Alright all you pervs, here you go; a continuation of "Girl Talk".
If you haven't read that story already, finding your way here for the M rating, I recommend you check it out. There's no sex or anything, but plenty of talk about those kinds of things, and LOTS of sexual tension to feed your dirty, dirty minds (there's only four somewhat short chapters anyway, so It won't take you too long to catch up).

I really like the idea of exploring the growth of Kyoko easing into the more mature aspects of life and relationships. There's a lot of fanfiction out there that have her just... jump in and get all hot with Ren. I get it, BELIEVE me I do. I phUCKiN' love raunchy stuff like that. I can't even begin to count how many erotica I've read, or sexy bang-em' self-indulgent stories I've written for my private pleasure, and there's just SO MUCH pent up sexual frustration to be found in "Skip Beat", but I'm also very passionate about character growth and accuracy.

That being said, this series is supposed to not only show a slow and natural ease into the mature world (something I was very eager to jump into as a teen), but also I hope to show a story that explores a healthy relationship and a healthy way of viewing the body and the pleasures that can come with it, without the skewed views and wild misinformation that can cause more trouble than good in the long run (vaginas do not smell like fruit, and they really shouldn't be expected to).

Sex and everything around it is weird and strange and fun and wonderful, and I'm going to let you curious little kiddies experience something (hopefully) great!

Kyoko fidgeted with her hands the entire ride back to Ren's place, too nervous over their first date to do much more than try to distract herself from the very thought that this was indeed their first date... and they would be alone... in his place. Sure, she had been to Tsuruga-san's home many times before, but this was different. They were a couple now. They were attracted to one another and reciprocated one another's feelings. Silently, she worried over her inexperience with such things. It was obvious that intimate relationships were nothing new to the man, and she was more than a little worried that she wouldn't be experienced enough to keep his attention. The bite-mark vs hickey incident was proof enough of their difference in experience.

"Mogami-san, we're here." She was jolted out of her thoughts by her senior's voice, blushing lightly as she frantically pulled off her seat-belt and crawled out of the car. 'You can do this, you can do this, you can do this.' she chanted in her head, though then she started to worry about what 'this' would entail. How far was he wanting to go with her? How fast? Would... would he expect her to do that thing Kanae had mentioned earlier that day? Would he want to do... that? Well... It was highly likely he did. That somewhat went with the whole 'thinking with the wrong head' conversation she had asked him about so many weeks ago, and she had certainly felt that part that showed he was thinking about such things just yesterday. "Mogami-san, please relax. I'm not going to do anything you're uncomfortable with." Ren stated as he stood in his doorway, holding his front door open for her and waiting patiently. Kyoko blushed darkly and shuffled in, her body tensing all over again as the door shut behind her. Ren sighed lightly and shook his head. "I wanted to wait until we had eaten before I started to talk about things, but I'm starting to think I best get some things out of the way now. Would you care to sit and talk with me for a moment, Mogami-san?" he asked gently. Kyoko's wide eyes stared at him, the girl's mind in a haze as she followed him to the couch before he guided her to sit down. They were... talking? Had she really disappointed him already? She startled as she felt him gently take her hand into his own, the man frowning lightly in worry as he started to pull away, only to pause and hold it firmly again when she tightened her grip on his hand. She'd never seen such a worried and uneasy expression on his face before.

"Let me start off by saying, you have no idea how happy I am to finally start a romantic relationship with you. I've liked you for a long time, and I want to make sure you know that, above all else, I want to make sure you can be happy with me. That being said... we should probably go over boundaries." Kyoko's eyes finally flicked up to meet his, finding the man smiling nervously at her, relaxing slowly as she looked at him.

"Boundaries?" she asked with soft curiosity. Ren nodded, his hand squeezing hers for a moment.

"Yes. I... I'm sure that you've already noticed that I can be a bit... physically affectionate." he says slowly. Kyoko let out a short laugh.

"That's an understatement." she grumbled before she could stop herself, freezing and looking to him timidly. "S-sorry." Ren chuckled and shook his head lightly.

"No, you're right. I know I've done some things in the past that were quite troublesome for you. While I'm sorry to have been a burden on Mogami-san..., I'm not sure I can honestly say I wouldn't do those things should I be given a chance to do it over. That in mind though... I don't want to drive you off by making you uncomfortable with my show of affection being too physical for you. I want to set some boundaries to try and combat that possibility even a little. For example, I don't have any problem with Mogami-san exploring my body in any way you desire... but you need to stop if I tell you that you're pushing my limits a bit too much. I like to think I'm typically very in control of myself, but too much stimulation... I don't know how well I can rein in my desires after a certain point." His mind helpfully supplied the thought that maybe she could do as she pleased if she tied him down... but that was probably not a possibility he would be getting to explore any time soon. 'One step at a time. Don't get hasty.' he reminded himself. This was Kyoko they were talking about after all.

Kyoko blushed and picked at her clothes shyly as Ren mentioned exploring his body. That... was a secretly enticing thought, the girl easily recalling the time she had smoothed her hands all over his chest while acting as the Heel siblings, and then the small feel she had gotten when trying to seduce him one day in the love-me room, the day she had discovered how sensitive his head was. Then there was just yesterday... when she had hugged him so tightly, kissed, kissed a lot, put her hands in his shirt. Oh, she was turning into a pervert! But... he had also gotten a bit handsy with her last night. Granted, he had made sure to stay outside her clothes, and then the sound of his pleading voice, telling her that he wasn't sure how much control he had with her feeling all over his chest and back and sides... just the memory of how his face had been flushed, eyes closed as he panted while laying on the floor and trying to compose himself; her body was hot and tingling with the desire she was slowly coming to understand. This was so much different than her love for Sho in the past. Back then she had been smitten, here and now... she felt so much passion.

"I... I think that's a good boundary for both of us, Tsuruga-san." Kyoko timidly spoke, peeking up and watching as his brown eyes widened with surprise. then drooped slowly as the emperor searched her expression.

"Are you sure?" he practically breathed out, inadvertently giving away his longing for it to be true. "You understand... exploring the body involves heavy touching, including under the clothes. You don't have anything you want to keep off limits until further notice? Mouths? F-..." He swallowed heavily, the emperor slipping for just a second as he prepared to say such a lewd thing to the girl he loved, "F-fingering?" the word came out a little softer than he intended. Kyoko looked up to him curiously.

"Fingering?" she echoed just as softly, looking confused yet curiosity slowly building. Ren felt a small sense of dread settle in his gut, but knew he needed to be blunt during this conversation if he wanted to make sure there were no misunderstandings that could hurt their relationship regarding these things in the future.

"Do you know what fingering is, Mogami-san?" he asked nervously, the dread causing a sigh to pore from him and spread the heat on his face as she shook her head in the negative. "Fingering is when well... when someone, you or your partner, use fingers to pleasure your... feminine parts." He explained. Somehow, talking about this kind of topic was just a little easier to handle when she was in an actual relationship with him... Or maybe he was just fantasizing more about actually being able to do these things one day. Kyoko turned red and fidgeted as she considered his words. She had noticed how her body had been reacting to all the pent up sexual frustration and seductions lately, but she had yet to explore it, feeling unsure and weary of it all. She had considered looking it up at one point, but quickly decided that was a bad idea. She wasn't stupid, she's heard of what kinds of things can pop up if you're not careful about what you search for. Considering this seemed to be something directly connected with sexual desires and the like, there really was no safe way to look up anything on it online, and she wasn't about to look through books on it!

"I... I see..." she spoke slowly. Ren watched her silently, his eyes baring into her and making her skin feel hot with only his gaze. She couldn't deny that she was growing curious about the things he told her... but then she felt a small sense of annoyance at how much more knowledgeable he was than her at these things. "Tsuruga-san has experienced a number of things I have no knowledge in." she grumbled unhappily. Ren frowned lightly at her bitter tone, looking down as she slipped her hand out of his grasp. It stung, honestly, having her pull away.

"I'm sorry." he said quietly. Her head snapped up to look at him again, but he couldn't bring himself to be happy about it at all. "I... I can't change the past. There are a lot of things I regret about my past, things I've done, things I've seen, but you... you are the one thing that I would happily experience over and over. I may know more about these things, but experiencing these things with you is something different than I've ever done before. No amount of reading, research, or experience could ever prepare me for you." He admits, looking up to her with sincerity shining in his eyes. Kyoko felt her irritation fizzle out as she took in his vulnerable expression, letting out a slow sigh as she nodded.

"I'm sorry too, I know I don't really have any right to be jealous over things you did before we had even met. I just... I suppose I'm feeling a bit insecure... like I might just become another conquest or something." she admits. Ren smiled softly and held out his hand for her again, hoping she would accept it. He was surprised when she scoot a little closer to him, allowing him to gently settle his arm around her shoulders and pull her into cuddling against his side.

"You could never be anything less than special to me, Mogami-san. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even know what love is." She looked up at him in surprise, her thoughts instantly flying to his struggle with Katsuki and the conversations he had with Bo. It couldn't be...! What about Kimiko? Hadn't she been working so hard to seduce him because of his love for the conniving girl he had been broken-hearted over?

"I don't understand Tsuruga-san," she said softly as she looked up at him, "didn't you like... s-someone else?" She looked away quickly, not really wanting to say the girl's name and see recognition dawn in his eyes. Ren frowned lightly in confusion, cradling her face gently before guiding her to look at him again.

"You are the only one I love, Mogami-san... Kyoko-chan." He confesses gently. Kyoko stares at him with shock before quickly shaking her head. He was just saying the things she wanted to here to make her happy! He had so much experience with these things! I'm wasn't fair! "It's true, Kyoko. Won't you trust me? No... wait, I... I guess I have no right to ask that." He sighed heavily. Kyoko looked over to him curiously, confused at the conflicted look on his face. Seeing her curious gaze, Ren sighed again.

"The other reason I wanted to have you over and talk over dinner, Kyoko... is I need to be honest with you about something before I can start a relationship in good conscience. I really wanted to do this after dinner but... Kyoko, I'm Corn." He said, clenching his fists tightly as he awaited her response. There was a long silence, causing him to nervously peek up at her. She was staring at him with disbelief, but the sincerity and fear in his eyes confirmed everything she needed to know. He was being honest with her. This wasn't some kind of trick.

"How? You... I..." She clamped her mouth shut as she tried to string together a coherent sentence, the man sitting next to her with obvious tension in his body. "You... you lied to me? You tricked me and deceived and... y-you kissed me." She frowned deeply, her eyebrows lowering a bit as her eyes flicked all over his face, searching for... she didn't even know what she was looking for. Ren felt his body chill significantly as soon as she pulled away from his arm, though he was relieved that she didn't get up off the couch... at least not yet. His chest was starting to hurt from her growing distance. "Why?" Yes, That seemed like a good place to start. Why had he hidden it from her? Tricked her? The man sighed yet again and ran a hand through his hair nervously.

"No one is supposed to know about me, about who I really am." He could see light starting to shine in her widening eyes and he shook his head sadly, knowing that she was likely thinking he meant things about fairies. "Kyoko, I'm not a fairy. I'm a foreigner, only partially Japanese. I know you were happy having Corn remain a fairy but... I can't be in a relationship with someone I'm not honest with, especially you." He tells her, stern but uneasy in how she would react to it. Kyoko frowned lightly as she looked down between them, finding his clenched hand and worrying over it a bit. He was being honest with her, and she could tell it wasn't easy for him to come clean, especially when it had him so tense like this.

Reaching out timidly, she grabbed his hand, watching as shock and mild relief caused him to startle then loosen up a bit, his eyes starting to show a shining hope within them as he waited a little more patiently now. 'Tsuruga-san... Corn, really relies a lot on physical touch when it comes to being reassured.' She noted, glancing up at him again. The longer she held his hand, the more he seemed to be relaxing, the visible changes intriguing her greatly. She chewed her lip thoughtfully and held back a grin as she saw his eyes zero in on the little motion. Right, that was still going to take some getting used to, the fact that this man actually wants to kiss her. She couldn't hold back the little grin anymore as she scooted closer and reached out, gently placing her hand on his cheek as his widening eyes flicked over her face, searching. Kyoko giggled and leaned in, pleased to see the chocolate brown orbs sliding shut as he leaned in a bit as well, obvious anticipation all over his face. She hummed happily as she closed her own eyes and pressed in, her other hand coming up to rest on his chest to keep her steady, noting the quick little intake of breath as she closed the distance between them completely. He didn't press her, simply resting a timid hand on her arm as he gently guided their lips open, deepening the kiss just a bit. When Kyoko pulled away, she watched his hazy eyes flicker open, looking at her with desire and confusion.

"Why...? What was that for?" His voice rumbled, deep and somewhat breathless. Kyoko had to bite her lip a little to keep herself from getting carried away.

"I wanted to show you that I'm accepting it, accepting you. It doesn't matter if Tsuruga-san is a fairy or whatever, because... I like you." She blushed and looked up at him timidly, seeing incredible relief in his eyes before he grabbed her and hugged her tight against his chest, ignoring her little squeak of surprise.

"Thank you, Kyoko." He whispered. She let out a little hum in response as she melted into his embrace, feeling happy and relieved. This had been a pretty good talk after all... and then she recalled the first part of their conversation all over again, making her turn beet red.

"Um so... a-about those boundaries..." she started, confused a bit as he released her quickly.

"Sorry, I... I'll try to control myself better." He says quickly. He didn't want to chase her away by getting too greedy. Using her as a means to pull himself out of the darkness was one thing. Hugging her without abandon was something else entirely, and he didn't want to take advantage of her. Kyoko stared over at him curiously, his hands up in surrender as his face looked so incredibly conflicted. Kyoko giggled and scoot back against him, loving the wide-eyed wonder he stared at her with as she slowly pulled his arms to hug her body to him again. She found she really liked the feel of his firm arms wrapped around her slim waist.

"I... I'm interested in the things Tsu-... the things Corn can show me, but I'd like to go slow. I don't think I can handle... Corn's hands on such private areas right away." Ren stared openly at her for a moment before his expression slowly shifted, once again giving way to that Emperor of the Night. His hand came up and caressed her cheek gently as he leaned in.

"Anything for you, Kyoko." He murmured seductively, sending a shiver down her spine.

"Moko-san, I really can't talk about it." Kyoko whimpered as she peeked up at her friend timidly. The raven-haired beauty only scowled down at her for a moment before she stood abruptly. Kyoko had been distracted all throughout their Love-Me work today, and Kanae had only been able to pry out of her that she and Ren had had a very important and serious talk yesterday, in which he told her things that she was coming to terms with. It had stopped there however, the usually open and bright girl saying she couldn't really discuss it further.

"Fine, I see how it is." she snapped. She knew this was typical for girls, but she had honestly hoped and believed Kyoko would be different. "Now that you have a boyfriend, you don't have time or care for your friends. Fine, whatever, Just go talk to your boyfriend about everything and shut me out." she hissed, sending a glare at the trembling and watery-eyed Kyoko. The sight brought Kanae pause, causing her to look away quickly with an angry click of her tongue. It stung, honestly, knowing that only a couple days ago her friend had been completely open with her and told her everything, sometimes more than she wanted to know. Now that she was in a relationship with Tsuruga Ren, she was suddenly saying she couldn't talk to her about things. Was their friendship really such a small deal to the girl?

"You don't understand, Moko-san! It's not about me, It's Tsuruga-san's secret!" Kyoko cried out, her voice shaky as Kanae could audibly hear the tears in the younger girl's voice. She cursed herself instantly and slowly turned around, guilt eating away at her heart as the saw how upset she had made her friend. With a heavy sigh, Kanae dropped her bag and quickly walked over, dropping down in front of Kyoko and pulling her into a hug. Had it been an act at all, she was sure Kyoko would have instantly perked up. The little sniffle and hesitant responding embrace were enough to tear Kanae's half-eaten heart to pieces as she realized just how real Kyoko's distress had been.

"I'm sorry... I just... I thought you were pulling away, putting your relationship with Tsuruga-san above your relationship with me. I'm sorry, don't cry. You're right, I shouldn't try to pry other people's secrets out of you." she apologized. Kyoko pulled Kanae into a tighter embrace, nuzzling into the older girl's neck as Kanae hugged her tighter.

"Thank you for understanding Moko~" Kyoko whined. Kanae sighed lightly and reached up, patting her on the head as they slowly separated.

"Stupid, what are friends for? How about we get you cleaned up and go out for ice cream? Even if you can't tell me this big secret, maybe you can tell me what bothers you about it? I still want to help you if I can and if I can't, we'll just swallow our problems with the ice cold calories."

"MOKO~!" Kyoko wailed as she launched herself at her friend once again. Kanae sighed and pat her lightly on the back, silently telling herself that she should at least let this happen to help make up for upsetting the girl so much a moment ago.

"Moko-san...," Kyoko trailed off as she worked on Kanae's pedicure, Kyoko's choice for their 'Girl Talk Activity' for the night. The older girl hadn't pressed any further while they were out at the ice-cream shop earlier, resorting to simply making sure whatever this thing that bothered the other girl wasn't something dangerous. Kyoko didn't speak back up for several minutes.

"Mo! What is it?" she asked, barely keeping the bite out of her voice. She wasn't good at suspense. She supposed it was a result of being able to read everything so quickly, but she had little to no experience when it came to waiting. Kyoko definitely made her work on her patience. Kyoko blushed darkly.

"I... h-have you ever touched yourself?" The room went dead quiet for three whole minutes.

"Why are you asking about that?" Kanae sighed heavily, hanging her head to rest in one hand with exasperation. Really, what was she to ever do with this girl?

"It's just... Part of the conversation Tsuruga-san and I had was about boundaries..." Kanae nodded her approval. Looked like lover boy was taking this seriously and trying to go about this as healthily as possible. But why was she asking about... "And... he ended up explaining... fingering..." Kanae looked to the blushing girl that was working hard to give her 'toes fit for a princess'. She narrowed her eyes at the timid girl. Why? Why did Kyoko always manage to bring up the most embarrassing topics for these things. Hell, talking about jerking a guy off was less embarrassing! Kanae groaned, knowing that Kyoko wasn't going to ask Tsuruga about thing pertaining to what girls do in private. This was on her.

"Yes, I've masturbated before. I don't have a habit of it or anything, but I tried it once when I read that it can help relieve stress and headaches and a whole bunch of other stuff if you can manage to orgasm. It's kind of tedious, actually. I've found that I would rather take medication than try and 'pleasure myself' most of the time. It's more efficient that way. Even so... I would recommend it for you. I suppose you could just let your boyfriend help you explore those things, but he's going to get pretty distracted and absorbed, so it'll help a lot if you explore what you like beforehand, so you can tell him what you want." She explains. Kyoko looked up at her with that gaze that said she was 'marveling at her radiance' or something. Kanae didn't really get it, but she didn't really have any desire to go any deeper into this topic. Look, on the far end, bottom shelf of the bookshelf, just shift the chest away and you'll find some of the more raunchy books. I've got lesbians, which will probably help you a lot with getting a grasp of masturbating without so much focus on things like baby-making and men, and then you've got shape-shifters, vampires, deserted islands, harems, reverse harems... I don't think you'd be into that one. You seem like a one-dick kind of girl." Kyoko's eyes blew wide and her face bloomed a bright red as she realized what that implied about that particular category. "Just pick one of them and try to read a few things in there, try them out when you're alone, or you can ask your boyfriend to assist you. It's your body. You have to figure out how you want to explore it." she explains. Kyoko nodded timidly, unable to rid herself of the heat on her face. Shuffling over to the indicated spot, Kyoko moved the chest out of the way and browsed quietly for a bit, ultimately deciding on a vampire one and the lesbian one that Kanae had said would help her explore her body without getting too caught up in the whole... baby-making thing she had mentioned. If nothing else, this was sure to be an interesting experience.

Hello! I did a LOT of backtracking and changing things to get the interactions JUUUUST right on this one.

It's strange, but I really can't see Kanae getting super into masturbation and the like. She seems like the kind of girl that informs herself and tries to find the most efficient way to solve a problem. Orgasms are awesome, but they've not always easy to achieve, especially for girls.
She's also definitely the kind of girl that would explore all kinds of things, seeing as she can read through everything so quickly anyway. It's not like she would be wasting a whole lot of time.

Chiori on the other hand... she seems like a girl that might explore it a bit more when her hate journal doesn't cut it in releasing that extra frustration.
*winks with both eyes*

Don't worry readers, the fun is only beginning. ;)