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As weeks went by Inora kept being blown away by how thoughtful and romantic Hatori could be. The more time that went by the more Hatori was desperate to be near her. She knew that he was worried about her leaving at the end of October, she was too. The closer her departure date came the more her heart ached at the thought of leaving him. It was coming to the end of August and she was honestly starting to panic, she didn’t want to leave but she wasn’t sure that there was a reason to stay. While the curse was still around she knew that she could never be close to him, well as close as she would like to be anyway.
Every week or so Hatori would surprise her with a romantic date, or he would just surprise her with something that she forgot that she had told him she liked. One of these times had been when he played her favorite musician, Bruce Springsteen, as she walked in his door. She felt silly for thinking it but he was overdue this week. She had tried to give him surprises as well but she just wasn’t as good at it as he was, in fact she kinda sucked, but he appreciated her attempts.
“Inora, what are you thinking?” Shigure asked, making her jump. She had been sitting on the couch in the living room and he had snuck up behind her.
“The curse,” She said simply, that brought him up short, she usually didn’t talk about it. “I was wondering… is there anyway to, you know, break it?”
“Well… we always like to think that it will but-”
“But you have no idea where to even start.” She finished for him.
“Exactly,” he said with a smile. “I believe that it is already weakening and has been for quite some time. If I had to guess I would say that one day it will just be gone once everything falls into place. What those things are I can’t know.”
“Well that’s not very helpful,” she muttered.
“No, but I think you are,” he said mysteriously as he walked out.
“What the hell?” She asked but he was already gone. She just shrugged, she was used to his annoying vagueness by now. She went back to wondering what Hatori would do next, she felt incredibly spoiled, and there was still the chance that he had run out of ideas. As if her thoughts had summoning powers Hatori burst into the room slightly out of breath.
“How do you always do that? She asked amazed.
“Do what?” he asked.
“Randomly pop up just as I’m thinking about you. Of course there isn’t much time when I’m not thinking about you,” she added with a wink. He smiled and moved to sit on the couch next to her.
“I know exactly what you mean,” he said softly and kissed her cheek. She blushed and he held up a brightly wrapped package for her.
“Hatori, you are spoiling me, I hope you didn’t go through to much trouble this time at least,” she almost whispered as she took the package. It had been obvious that he had to give some serious effort for some of their dates.
“You deserve it,” he said and brushed his lips against hers. “And this time it didn’t take much.”
“Better not have,” she said with a fake glare. She tore of the paper and stared at the object in her hands. “Seriously?”
“What don’t you like it?” he asked.
“I- how-,” she fumbled. “When the hell did I tell you what my favorite movie is?”
“A couple months ago,” he said cheerfully. “On our first date.”
“I- your amazing,” she whispered with a blush. She didn’t even remember that, how could he?
“So why do you look so sad?” he asked stroking one finger against her cheek.
“I don’t deserve you,” she whispered, the words slipped out before she could stop them. Hatori chuckled and shook his head.
“Can’t you see? I don’t deserve you,” he said.
“I guess we’re both a couple undeserving fools then,” she said and brought his lips to hers. “Just one question. How did you get this movie in English, when you can’t read English?”
“I went back and fourth with Hatsu,” he said.
“Not too much trouble huh?” She asked skeptically. He opened his mouth to respond but was interrupted by shouting from the hallway, Kyo and Yuki made their way into the living room.
“Everything if your fault!” Kyo yelled. “Even the new girl said so!” he gestured to Inora and Yuki looked at her with wide questioning eyes.
“Wait, wait, wait,” she said. “What exactly did I say?”
“You said that ‘if it was anyone’s fault it was the rat’s fault,’ you know, for the cat missing the banquet,” Kyo explained.
“Well yes I did say that, but that doesn’t make it Yuki’s fault. He may be possessed by the spirit of a rat but he isn’t a rat. You all are human beings with… a little problem. You are all a far cry from the animals in the story anyway,” she said. “Yuki would never try to trick someone into missing something so important and Kyo, you wouldn’t have believed him.” There was a long pause after that until Hatori finally broke it.
“You’re absolutely right,” he said, he grabbed her hand and leaned over to kiss her neck. She thought he seemed to not be able to keep his hands off her… or lips.
“So did you want to watch the movie here or at your place?” she asked.
“I think we would have more privacy at my place,” he whispered so only she could hear. She smiled at that and stood.
“I have to talk to Shigure first,” she said then left. She made her way to his study, she couldn’t help but think about all of the things she had done in there. The last time she had been in the room was when they ‘broke up,’ if they had even been dating.
“Shigure,” she said stepping into the room.
“Well, well, this brings back memories,” he said with an evil grin, apparently he had been thinking along the same lines as her.
“What was the deal you made with Akito for me?” she hadn’t pestered him about it for quite a long time, but their conversation earlier had reminded her. He hadn’t been expecting that so he was thrown for a second, then he seemed to be considering her.
“Well I hardly think there is anything to worry about now, so sure, I’ll tell you. I promised that if you slipped up in anyway I would be her ‘pet.’ Meaning I would live at the estate and always be on call for… entertainment.”
“Wait… her. You said ‘her pet’,” she said slowly. Shigure seemed to freak out for a moment, then go back to his serine calm.
“Whatever, guess it’s too late now,” he said putting his chin in his hand. “Yes Akito is a woman, when she was born our ‘god’ her mother decided to raise her as a boy. Didn’t work completely,” he explained.
“God?” she asked, she was starting to feel a little overwhelmed.
“Oh yes, you know the god in the story? That’s her, that’s why she has so much control over the Zodiac,” he said.
“Why are you telling me all of this now?” she asked.
“Because I trust you,” he said simply. “Oh and the ‘woman’ thing doesn’t leave this room. Only Hatori, Aya and I know about it.”
“Right,” she muttered and backed out of the room. She had gotten the information she wanted, and much more. She wanted to escape before he told her something else and her head exploded. She made her way down the hallway to find Hatori waiting by the door.
“You ready?” he asked, but just as she was about to answer her phone rang. It seemed like the world didn’t want her to have some alone time with Hatori.
“(Sup Dan,)” she answered into the phone after checking the caller ID.
“(You never call so I decided to call you,)” she said.
“(Can this wait I’m just ab-)” she started but he cut her off.
“(Why are you so busy all the time?)” he asked suspiciously. She was tired of making excuses to him so she decided to just get it over with.
“(Dan, I’m seeing someone,)” she said boldly.
“(It’s not that Shigure guy is it?)” he asked angrily.
“(No it’s-)” she started but then Dan laughed.
“(So how long have you and Hatori been dating?)” he asked.
“(How did you know?)” she asked.
“(I could tell that it wouldn’t be long from the way he had been looking at you, so how long have you been lying to me?) He asked.
“(We’ve been dating since Christmas,)” she answered sheepishly.
“(Well just remind him of the little conversation we had before I left,)” he said.
“(What did you tell him?)” she asked.
“(Wow he didn’t tell you? That’s impressive. I told him that if he broke your heart I would hunt him down like a dog. I elaborated a bit more then that but that was the gist)” he explained.
“(Oh God, Dan please tell me you didn’t,)” she pleaded.
“(It’s my job, now go on your date. You can call me later,)” he said and hung up. She stared at the phone for a few seconds before putting it back in her pocket. Her uncle was weird.
***
Inora had never been less interested in anything in her life. Which was odd because it was one of her all time favorite movies. How could you go wrong with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? She only made it about thirty seconds into the awesome opening song before loosing interest. It was so fucking unfair though, how could Hatori always look so drop dead gorgeous without trying? They were on his bed, which was exciting all by its self. She felt bad because he went through a lot of trouble to find this movie in the original English version. It was really sweet because after going though all of that trouble he was still going to sit though the whole thing with her even though he wouldn’t understand a word of it. It was clear he was bored too because he was staring at the wall completely spacing out. Her eyes ran over his body again. He had his right arm up using his forearm to prop his head at better angle. His left hand was resting lightly on his stomach. His left foot was dangling loosely off the bed while his right was propped up on the bed with his knee in the air at the absolute perfect angle.
She propped herself up on her right elbow to get a better look at him. He came back to earth and turned his head to look into her eyes. His eyes were on fire. She couldn’t help but notice how different the burning in his eyes was from Shigure’s. Shigure had more of an instinctual desire while Hatori had an unyielding need. They continued to look into each others eyes; she couldn’t tell who was the one leaning forward first. Their lips met and, no matter how often they had kissed, she felt her fingers tingling and butterflies in her stomach. No man had ever had that kind of effect on her before him. She thought in the beginning that it just would go away along with the excitement of having him all to herself, but both feelings were just as strong as ever and she had lost count of how many times they had been together like this.
She traced his bottom lip with her tongue, he got the idea instantly and he flicked his tongue against hers. They moved their lips faster and more feverishly. He was smart enough to stay on his back so she could press her breasts against his arm without having to worry about transforming him. Her right hand was interlaced with his left and her left hand was on his smooth neck. His right hand was at her waist, he would occasionally run it down to her hip but that was as far as it would get. She loved that he was such a gentleman usually but in situations like this she wished that he would feel her up more. She removed her hand from his neck and grabbed his; she slid it slowly down her side and across her hip. She left it on her ass and ran her hand across his waist to his back. He chuckled once and gave her ass a tentative squeeze. She squirmed against his side a little and he soon got used to the idea.
He turned to his side and she quickly snapped her hand to his chest, she wasn’t about to let him transform, she wasn’t done yet. She knew he didn’t like the idea of having sex with her when he couldn’t hold during or after, but it wasn’t like the curse was going to leave anytime soon. Ever since the night after their first date he had always stopped them when he thought they were going too far with some sort of excuse, but this time it seemed like stopping hadn’t even crossed his mind, and she had no intension of letting him. If he knew she was a virgin, however, she knew he would fight it even more. That’s why she hadn’t told him, but she wouldn’t give her virginity to him without being absolutely sure he was worth it, and he was. She didn’t give it to Shigure for instance.
She pressed her hips against his and wrapped her leg around his body. He surprised her by sliding his hand up the back of her shirt and undoing the clasp of her bra. She pushed on him with her hip and hand, he rolled to his back and she rolled with him so she was sitting on top of him. She straightened up looking into his eyes she began to unbutton his shirt, it fell open and she ran her hands down his chest all the way to his belt. She heard his breathing pick up, she grabbed the bottom of her shirt and in one motion the shirt and bra was flying over her head and across the room. He smiled and his eyes raked over her, she bent down and kissed him again.
He pressed against her side and they both rolled over so she was on her back and he was kneeling between her legs with his hands by her shoulders propping himself up. She reached around and squeezed his ass and she heard his sharp intake of breath. She moved her hands around to his stomach and ran them up his chest to his shoulders. She slid his shirt off of his shoulders and he straightened up to take it off the rest of the way. She ran her fingers back down his chest to his belt and undid it, then she unbuttoned and unzipped his pants, she reached out again and slid her fingers in his underwear and brushed them against his cock. She could see him holding his breath she smiled at the thought of teasing him and removed her hand. He reached down and undid her pants, but instead of teasing her back he grabbed the pants, panties and all, at her hips and began to pull them down. She thrust her hips upward so he could; he slid off the bed to pull them off her feet. She sat up and grabbed his pants and slid them down then let them drop to the floor, and then she grabbed his shoulders and pulled him towards her again.
She was quivering. She could feel it, but so was he. He began to play with her breasts while she grabbed at his ass. He brushed his fingers down her stomach, all the way down, and started rubbing her. Her breath was coming in quick shallow breaths now; she could feel herself getting wet. She reached down and began to rub his cock with long, slow, deliberate strokes. He got hard so fast, she put both of her hands on his back; it felt like he was on fire. He pulled back from her lips to look in her eyes; he removed his fingers from her and inched forward slowly.
When he slid inside her she gasped; it hurt but not as much as she had thought it would, she looked deep into his eyes and the pain disappeared. She reached out and pulled him to her lips again, they were both breathing heavily. He began to go deeper, and he moaned softly in her mouth. She sounded like she could hyperventilate at any moment; she stayed right on that line. She moaned as he kissed her breasts. Neither of them had any concept of time it was just them, nothing else mattered. Something she had never even imagined ran through her body, she took her lips off of his and let out a long moan while squirming around beneath him. While she was still trying to recover from the shock of it she noticed he wasn’t in her anymore. She looked around feverishly and finally found him by the side of the bed.
“Well that interesting,” she said breathlessly. “Did you know that would happen?” Of course he couldn’t respond; because he was a seahorse he was the only one that couldn’t talk in his zodiac form. She laughed and picked him up and laid him in the middle of the bed. She laid down next to him and waited. It didn’t take that long for him to change back.
“No, I didn’t. But it was…interesting,” he whispered, thinking hard. He looked into her eyes, the emotion that was in them knocked the breath out of her. “I love you.”
“I love you too. You have no idea,” She whispered back, she didn’t know when she had started loving him exactly but she knew in this moment that it was true. She pulled his lips to hers again and they shared a long sweet kiss.

(A/N): So I hope you get the meaning of the chapter title but I can explain it if you want. Hope you enjoyed this one! The end of it was my last prewritten plot point! Yup, we are getting close to the end! You excited…or sad? Lol