Title: Just One

Genre: Mild romance.

Characters: Rei X Jadeite

Author's Notes: I've decided to write a string of senshi/general drabbles along with a drabble every month for the upcoming re-release SM manga that will coincide with each volume release that month.

Just One

It had been meaningless.

A fleeting moment brought on by curiosity, anger, but most importantly stress. Well, at least that's what she told herself. Nevertheless when Jadeite removed his passion weary hands from the soft onyx mass of her hair she had to activity steady her breathing.

Jadeite couldn't seem to completely part from her, and he rested his hands on her shoulders.

Turning her head she averted her gaze to a distant and irrelevant point to her left, she felt the rapid heat staining her cheeks as she asked, "Is it always that way?"

He had to flush his mind of the swirling desire storming inside himself in order to understand the question. "Is what always that way?" He asked bemused.

"You know exactly what I'm asking," she replied hotly, still avoiding his gaze.

"Let's pretend I'm dimwitted," he had to school his expression into one of indifference to hide the grin that was on the verge of splitting across his lips. He could see her discomfort, her normally elegant porcelain skin was a tinge too pink. Oh god, he thought, it was maddening. He wanted to pull her into his arms and kiss her again, and again, and again-

"Is that how it always is when you kiss? I mean when anyone kisses someone." She had asked so softly that he almost hadn't heard her.

"Yes," he replied.

The minute she heard him she knew it was a lie, because that one little kiss had stirred something so sweet, and aching, and profound that at that precise moment she was almost too eager to grab the collar of his coat and bring his burning mouth down to hers.

It frightened her and excited her and filled her with shame all at once.

She almost understood why Serenity insisted on sneaking away with her terrain prince.

The idea was very tempting indeed.