietly. "What I said before, still applies. This will hurt."

"I know. I'm ready." Sasuke responded.

Mei glanced at his muscular back one more and placed her hands over it. She closed her eyes and chanted. At first, he felt nothing, but as soon as her hands connected with his skin, he gritted his teeth. The pain was sharp, as if someone inserted a knife into his flesh and twisted it repeatedly. Mei's hands slowly entered his body. Soft blue light illuminated from the areas her hands entered his back. Sweat beaded his skin, but Uchiha remained silent. Mei sat up; her knees pressed to the side of his leg. She guided her hands through his back. Although he had no idea what she was doing, he entrusted himself completely to her. It was a weird feeling, to trust someone with your life.

She felt her hands absorb the contaminants from his body, hardening her skin. She glanced at Sasuke, who was stoically enduring the pain. Mei snickered quietly. The next half an hour was monotonous. Mei repeated the same procedure, while Sasuke lay in deep thoughts. Suddenly he felt the force lift off his back, allowing him to take a deep breath. Mei stepped away from his body and quickly rushed to a bucket with yellowish liquid conveniently situated on the table. She dipped her hands into the water and hissed in relief. With the corner of eye, she noticed Sasuke getting up.

"Stay down," she ordered. "I am not done yet. I just need to get rid of...these," she nodded at the dark spots which were covering her pale hands.

"What are they?"

Mei chuckled. "Your little friends." She washed her hands thoroughly four times and returned to the bed. He felt a damp cloth wipe his back bringing relief to his skin. A soft sigh escaped his lips. "The painful part of the treatment is done for today." She warmed up some gel in her hands and quickly rubbed it into his back. This time her hands felt different. Her touches felt more forceful and he liked it. Mei smacked him on the back and got off the bed. "Rest until the evening, we will continue later."