Upside Down

"I was trying to show you how much I love you and how happy you make me. I guess my feelings didn"t get through."

"No worries there, they got through just fine. You merely surprised me, that"s all."

"Good, I"m glad they did."

Oh c.r.a.p! I almost forgot to ask him to do something for me. I lean back to look at him. "Honey, I have a favor to ask of you."

"If I can do it, I will."

"This is going to sound a little odd, but the daughter of a friend of our fathers goes to our school. She"s in our grade and from what he was saying about her it sounds as if she"s being bullied. Her name is Miyuki Yoshida. Would you do me a favor and keep an eye out for her? I don"t know what cla.s.s she"s in or anything, but it should be easy to find out. If she is being bullied would you see if you can put a stop to it?"

"That"s all?" I nod. "No problem, I"ll do it. I"ll ask Ryo to help me out with it too. Believe it or not he"s fairly popular."

"I don"t doubt you. Thank you honey. You can ask me for anything, except s.e.x, and I"ll do it for you, no questions asked."

"Thank you. I"ll keep that in mind."

I lean in to give him a quick kiss and wrap my arms around his neck holding him tight. "The fact that you will do things like this for someone you don"t even know is simply another one of the reasons I love you as much as I do."

"I hate bullies as much as you seem to. Of course I"ll do something about it. I had a friend that died not too long ago, he was named Sora too. He was bullied by a group of seven guys at school. I know I wasn"t able to keep them off of him all the time, but we were in separate cla.s.ses and all, so it wasn"t easy to do. In a way, I kind of feel his death is my fault."

I can easily hear the pain in his voice as he tells me about it. Tears form and begin rolling down my cheeks as I hold him even tighter while doing my best not to outright cry. Inside, I"m screaming, "I"m not dead! I"m right here in your arms!" I can"t tell him that though because at best he would walk away and hate me for lying about who and what I am. My tears begin creating rivers down my cheeks try as I might to calm down and not cry.

Soon, he notices his shoulder getting damp and pushes me back. I turn away from him to hide my tears.

"What"s wrong Sora?" He asks.

Chinatsu hears him and she looks at me. She immediately climbs off Ryo"s lap and takes me in her arms. I wrap mine around her and bury my face against her neck to begin crying.

"What did you say to her?" Chinatsu demands. I want to tell her he"s done nothing wrong, but all I can do is cry.

"I don"t know. She asked me to watch out for a girl at school that she thinks might be being bullied." He continues almost panicking, "I told her about a guy I knew that died I was friends with named Sora and how I tried my best to stop him from being bullied. Then she began crying. Chinatsu, you should know that I"d never do anything to hurt Sora."

Chinatsu sighs deeply. "Alright, this isn"t your fault. Sora has a thing about bullies. She was badly bullied at her last school." She strokes my hair and tells me, "It"s alright Sora. Everything is fine. Settle down. We"re all here for you."

She waves Ryu up, turns me around, gently pushes me to Ryu and he wraps me up within his arms as she slips her arms around me from behind.

"Don"t worry Sora, if anyone dares to lay a finger on you I"ll break them in half. I"ll never let anyone touch you again. I promise you that." Ryu tells me.

I hear Ryo say from over my shoulder, "He"s right. If anyone even thinks of touching you, I"d kill them even if Ryu didn"t. I"ll be glad to help Ryu protect this girl you told him about as well."

I lean back, reach up, and wipe away my tears. I take a few deep breaths to help calm myself. "Thank you. Both of you."

"Are you alright now Sora?" Chinatsu asks me.

I turn around in Ryu"s arms, smile a little awkwardly, and tell her, "I think so. I"m sorry everyone. I still seem to be a little overly emotional when it comes to that subject... Okay, enough about that. I seem to have ruined the mood."

"No, you haven"t." Ryu sits down on the bed and pulls me into his lap. I snuggle up against his chest and lay my head on his shoulder.

I chuckle self-deprecatingly. "I told you I have a lot of problems Ryu."

"And I told you that I would be here for you. I"m right here and I"m not going anywhere."

I raise my head so I can look at him. His serious expression and the look in his eyes tells me he means it. I reach up to caress his cheek for a few moments, then slide my hand behind his neck and pull him down to me for a kiss. It starts out gently, but soon I demand so much more from him and he willingly gives me whatever I want, or is it need, from him.

When I finally break our kiss sometime later, I open my eyes and see both Ryo and Chinatsu grinning at us, which makes me blush.

That only makes Chinatsu giggle and tell me, "You are too d.a.m.n cute Sora."

I stick my tongue out at her and grin. "Rather than watch us, don"t you two have some cuddling to do yourselves? We only have about an hour before they have to leave."

"Very true." Chinatsu says and pushes Ryo back onto the bed and climbs back into his lap.

I look back up at Ryu and see the concern in his eyes. "I"m fine now honey. I get like this now and again. I told you, I cry over nothing and I wasn"t kidding. I cry when I"m happy. I cry when I"m sad. I cry when I"m scared. I cry when I"m angry. Crying has been my default state since I woke up from my coma. I"m a very emotional girl apparently and the doctors don"t know why I"m this way. I was never like this before then."

"Sora, listen to me. I don"t care about that. It"s merely another aspect of you. I"ll always be here for you, so if you want or need to cry, my shoulder and arms are always available. No matter when or where."

"Keep it up Ryu."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Keep this up and your going to have to marry me."

He chuckles. "It might be a little early to be making plans like that babe. Although on second thought, being married to a gorgeous genius doesn"t sound so bad."

I look down and quietly say, "Ryu, don"t say things like that unless you truly mean them. I have a tendency to take things to heart."

He lifts my chin to make me look at him. "Sora, how often have you ever heard me say something I don"t mean?"

"Ryu, I was deathly afraid of falling in love with you. Do you know why?" He shakes his head. "I"m broken Ryu. Very broken actually. Do you know what will happen to me if you leave me now that I"ve fallen in love with you?"

"Sora, what in G.o.d"s name makes you even think of something like that?! I"m not going to leave you! We"re all broken, damaged, or whatever you want to call it. I have my issues as well, I doubt you would leave me over them. Now, would you?"

"No Ryu, I wouldn"t."

"Then we"re the same. Listen, I"m not going to leave you. The only way I would is if you cheat on me and you aren"t the type to do that. You"ve never even notice the way guys look at you when we"re out. You"re always paying attention to me and little else."

"Of course I am. Not only are you my boyfriend, but I love you, so why would I look at other boys? None of them can compare to you anyway. Look at the conversation we"re having. How many other boys would have this type of conversation with their girlfriend simply to rea.s.sure her."

"Not too many I think. Most of them would probably believe it to be unmanly. Let me turn this around though. Do you know how many girls I"ve seen with boyfriends that are always looking for the next better thing? Way too many. You"re a very unique girl Sora. I believe you looked around until you found what you wanted and then stopped looking."

"You might be right. I found the person for me. Not because you have a lot to offer me, but because you offered me the one thing I want and need. A kind, gentle, and loving heart. You"re not crude or mean just because you can be. So many of the boys I"ve seen are that way and it disgusts me." I turn to look him in the eyes. "Ryu, you are what I didn"t even know I was looking for and need. I love you so much it almost terrifies me. Would it be bad if I tell you I can see us married and having a bunch of children in the future?"

"I don"t think so. Why do you think I said being married to a gorgeous genius doesn"t sound so bad?"

"Because you"ve thought about it too?"

"Bingo. Give the lady a prize."

"Then I want a kiss as my prize."

He grins, grabs me by my waist, literally picks me up, which makes me squeak and giggle delightedly, and turns me to face him in his lap. I wrap my arms and legs around him as I smile and impatiently wait for my kiss. I happily close my eyes as he leans in to kiss me and I melt into him, surrendering myself entirely. He teases my lips with his tongue and I part my lips to welcome him. As our kiss becomes more fervent, my heart rate speeds up and I pull him even tighter against me. I drown in the feel of his taut body against me and further lose myself in the sensuous feel of his lips against mine while our tongues perform a slow dance. It isn"t long before I feel an all too familiar ache in my abdomen because I want him inside me so badly it hurts.

He draws a soft moan out of me when he pulls me even tighter against him. He then reaches up to roll one of my nipples between his thumb and forefinger provoking a gasp as the electric surges of pleasure jolt through me. Oh my G.o.d! He learns so quickly! As he kisses along my neck, shoulder and collarbone, he lightly traces his fingertips from his other hand along my inner thigh sending even more pleasure surging through my already overly sensitive body. At this point, he has me openly panting and whimpering. I"m ever so close to c.u.mming. He sends me over the edge when he pinches and lightly pulls on my nipple. I lean forward and bite his shoulder to smother a scream as my building o.r.g.a.s.m reaches its crescendo and tremors run throughout me. As the reverberations of my climax continue to echo, all I can do is cling to him and pant, trying to catch my breath.

I have no earthly idea how long it took for my breathing to slow, but I giggling happily when it does. I turn my head so I can whisper in his ear, "You"ve done it now mister."

"Hmm?"

"You just gave yourself a life sentence. I"m never letting you go and you have to marry me."

He chuckles. "I thought that was already decided."

"Yes and no, but with that, you are forever mine. How the h.e.l.l you can do that without even touching my v.a.g.i.n.a I don"t know, but that was wonderful. Thank you Ryu."

"No need to thank me Sora. I was more or less guessing on what to do and just followed your reactions to figure out what felt best for you."

"Whatever, you did d.a.m.n good. I"d return the favor, but I don"t think you"d want me to play with you in front of your brother."

He chuckles softly. "You"re right about that."

I kiss his neck and tell him, "You keep finding ways to make me fall more and more in love with you."

"Good, that makes it harder for you to leave me."

"As if I ever could or would." I jerk upright when a thought occurs to me.

"Something wrong?"

"No. I just remembered I asked you to ask your parents about Okinawa. Did you?"

"I did."

"And?"

"Dad was against it until Mom stopped him dead in his tracks. Mom has become very a.s.sertive with Dad where it concerns you girls. She really likes both of you a lot. So, a.s.suming we pa.s.s all of our finals, we can go."

"I suppose we had best make sure you two pa.s.s them then. Remind me to thank your mother."

"Okay, I"ll do that next time you come over. I definitely want to see you in the bikini you promised me."

"Oh, trust me, you"ll be more than satisfied with it. However, you might not want other boys seeing me in it, or we might have a problem." I tell him in a suggestive tone.

His expression makes me giggle and makes me want to tease him more. "By the way, since you already proposed to me, you might want to start thinking about getting me an engagement ring. I"ll want some input on it though, so don"t even think you can go buy it without me."

He snorts and laughs. "You are too much Sora, but I love you very much."

"Mhmm and it"s a d.a.m.n good thing you do. I"d hate to think you"d propose to a girl you don"t love. That would just be sad."

"Good thing I love you then since I only have one proposal in me."

Honestly, I"m a little confused right now. I brought this up to tease him, but he seems to be serious about it, or am I overthinking things again?

"Umm… Ryu, I have to ask. Was that a serious proposal, or were you playing around? I"m not going to be mad, but I"m not sure."

His eyes widen as he stares at me for a few moments. Then he sighs and shakes his head. "Sora, I"ve never been more serious in my life. If you"ll have me, I will marry you when we"re old enough."

This time it"s my turn for my eyes to widen in surprise. "Ryu, you know I love you, more than I can tell you, but I have something I need to do before I can give you an answer." His frown makes me have to explain at least a little. "Don"t frown." I lean in to give him a quick kiss. "I"m not saying no. Actually, I do want you as my husband, but what I have to do is complicated and I can"t really go into detail about it right now. What I do want is a real proposal from you with a ring and the whole works. You know I"m going to say yes, but this is a once in a lifetime thing for me." I reach up and caress his cheek. "A proposal should be special, not blurted out in our conversation, understand?"

He nods. "I do and I should have thought of that myself."

I glance at the clock on the desk, we have 15 minutes left before they have to go. "Good and on that note, less talk and more making out with your future wife."