A Hard Day's Night [ari & chi][mature][fin]

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Ari's head was spinning, whirling, a blur of pleasure. There was not a singular thought that crossed her mind that did not involve the angel and their bare skin touching. Her heavy breath caught in her throat as the strong, glorious angel dipped his head, their noses brushing and breathed, "Is there no way in which you're not perfect?" which ellicited a heady grin from her face as she wrapped her pale arms around the angel's neck, his strong arms picking her up from the floor gently. She was pressed against his body in every delicious way possible, his hands delicately exploring her skin, her femminilità was becoming warm and desperate for him. She could feel his hardness pressed against her and it made a soft sigh of pleasure leave her lips, her hand pressed against the angel's face with reverence.

He laid her down upon the bed, all of his movements gentle, and another savory sigh escaped her lips as their eyes connected, both burning with heavy desire for the other. Ari's arms moved above her head, her body on complete display for him, but she loved the feeling of his eyes roving over her. She felt beautiful and completely wanted. She felt needed.

He climbed on top of her, his hands on either side of her body and he planted a delicate but needful kiss on her lips, soon breaking the embrace to move downwards, his lips pressing against her skin in the most desirable way, and she closed her eyes, her back arching slightly, her toes curling. She was blinded by the pleasure he was bringing her, she never wanted it to end, but was more than desperate to be filled with him. Her hands moved downwards and she pulled him back up, her deft hands now on the buttons of his pants, quickly undoing the button and pulling down the zipper urgently. She pushed the waist of his pants off his hips, exposing more of his soft, precious skin to her fingertips. When his pants had finally been kicked off, her face broke into a wild smile, his hardened manhood now exposed to her in all its glory. She ran her fingers softly along its length, knowing the pleasure she was giving the angel brought a great deal of pleasure to herself. She looked back up at him, the fire in her eyes now doubled, tripled. She brought her mouth to his, running a hand along the ridge of where wing met his skin, softly petting the feathers.

The only article of clothing that now stood between their bodies coming together were her panties, and they felt as if they weighed a ton, the pressure of the fabric against her hot core was almost too much. She would have begged for release, had she the breath or the words, but reason escaped her, she was lost in the throes of wild longing and passion. "I need you, Chi," was all she could manage, a whisper that was laden with a heaving chest.

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Even the brush of air against his naked skin felt sensuous and indulgent in Ari's presence, the delicate search of her fingertips driving him quite mad with rickets of pleasure. Her hands on his member, pulsing lightly from the force of his heartbeat, had his eyes falling shut and a sigh escaping him before she caught his lips in hers again for a kiss that, for all it's tenderness, burned with a trembling, lusty flame. For a moment, as Ari stroked the place that linked his body to his wings, the angel almost forgot he was on earth, dizzy visions of heaven scattering through his mind for a moment. The touch of her hand caused his wings to flutter and stretch, a slow shiver running through him. His neck moved sideways, then his back arched down towards her, then his legs bending and stretching until the angel's toes were curled and the bottoms of his feet felt numb. An accompanying moan escaped him as well, a low, alluring sound coming from two delectably parted pink lips.

The angel lowered that flawless body down onto hers, careful not to put his weight on her, the proximity of their naked flesh delightful to him. He left one hand to prop himself up and take his weight, while the other happily roamed again. Chi's lips wandered downward again, to taste her breasts, a clever tongue flicking and suckling them off and on. His hand (now curiously free of the golden bracer that seemed to eternally encircle his wrist, a bizarre sort of shackle) moved down her heaving chest to slip a finger, and then two, under the band of her underwear. He gave no verbal response to her breathy plea, only running his thumb with some slight pressure over that central part of the little mound beneath the wine-red cloth that he knew would have her squirming.

Chi couldn't deny that her wild desire for him had him even more aroused, her whisper still echoing in his head. His focus moved down again, along the line of her perfect torso, leaving only teasing hints of his lips there until he came to that red blockade of cloth. He used his mouth on one side, fingers on the other, to pull the thing off of her, his eyes, coy and calculating, watching her response eagerly. When the panties were finally off, and both of them were as naked as the day they were born, Chi moved back up towards her, feeling like he might explode soon if he didn't find himself within her. Still, though, he took his time, kissing up along one of her legs, teasing lips finding her inner thigh before moving further up to her belly button, and further still, until he was back to staring down into her eyes, the man's entire body tensed for the the inevitable rush to come.

And he prolonged it still, feeling his shaft coming to rest on the soft flesh of her womanhood, teasing her as he shifted his position slightly, the two rubbing together as Chi's hazy blue eyes stared down, looking for that fire in her that was like an invitation, an open door. And there it was, with gusto, and with a rush of tender force he was within her, lights blinking around his vision as the man's brow raised, breathin in the ecstacy of the moment. The angel couldn't help stealing another kiss once there, this one more passionate still.

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He was teasing her, his lips circling the tender region of her breast, his tongue flicking the ever so sensitive flesh of her nipple. Her fingertips tightened around the skin of his shoulders, her eyes closed tightly. Her body moved under his deft touch, and when he slipped his fingers in between her skin and panties, rubbing his finger gently against her most sensitve skin, she nearly came undone. Her eyes peeled open and a lusty moan escaped her lips, her back arching which made her breasts press ever tighter against his lips. She rested her back against the bed and tilted her head forward, her burning hazel eyes watching the angel move down her body and take her panties in his mouth, slipping them down her legs and tossing them aside.

There was now nothing in the way of their union and she was nearly breathless with anticipation. But the angel took his sweet time in moving back up her body, placing teasingly light kisses against her sensitive skin. Because she was a Vampire, every emotion, every feeling, everything was amplified and she felt as if she might break if he did not enter her soon. When he was once more above her, she kissed him softly, her breath holding deeply in her lungs, awaiting the sweet penetration that was to come. She could feel his heavy manhood resting against her core and it took all of her strenght not to pull him inside of her, to let him enter her on his own. And he did, and it was the most glorious sensation she'd ever beheld. She exhaled heavily, all the breath she had been holding rushing out with a heavy moan on her lips. She raised her legs, wrapping them tightly around the angel, her back lifting slightly off the bed, as if to give him better entrance to her.

Her fingers roamed the skin of his arms and shoulders, her body alive and basking in the beauty of their love-making, as she absorbed each one of his delicious thrusts. Her arms fell to her sides, her fingers gripping the sheets and she couldn't take her eyes off Chi's precious face. Her breath came in short bursts now and she ran her fingers along his face, her eyes smoldering with a fire that had never been held there before. Her short, polished nails dug into the skin of Chi's shoulder, but she didn't intend pain, only pleasure as the pressure in between her legs, deep inside of her rose, building and building with each urgent thrust of the angel's manhood. She felt as though she was balanced on the edge of a knife, as if she could come undone at any moment, as if release was just a moment away.

Their bodies moved together flawlessly, and she felt the first waves of her climax hit, her back arching with abandon, her lips parting to utter a single syllable, in the form of a lavish moan, "Chi." Her fingers gripped Chi's shoulders roughly and her head tilted back, her jaw dropped and her eyes shut tight. The pleasure racked through her body, making her toes curl and her thighs squeezing tightly around Chi's waist. She never wanted it to end, she would have him remain inside of her forever if she could. She opened her eyes, quickly searching out his perfect face and stared deeply into his beautiful blue-gray eyes. She pressed her lips against his, the kiss tender but still fueled by the passion she felt running through her body. She wanted to say something, but words escaped her. She felt she needed to convey to the perfect creature that was currently in between her legs how very much she felt about him. She wanted to tie him up in her apartment and never let him leave. But the words wouldn't come, all she could do was run her fingers against his beautiful face, a soft, satiated sigh leaving her delectably parted lips.

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The sounds Ari was making alone were enough to drive Malachi to completion, but there was much still to be done. His upper body was propped on his elbows, forearms sliding under her to grasp her shoulders from behind. They were close, his head above her, their eyes locking when the angel could keep them open and focused, his face a tender grimace of intense pleasure. He felt his breathing was ragged and deep, coming almost as quickly as his heart was beating.

As her hands wandered over him, from his arms to his shoulders, to caress his face in that remarkable way that he was growing very fond of, and then down to press her nails into him, Chi let out little inhalations and noises, deep groans of pleasure and bliss. The rhythmic rocking of their bodies continued, fueled by the angel's seemingly boundless energy, and with every thrust he felt himself coming closer, like a pressure was mounting within him.

The angel felt something shift within him, his eyes blinking open for a moment to see the woman, beyond lovely, who writhed below him in absolute pleasure, her fingers tangled in the sheets, hair splayed behind her pale face like a dark halo. His diaphragm spasmed as those undeniable lips uttered his name in the most breathtaking way he'd ever heard it spoken, his breaths coming shorter still and erratic. Ari was clinging to him, pulling him in tightly, and it was at that moment that his glorious release came. All his muscles were tensed, his eyes wide, pupils dilated, and he felt himself spill out some string of words in the language spoken before time, above the clouds of Earth, his native tongue. His thrusts slowed into a slow, sensual pulse until there was nothing left, and he felt thrillingly sated.

The angel lowered himself onto the bed next to her as his spasmodic energy faded, their legs and bodies still entwined so that he was still within her for the moment. He found her eyes with a very woozy sort of smile, one of her kisses his relished prize. They lay silent for a moment but for their eager grasping breaths, eyes locked, Chi having decided that there were no words for the immediate moment, that silence was apt communication just then.

After a moment or so, her hand met his cheek again, a happy sigh leaving her-- the magnitude of her emotion wasn't lost on the empath-- and his own hand moved upward as though to keep hers there for moments longer. He closed his eyes for a moment, just to lap up the feeling, to commit his bliss to memory, and for that very brief spell it was more than clear how used this big-hearted man was to the inevitability of entropy. That things always grew old and died, or fell apart, and that memories and dust were the majority of his possessions. But the moment passed, and his eyes opened once more, just the same stormy grey as ever, and he released her hand. He was smiling, as ever, but his smile now was like the warm, adoring smile of a kind sun.

"On man heaven's influence works not so,
But that it first imprints the air,
So soul into the soul may flow,
Though it to body first repair...."

Strong arms pulled her in towards him, not yet willing to have the little vampiress parted from him by so much as a foot's space.

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Ari was still feeling rather short of breath, the rise and fall of her bare and glistening chest becoming slower as the waves of pleasure that had, moments ago, rocked her, now subsided and faded. Her skin felt as if it were all tingling at once, and she was still at a loss for words, even to describe her own feelings at that moment. She was filled with satisfaction, a sweet, savory feeling that was most desirable, but there was something else as well. As she stared into the angel's eyes, she felt her dead heart phantasmically flutter, like she had butterflies in her chest and she had to swallow hard. He wrapped a hand around her own, the hand that rested upon his face and his eyes closed. A smile was locked on her face, one that was tell-tale of her sheer happiness, not marred by any underlying insecurites or ill feelings. She felt as though she had reached her own heaven on Earth and the angel in her bed had helped her attain it. She sat for a few moments, her eyes ever on Chi's face and contemplated her feelings for the heavenly host. He had claimed her body, quite gloriously, and she was begining to think he could very well claim her heart. She naturally shied from that subject, thankfully distracted as the angel opened his beauteous eyes and let go of her hand. He smiled a smile that made her heart melt, its beauty amplified by the verse that next left his lips.

When he was through, a wide grin lighted her features and she sighed softly, her own hazel eyes closing to soak in the words he had recited, one of her favorite poems, "The Ecstacy." "John Donne is a brilliant man," she commented softly. She opened her eyes back up and was drawn closer to the man that stunned her senses and her sensbility and she was nestled close to his body, and she basked in its warm glow. He was still inside of her, and she shuddered silently when her body moved, making his manhood shift against her core as well. It was a delirious feeling that she was experiencing, and her mind was still quite boggled. She desperately wished that she could read the angel's mind, to know what he was thinking, when she realized he would most likely tell her if she asked.

Her hand rested upon his chest, her head on his shoulder and she pressed her lips delicately to his neck a few times before she said, "What are you thinking?" She was extremely curious to know, especially when she thought upon the fact that just hours ago, he'd told her he'd been resisting temptation for ages. When she thought of this, she was the slightest bit smug in the knowledge that it was her the angel had chosen to break his record with. But she kept it to herself, the emotion silly, and went back to breathing in the angel's scent. She sincerely hoped he would feel no regret; their actions, in her mind, more beautiful than anything she could imagine. She propped her chin upon his chest to better gaze into his eyes, to better see the emotion he was feeling written on his face, for she suspected that the angel was one to always wear his feelings upon his sleeve.

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The man was unable to resist running a hand through her silken hair, the sensation like water to his skin. Chi was almost proud of her for catching his reference, although, really, how long ago was it that John had been alive? It was the time of Elizabeth in Britain, he recalled, but Malachi was absolutely terrible with dates. Perhaps it was 400 years ago-- he wasn't sure. "And a very good one." He let his thoughts broaden after that comment, reminiscing for a moment before coming back to the present as he felt Ari shudder in his arms. What with the overall jumble of her emotions at present, he mistook her shudder for cold, and pulled the dear thing closer, one of his wings coming to rest over her. It didn't hit him until a moment later that vampires probably didn't get cold, but nevertheless he didn't move.

A happy, thoughtful sigh escaped him then as his fingers continued to idly toy with Ari's hair, his thoughts winding around to the topic now foremost in his mind-- had he done the right thing? He felt a few delicate kisses on his neck, which filled him with a warmth that had him squirming slightly again. The movement only served to remind him that he was still inside the lady, who inquired as to his thoughts. He laughed lightly and kissed her on the head, turning his gaze downward to catch hers. "I was just thinking that I might need a bath, but that's not what you're looking for, is it? I was just telling you earlier not to tempt me, and yet here I am."

The angel smiled, his gaze becoming thoughtful instead of focused solely on her. "You have a way of catering to my personality which I cannot resist; you defy your own temptations, you are intriguing at every turn. You are good-hearted, affection makes you bloom, and there is no deceitfulness in you that I've felt. And so, in the end, while it is the nature of your kind to be seductive and beautiful, I can resist that--" he ran a finger across her cheekbone, still smiling, "Bu it was your personality which enamored me and brought me here. And that is what I am thinking, צִפּוֹרָה."

He did not seem regretful-- not yet, anyway, though he was still mired in the afterglow of their enterprises. Perhaps later, in the presence of a fellow angel, or there in the sanctity of his home in the church, he would feel guilt, but not now. Malachi's heart was full of a warm tenderness right now, which would sustain him for some time. "And what are you thinking?"

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Ari almost felt like purring as he slipped his fingers through her hair, the motion making her feel completely calm. She laid her head back down, her fingers brushing his collarbone lightly and she said, "There is a shower in the next room, you are free to use it," though she didn't think she was ready to release him from her grasp just yet.

He spoke about how it was her personality, and not her seductive nature that brought him to her bed, and she smiled, kissing the angel's chin, a playful smile on her pretty face. She found she quite enjoyed kissing him in that playful manner, the simple act bringing a rather childish gaiety to her. "I am not a decietful person," she said simply, her hand still roving across his chest, her nose nuzzling the side of his warm face. "And even if I was, I doubt I could lie in your presense. I told you, you are most disarming." She kissed him a few more times, seemingly unable to keep her lips from his tender flesh and he asked her what she was thinking.

She propped her head up onto her hand, her elbow resting on the bed and she looked into his eyes, her teeth nibbling on the bottom of her lip. She'd done her best to keep her fangs from extending when she and Chi had been in the throes of their passion, but even still, they were now peeking out, only slightly, a few centimeters longer than her natural canines. She dug one of them into the flesh of her bottom lip, pricking the skin to make a droplet of blood pool out, only to have to tiny wound heal immediately after. She was seriously contemplating his question, for it was very much present in her own mind. She was happy, completely and blissfully so, but there was so much more than that, and she was trying her best to organize her amplified emotions. She looked down at the angel and ran her hand along his cheek, the motion somehow calmed her, like his beautiful face was familiar territory that she was well acquainted with.

"To give you some semblance of an answer, I am happy. Wonderfully so. But there are many emotions stirring inside of me that I, quite possibly, have no name for. I am very curious though, what they mean for you and I. I think I am becoming... quite attached to you, regardless of the short amount of time I have been in your company. This, you must realize, is very, very strange for someone such as myself and I think I am still getting used to the idea that I may very well quite fancy you." Ari was deliberately honest in her answer; like she said, she didn't think she was capable of a dishonesty, even if she wanted to, in his presense. She smiled softly at him, hoping she hadn't been too forward in her answer, and kissed his lips softly.

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He didn't think he could tire of her kisses, which she bestowed on him like spring rain. Malachi watched as she thought for a moment, grinning as she rested her head on her hand and chewed on her lip. It was excessively adorable, although perhaps a bit unnerving when one of her fangs pricked her lip. Still, it healed over quickly, which made the angel happy enough. He was patient while she organized her thoughts, idly listening in to the ripples of emotion that escaped her. They quieted as her hand met his cheek again.

Naturally, Chi was a good listener; being an angel helped, but being the angel of mercy helped more. It was common to find that all most people needed from him was someone who would listen. He was more actively engaged in this conversation than those, though, especially since a soft kiss followed it. She was very honest with him indeed, but he also liked it a lot, not having to try and wrap his head around the motives and manipulations that were common with others. As an angel, he wasn't really used to such things-- even having spent so long on earth, he had never mastered the art. "As long as you're happy, I'm happy, Ari. Take your time with your feelings, I'm not in any hurry."

He smiled at her, propping himself up on his elbows. "I-- ahah, I am quite sure that I fancy you, but I've always been quicker to that sort of thing than most." The angel had a brief chuckle at her wording. It was sometimes funny to him, to hear English phrases in an American setting. However, he knew the warmth of affection, when it struck him. He wasn't sure how much further his feelings would grow, but for the moment Malachi knew he very much liked her and wanted to bask in her company for as long as he was able, and that was fine with him. "On the subject of that shower, though, I'm having another dilemma. I'd love a bath but I also don't really want to leave you. I feel like if I take my eyes off you for a moment you might disappear into fairy-dust."

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Ari giggled and buried her face into Chi's neck, leaving a trail of little kisses as she dug herself deeper. "Hmmm, I wonder what angel tastes like," she said against his neck, giving the flesh a soft, harmless nip. Her head popped back up and she raised a dark eyebrow, a devious twinkle in her eye.

Though it wasn't long before she broke into giggles, and she kissed the angel's face a dozen times before she tilted her head back and said, "Well, my bellezza puimata, I think I may have a rather pleasant solution to your terrible predicament." She slowly pushed herself up, the angel's manhood sliding out of her deliciously, and she was sad to feel it leave her. She sat up on her knees, a charming grin crossing her features and took Chi's hand in hers and drug him off the bed. She opened the door to her bedroom and led him into the bathroom and closed the door behind them, turning on the hot water in her shower. "Viola! I will shower with you, so that I do not disappear into fairy dust." She stepped closer to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. The angel was tall, 6'2", 6'3", but the vampiress was 5'8", an extra few inches added when she stood on her tip toes, as she was doing now. She planted a heady kiss on Chi's lips, her own pulling into a mischievious smile and she could feel the steam begin to waft around them.

She broke their embrace and stuck a hand into the water, the warmth making her skin tingle and then stepped into the flow, beckoning the angel follow. When he was in, she closed the glass door and leaned her bottom and back against the cold tile. She would've liked nothing more than to accost Chi with many, many more kisses, but she let him wash himself under the warm stream of water.

"Was that the first time you've ever made love to a woman?" she asked with a sincere curiosity, a slight smile highlighting her beauty in the dim light. He'd said he'd always resisted, and she doubted they had much sex in heaven, and so she was very interested to know if he was, for lack of a better word, virginal.

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He was grinning as she nuzzled into him with kisses and a playful nip, the little pinprick's worth of pain sparking his attention. Ari caught his eye in a quick moment after the bite, the look on his face almost daring her to go on. What did angels taste like? "Sugarplums and unicorns, I'm told, but incense and musty old books is probably closer." He was joking around, naturally, and their joking eventually devolved into her giggling as she kissed his laughing face.

"Hmm?" was his only inquiry to the solution she hinted at but didn't name, his attention distracted by the fact that she was finally sliding off of him. Before the angel quite knew what was happenning, she had him off the bed and onto his feet, skipping along behind her quick frame. "Clever girl," he remarked at her explanation. He had to laugh again at her accent, however, while her arms twined around his neck. She pulled herself up for a kiss, a treat he'd have sought ought for himself had she not beaten him to the quick. A wry smile from the angel matched the mischevious one on Ari, although he did wonder what such a look could mean on a woman like her.

He entered the shower gingerly, wings pulling in close to enter but stretching somewhat once they were inside. Malachi entered the warm stream of water eagerly, drenching his head first and letting the rest of him follow. Those brilliant white wings of his fluttered in the shower, stretching out to wash and then spasming slightly when the water hit them, skittering away as soon as they were clean to flicker and flutter at his back for a short while before settling down again. He had just found a bar of soap and was rinsing his face of suds when her question came.

It indeed was something of a surprise to Chi, who turned to face her, a look of amusement on his dripping face. He had to laugh at her smile, her curiosity that prickled the palms of his hands like a cat's fur and put a taste of marshmellows in his mouth. "No, little bird, it was not." He chuckled again, and continued sudsing as he spoke. "Although, if it pleases you, that was the first time out of...out of wedlock, for lack of a better term."

He lathered on for a moment, until something seemed to come to him rather suddenly. "Wait, you didn't think-- you didn't think I was bad in bed, did you? I mean, I may be out of practice, but...I didn't think it was that bad..." He backed into the water again, now rinsing off quite clean...and quite embarrassed.

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When he first told her that she wasn't the first woman he'd been with, her initial emotion had irrationally been jealousy. However, she quickly quelled that wild emotion and went on to analyze his next words, "...out of wedlock, for lack of a better term."

Ari couldn't help but let out the surprised laugh that bubbled through her chest when he asked her if he'd been bad in bed. She had been watching him wash, thinking about the whole "wedlock" thing, her eyes roving hungrily over his muscled body, lingering perhaps a bit too long on his member, a sly smile on her face. But when he asked her his ludacris question, her eyes flew back to his face and that little laugh escaped her lips. She raised an shapely eyebrow, wondering if the question was serious and when she surmised that it was, she drew the angel into a tight embrace, her arms once more snaking around his neck in that comfortable position she seemed rather fond of and planted a lavish and needful kiss on his lips.

"Oh, bellezza puimata, you silly, silly thing." She kissed him again, her body tight against his own. "In all my long life, you are the most glorious lover I have ever had. None compare to you, my angel, and I have the strong inclination that none ever shall. You bewitch me, and if I could I would make love to you every night." She had once again spoken what was on her heart, the first thing that came to her mind, all of it a complete honesty. Water dripped down from his nose and lips and he looked so cute, so sweet and innocent, she couldn't help but to laugh again. She really was quite bewitched with the angel, and it scared her a bit. Not the kind of fear one felt when facing down a lion, but rather, a fear that was meant for her own well being. If there was something at all that Ari was afraid of, it was being hurt and she felt like she had made herself vulnerable to the angel, which scared her.

She wondered idly what time it was, knowing the sun had already risen. There were, of course, no windows in her apartment, and she hadn't glanced at a clock, her attention having been otherwise occupied for the past couple hours. She knew Chi would have to leave her eventually, and she was dreading that moment, but she pushed it aside, not wanting the angel to feel her insecurities. She once more pressed her lips to Chi's, with every intention of keeping them there for a while.

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Malachi couldn't help a sputter of quiet laughter at her spike of jealousy and it's quick disappearance. She laughed back at him, though, when he questioned why she'd asked. He hadn't really been paying attention to the fact that she'd been staring at him, what with all the soap and water in his eyes, his embarrassment lasting until her felt her arms around him again. The kiss she gave him was wonderful, full of that raw passion of hers that excited him so.

The angel smiled sheepishly as she called him silly, treating him with a series of kisses that made his heart feel light. He listened intently to her words, keeping still as a statue, his eyes alone roving over her face, which was being misted with droplets of water. A small laugh escaped him at her enthusiasm and the statue broke back into the man he was. His hands slipped around her waist as he spoke. "You flatter me, wild-heart. We'll see what the future holds, hm?" He smiled as a hand rose along the curve of her back to slip under her chin, and he planted a kiss on her delightful lips, one which lingered, and then another, and another. His hands were wandering again, moving down from her chin and along her neckline, down over her shoulder and lingering on her side.

After a few moments of this, though, Chi seemed to become aware of the fear that Ari had become entangled in. "Something is bothering you?" He himself had lost track of time, tired past the point where he could keep track of passing days. Their romp in the bed had energized him, but he could feel himself growing lethargic again, and the warmth of the shower was only serving to lull him into sleep.

"I'm done with the shower if you are."

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Ari smiled at Chi, her arms still wrapped around his neck, their bare bodies fast together. She shook her head softly when he asked her if something was bothering her, a distant look in her eyes. "No, I was just thinking that I didn't want you to leave," she answered, honest as ever. She released him from her clutches and opened the glass door, grabbing two towels which hung on a rack on the door. She handed one to the angel, who had turned off the steady stream of water, and wrapped the other around herself.

She stepped out of the shower first, toweling herself off quickly, and waited for Chi to step out as well. Her hair hadn't really gotten wet, just a little damp here and there, and she watched as he dried himself off. When he was done, she led him back to the bedroom, pulling the black suede goose down comforter back and crawled into it's warmth. She tapped the spot beside her on the bed, a smile on her face and he crawled next to her. She snuggled herself into his arms, her head once more resting on his chest. She listening to his soft breathing, his heart thumping along and she sighed, a contented smile on her face.

She began to sing softly against his chest, one of her very favorite songs, Non Me Lo So Spiegare by the Italian artist Tiziano Ferro. The song was beautiful, and coming from her lips it resounded in the room, even as quietly as she was singing it.

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Chi took the lush towel from Ari as he stepped from the shower, drying off as best he could. He was quite adorable after running the towel through his hair, looking like a scruffy puppy with his rich brown hair tousled and damp. The meticulous man took a moment or two to attepmt to towel off his wings, which were very large, but thankfully did not absorb moisture very much at all.

She took his hand when he'd finished, leading him with that beguiling smile back towards her bedroom. Malachi happily crawled into bed beside her, feeling like she'd read his thoughts even when of course she couldn't. He was quite tired by now, and when she nestled herself into his grasp he felt very much at peace, blissfully happy. His eyes fell shut very quickly despite any effort on his part, the warmth of the bed and the softness of the sheets, coupled with the susurrus of breath from the woman who lay with him lulling him into slumber.

Her voice carried into his dreams as sleep carried him away, a smile lighting his angelic face softly even when he'd passed into the realm of the unconscious.

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Ari woke up that evening feeling a little more than pleased, as her head remained on the angel's chest. He was still asleep, and so it was with great delicacy that she pushed back the covers and climbed out of bed. She was still quite naked, and her body was even more pale than usual. She walked into the kitchen and pulled two of the plastic bags of blood from the fridge, tore the tabs on both and dumped them into a coffee mug. She stuck the mug into the microwave and nuked it; cold blood was so unappetizing.

She walked into the bathroom and found her hair to be a disheveled mess upon examination. She set the mug down on the cabinet and slipped her arms through a deep red silk robe. She ran a few nimble fingers through her tangled mass of chocolate brown hair, trying her best to tame it. Her hair often had a mind of its own and there was not much that could be done with it now. She walked back into the bedroom and leaned against the door frame. She watched Chi sleep for a bit, unsure if she should wake him or not. She brought her cup to her lips and took a slow, steady sip, the warm scent wafting up to tickle her senses.

She walked back over to the bed and sat down gingerly, placing the cup on the side table and leaned against the headboard, running a few thin fingers through the sleeping angel's hair. Her pink lips pulled back into a delicate smile as she watched the steady rise and fall of the angel's chest, his deep breathing soothing to her. She leaned down and placed a soft kiss on his forehead, and when she pulled back up, his eyes were open.

"Good morning, bellezza puimata. How did you sleep?" she asked, a smile lighting her pretty features.