A/N: This story is being written by myself and Lord of Ki. We will be alternating chapters. He'll be writing the next chapter.
Let's Try Something New
"Overdoing It"
All but peaceful silence fell upon the lively alleyways of Night Babylon. It was a city that never slept.
The vast dark blue above sparkled in compliment to the garish lights and attractions below.
Vivid splashes of color dappled the night sky and dissipated into crackling sprinkles of light.
A popular celebration was being set forth in Night Babylon that only came once every 150 years.
Many couples that didn't care for being robbed blind just to have one of the greatest nights they'd never forget bustled about through the various clubs and hotels. Warm droplets fell in a light drizzle against the flashing sky and peppered the ground below. Despite the weather, restaurants and casinos were packed but none of them were as crowded as Club Rouge.
And deep inside those walls, Rouge had found herself engaged in her own type of 'festivities' for the night.
A steamy and sultry mist rose from the shower as a soft sound followed suit.
Rouge shut her eyes as the appeasing warmth of the water beaded against her wet skin consumed her.
The whisper of her lover's name fluttered from her moistened lips as the water dotted them and sent them down her body.
Streaks of clear liquid slid down her curves, mingling with the roundness of her supple breasts and teasing the tautness of her abdomen.
And traveling lower still, a light gasp escaped her as those droplets ventured beneath her and were devoured by a hungry tongue.
"Sh-Shadow..." she cooed in a soft voice broken in two halves of hunger and lust.
Instead of giving a verbal reply, the tactful hedgehog lashed out his tongue eagerly where the water met her womanly taste.
A burning yearn and thirst for pleasing her welled inside him and he devoured her sensual extract patiently and sweetly.
Through her lustful chants and delightful squirming, he placed two fingers against her inviting petals and rubbed them as he suckled her.
A hungry cry flew from her as she threw her head back and leaned against the wall of the shower.
Her hands roamed about his head and gripped at his dark quills with each passing torrent of her molten honey.
"Shadow..." Her words dribbled from her pleading lips "...I can't wait any more..."
"I know..." he replied in a deep and dark tone.
Something within it carried a sort of mysteriousness that drove her wild.
The water seemed to become much hotter all of a sudden as she felt his body move.
Gingerly, her eyes opened in anticipation as her hands smoothed over his shoulders and torso as he rose.
Rich carmine glinted deeply in glistening aquamarine.
As her liquidy eyes met his, the steam from their shower encircled their bodies and tepid drops of liquid shimmered in a mist behind them.
Wordlessly, Shadow leaned forward and captured her soft lips. Mischievously, he nibbled at them and led his strong hands up the slick outline of her body.
Passing her voluptuous hips and waist with a trace of his fingers, his desirous hands snaked up her ribs and curled around her breasts.
A sharp gasp was her response but Shadow wasn't satisfied yet.
Grinning darkly to himself as he kissed and teased her, Shadow closed two fingers tautly against her nipples.
A jolting shock of ecstasy sparked through Rouge as she cried out. And without any warning, another delectable tremor shot into her that plastered her body against the wall.
"...Shadow! Oh...!" she breathed as her body matched each rise and fall of her concupiscent cries.
In the midst of her erotic dialect, she managed to open her eyes.
A cocky smile returned her awed gaze and broadened at her expression.
Glancing lower, she realized Shadow had snatched up one of her legs and had it draped over his shoulder.
Through the thick encircling curtain of water, she could hardly make out the blur of engorged flesh that ventured in and out of her.
Everything around her became a glossed haze as his impatient thrusts took her away...
The wall disappeared, as did the rapid pellets of water.
All that were left were her lover and herself.
Every move, every pulse, she could feel. Every depth and every hot kiss, she could taste.
She felt her breath shorten and her throat becoming dry. Her warm walls encompassed her lover, driving him to delve more quickly and hungrily into her.
Shuddering, she could feel her legs simulating the sensation of turning into foam bars as her fiery nectar engulfed him and lured him in deeper.
She heard her name called, shouted, along with a passionate warning.
And at the top of her lungs, his name was released in a powerful force that fiercely rivaled their exchange of tempestuous ambrosia.
Moments passed as they both caught their breath.
And as the reality of their surroundings returned to her senses, her body seemed to react on its own.
Her hands clawed desperately at his dorsal quills as she clung to him. Her strong legs were clamped around his waist and her back was firmly placed against the wall.
A dry grunt was Shadow's response as he continued to plunge into her warmth. His hands strongly cupped her slick bottom while his throbbing flesh slammed against her.
"Yeeeeeeees!" she groaned, clutching him tightly. "Yes Shadow! Make me come! Faster!! Faster!!"
"You asked for it...!" he playfully scolded and gave her exactly what she wanted.
He increased his pace at insane speeds that only he was capable of.
The second he felt her yearning for him heighten and envelope his very being, his ambitions intensified.
His hands left her body and slapped against the wall of the shower on either side of her. The tighter she clutched him, the weaker her dam became, the more he strived to unearth it.
"...Rouge...!" he grunted, strongly curling his fingers against the cool porcelain tiles of the wall.
"I—I'm--!"
"I'm coming, Shadow!" Rouge shouted, grasping his quills strongly.
As their piercing calls bounced sharply off the bathroom walls, the two announced their names in unanimous propensity as well as their love.
Small remnants of their passion remained and their bodies reacted in slow movements against the other.
In heavy and moistened pants, Shadow and Rouge sunk slowly to the floor of the shower; both using the wall as support and both in each other's arms.
Thrilling remnants of their unity tingled sporadically throughout Rouge's body as she deeply breathed.
In completion and solace, she rested her head on her lover's chest.
She found the coolness of the ivory matted fur rather inviting and the steady pattern of his breathing relaxing. Sweetly, she nuzzled his chin with her nose, silently requesting a kiss.
And the hedgehog swiftly bestowed it upon her wet lips.
Her heart rested against his and their overlapping rhythms harmonized as one.
Then the pounding of another beat interloped with theirs but it was very faint.
"...Fireworks..." Shadow muttered lowly. His statement remained disguised as a question.
In her own little world for just a moment longer, Rouge responded to his voice with a lazy murmur.
"Mmm...I'll say..."
Slight curiosity flickered in his eyes as he peered down at her.
The scent of their love and misty steam of the shower intermingled and danced around her body in a sparkling halo.
Beautiful.
He had recalled her telling him some event was today but he had forgotten specifically what it was.
Earlier in the current week, he was assigned to a lengthly solo mission that he had finished that day.
While he was away, Rouge informed him of her activities and reminded him about the upcoming event and not to forget.
He returned to her after sunrise and all he wanted was her.
For hours, they made love all over the house: the floor, the dining room tables, against the wall and of course the bed.
Two hours passed while they rested, only for them to catch fondness in the other's irises and to indulge in the depths of the other yet again.
A few more hours later after resting, Rouge demanded that she take a shower. Alone.
And Shadow agreed to it ... at first.
Needless to say, that agreement didn't last.
Actually, now that he thought about it, they would have been going at it everyday for a whole month now if not for his solo mission.
He wondered if phone sex counted...
His aimless train of thought recovered when another faint boom of the fireworks was heard from outside.
Lightly, he ran his fingers through Rouge's drenched locks and tugged at them.
"...Rouge?"
"Mmmhmmm?" she replied sleepily.
Shadow paused before continuing. Maybe she wouldn't get upset if he forgot what today was.
"What event was it today you wanted me to remember...?"
She flinched.
Her left ear twitched twice and she slowly revealed her annoyed features.
"What...did you just ask me...?" she dared, her words laced with warning.
But being the guy he was, Shadow simply repeated himself without hesitation.
"I asked, what event was it today that you wanted me to remember?"
Her eyes narrowed. Stray particles of the shower swayed around those aquamarine jewels, intensifying their liquidy glare.
To this, Shadow casually blinked.
"You mean... the event you said you wouldn't forget, Shadow?"
He shrugged. "Oops..."
"Shadow!!"Rouge shouted, slapping him in the shoulder. "I told you not to forget!!"
"I thought I already made it upto you..."
"No, you didn't!"
"...Or do you not remember screaming my name a few minutes ago...?"
A streak of crimson bloomed on her cheeks. Embarrassed, she pushed herself up from him.
Shadow watched her wobble to the furthest wall of the shower and snatch up a bottle of body wash.
Clumsily, she flipped it open and squeezed the fruity substance into her hand.
"...You owe me..." she uttered lowly, but loud enough to be heard over the rapid spray of the water.
"Fine." Shadow agreed, standing. "Just give me another few hours..."
"No, Shadow! I'm not talking about sex!" she shouted, tossing the body wash at him.
He nonchalantly caught it with one hand and squeezed it. "Then what are you talking about?"
"Tonight was the night of the meteor shower that only occurs every 150 years..."
He humphed and grabbed a washcloth. "And?"
"And, it's a rare occasion that I wanted to spend with you tonight..."
"...And you did..."
"That's not what I mean..."
"...You certainly didn't complain."
"Well, now I am!"
"...Really...I couldn't tell..." he retorted sarcastically. "I spent the whole day with you, Rouge. What more do you want??"
She sighed.
"See, this is what I wanted to talk to you about, Shadow..." she turned to him with guilty eyes.
Shadow caught her emotion, but didn't say a word about it. "What..."
"It's great that you want to spend so much time with me now but...since we've been together we've never gone on a date..."
He snorted. "Sure we have."
"No, we haven't! All we've done is have sex all the time, Shadow!"
He blushed. "And you're complaining about that? What about the time we had that picnic in the mountains?"
She shook her head while she continued to bathe. "We couldn't enjoy the scenery because the picnic became me instead!!"
"...Oh right. ... Hey, before I left earlier this week, we went on a date!"
"No...we didn't." she retaliated in a false sing-song tone "You said you wanted to eat out. And instead of actually going OUT to a RESTURANT like I wanted, GUESS what happened! I'm SURE you remember that! I couldn't walk straight for hours you made me come so much!!"
Shadow chuckled to himself and licked his lips. Of course he remembered those times. He just wanted to hear it from her side.
Yet, he pretended to be offended and played it off well."...So...Should we stop then?"
"Stop what?!"
"Having sex."
At this, her eyes widened immensely. Then they quickly lowered smugly. He was trying to play her.
Finishing up with her shower, she walked right past him and smiled to herself when she felt him grab her arm.
Slowly, she turned to face him with the most pitiful face Shadow had ever seen. "Yes."
The answer hit Shadow like a kick in the jaw. He couldn't tell if she was serious or not. The second he looked away in uncertainty, the lyrical pitches of her laughter reassured him.
"No, I don't want to stop having sex with you for the rest of our relationship, Shadow...! Are you crazy?! But I WOULD appreciate it if we could keep our hands off each other long enough to enjoy a nice dinner together."
He blinked. "What are you saying?"
She sighed at his redundancy.
"I'm saying, let's try something new for a change. Allright?" she added with a smile.
Shadow said nothing at first but just stared at her in disbelief and bewilderment.
With a cute frown, she placed her hands on her full hips. "Well? Is that a yes or a no?"
His mind raced while he took everything in. Maybe they had been going at it a bit too much lately. If toning down their spontaneous dalliance was what she really wanted, he'd give it to her.
Although, he had questions towards just how long their will-power could hold out.
But, in agreement, he nodded to her. "Fine. Where do you want to go?"
"Mm how about that fancy place Shimmering Rings?"
Shadow raised an eyebrow. He had heard some interesting things about that place. He overheard some say there was table dancing and live entertainment while others had said that there was always a unique surprise every visit that was never the same.
He didn't know what to believe, but if this was what Rouge wanted, then why not give it a try?
A half-frown inched across his lips. He completely gave in. "Hurry up and get dressed. ...I guess we'll be having our first date tonight..."