"Wait!" A very familiar, very frantic voice called out. I didn't want to talk to him. I didn't want to see him. The delicate balance between my heart and my life had been tipped, twisted and warped because of him. "Hey." He reached out and grabbed my wrist, forcing me to spin into his arms. I slapped my hands against his chest and pushed myself out of his arms. He stumbled backwards, his fingers still locked around my wrist. "I love you." Those were the last three words I wanted to hear, especially out of his mouth. At the same time, those words awakened a longing inside me. I craved his touch, his kiss, his love. Those three simple words began my battle of desire and anger, fire and tears.

I bit my lip, my whole body quivering just trying to stand. Tears fell from my eyes, rolling across my cheeks and getting stuck in my eyelashes. I was fighting the numbness that threatened to overcome me. That's when I lost it. My resistance to my desire. I caved. All I wanted was him, he was my escape. Falling forward I pulled on my wrist, dragging him to my falling body. His arms wrapped around me, warmth seeped into me, filling me. Slowly I closed my eyes. Blackness filled my head and I fell, letting the numbness seize me.

I opened my eyes to find myself in my bed. I stared at the ceiling as my senses returned. My mind was in a haze. I slid out of bed and shuffled to the door. As soon as I opened it I was hit with a whirlwind of scents. The smell of maple bacon, eggs and pancakes floated through the air. Banging sounds emanated from the kitchen. I shuffled in to see seeshomaru setting a pan of bacon on the table. He stood up and smiled to himself and turned around.

"How are you feeling?" concern lit his eyes as he gazed at me. Tired circles had already formed beneath. I bit my lip to hold back the rush of emotions his voice brought. He lunged forward, his hands place sternly on my hips, as to prevent me from falling over. When he was sure I wasn't going to fall, he released one hip and brought his hand up to my neck, brushing back a lock of brown hair. I closed my eyes and brought my hands to his chest. "I need…" I mumbled, dropping my head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry." I choked out through my tears.

"What is it, what do you need." I stepped back and slid my hands up his chest to his hair, standing on my tippy toes I pulled his face close to mine. "You." My lips locked with his, tears rolled down my face as fire burned in my skin. I pulled myself closer to him, pulling at his clothes and mine. Within minutes I had us both down to our underwear. We broke our kiss for breath. I let my hands slid from his hair to his groin as he pushed me back into the living room and through the door to the bedroom. He pushed me onto the bed as I let his boxers loose. They fell unrestrained to the floor. I grabbed his hair and pulled him onto the bed. Rolling us over I mounted him. My lips found their way to his as I rode. Moans and names blurred into the slap and creaking of our sex. Old wood and bacon and cherries filled my nostrils as rode to my climax. We screamed out in ecstasy as we hit our peak. I pulled off him and rested myself in his arms. "What happened." He asked, I couldn't answer.