Skin

Like satin.

This phrase was all that ran through Botan's mind when Hiei allowed her to touch him for the first time.

It was a simple gesture. Just three slender fingers reaching out to rest just above his black eyebrow, barely a whisper against his flesh. Slowly her fingers traced his profile, the same air-light touch sliding from its resting point against his forehead to brush across his temple then glide down his cheek to rest against the base of his jaw, pink eyes trailing behind as if mesmerized by her own movements.

Equally unhurried movements drew her fingers back, her thumb running across the places where skin had met skin.

And then her hand was clasped in his.

His fingers were rough and calloused, telling of his years as a swordsman, but soft and ticklish against her skin as he stroked and tapped her hand like he had never seen one before. Tearing his garnet eyes from their joined hands to her own lavender pools, he returned her hand to his cheek.

This time her fingers danced across his cheek, his forehead, his chin. She traced his nose and brushed her thumb over his lips. Her other hand followed the curve of his neck, teasing the sensitive skin and playing with his coal black hair.

Interestingly enough, she found that skin she had always thought was beautifully pale was actually lightly tan, a shade or two darker than her own and merely seemed so pale in contrast to the darkness he surrounded himself with. Inwardly, she wondered if the illusion had been intentional.

She had expected his skin to warm, or even hot. It wasn't. It was cool, but rapidly picked up the warmth of her skin, like running her fingers across sheets of satin.

Faint shivers ran down her spine as his lips met hers.

Soft, smooth, cool.

Like satin.

Yeah, I took forever, I know. I'm sorry, I really am. I've just had a million things going on here lately with finals, my lab report, softball, work…

I didn't even get to look at a computer for almost a week, and when I was it was because I was looking up information on fruit flies or typing tables on how many males had red eye and so forth.

But that's no excuse to neglect all of you. Once again, I apologize.

Anyway, I turned in my paper and took my last final yesterday, and school will be out soon so I'll have all kinds of time to stare at a blank screen! Bottom of Form

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