Dream Star

Haruka phoned in to say that they came back last night. But Lila tripple checked.

The compet.i.tion is tomorrow. Her gaze landed on her boyfriend on the bed as she quietly shut the bathroom door. It has to be a crime to look so good. His arm is flung behind his head, his face against the pillow, the blanket not covering him completely revealing his bare frame.

"Gimme a kiss," Haruka muttered against her lips.

Startled Lila backed away, but his arms are already pulling her down, "Kiss," he repeated like he was in a trance.

Lila shook her head, "N--o," she murmured. She has to set up boundaries. After she thought it through, part of the reason why Haruka insists on doing it every time is because of her att.i.tude. It"s because she doesn"t stop him. After having that honest talk, Lila wanted something to change between them.

"Kiss, I want a kiss from your pretty lips."

Is he still half asleep?

Hesitantly Lila reached

He moves his lips from her mouth and nuzzlef against her neck, hands on her T s.h.i.+rt, "This is mine," he said slyly.

"Yes."

"Mmm, good," Haruka said.

For a second Lila thought that was it, that he wouldn"t do anything more than this. But when she felt his hands on her legs, she shuddered, "Haruka...it"s too early."

"Early, even better," he grinned as he successfully managed to get her on top of him, "I like it when you straddle me."

"H--haruka, i--diot!!"

....
Her whole body is sore all over, Lila looked around. Where did he go?

"Hey darling, slept well?"

Lila"s cheeks reddened, "darling," again. But she shook her head, quit thinking about it. "You went jogging?"

"For a bit, don"t worry I fixed breakfast already. Shall I bring it up here?"

She managed to nod her head and Haruka beamed happily, and she watched him leave the room. Lila scanned the room and it didn"t take her long to find a fresh set of clothes out beside her. She reached out for it and fingers the material in her hands, "of course it"s another s.h.i.+rt of his," Lila muttered. Well, even if he didn"t do this. She would have done the same eventually. Lila quickly slipped the s.h.i.+rt on and patiently waited for him.

After a few minutes though, Lila realized something was amiss. The apartment isn"t that large, it shouldn"t take him this long to fetch her food. So, she made her way downstairs. It didn"t take her long to find hr boyfriend, he was with Sophia. Her arms wrapped around his neck as he cursed at her.

"Now Haruka, such bad language,"

"Sophia, quit it. I am not in the mood."

"When are you in the mood these days, hmmm?" Sophia said amused.

Lila frowned and made her way over, it was difficult since she had yet to regain her strength. But still, she made her presence known by knocking something over.

This however meant nothing to Sophia as she continued leaning into Haruka, "I"ll see you at Scarlettes place, when we get back then."

Haruka nodded, "Yeah."

Lila"s frown deepened, "Scarlett? Who is that?" she wondered. Now that Lila thought about it, since that time Sophia called out to her. Since the time Haruka met that Mei girl something was changing.

After a few moments Sophia finally let Haruka go and walked away without a second word to her. That was fine, Lila managed to get over and reached her hand out towards Haruka. She was still leaning on the wall for support. It was very difficult for her to get over here, but now that she did. Haruka grabbed hold of her hand and once again she was in his arms. He smelt of cigarette, his cologne - at least that"s what she thought at first. But when Lila leaned in she realized it was Sophia"s scent.

Did they hug? Must have. Lila shook her head, don"t be so petty. Friends hug, she hugged Ameno-senpai when he returned and senpai too. But why does she get this bad feeling in her stomach? Lila"s thoughts broke off when she felt his hands trail across her legs, "Wait," Lila stopped him.

"Hm? Wait?"

"Who is "Scarlett?"

"Why?"

"Curious," Lila said nonchalantly. She knew this would work on him since he nodded.

"She"s just a friend of ours, lives in your town."

"So, you"re going to see her when you get back?"

"Not her specifically, she throws a lot of parties. I hung around there whenever I visited the town."

"So, you went there often," she knew she was starting to sound jealous. But whenever a unfamiliar name cropped up, Lila couldn"t shake away the uneasy feeling in her heart.

"Just another friend," Haruka muttered against her ear, he was getting dangerously close again. One of his hands traced her legs and the other on her stomach.

Why is he so h.o.r.n.y this morning? Lila wondered. Normal people would say that this is normal for the man named Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka. But something seemed amiss, no to be exact since they came back last night. Sophia, did she drop by last night? If so then, Lila shook her head. Don"t over think, the more she does that. The harder it gets, Lila allowed Haruka to touch her and even leaned in for a kiss.

But afterwards she drew back, "Breakfast, I"m hungry."

Haruka nodded and gently kissed her forehead, "I"ll set it out on the table."

So, while she was waiting for him upstairs. He had yet to get the food ready? "Unbelievable," Lila thought. Then again, she walked across the room and hugged him from the back. She needs to stop freaking out. However it was those days in Ireland that made Lila realize exactly how different she and Haruka were from each other. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that. If they were both the same type of person then -- then it would just end up like her relations.h.i.+p with Kiryu. Time away from Kiryu made her reflect on a lot of things that she could not do so when they were together. That"s why she wants to make this relations.h.i.+p with Haruka work. She doesn"t want things to end up like they did with Kiryu.

It didn"t take long for Haruka to set up the table, but even then they didn"t eat right away. Lila just focused on his hands, that were tracing areas of her body. Does he really want to do it again? "Mmm, you"re very pretty," Haruka commented.

It"s a compliment and yet Lila felt there were some hidden meanings behind it.

"Pretty, pretty. Ari, Ari,"

Lila looked up at him surprised, for the last few days he switched to calling her by her real name. Lila didn"t mind it too much, that was her name after all. But now he"s suddenly calling her by her other name. What is this uneasy feeling?

.....

After breakfast, Lila thought they would be going on a walk or something. But she found herself on the bed again laying in Haruka"s arms. No problem, it"s just cuddling and a bit of kissing. No harm in that.

"Wait," Lila stooped him again.

"Is there a problem?"

"Yes," Lila wanted to curse so badly but refrained from doing so, "Yes there is," she said out loud, "Weren"t we going to do a huge reset on our relations.h.i.+p, and start over? Meaning less s.e.x and more talking?" Why is he suddenly doing this again? Only a day has pa.s.sed since they last spoke about it. Why is he acting like this again. Is that his limit?

"That"s because talking is boring, talking won"t convey much. But actions will. Besides for us two, it"s a matter of s.e.xual com ability and I"d say were pretty compatible in that department. We want to do more things than just talk," Haruka explained.

Lila"s cheeks grew hot a this words. Why does he say that stuff so easily. She frantically shook her head, "No means no, we have to talk more. For me talking with words is much better than actions," actually that was a lie. For her it was a mixture of both. But there is no way she will let Haruka know that. She has to set him straight.

"Do you understand, Haruka?"

Sensing his silence, she tugged on his head but his gaze seemed like it was somewhere else. Somewhere other than her, "Haruka?"

"Well, since you say so," it was not the reply she expected.

What"s going wrong? Didn"t they talk properly during the carnival, and on the day they went to Ireland? They were fine up till yesterday. Why is he acting up? He must have sensed her unease, since he gently kissed her forehead, "Go to sleep."

Sleep? How can she even think of resting right now? Besides if she goes to sleep now, won"t he end up going somewhere? Lila didn"t want to fall into that trap again, "Cuddle, and flirting."

*UNEDITED*