Coming Home

I tossed and turned all night, and when I did sleep I had dreams. Of when Shinya had kissed me, and his lips had trailed down to my collarbone. But in my dream they ventured even lower. But just as he nuzzled between my breasts he turned into Die, and then when he lifted his head his face was blurred and I couldn't tell whom it was. I woke with a start, and felt restless. Climbing out of bed I tried to work off some restless energy by pacing, and at one point, near the window, I glanced out. I froze. Someone was down there, and it looked like they were prowling. It frightened me until the walk seemed familiar. Grabbing Mama's cell I scrolled through the names until I reached the one I searched for, and let the auto-dial do the work.

The dark shape below paused, and then reached into a pocket. It lifted something to its ear. "Mushi mushi?"

"Die-san?"

His head snapped up. "What's wrong? I'm coming in!"

"Iie!" I gasped. "What are you doing out there?"

"I can't sleep if you're here alone," he grudgingly admitted. His head tilted back more so he could look up at the window. "I'm sorry if I woke you."

"Iie, it wasn't you. I haven't been sleeping well," I sighed. "Go to bed, Die-san."

"Not until I know you're safe," he argued. "Unless you... want me to keep you... safe?"

After my dream that was a pretty tempting offer. "I'm in more danger from you than I am from this house," I snorted.

"Already forget about your mysterious kisser?" he shot.

I heard him mumble something about finding him and putting a hurt on him. "Iie, I haven't forgotten." And I hadn't. How could I forget those hot kisses, or when his warm hand had slid to my breast? My nipple tingled and hardened at the memory.

There came a choked sound. "For fuck sakes, woman, don't do that unless you plan to have me do that to you too!"

Blinking in dismay I realized as I'd replayed the sensations of the mystery kisser's hand on my breast I had run my free hand from my lips to my breast. I was so embarrassed! "I'm sorry! I... oyasuminasai!" I hung up and ran to the bed.

I still couldn't sleep for a while. I kept hearing that hoarse choked sound Die had made, and when I shut my eyes I kept seeing him as he'd looked when he'd tried to get me to kiss him earlier that day. Rolling over I cursed and pressed my face in my pillow. Damn Daisuke! Damn Shinya! And damn Toshiya!

Damn, damn, damn, damn!
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"Rise and shine, Sleeping Beauty!"

"N'awwww, did he really watch over Suji-chan all night?"

"I'm impressed. This doesn't look comfortable."

Die groaned, and batted away the annoying hand that played with his ear. "Fuck off, Kaoru!"

"The language on him!" Kyo gasped. "I think he needs a good reminding on manners when dealing with his 'honorable' older brothers."

"Bite me," Die growled, shoving them away. He had fallen asleep on the front porch, his back against the door so no one could get in that way without waking him. Pushing up he groaned, his body stiff and sore. "What time is it?" He stretched and shifted to try to ease the pain in his muscles.

"Seven am," Kyo replied. "So... Did you behave while you were out here, or did you sneak upstairs...?"

"Shut up, baka!" Die rubbed at his nape to ease the stiffness. He watched the others simply open the door and go in, and he followed them. "Suji-chan needs to be reminded about locking doors. Any baka can come in," he pointedly looked at the other two for emphasis. They went up the stairs so he went up as well, yawning as he did so.

"Where is she?" Kaoru asked when he and Kyo entered the bedroom.

Die, still in the hall because he'd yawned so widely his eyes had watered and he was now wiping at them, heard a door, and turned towards it. A breath hissed out of his lungs when he saw me exit wearing only a short towel, my hair still damp. The sound startled me, and I glanced up, automatically screaming to see someone there. Kaoru and Kyo came running out, and Die rushed forward to block their view of me. He ripped open his shirt, and pulled it off, buttons popping and flying everywhere.

"What are you doing?" I squeaked, staring at his bare chest.

"You're indecent," he snapped, bringing his shirt about to put over me.

The shirt smelled of outdoors, clean sweat, and Die. It did funny things to my belly, and I tried to push his hands away as well as the shirt. "I have a towel on!"

He smacked my hands, and attempted to turn me towards the bathroom door. "Go get dressed!"

"My clothes are in the bedroom." I snapped, batting at his hands. "Daisuke-san!"

It was a battle, and Kaoru and Kyo were grinning and watching. Kyo leaned towards Kaoru, "a thousand yen says she soon knocks him out," to which Kaoru snorted a laugh.

Die's larger hands finally caught my wrists, and I yanked hard to free myself. My eyes flared, and I flung myself against him. Die froze. For a moment time and space seemed suspended, and then his head fell back as he moaned loudly and with what sounded like a lot of pain.

Kyo arched a brow. "Is that her towel at their feet?"

Die swallowed convulsively. "Go... away..." he choked in a very strained voice.

Kaoru shook his head. "Not a good idea."

I pressed my flaming face to Die's bare chest. "Please! Then I can kick Die-san's ass before I get decent."

"Oh, well, in that case..." Kyo nodded. He motioned to the stairs, and a chuckling Kaoru was already heading for them. "But if we hear anything suspicious we're coming back up to take photos to show everyone we know."

"Go!" snarled Die.

They descended the stairs loudly. I didn't move until I knew they were on the first floor. I only had time to say, "Dai..." before he moved quickly to pin me to the doorframe and kiss me. He'd never kissed me like that before! I wasn't struggling to breathe; I was struggling to remember how to breathe! He consumed me. His taste, his scent, his heat... His bigger body pressed into me, and I couldn't stop the moan that sounded and was swallowed by his kiss. His hands loosened on my wrists, slid up my arms, over my shoulders, down my sides, and to my ass. He drew me so close to him the zipper of his denims bruised me, but there was no mistaking what my towel falling had done to him. With a touch that was half gentle and half rough his hands moved up to the sides of my breasts, which were crushed against his bare chest. And all the while his mouth devoured, and his tongue blatantly thrust and commanded.

I tore my mouth free, turning my head some so I could take deep gulps of air. "Daisuke..." What? Don't stop? Stop? I trembled.

He was breathing as hard as I was, his parted and moist lips finding my neck, the pulse-point there, and his tongue flicked at it. He scraped his teeth over the column of my neck and up to my ear, his moist hot breath making me shiver.

"We don't hear ass kicking! You decent yet? Kyo's getting his cell camera ready!"

Die cursed roughly against my ear. "Tell them to leave," he enticed in a thick whisper. "Tell them to leave, and let me make love to you."

I heard footsteps on the first few stairs, and I shook my head pleadingly. "Die..." I saw him visibly clench his teeth, shut his eyes, and then he backed up a step. It was all he could offer, and I took it and ran for my room, slamming the door shut behind me.

Die rested his overheated forehead against the doorframe, his hands fisted tight and his body hurting. He heard his brothers reach the landing, and he felt a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Die... You can't win her this way," Kaoru gently told him. "She'd hate you for taking her choice away."

"I know." His voice was so low and choked it was barely above a whisper. "Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt like hell."

Kaoru nodded, and threw an arm over his brother's shoulders. "C'mon, we'll walk it off."

Die snorted. "I don't think I can walk!"
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We all sat at the table, breakfast laid out before us. I sat beside Shinya, blushing and keeping my attention on my food. I couldn't look at Die at the moment. He'd seen me naked! As I very slowly ate I kept zoning out, without wanting to, to earlier when he'd kissed me and touched me. Finally the conversation got my attention, and I snapped to the present.

"Kissing test?" Papa asked, confused.

"Mama always said a kiss will tell," Saika replied. "So how else for Suji-chan to see whom she loved than by kissing both Die and Shinya? But it didn't work because of the mystery kisser."

"Mystery kisser?" he now asked.

"A third kisser, secretly went in to kiss her," Saika then explained about the blindfold and music.

Mama patted my arm soothingly. "I always hoped one of my boys would marry you and make you a part of the family," she told me with a smile.

"Well, I think dates would help," Kyo announced. He had everyone's attention. "A kiss is one thing, yes, but she's been gone six years. Shinya and Die have changed, in a way. If she spends one whole day with each, on a date, she'd get to know them again. No sex," he said, looking at Die.

Die arched a brow. "Why do you look at me when you say that?" He pointed to Shinya, and then shrugged. "Oh, right."

Shinya's eyes narrowed, but he didn't say anything. I flushed. "Do I look like I'd just fall naked into anyone's arms?" I shot.

"Kissing allowed," Kyo went on as though I hadn't spoken.

Kaoru reached over to pat my hand. "No offense was intended. It was more for... some people's benefit."

Shinya nodded. "Sounds fair to me." He glanced at me. "Die?"

Die nodded. "Hai."

They all looked at me. I flushed. "Hai."

"Good, then this weekend?" Kyo went on.

"I'll take Sunday," Shinya announced.

"Sounds good," Die nodded.

Kaoru grinned. "Kyo! You've impressed me. You actually did some thinking!"

Kyo would have retorted, but Toshiya entered then. "Ohayoo!"

Mama scowled. "Where were you? You'll be late for work! Hurry and eat, if you have any time left at all!"

Toshiya bowed in apology. "Sorry. I switched with Haruhako-san. He usually works weekends, but he needs surgery, and will be off so we switched because he needs the money. He's working now, and I'll work the weekend." He said grace and began to fill his bowl. "Suji-chan, I noticed some broken roof tiles on your house. I can replace them."

I blinked. Had Toshiya spoken to me? Die almost choked on his food. "Alone? Maybe I should call work and help you."

Toshiya rolled his eyes. "You already took time off not long ago to take Reika-chan to the city for a few nights."

I choked on my tea, and turned to Die. "Hidaka-kun? You're dating her?" Had I unwittingly helped him cheat on his girlfriend? Had he thought so low of me to think I would sleep with him while he dated another?

"Dating? Iie," Toshiya grinned. "She's always offered to be 'nice' to Die. He just decided to finally take her up on her offer."

Die scowled at his brother. "Aren't we a font of information this morning!"

Kyo shrugged. "I did her too."

"Me too," Kaoru grinned. "Wow, she get all of us?"

"Not me," Shinya blushed. "I saw her go off with two men in one day. I keep away from her."

Toshiya chuckled. "Hell, she was my first, years ago. I knew what she was, but I wanted to learn so I went to her."

Saika grimaced. "Ewww!"

Papa chuckled. "Boys need a way to learn that stuff."

Mama nodded. "Unfortunately there must always be girls like that. Good girls," she pointedly looked at Saika and I, "do not do that."

I was staring unseeingly at my breakfast, bothered by a sudden thought. Had Die held Hidaka-kun like he had held me earlier? Had he kissed her like that? Touched her like that? It bothered me, and I was rising, appetite lost, when Toshiya spoke.

"Suji-chan? Want me to fix that roof? I have the time, and you'll need it done anyway."

I nodded, still not looking up. "Arigatou, Toshiya-san." I hurried to put what was left of my breakfast in the kitchen. I then went to Mama to kiss her cheek and whisper a thank you to her for the food.

"I'll just eat, and then get started. I'll have to assess the damage first," Toshiya told me.

Papa spoke up. "Minoru-san owes me a favor," he told Toshiya. "I'll call him. He can supply tiles for Suji-chan's house, and ours. Later this week we can all work together to get our roof ready for winter."

I rooted around in my small purse, and gave Toshiya a set of keys, my cheeks pink. "I have a few errands to run. House keys, and one to the old shed in case you need anything from in it."

His dark eyes lifted, and he nodded. "Arigatou."

The others were rising, getting ready to leave for work. Papa kissed Mama's cheek, and led the way out. Kaoru and Kyo kissed Mama's cheek as well, and wished her a good day. Next was Die, and then Shinya. I left the house with them.

"Need a ride?" Die asked.

Shaking my head I wouldn't look at him. "Iie, arigatou." And I hurried down to the street, and walked the mile to downtown.