"A love that survives in your heart like a song—passionate flames that have been there so long.

For beauty will shine as the love that has fared—and only finds peace when your heart's been laid bare." ~Souji

"Oh my god—" she thought.

"Oh my god…" the other girl thought.

Himeko didn't know what expression she had on her face, but she was positive that she was blushing immensely and her skin was probably stained beyond any healthy shade of red. She simply sat, leaning on one hand supporting her upright on the bed, the other clutched on top of her chest, moving with the profound beating rhythm beneath it. Her mind was in a vaporous state; the kiss had drowned out her senses, and she had yet to regain them entirely. Her eyes finally came to rest again upon the stirringly exquisite lips she had tasted just seconds ago, and she felt the fog around her brain thicken and her mouth literally began to water.

That was…my first kiss. The first real one…and it was with Chikane…" Himeko though to herself, bothered from the heat invading her being. "It was—so good. It felt so good…I could feel—I could taste Chikane's lips, so soft…I think they tasted like melon…just a little." Although she was somewhat thunderstruck from the experience, her body was far quicker to recover from any shock, and Himeko felt herself revert to a state of need—Her desire had been answered momentarily, at long last—but after the loss of contact, it once again blazed up and burned in protest of its lack of contentment, yearning to be more thoroughly satisfied. She shifted uneasily on the bed, glancing quickly between Chikane's eyes and her still glistening lips. She wanted them again…

Chikane pulled back from the kiss, savoring her exhilaration, and hoping that she hadn't been to forward with her actions. Although she was now positive of what their feelings were for each other, and elated at the feeling, she also realized that Himeko would probably be at least a little hesitant about these things. But the connection felt so stirring; never in her life had she felt such satisfaction. But, it was all she needed just to know now that it was indeed what Himeko wanted; that Himeko loved her the same way she loved Himeko, so she shouldn't push her too fast into anything that she doesn't—

*Whmmphf*

The twin who had initiated the first kiss now found herself on her back, forced down onto the cushiony bedspread. She only let out a small gasp as a halo of golden strands tumbled down around her face. The flaxen strands fell from the girl's head in a cage of soft locks, making the space dim between Chikane's face and the one on top of her. Chikane tried to say something in response to the sudden action, but realized she had no words to say. It wasn't as if she disliked what was happening. Her voice began to catch in her throat as she began to process the sensations emanating from the body on top of her, and all else was eliminated from her consciousness. She was all too aware of Himeko's legs firmly straddling her hips. The scent of the girl's hair around her face perfumed the air at every breath, making her blush at the impression. For a little while, Chikane simply watched the blonde fixed her eyes on her lips, drinking in the sight and feel of her twin breathing heavily beneath her, and developing a warm sensation every passing moment. When the feeling of suddenness had passed from the moment though, Himeko said only one word.

"Chikane…"

Before her sister could conjure any verbal response, she promptly closed the distance between them, and pressed deeply against Chikane's vapid lips for a second time, her thighs closing even tighter against her hips. The blonde could feel the sensation, shivering inside her frame, and demanding gratification. This time however, the kiss wasn't nearly as sweet and gentle as the last; it had gained fire and need. Himeko could feel the girl beneath her move slightly to accommodate their position, bringing her arms to wrap gently around the blonde, the act of which only incensed the emotion inside of Himeko further. The younger girl didn't know anything about what she was doing; she had only just had her first kiss a few minutes ago! But nevertheless, she felt only one thing occupying her mind, and so she did whatever her body compelled her to. She broke away from the kiss suddenly, sitting upright and settling back on top of Chikane's thighs. The elder twin was left lying down on the bed with her arms to either side of her head, panting heavy breaths, and with glazing eyes. She began to ask her sister why she had stopped—

"Hah…hah…Himeko…what—" but she was interrupted by Himeko's sudden movement. Before she could think, she found both of her wrists firmly locked in Himeko's grasp and stretched over her head, unable to resist because of how much her body was numbed by the last kiss. Again she tried speaking-

"H-Himeko…I—" but alas she was rendered speechless because Himeko's lips had once again clamped over her own making her shiver, but her arms remained immobilized in Himeko's grasp. In addition, this time the kiss was emanating lust and desire more so than affection. Chikane felt her twin tightening her grip on her wrists, which she struggled only weakly against, and trembled when she began sucking seductively on her bottom lip. How could Himeko be doing this to her? She questioned it vaguely in the back of her mind, but honestly didn't care about the answer. All that really mattered was—*gasp*

Himeko had suddenly begun grinding slowly over her hips, and every insignificant thought—every one that wasn't concerned with the caresses of girl on top of her—vanished. Chikane sighed hotly into the blonde's mouth, becoming ever more stimulated with each motion the blonde made. At this opportunity, Himeko slipped her tongue deftly between her lips, and began ravishing her sister's tongue tortuously, causing Chikane to moan helplessly into her mouth. She had no idea about what Himeko's condition entailed…

Himeko squirmed impatiently on top of the swimmer's well-toned body, seeking desperately to engage the kiss deeper and deeper; she was getting so utterly aroused that she felt more delirious every passing second; at the discovery of each and every crevice inside her sister's mouth she was sating her deep-seated wants. Her own tongue lashed within, seeking dominance, and she claimed her twin's lips relentlessly with torrid vigor in attempts to satisfy the physical yearning…but it wasn't enough. Not after so long. Not after so much time of letting her depravities go unanswered, and especially not when her cure, her medicine, was right beneath her and so very willing…she couldn't handle the need anymore. A possessing pressure had slowly been building up within her ever since Chikane walked into the room, and now that the one she loved was right before her, returning every kiss and breath, Himeko was no longer concerned with whether Chikane was ready or not. She was ready now, and so finally she relented from her twin's lips.

Blushing pink doused the girl's features, contrasting sensually with her shaded blue hair.

"Ha…hah…H-Himeko, I'm so glad…I'm with you…but can we take a break? I need to catch my breath…" Chikane exhaled the words laboriously.

But her younger twin didn't make any movement to let go of her wrists, nor free her from beneath her body. Chikane looked into her eyes to see if she had heard what she said, but upon this, discovered that the blonde's eyes no longer had the vibrant, amethyst gleam they usually exhibited; rather, a dewy burning violet danced before her. Those same eyes that were usually so cheerful, so innocent, now looked almost…carnal.

"Himeko…"

"Chikane…I'm not…I can't…" the blonde tried again to contain herself, but had to break their gaze, and stared away at the one last hope of regaining control of her desires. The girl under her was confused though.

"What does she mean she can't? Is she saying…?" Chikane's thoughts began fleeting to horrible possibilities, but she shook them away.

"Himeko, what?-What do you mean?" she questioned, praying that she hadn't done something wrong. But the blonde continued.

"Chikane, I can't…I can't take it anymore. I-I'm so hot…I want you…now...right now, Chikane! I don't think I can wait anymore…" she stammered out between uneven breaths. She practically glared back into Chikane's eyes, but her twin's only response was to blush painfully at her confession. She had not expected this at all, and realized with mixed feelings of relief and anxiety that she wasn't sure exactly what her sister wanted.

"Himeko, do you mean that you-"

"Yes! Right now!" she cried earnestly. "I need you now…It-It's so hot Chikane! Oh, please…didn't you say that you love me, Chikane?" she said with a pleading voice. Her twin hardly knew how to respond when Himeko asked her that. It was just too sudden—she didn't feel prepared to go so far, right now!

"Of course I do Himeko! I just…I-I don't know if I'm really…" she shifted her eyes to the side to momentarily distract herself from her sister's piercing gaze, and think of a way to calm the rapidly escalating situation. "Why don't we just—"

But it seemed that the blonde's request was not actually a request at all; it was simply a polite demand. Chikane's opinion didn't really register anymore. Himeko didn't actually hear her sister's reply anyway; her mind had gone into a kind of panic mode due to the strain of trying to repress the desires of her aroused state. All of her wanted Chikane so badly—and her body was so HOT. Chikane made a couple of nervous attempts at slowing their momentum, but the blonde suspended her qualms by simply kissing her silent any time she tried to speak. Any words the bluenette may have said were drowned out of her head by the kiss, which she had no choice but to surrender to. It was simply no use trying to make any resistance to Himeko's lips. They were exquisite.

Himeko was no longer waiting for any sort of permission; she was past any objection. The blonde tore her lips from her twin's, and with labored breathing, sat up and began frantically unbuttoning the top of her blouse. However, her impatience left her frustrated at only the second button, so she simply yanked the entire piece of clothing over her head. Finally free of it, Himeko took a deep breath to cool her restless body, and let the article descend to the floor, not giving it another thought. She leaned down so as to be on all fours overtop of Chikane, with her chest pressing close against hers. Her twin let out another small gasp.

"Hi-Himeko! I—not so suddenly…" she tried to speak with defiance, but the words lacked any of the intended feeling. Regardless, Himeko paid her sister's meager objections no heed and continued to seek the fulfillment she now craved. She reached down and began to unbutton her sister's shirt, while the girl simply lay there without resistance. After a time, Himeko had completed her task and Chikane lay on the bed nervously with her shirt open, revealing her lithe swimmer's body which was flushed pink with nervousness, and her snow-white bra covering her ample chest. Himeko hardly slowed her pace. She began stripping Chikane of one article after another, all the while inhaling the vision of her sister's increasingly delectable figure.

"Chikane…" A skirt fell to the floor.

"Oh Chikane…" Her left stocking was tossed away, forgotten immediately. Then her right. Then her—

Chikane suddenly grasped her sister's restless hands, interrupting her for an instant.

"Himeko!" she started. The blonde gazed back into her eyes, her chest heaving with anticipation. She struggled lightly against her sister's grip.

"Ch-Chikane, please don't ask me to stop…I can't anymore Chikane…" she whined. Then abruptly, her protests were abated by a soft kiss being placed upon her lips. Himeko responded quickly to it, but it did nothing to calm her raging desires. The kiss ended as suddenly as it had started though, and Himeko looked intently back at her twin. Chikane turned her face away, blushing blood red, and stammered out-

"Himeko, just...b-be gentle with me please…" The bluenette glanced back at her twin, hoping that her acceptance of Himeko's urging would cause her to slow down, at least a little. She was mistaken.

Himeko heard the words her sister was saying, but all that registered in her clouded mind afterwards was a throbbing, beating pulse of arousal. "Be gentle with me please…" that's what Chikane had said. That was all the invitation she needed. Ironically, her sister's words had driven her to want to be anything but gentle; she eagerly pressed her twin down again onto her back, which elicited a small sound from her, and without hesitation slipped the girl's bra up and over her head, wresting it from her body. Chikane turned her head away, blushing as deeply as she ever had. Without waiting for any response, the blonde made similar work of the remainder of her own garments.

Now, finally together and bearing themselves wholly to one another, the two sisters hesitated just barely to absorb the present moment. Himeko pressed her feminine figure amorously to her twin's womanly body, and began seducing her sister's tongue with her own. She kindled the sparks leaping within her, as well as the other girl's body. Then slowly, Himeko retreated from the heavenly lips of her remedy, and let her own tenderly probe down her twin's jaw line and to her neck, gracing each inch with a sensuous graze of her tongue as well.

"Haaa…oh Himeko…" she heard her sister's sighs and continued her eager kisses and nibbles over the rest of her supple body. The blonde ran her tongue down Chikane's heaving chest, between the valley of her breasts, causing her to exhale sharply at the promising gesture. Enjoying seeing the pleasure her sister evidently received from her ministrations, Himeko wanted to have more of it. By this time, her center was wound tight as a spring, and she knew that Chikane's body was burning for more and ready as well. Himeko saw that she was right when she placed the tip of a finger against her sister's moist core, and knew that her own was also wet with throbbing arousal.

"H-Himeko…Ahhh! D-don't touch there, it's—haaa…ahhhn…" Chikane moaned. "I-It…it feels good…ahhh…"

Himeko rubbed up and down Chikane's core with her palm, building the pressure within her as she grinded her own against Chikane's thigh.

"Nnngh—ne, Chikane…is it good? Are you feeling good?" she panted out. Chikane only moaned in response. She was feeling so good that she never wanted it to stop. Her slit was now glistening with the traces of her arousal, while Himeko continued grinding and rubbing her body with zealous effort. The blue haired twin had drunk deeply from the fountain of lust; the blonde however, was swimming in it.

"Himeko! Himeko! D-Don't stop, please don't stop!"

"Oooo…Chikane! It's so good, it feels so good!"

"Oh gods Himeko keep going…k-keep going…"

"Chikane! Aah! Aah! Aahn!"

Both were rapidly approaching their limits—Himeko sated her sister's throbbing sanctuary with her fingers, and her own by stimulating the friction more and more against Chikane's thigh.

"Oh gods…oh gods…Himeko! I-I can't…I'm starting to feel strange…ahhh!" The swimmer was clutching onto the sheets of the bed desperately.

"Nggh! Chikane! Say you love me Chikane! Say that you'll love me like this forever!" the blonde cried out, almost in tears from the charged sensations.

"Yes, I-I love you Himeko! Alwa-ahhn! I'll always be yours…hah…hah…keep going…"

An electric shock. A coiled spring snapping. The girl lying down on the bed felt the shock. And the girl on top of her felt the break.

Years Later

A sparrow hawk soared low between the faces of the mountains in the distance, looking small against the vastness of sky. The valley that was cradled within the range, with its oceans of flowers, remained quiet and peaceful. The hillside shimmered magnificently with its newly bloomed blue flowers reaching as far as one could see, and the sun shining radiantly on the last of the dewdrops made the entire world sparkle like a cerulean tide washing over the landscape. On a hill near the forest of the valley, two figures lay in the grass, entwined in each other's arms, sleeping beneath the sun. One of them, with hair reflecting the golden light, stirred in slumber. Her face was nestled into the other's neck, her arms enveloping the girl's torso as she rested her weight on top of it. She shifted within her unconsciousness state and murmured a muffled word. A name. The other, with lustrous raven-dark strands, felt the motion and heard the sound even while sound asleep under the comfortable pressure of her lover's body. Her cheek lay against the blonde's head, while one arm rested beside her head, and the other embraced her securely. Both had their legs intertwined with the other, and their bodies were pressed close. As the small voice reached elder one's ears, her body instinctively reacted and she held the girl in her arms even tighter. The younger one returned the gesture of her body.

Neither awoke.

The blonde smiled in her sleep, and the other sighed a small breath.

They were having the same dream of each other.

And, what was once her illness, was now her cure.

Make peace, and love

/Souji/

Thus the story ends