Hello my dear readers, I just wanted to say that this is probably my second last chapter of Lips Like These. I've finally exhausted all my ideas for this series for 3 years. There'll be another chapter coming up and I'll also do birthday kisses but you'll have to wait till the respective months for that. So after the next (and last) chapter, this story will be marked as Complete.

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Kinda mature content?

Steamy Kiss

Heading to the hot springs was a well-earned break from their Shinigami duties. Lately, they've been piled with responsibilities like training the new recruits since the new batch came in. It didn't help that their Captain and Vice-Captain were the kind of people who preferred them to deal with training matters and left this sort of thing to them. It wasn't difficult per se, since they only needed to supervise sometimes but a break was still most welcomed.

Hinamori was the one who suggested spending their break at the hot springs and when she mentioned it to Hitsugaya, he didn't seem too interested at first. Hot springs were too hot for his liking. But when Hinamori brought up the idea that they would be enjoying the hot springs together, privately no less, Hitsugaya changed in mind faster than Matsumoto evading her duties.

So there they were, preparing to enjoy a relaxing evening together. Hinamori had reserved a private outdoor hot spring for the both of them. It was a cool night and Hitsugaya felt his muscles relax the moment he immersed himself in the steaming water.

Turning in the water to face Hinamori, who had just finished cleaning herself and wrapped a towel around her petite body, he beckoned her to quickly join him. She strolled over to him and stood at the edge of the hot spring, taking her sweet time to unwrap the towel. Hitsugaya's eyes followed her every movement and even after seeing her undress herself in front of him numerous times, he never fails to be mesmorized by her deliberately seductive motions and beautiful body. Hinamori eventually dropped the towel on the ground and stood in front of Hitsugaya in all her naked glory.

He felt the blood rush south but he tried to control himself. When Hinamori finally joined him in the hot spring, he reached out to her and held her hand, leading them to the edge of the bath where they sat on the stone seats and enjoyed the way the water loosened their tense muscles.

"This is nice," Hitsugaya admitted.

"We should do this more often." Hinamori said and submerged herself deeper into the warm embrace of the water.

"You mean together right? Like this?"

"Of course, who else would I do this with?"

He didn't reply but gave her a small smile instead. Waddling away from the edge, Hitsugaya brought Hinamori to the middle of the bath. As they stood facing each other, he cupped his hands under the water and brought them up to soak Hinamori's shoulders. She relished the way the hot water trickled down her shoulders and how Hitsugaya's hands were kneading her shoulders in a soothing massage.

"Feels good," she murmured as she closed her eyes.

Hitsugaya only hummed in approval and continued his ministrations. It was so comfortable that Hinamori thought she might actually fall asleep in the hot spring. She opened her eyes and smiled at him appreciatively. Hitsugaya's eyes softened at her delighted face and placed a wet lock of hair behind her ear. He pulled her closer to him so that they were almost skin-to-skin. Resting one arm on her hip, he cupped her warm cheek and kissed her lightly on the lips.

The heat around her and Hitsugaya's kiss were making her dizzy with desire. Hinamori melted into the kiss and wrapped herself deeper in his embrace. He was giving her open-mouthed kisses now and she gladly welcomed the slide of his tongue against hers.

Hitsugaya's hand travelled up her waist to rest below her breast. He cupped her breast and brought a finger up to touch her hardened nipple. Hinamori gasped lightly and she felt goose bumps popping up along her arms. He welled up with satisfaction at the response he was eliciting from her and dared himself to rub her nipple in slow circles.

Hinamori's legs grew weak and she hugged Hitsugaya more tightly, realizing that he had grown hard. As much as she wanted to finish what they started, she recognized that this probably wasn't the best place to do that.

She licked Hitsugaya's lips playfully before pulling back and resting her forehead on his.

"Maybe we should finish this somewhere else?" she said breathily.

Wasting no time, Hitsugaya pulled her out of the hot spring.

In the end, they had sex on the ground of their private hot spring in the outdoors, and it was exhilarating.

End