Kevin & Lilian

Lilian thought for a moment before shaking her head. “No. I like spending time with you more than anyone else. Still, I had a really good time.”

“Yeah… me too.”

Wearing a sunny grin, Lilian held her hands behind her back and rocked on her heels. “So, what did you want to talk to me about?”

“How did you know I wanted to talk to you?”

“Ufufufu,” Lilian giggled. “You forget who you’re talking to. Of course I would know when my mate wants to talk to me.”

Kevin felt a wan smile appear on his face. “Yeah… I guess you would know what I was thinking.”  

He paused. He hesitated. Kevin knew what he wanted to talk about, but he had trouble getting the words out. How should he say this? How should he do this? His throat had closed, his hands felt sweaty, and his heart felt like someone was driving a stake through it.

Lilian must have noticed this, but she merely waited patiently for him to continue. It was one of her virtues.

“I… I’m sorry.” Lilian blinked. Kevin clenched his hands into fists. “I am so sorry. I…”

“Sorry?” Lilian didn’t seem to understand. “What are you sorry for?”

“I… the night before my mission, I slept with Iris.”

Lilian blinked again. “I already know that.”

“That’s why I… wait. What?”

“I already know that you and Iris had sex the other night,” Lilian repeated.

“I… but then… how?”

“You two weren’t very subtle, you know,” Lilian said, her tone just a tad amused.

“I… I don’t understand.” Kevin looked at the ground. “Aren’t you… angry at me?”

The look of genuine confusion that crossed her face threw Kevin completely off guard. “Should I be angry?”

“Well, I… I mean… I slept with your sister.”

“You’ve had sex with Iris plenty of times.”

“T-that was only because she joined the two us in bed! This was completely different!”

“How?”

“H-how? What do you mean how?! I-it just is!”

He gawked at Lilian, who didn’t seem to understand why what he did was wrong. She continued to look at him with that befuddled expression of hers.

“Why… why aren’t you angry at me?”

Lilian hesitated. “Do you want me to be angry at you?”

“It would probably make things easier for me,” Kevin admitted.

Giggling, Lilian wrapped her arms around his waist and pressed her cheek to his chest. He stiffened in her grip, but then his body unconsciously relaxed as her warmth permeated him.

“Kevin, did you think I would have asked you to let Iris join us if I had not considered the possibility that this would happen? Iris might think she’s tough and doesn’t need anyone but me, but the truth is that she’s a very needy person. She needs the acceptance that people like you and me can give her. I asked you to let her join us knowing this would happen.”

He couldn’t hide his shock. “You expected it?”

“Of course.” Lilian took a deep breath. Her body relaxed into his. “When we were living in the Pnevma estate back in Greece, Iris was treated like a paraiya even worse than me. No one would talk to her, no one would go near her. I was the only person she had. That’s why we’ve always been closer than sisters should be.”

Kevin didn’t say anything. He instead listened as Lilian spoke.

“As much as I try to be there for Iris, as much as I love her, I can’t always be what she wants me to be. I love her, but you are my mate, and nothing she can do or say will change that you are more important to me than she is.”

“That’s… kind of a harsh thing to say.”

“And it’s no less true.” Lilian sighed against him. “I love my sister dearly, but when it comes down to it, I love you more. However, I still want Iris to be happy.”

Kevin tried to wrap his mind around her words. “So you thought that if she joined us, you--no, we could make her happy?”

“I thought that if she became a part of our relationship, the two of us could make her happy together. She would be able to remain with me, but when I couldn’t give her the affection that she needs, I was hoping that you could do it in my stead.”

“I-I see.” Kevin paused. “Aren’t you worried about what might happen between Iris and me?”

“Are you saying that you’ll stop loving me?”

“Of course not!” Kevin shook his head as if the very notion was preposterous. “I’ll always love you! Now and forever. Nothing is ever going to change that!”

“Then I don’t have any reason to worry,” Lilian said succinctly.

Gazing at the girl with his uncomprehending eyes, Kevin eventually gave her a tired smile. “You really are too good for me--for me and Iris.”

Lilian leaned up and kissed him on the lips. “I should be the one saying that,” she mumbled against his lips. “You’re always putting up with my selfish requests, even though it goes against your nature.”

“That’s because I love you so much,” Kevin said as Lilian pulled away for a breath.

“I love you, too.” Lilian’s breathing was heavy as she spoke, and her skin was flush. After taking another breath, she leaned up and kissed him again.

Kevin wrapped his arms around her body, relishing in the feel of her full chest pressing against him. His back hit the wall. Lilian released lyrical music as he pushed his tongue into her mouth, swirling it around and hooking her tongue with it. She slipped her hands underneath his shirt. However, after a moment of roaming over his chest and abdominals, she decided that the shirt was in her way and, with a reinforced tug, ripped it off.

As a human, Kevin did not have the strength to tear off Lilian’s shirt. He lifted her shirt up until it was over her breasts. Lilian then lifted her arms and allowed him to slide it off and throw it to the ground. Then she was kissing him again.

Now skin to skin, Kevin groaned as an electric discharge passed through him. Lilian’s hands scratched at his back. Her nails left pleasant shivers in their wake.

After nipping his lip with her sharper than normal teeth, Lilian licked her way along the underside of his chin. Kevin closed his eyes as the cool air hit the trail of saliva that she left. When she got to his neck, she immediately zeroed in on the places where she knew that he was weak.

“L-Lilian…”

The hunger in his voice was undeniable. Lilian must have heard it, because she ground her pelvis against his knee. He could feel the dampness sinking into his pants.

“Bed,” Lilian murmured in his ear.

Kevin got the message and, grabbing plentiful amounts of her ass, he lifted her up. Lilian hooked her legs around his waist. He walked over to the bed and slowly lowered her down. Hovering over her, his hands on either side of her head, Kevin looked at the kitsune whom he’d become the mate of. Lilian’s skin was flushed red. Her chest, in particular, had become a lovely shade of magenta as all the blood rushed to her chest.

“Beloved,” she murmured.

Kevin smiled. “I don’t know what I did to deserve someone like you, but thank you for coming into my life.”

Lilian shook her head. “I’m the one who wants to thank you. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me. You’re the Rito Yuuki to my Lala Deviluke.”

“I hope that doesn’t mean you plan on creating the harem plan.”

“I’m not Momo,” Lilian said as she pulled him down into another kiss. “If anyone is going to try that, it’s going to be Iris.”

“You seem awfully calm about all this.”

“I don’t care who joins us in bed, just so long as you remain mine.”

“I’ll always be yours,” Kevin promised.

“Actions speak louder than words, Beloved. Show me how much you love me.”

Knowing what she wanted, Kevin kissed and licked his way down her body, paying attention to her chest and stomach. He swirled his tongue around her nipples and tugged on them with this teeth. He kissed he taut stomach and paid special attention to her sensitive belly button. When he got to her shorts, he grabbed her zipper between his teeth and slid it down. Then he unbuttoned it with his tongue and pulled her shorts off. Lilian helped by raising her hips.

Discarding her shorts, Kevin came back up, position himself between her legs. As he stared into her eyes, which shone with the flawless beauty that no emerald would ever possess, Kevin remembered why he’d fallen for this girl.

That night, he and Lilian became one.

~Excerpt from American Kitsune 12: A Fox's War