Flower [Sho and Chelemar]
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				Title: <strong>Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>24-10-2009, 19:23:45</strong>
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				This was ridiculous. The hems of his robe were frayed and he couldn't wear them. At the last minute he was being tugged out of six different layers of robes, utterly bare to everyone's eyes, flushing as he clutched his nearly sheer white robe around him. Finally they put the thicker white silk robe on and began layering the colored layers over that, ending with a beautiful crimson kimono with fall leaves all over the hem, rising in a golden wave. He had a thick obi of burnt orange with a black and gold thread holding it shut, tugged in tight to cinch the robes all in the right shape. As was proper, the back of his robes draped beautifully to show the base of his neck where the white disappeared under his robes. <br><br>Lips lacquered a careful red and eyes lined with black kohl and then red in the outer edges, his face was innocent and sweet. It fit with the character he was going to be playing that night. His long, dark hair was tugged up into the painful but intricate style of a geisha, with the chiming falls stuck into his hair and hairpins with fresh cherry blossoms pinned in a puff to his hair. <br><br>Eyes trailing down to the ground so that he wouldn't fall off of his tall, tall shoes, he walked slowly onto the black stage. His head was bowed and he smoothed his robes, lowering himself to his knees gracefully, from where he would start his dance. <br><br>The man playing his lover was much older than him. Saori was only eighteen years old, afterall, and just debuting. This was his first performance before an audience. <br><br>His 'lover' came onto the stage as the lights flared the way that limestone lights do, so bright that Saori couldn't even see the audience. He heard a few gasps - and being uncertain what that meant decided to ignore them - though they were from teachers who had never seen him dressed up to his full glory. <br><br>As the play started he rose, waivering, playing the part of a shy young lover. Knees bent, sleeves waving and flipping in the intricate steps of the dance, he allowed his 'lover' to pursue him, shyly hiding his face behind his sleeves, dark eyes coyly darting out over the pale pink before he covered his face again in mock shyness, his own voice rising in the sweet undulations of traditional song. <br><br>As the plot progressed through dance he gave in, submitting, allowing the much larger man towering over him to 'take' him, tugging at his outer kimono and smothering him with a much larger body. <br><br>As was traditional in Kabuki theatre, things had to go badly. His 'lover' left him for a simpering young actor with a nose too large for his narrow face and his teeth bulging. His features weren't as symmetrical as Saori's and he didn't have the exotically sloping cheekbones or the sweet, full lips, the wide and elongated almond shaped eyes that were dark as ink. <br><br>Watching his lover go, he reached out, hands trembling, begging through song for his lover not to leave. As he watched the two saunter off stage together he collapsed, a dramatic rush of robes flaring out, eyes shut in silent agony with his lips parting. As the plot called for he fumbled in his robes, drawing forth a gleaming knife, the song reaching a fever pitch just before he drove it into the folds of his robes. Collapsing forwards, hands on the stage, the song came to an abrupt stop, audience utterly captivated, a few tears running silently down usually cold cheeks. His chest heaved once, and then he whispered the sweet parting words of "Farewell my love, and let me be buried upon the road he walks," before his eyes shut and he fell to the side, body spread out, robes exactly arranged so as to show his true delicacy and his beautiful features frozen in death. <br><br>The lights blinked and died and then the applause was thunderous. Saori had scuttled off of the stage, and as the actors filed out for their respective standing ovations, the applause was polite. The applause become more emphatic when the highly trained actor that had played Saori's lover came out, grinning, pleased at having played his role well, then Saori shyly tripped out onto the stage, head down, too shy to really look up at the audience, smiling very faintly as he stood, bowing politely over and over again to accept the thunderous applause as well as the roses being thrown to his feet (a recent Western importation), hands carefully crossed in front of his delicate midsection, standing before the other actors but wishing that he could sink back into their folds. It was thriling, though, to know so many people had enjoyed his performance.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>25-10-2009, 04:21:48</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size">(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/chachi9/img-thing-1.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br>David Winston Tarrington bowed to the man seating him as was the norm in this strange new world he had entered. He liked to think himself a literate, well-traveled young man, and for 1880, he was. Only twenty-four, he carried a huge burden upon his young shoulders, come back with to the company with Yukiko shipping's contract for steal. His father had faith in him, and David would not let his father down for anything.</span><span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size"> <br>The <strong>jomu-kai, </strong>or committee of directors for the business he was in negotiations with had sent one of their managers around with tickets to a new performance of Kabuki. Feeling it might be a test to see what he would do, David decided to attend.<br><br>The American had heard of Kabuki of course, how could he not, but having only been in Japan a short two weeks, he knew very little, but had seen printed blocks in homes of businessmen.<br><br>There was a restlessness in the audience that captured David and settled upon him. Normally calm, the tittering in the crowd and waving of fans made and answering unease in his own countenance. He had no way to know that he was witness to the first Kabuki performance since it had been outlawed in 1867. He smoothed the front of his black tux and resisted the urge to pull at the constraining stiffness of the collar at his throat.<br><br>Finally, the production began and David was enthralled. The colors and sounds were amazing and moving, and then... she appeared and he was lost. He had never seen such perfection before, never thought it existed. Her delicate beauty filled him with a need to protect her and want to have her at the same time. Half rising in his seat to go to her, he had to force himself to sit as a slight flush stained his cheeks. Surely this creature had to have been created just for him?<br><br>Davis spent the rest of the performance in a daze, never taking his eyes off of her. When she wept for her lover, his eyes filled with tears. When the performance was over, it was as if part of himself left the stage with her. He leaped to his feet and shouted "Brava, Bravisima!" when she took her place to receive acclaim.<br><br>Motioning to the youth who had sat him, David slipped him a coin and asked for the beautiful stars name.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Saori." the boy responded.<br><br>"Saori." David breathed, "blossom... I will fill your room with them."<br><br>David hurried out of the theatre and made his way to the florist he used for business purposes that stood on the corner by his hotel. Banging on the door, he woke the poor old man who owned the place, not caring that it was late and the man asleep. In his passion, it was Saori who mattered. <br><br>"Please, what is in bloom now?" David asked the confused man who pointed to his closed sign. "Yes, I'm sorry, I know you are closed, but I have met her you see. The love of my life." A wide, and quite silly looking grin spread across David's face as he spoke. The florist, who had once had that same feeling, smiled and let David enter.<br><br>"For love, is the red rose." the old man explained, touching the side of his nose, "in love is the red Camila." <br><br>"I will have all you have of both." David grinned his thanks. He paid the man for the flowers and added a hefty tip. "Here is the address and on the card please write. "You have captured my heart, your beauty outshines even the loveliest of flowers as there can be no blossom that compairs to you. Your loyal and devoted Servant" --D.W.T. </span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>25-10-2009, 06:43:24</strong>
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				The night had been a fitful one, full of liquor that he'd never drunk before and congratulations from men he'd never met. A few tried to touch him a bit innapropriately but he managed to duck out the back door before things got too intense for him. He hurried home, hoping that no one would mind him leaving his own party. Everyone knew that he was shy; notoriously so. He'd never really been one for large crowds and he felt much better with his glossy lacquered geta clattering over the cobblestones outside the theatre. He hailed a hansom for himself, slipping into the carriage with only the slightest bit of difficulty. There were no stairs into the carriage and getting his knees bent far enough to hop in was a tiny bit difficult. He really needed someone to help him but by lifting his robes enough to show his calves - entirely unfeminine as his clothing would have suggested - he got in.<br><br>He was taken back to the small room he inhabited that belonged to the theatre school. He had been given a single room instead of the dormitory, and it was on the very end, with a wide paper-screen door that let moonlight filter in. He let his shoes click over the mossy stones as he stepped onto the broad porch.<br><br>By Western standards it was a porch, about two people wide, just enough to walk on side by side. <br><br>It wrapped around the school and allowed everyone access to most rooms. Using it, he got into his room.<br><br>Slipping in and shutting the paper-screened door tightly he sighed and slipped out of his shoes. <br><br>Stepping into the main room he pulled out a long match, knowing exactly where it was in the traditional lacquered chest of drawers, using it to light one guttering lantern that was almost out of fat. <br><br>Taking his robes off, he carefully folded them layer over layer, slipping them into the special drawers for them. <br><br>The audience had loved him. The audience had loved him! He was actually going to make it as a kabuki actor! He could barely breathe he was so excited. He had only just left behind his true name - Takahiro - for his <em>new</em> true name, Saori. As he would only be playing females he understood that taking a new, much more feminine name was useful.<br><br>Even as he slipped into his futon with his bare skin under the silk comforter, he was shaking with joy and nerves. It was so much to absorb at eighteen years old. <br><br>Morning came bright and sweet and he was allowed to sleep in even while the younger actors (and the older, more bitter ones as well) clamoured and complained about their roles.<br><br>When he woke, it was to the scent of breakfast and fresh flowers. A small tray with rice, miso soup and fish had been set inside his door along with an absolutely breathtaking (and massive) arrangement of flowers. Yawning, long hair mussed and mostly collapsed from the intricate style from the night before, he moved towards the flowers. He picked up the card, and then his fingers began to tremble. Who was this person? A man? A woman? The note was sweet and plucked at his heartstrings - he had never been wooed before. His teachers would be utterly infuriated, as well as the head of the school, that he had someone pursuing him romantically already. He tucked the note inside the sleeve of one of his kimonos and then sat up. <br><br>It was time to get ready for tonight's performance.<br><br>The hours spent getting his hair styled up, face painted, body wrapped in navy blue and gold and burnt orange silk robes, hopping into a hansom with the help of various school servants. He was hustled off to the school, watching as the wind whipped through the streets. It was getting cold, and would snow very soon. He hurried into the theatre. His heartrate picked up as he looked at the empty theatre. Would his admirer come tonight?<br><br>He decided to step outside the theatre for just a minute. He'd flee inside if he saw anyone coming; he wasn't supposed to be out. Just taking a minute to calm his nerves was just what he needed, though.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>25-10-2009, 09:07:19</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size">David walked his rooms at the hotel like a man waiting execution, one hand holding a watered down whiskey that he would occasionally attempt to sip and the other a cigarette that he would put to his lips and take deep drags from until his lungs burned from the effort. <br>His finger ruffled hair stood on end and his clothes were askew but he noticed not, his attention and eyes were on the clock. Four more hours until he could see her again hear the beauty of his voice.<br>He had gone around to the theatre to make sure that she had received his flowers and knew that she had. That she had accepted them and not sent them back flooded him with hope that she would at least receive him... maybe even tonight.<br>It had taken expert wrangling to get tickets for the show, but David had managed it. He had gotten tickets to every performance that his beautiful blossom performed in the entire week. <br>He wondered if she had gotten the package of Kompeito candies yet, or the necklace--a white Jade heart encased in gold filigree with the Chinese character for Love placed delicately in the center.<br>Looking at his watch again, he realized he had paced away two more hours. Only two hours until he could leave for the theatre. "Abrams," David shouted, calling for his valet, "draw my bath and lay out my clothes." Used to being obeyed, David strode to his bedroom and quickly undressed, discarding his clothing on the mahogany highboy. <br>David was slow about his bath, scrubbing his hair and body with a boarhair brush, he had always been clean about his person. Today, when he might meet his blossom, he paid close attention to his hygiene and cleanliness. Grabbing the straight razor and mirror, he shaved himself, something he often did to the chagrin of his valet. He rinsed his face and stepped from the heat of the water to stand in the cooling evening air. Toweling himself dry, his mind drifted to her face again and he found himself getting hard. Refusing himself the thought of please he quickly ran cold water in the tap and turned his mind from her. He would be a gentleman and not act the beast just at the thought of her.<br>Scrubbing himself dry with the rough towel, he stood at the open window and calmed his ardor before returning to his bedroom to dress. Applying a touch of his favorite scent upon his cheeks, he brushed his teeth and was ready.<br>Refusing dinner, he was about to resume his pacing when it occurred to him that if he left early he might come upon her entering the stage.<br>He dashed from the rooms shouting for his valet to not wait up for him, stopping only to grab the two dozen long stemmed red rose buds he had ordered delivered to his rooms earlier.&nbsp; These he wanted to give her himself.&nbsp; Impatient for the doorman to do his job, David hailed his own cab. Had his will been allowed to drive the carriage, they would have arrived before they had even set out, so anxious was he to see her again. <br>Finally at the theatre, he jumped from the carriage and paid the driver, only to turn and see that most of the cast had arrived. His head down, a dejected David decided to walk a bit before the show. Coming around the side of the building a slight noise caught his attention. He lifted his eyes and there she was, standing before him in all her innocence and beauty. <br>For a moment he could not speak; he could only look at this vision, this perfection that was his Saori, his blossom, his flower. His eyes glowed as he took her in. <br>Then, as he did when he learned her name the first time, he breathed out, "Saori." The way he said it was as a caress of a lover, or a prayer to a goddess. </span><br>&nbsp;<br>He stood breathing in the sight of her as though she were the bouquet of roses he still held for her cradled in his arms.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>25-10-2009, 21:38:58</strong>
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				Saori had been fiddling with the edge of a long sleeve, adjusting it on his slim arms, smoothing down the lovely fabric. It was heavy and the obi was so securely tied that he could barely breathe, posture perfect. With his head bent forwards the naked back of his neck was fully visible, the tip of his spine visible, skin perfectly white from the stage paint that was carefully smoothed onto his skin. He kept shifting in his tall shoes - his feet hurt from standing in them - and even then he was still small. <br><br>A delicate hand raised to touch his hair, carefully, making sure that it was still styled up and utterly frozen in place. Soothed, he reached into one long sleeve, drawing forth a box he'd found in his dressing room. It was black and quite pretty, and he opened it slowly only to feel another smile touch his lips.<br><br>It was a beautiful piece of white jade, rare enough as it was, with the character for love written on it. <br><br>Letting his fingers stroke the stone, he wound the gold chain about his fingers. He couldn't put it on now, it would show, but he wrapped it in his fingers and determined that he'd keep it tucked inside of his sleeves. <br><br>His skin had lightly been scented with a touch of oil at the base of his throat and on his slim wrists. <br><br>"Saori." <br><br>Saori's whole body jumped, the box clattering to the ground, just barely managing to keep the chain wrapped around his fingers. He bent quickly, at the knee, picking up the box. His dark eyes raised to shyly look at&nbsp; David and then he took two tentative steps towards the door, half hiding behind it, peering up at the other man. <br><br>He didn't speak, just held the box on one small hand, the other one with the necklace tucked inside of his sleeve. His eyes didn't quite meet David's, and even under the white facepaint his cheeks were pink. He was quite shy, and hovered at the door, peering at the roses in David's hands. <br><br>He was a foreigner. New to Saori's eyes, he was quite captivated, looking at the light hair, light eyes. He looked up at him uncertainly, blinking his eyes slowly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>25-10-2009, 21:57:03</strong>
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				'Fool!&nbsp; Idiot!'&nbsp; David cursed himself, 'You have frightened her.'&nbsp; Reaching a head tentatively towards her, David whispered, "Please, don't go.&nbsp; Just a moment of your time."<br>&nbsp;<br>Then, wanting to do anything to draw her back out from behind the cursed doors, he looked frantically around, almost stunned to find the flowers cradled in his right arm, he lifted them and held them towards her.&nbsp; "These are for you.&nbsp; They are insignificant nothings compared to the beauty that shines from your fairness.&nbsp; The dew upon them is their tears for they know they can never achieve the loveliness of you not as buds nor in full bloom."&nbsp; His earnestness evident in the strain of his words.&nbsp; His green eyes, the color of jade, heated with the fire of his desire for her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>26-10-2009, 00:02:15</strong>
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				Saori hesitated at the door, a tiny smile touching his lips as he saw the other man look around for a way to draw him out, realizing the flowers. He didn't understand all of the English flowing from David's mouth but did understand most, and took a few hesitant steps forwards, bowing politely, low, from the waist. "Thank you," he murmured, voice soft and sweet as he lifted his head and took the flowers, "They are beautiful." <br><br>He held them carefully, making sure that the thorns wouldn't prick the fine silk of his costume, lacquered lips curved into a shy but welcoming smile. <br><br>"This is very kind of you." <br><br>Shy, still, he raised his sleeve to hide most of his face, clearly embarrassed. He didn't really know how to react to a fan coming up to him. This was sudden, and until the night before he'd been a nameless actor in a prestigious school. <br><br>Did this foreigner even know that he was male?<br><br>He supposed that he could understand the confusion. He was intrigued, though, and didn't want to spoil his attraction by revealing his secret. <br><br>A cold wind blasted through the streets. It would snow, soon, and Saori couldn't help but shiver. The robes were thick but with the draped neck, he could feel the wind creeping down his spine. In Japan, it was said that a woman's neck was as erotic as legs in Western culture, and as such the collar of the kimono came to a sharp V at the hollow of his throat and then dipped far back, below the top nob of his spine, where his white paint had been painted to leave three tapered V's to accentuate the long line of his neck.<br><br>"Thank you," he repeated again, wondering if this man was the one who had sent the necklace. It was still wound around his fingers and he wanted to ask but he didn't want to be rude, in case it wasn't him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>26-10-2009, 00:55:48</strong>
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				"Saori-San?" David asked, adding the Traditional Japanese title of respect, "The necklace, the white Jade, Did you receive it?"&nbsp; Stopping, he put his hand to his chest, "I hope I wasn't being too forward.&nbsp; I just knew as soon as I saw it, that it had to belong to you."<br>&nbsp;<br>Moving a step closer, he asked with a soft voice, "Is it ok if I buy you gifts, tokens of my feelings for you."<br>&nbsp;<br>David did not feel the wind blow cold around them.&nbsp; For him, it was spring.&nbsp; He didn't see the dirt, or squalor of the city that was around them.&nbsp; He only saw her.<br>&nbsp;<br>Seeing her shiver, he moved closer and removed his top coat drapping it gently over her shoulders--being especially careful not to touch her hair.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"You are cold.&nbsp; Please go out of the cold."&nbsp; He motioned toward the door.&nbsp; "But wait!"&nbsp; David's voice held a touch of panic,&nbsp; May I call to see you?" <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>26-10-2009, 02:14:14</strong>
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				Saori raised his eyes, holding out a small hand, showing the pretty jade necklace lying in his palm, the golden chain wrapped around his fingers. "It's very beautiful. I am truly grateful." Another deep bow to show how much he appreciated the gift, and then he smiled shyly, almost jumping back a step when he saw David come closer. He was young, skittish, and shy. <br><br>"I like gifts..." his English was decent. He understood it fluently but speaking, he was much more shy. He realized that what he said might have seemed rude, though, and seemed to get anxious.<br><br>His hands fluttered momentarily and then he folded them within his sleeves.<br><br>"I appreciate your gifts. If you would like to give them, I would be honored to accept them. You are truly kind." <br><br>He looked up when David draped the topcoat over his shoulders. It was warm and of fine quality fabric, and he wrapped it around himself, slim fingers drawing the coat a bit closer around his body. He appreciated that it wasn't just tossed onto him and that David was careful not to knock his hair. <br><br>"Thank you, and..." he hesitated at the door, "You may call to see me, but..." he flushed, shyly, looking down and hiding his lips behind a long sleeve for a moment before lowering it once more. "I live at the school and it would be unseemly for a man to come calling there...so..." he was flustered, looking for words.<br><br>"Perhaps you should come call on me at the theatre," he finally murmured. Or they could go out. But to have his teachers see him...it would be highly innapropriate. He held the coat closer around him and then looked over his shoulder, offering another small smile from his full red lips, turning and heading inside. He immediately realized that he still had David's coat but he had to rush to go onstage. He'd have to give it back to him when he next saw him.<br><br>It was time to go on, though, and he moved onstage to begin his performance.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>26-10-2009, 02:54:36</strong>
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				David smiled when Saori smiled and showed him the necklace he had bought her.&nbsp; 'She carried it on her!&nbsp; Wrapped around her hand!'&nbsp; His heart pounded with excitement.&nbsp; 'She must really love it.'&nbsp; His mind was a jumble of thoughts all related to her.&nbsp; Her shyness charmed him even further.<br>&nbsp;<br>She was so delicate, like rice paper.&nbsp; He must remember to be gentle and soft.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"I am not so much kind,"&nbsp; David disagreed, "You, however, are deserving."&nbsp; David motioned to her throat, "your voice."&nbsp; You must be an angel."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;When she said he could call and see her David thought he was flying.&nbsp; He almost missed that he was to call at the theatre.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"I will be here, right here, after the show waiting with a carriage, Saori.&nbsp; Until tonight."&nbsp; David didn't even realize she still had his coat.&nbsp; Flushed with his success in obtaining an audience with her and maybe even she would consider going to a dine with him, he floated into the theatre to watch her perform for the second time.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>26-10-2009, 05:58:42</strong>
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				Saori smiled faintly even as he made his way onto the stage. This play was a tragedy as well but the happy parts were carried out with an elated, unbridled joy that had even the most experienced actors gasping in the wings. Jealousy abounded - he knew his rivals were in the wings, watching him, wishing that he would fail. He knew, particularly, that Yamahito was standing back there, watching. The other actor was twenty two and had been the main competitor. His debut had been good - but not great, and as such he rarely got to play the lead roles. He and Nobu, another young man, were terribly jealous of Saori's having gotten his own room and being the pet actor of the head of the school, of Saori's face being painted across papers all across the town. <br><br>His steps were flawless, voice high and sweet and birdlike, doting upon his lover onstage and then shyly rushing off. Sadly, it was a war story, and Saori had to sacrifice herself in a fight in order to save her lover's fight. As he killed the main villain, Saori collapsed, a sword in her side. The audience sighed and women cried silently in their seats, handkerchiefs to their eyes as Saori's 'lover' picked her up and begged the heavens to bring her back only to have silence as a response.<br><br>The curtain went down; the cast rushed back on. <br><br>Yamahito and Nobu stood behind Saori in their sideline clothing, everyone bowing politely. Saori flushed when he saw the roses puddling at his feet, being thrown by the audience, unable to stop himself from hiding his face behind his hands shyly.<br><br>This brought titters and quite a bit of adoration from the audience.<br><br>Finally the curtain came back down, and Saori thanked the actors politely, carefully. He fled as quickly as he could, though, to the back of the theatre. He tugged a cloak over him, a beautiful red cape trimmed with white fox fur to frame his face, a gift of the head of the theatre school, David's coat carefully folded over his arm.<br><br>He slipped out the door before anyone could see, then, to see if David had made good on his word and brought the carriage.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>26-10-2009, 14:08:31</strong>
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				David sat transfixed through her whole performance.&nbsp; When she died onstage, he swore a little part of himself died as well.&nbsp; He had had flowers sent to her again.&nbsp; The whole shops supply of red roses.&nbsp; They couldn't touch her for beauty.<br>&nbsp;<br>He had also sent a Japanese Geisha Kushi Kanzashi Kogai Hairpin Set made of Ivory and whale bone to adorn her hair.&nbsp; The hairpin set was a cream color with Japanese scenery etched into the ivory and bone with gold.&nbsp; The pins were made of Jade.&nbsp; The set was lovely and delicate like she is.&nbsp; He sent that and a note saying:&nbsp; "The more I see you, the lovelier you are.&nbsp; &nbsp;Fondly, D.W.T.<br>&nbsp;<br>Leaving before the final curtain call, David made hasty arrangements for the cab company to send their finest carriage to attend him at the theatre.&nbsp; David paced as he waited for Saori to come, and finally she was there.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>David jumped down from the carriage and ran to take her hand.&nbsp; Take his coat from her arm, he guided her to the inside of the heated carriage.&nbsp; "I have ordered a heated carriage,&nbsp; I couldn't bare for you to be cold."&nbsp; Sitting across from her, he soaked in the sight of her.&nbsp; "Would you do me the honor of dining with me?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>26-10-2009, 15:13:49</strong>
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				Saori had skipped out so quickly that he didn't even see the new roses or the hairpin. They'd be delivered to his bedroom later, anyways, so he'd get to see them then. Now he had to focus on containing his nerves when the carriage pulled forwards and came to a halt. <br><br>He smiled as David jumped down, shyly placing a small white hand atop his. He had to use David's arm to get up inside of the carriage, and managed to get inside without so much as flashing his ankles. Sitting facing David, he nodded slightly, careful not to knock his hair out of place. It was so heavy, though. <br><br>"I'd like that, very much." <br><br>Saori smoothed her robes down over her thighs. He wondered if David knew that he was male. He somehow doubted it. Afterall, David was foreign, and he probably didn't know that Kabuki female leads were always played by males. <br><br>"It was very kind for you to get the heated carriage. It must have been expensive. I appreciate all that you are doing for me," he said softly. Saori's words were soft, careful, a little bit uncertain. He was doing his best to be polite and to speak English properly, but he was quite shy. He'd never really been pursued romantically, and he'd never had any real love interests before. It was his first time actually feeling this fluttering feeling in his stomach, and his cheeks warmed slightly. It was nice to be pursued. He wondered what David saw in him. <br><br>Sitting in the carriage with the faint light filtering in, he looked young, sweet, untouched.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>27-10-2009, 04:01:14</strong>
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				David's heart skipped in his chest.&nbsp; Her sweet shyness charmed him.&nbsp; She was even more perfect, more beautiful up close.<br>&nbsp;<br>David excused himself then tapped the top lid to inform the driver to take them to the Restaurant <strong>Chinya.&nbsp; </strong>Just having opened that year, it had already developed a good reputation.<br>&nbsp;<br>Not wanting to be too bold, but needing to touch her, David asked softly, his turn to be shy, "May I,"&nbsp; faltering for a moment, "Do you think I could possible hold your hand?"<br>&nbsp;<br>"I know I must sound like a fool to you."&nbsp; The anguish he felt plain on his face, "I don't usually gush, but you have completely captured me."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>David slid further in his seat and before he could stop himself, he leaned in and captured Saori's lips in a tender kiss."&nbsp; Heat infused him as that gentle kiss.&nbsp; An electric current bolted straight to his loins setting him on fire, but not wanting to frighten her with his obvious passion, he reluctantly pulled away.<br>&nbsp;<br>Putting his head down, he picked up her tiny hand and holding it to his cheek, murmured, "Forgive my boldness.&nbsp; my flower.&nbsp; But as a bee needs to drink the nectar of the blossom, so I needed to taste your sweet kiss."&nbsp; His brought his eyes to hers and the sincerity of his words where echoed there.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>27-10-2009, 04:48:07</strong>
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				Saori watched the scenery bumping by as the carriage made its way to the restaurant. He flushed even more when he suddenly felt his hand being picked up. He felt his heartbeat pick up. This was all so new, and so thrilling, and he looked down for long enough that he was utterly surprised when he felt lips pressing against his own. He had had a few shy kisses with other actors, but he had never been pursued, and as such it felt entirely different. <br><br>He looked up and met David's eyes, uncertain, shy about the entire thing. <br><br>"You're very...sweet," he mumbled, so shy, hiding his face behind a long draping sleeve for a moment. He was flustered, his other hand held to David's cheek. <br><br>"This is very..." he murmured, "New to me. I must ask..." he whispered, even more shy, now, "Please, be patient...I don't...I don't understand this...the way that this makes me feel." <br><br>His cheeks were pink, hand trembling slightly, so utterly shy. He was innocent, new to this. Especially with a foreigner. Maybe David did know that he was male. He didn't know, but he decided not to bring it up. There was no reason for David to know. Not when it felt this nice to be pursued. <br><br>He still had the necklace tucked inside of his sleeve. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>27-10-2009, 05:18:36</strong>
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				David smiled at her response to his kiss.&nbsp; Maybe it was not unexpected for her to have persuers.&nbsp; He had no doubt though that not only had he gotten there first, but also that she had chosen him.<br>&nbsp;<br>'Had she not had his necklace in her sleeve after all?'&nbsp; He reasoned with himself.&nbsp; When she asked for him to be patient, David's heart swelled.&nbsp; The need to protect her overpowered him.&nbsp; The gruffness left his voice, bringing her hand to his lips, he first kissed her knuckles, "I will be very patient my heart."&nbsp; Then he turned her tiny hand over and spreading her perfect fingers, kissed the palm of her hand signaling his intent of persuing her not just as a romantic interest, but as a sexual partner as well.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>David searched her eyes with his own looking for realization to dawn upon her face that David had just claimed her as his.&nbsp; Not seeing the response he required.&nbsp; David spoke softly but firmly, "Saori, I would be your protector if you would have me."&nbsp; Going to his knees in front of her, he continued, "I want to take care of you...be with you."&nbsp; He gathered both of her hands to his chest, "Who do I speak to to arrange this?"<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>27-10-2009, 15:06:37</strong>
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				Saori's heart was beating so fast he wasn't sure that he could breathe. His hands fluttered and he held a hand before his lips. David must not know that he was male. He wasn't quite ready to tell, yet, though he did feel a bit deceptive. His eyes shut when he felt his fingers and then his palm being kissed, feeling heat pooling in his stomach, glad that his robes were thick enough to hide everything his body was doing to betray him. He shifted slightly and watched as David slipped to his knees in the cramped space of the carriage.<br><br>"That would..." he looked up, smiling very faintly, "Be a very large reponsibility. Very expensive. Perhaps we should just go to supper, first." <br><br>He let his hand, warm and small, cup David's cheek. <br><br>"You would have to speak to the head of the school. You would have to buy me from him, and provide me with a full wardrobe of kimono...they are unbelievably expensive. You can't know what you're asking to do. Taking care of an..." he almost said actor, but decided to keep his sex hidden as of yet, "As a person of the arts is a huge responsibility. And..." <br><br>He hid his mouth behind a trailing sleeve once more, "If you were to leave me for someone else, I would be disgraced."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>27-10-2009, 15:46:35</strong>
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				Thinking that Saori's worry for his pocket book charming, David smiled softly.&nbsp; "Saori, I am a very wealthy man."&nbsp; Sliding back on his seat but still leaning towards her, he explained, "Have you heard of Winston Steel?"&nbsp; Seeing her nod, he continued, "I own it."&nbsp; His voice was matter-of-fact and while there was a touch of pride in his voice, his face held no smugness.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"I could buy you a kimono or robe for every day of the year for quite a few years and not even notice."&nbsp; Trying to reassure her further, he promised, "I would set you up in your own home where ever you desired to live.&nbsp; I would not fail you"&nbsp; His eyes pleaded with her to say yes.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp; Searching her face, his mind puzzled over any reasons why she might put him off.&nbsp; "Is it because I am white, I am an American?&nbsp; Do you not fancy me?"&nbsp; David's face blanched as he asked his questions.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Am I too ugly to you my flower?"&nbsp; David asked with his head down and her hand held to his cheek.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>27-10-2009, 16:00:22</strong>
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				Saori was still in shock. Such a rich man was pursuing him? This had to be some delightful, fanciful dream. He'd wake up and the rhythmic rocking of the carriage would end up being an earthquake, or some other phenomenon. Things like this never happened to him. He'd never been this lucky before and he didn't understand how these sorts of things were happening to him. He was unbelievably lucky and he blinked slowly at David while he tried to formulate words to explain the thoughts going through his head. <br><br>He couldn't help but grin, though, showing a rare flash of white teeth when asked if the older man was too ugly for him. "That's not it," he said, voice smooth and soothing. <br><br>"This is very new. I've never been with a man, let alone an American. What if..." he mumbled, trying to think of reasons why he couldn't do this. Mostly because he was scared. "What if you go home? Would you leave me behind?"<br><br>He hid his hands inside his long sleeves and looked up as they approached the restaurant. <br><br>"I'm flattered, though. This is all...this is so much, so quickly, to take in. I want to say yes," he whispered, "I just have to have a bit of time to think. I've only just made my debut. I'm not well-trained in how to handle situations like this, yet," he murmured, obviously shy, uncertain.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>27-10-2009, 17:15:59</strong>
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				David let out a sigh he hadn't realized he had been holding when Saori admitted to never having been with a man before.&nbsp; He knew he was right!&nbsp; He beloved as a virgin. Then when she admitted that it was her shyness that had her being hesitant, her fear of being left alone, not because of his looks, relief washed through him and he grinned at her.<br>&nbsp;<br>I could never leave you.&nbsp; I would stay here, with you.&nbsp; If I had to go back to the States, I would take you, and If I could not,... then I would become Japanese."&nbsp; He teased.<br>&nbsp;<br>Turning his head when the carriage stopped, he peered out the window, "Ah, good, we are here."&nbsp; David jumped from the carriage and reaching in helped Saori down.<br>&nbsp;<br>The restaurant, in the basement of a hotel, was small but clean and the smells were wonderful. Slipping off their&nbsp; shoes at the door,&nbsp; a slender man dressed in a black kimono came and with a bow greeted them and a geisha slipped low sandals onto their feet then escorted them to their table.&nbsp; Sitting on colorful pillows on the floor, David ordered chirashi-zushi and a serving of miso soup for each of them.&nbsp; Seeing that they had champagne, he called the Geisha back, "A bottle of Brut too please."&nbsp; He smiled.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>27-10-2009, 17:57:35</strong>
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				Saori smiled faintly, "I would love to go to America. It's so far. I've never even seen the sea," he admitted, albeit with a fair amount of embarrassment. David was so well travelled and he hadn't ever been allowed farther than ten blocks away from his school. He barely remembered when he'd lived in the country and as such, he was extremely sheltered. The other boys were allowed out but Saori had been hand-bred for his roles and as such he was kept utterly unaware of the world around him. He'd never even had sake. <br><br>Moving into the traditional Japanese restaurant soothed him. This felt a bit more like home and he settled in, knees bent, legs tucked underneath him. He was careful not to wrinkle his robes as he sat and he ran his hand over his thighs to smooth out whatever might be imperfect. <br><br>He was still terribly anxious about all of this.<br><br>Could he allow a man to buy him from his school so soon after his debut? He wanted to continue acting, at least for now. Perhaps he would pursue more of a relationship before accepting such a generous offer. <br><br>He waited until David took a sip of his soup before beginning to eat, taking a slow, small, careful sip. He didn't want to wipe off the carefully painted red lips. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>28-10-2009, 02:44:33</strong>
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				They ate quietly, not talking much.&nbsp; David was content to just sit with his beloved.&nbsp; Smiling, an inspiration hit him and he motioned the Geisha over, whispering into her ear, he then turned to Saori and said, "I have asked for something I hope you will love.&nbsp; I have just first tasted it a few days past."<br>&nbsp;<br>David played with the sleeves of her kimono and shot her knowing smiles as they waited.&nbsp; "Ah here it is."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>The Geisha placed s small glass bowl in front of each of them that held a rounded half globe of a light light green soft material.&nbsp; A delicate smell arose from the bowl.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"It's green tea ice cream."&nbsp; He motioned with his hands.&nbsp; "Go ahead,"&nbsp; he encouraged, "try it."<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>28-10-2009, 05:37:04</strong>
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				Saori enjoyed the food immensely; it was of the best quality. He did his best to be very neat and tidy, not wanting to disappoint David in any way. He wondered what David was up to when he was speaking so quietly to the geisha who was entertaining clients. <br><br>"What is it? Ice...cream?" Saori knew both words, but he had never heard them put together in a sentence together before. He dipped his spoon in slowly, taking a small bite, slipping it between his lips.<br><br>Then his eyes widened.<br><br>"It's cold!" <br><br>Saori had a hand over his mouth but he was clearly delighted, "And sweet! It's so good..." he murmured as he took another bite, clearly delighted with this discovery. It tasted of the subtlety of green tea but the sweetness of whipping cream and it was cold as ice. It was one of the best things he'd ever had.<br><br>"This is so good! I've never had anything like it before." <br><br>Simple things clearly brought forth a huge amount of delight in Saori. Discovering new things. Meeting new people. He looked up, then, casting a shy glance to David, eyes holding a fair amount of romance. He certainly was attracted to David, and wished he knew how to show him that he appreciated his advances and wanted them to continue.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>28-10-2009, 06:01:27</strong>
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				A grin split David's face at Saori's reaction to his surprise of ice cream.&nbsp; That she was enjoying it, he had no doubt.&nbsp; He had felt the same amazement when he had first tasted the confection as well.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Wonderful." he breathed, not taking his eyes off of her face.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Me either."&nbsp; he agreed, when she told of never having anything like the treat she was enjoying.&nbsp; Then realizing he hadn't even touched his now melting treat, dipped his spoon into the light green globe and brought a bite to his lips.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Sipping another cup of the strong delicious green tea, David reflected on Saori's reactions to him.&nbsp; She hadn't even admitted that she cared for him.&nbsp; Yet, he had come at her like a school boy with his first crush.&nbsp; Little wonder she had been overwhelmed.&nbsp; Vowing to act more the suitor and less an oaf, he motioned their intent to leave.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Saori, I came on too strong.&nbsp; I am sorry."&nbsp; David admitted. His eyes glowed softly.&nbsp; "It's getting late and I must take you back now so that you do not get in trouble."&nbsp; &nbsp;David searched her eyes again looking from some clue to her feelings.&nbsp; She had yet to say that she might care for him a little.&nbsp; But then, while he was completely smitten, she had just met him.&nbsp; He would give her time.<br>&nbsp;<br>Rising, he held out his and to help her stand, then as he leaned in to place her fox cap over her shoulders, David tilted her chin to bring her face to his, and lightly grazed his lips across hers.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;He held her hand clutched in his strong warm one on the ride home--once again in a formal heated carriage, but did not speak. David's eyes were distant, but he would give Saori a warm smile occasionally as he stroked her knuckles with the pad of his thumb.&nbsp; When they arrived back at Saori's David again kissed the palm of her hand, before jumping down to help her out of the carriage.&nbsp; "Until we meet again, my flower."&nbsp; Was all he said before he jumped back in the carriage and knocking on the roof of carriage sealing, instructed the driver in a muffled voice where to take him.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>28-10-2009, 14:27:50</strong>
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				Saori finished off dinner and sat back, sated, utterly content. He'd been fed and plied with the best food and wine there was and even an amazing treat. Saori's hand was warm in David's, and he gave David's hand a gentle squeeze to show that he liked the attention. The signs of enjoyment he gave were quite subtle, as he had been trained, and he wasn't certain that David knew how much he appreciated their evening out.<br><br>The kiss stole Saori's breath, subtle as it was, and in the carriage he leant against David's side, smiling as he felt his thumb stroking at his hand carefully.<br><br>"Wait," Saori murmured, standing on the street corner. <br><br>"Can we...will you come again soon?" Perhaps it was too bold. He hoped that David did not think so. He wanted to go and spend more time with him, though, and get more of those gentle kisses. They made his body burn in a way that he didn't fully understand. <br><br>He ducked his head in a bow, and looked back up at David, "I'd like to see you again soon," he whispered, cheeks lighting at his admission, smiling shyly and turning to the door to his room, sliding it open carefully, trying to be as quiet as he could be as he slipped&nbsp; his shoes off and began to unwind his obi, ready to slip into bed.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>28-10-2009, 14:49:08</strong>
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				Saori's gentle voice was soft, but David heard her plea for him to wait.&nbsp; He tried to stiffen himself.&nbsp; He would have succeeded too had she not added the simple statement that she would like to see him again soon with such whispered intensity.<br>&nbsp;<br>'Damnit David," he grumbled to himself, before he cued the driver to wait and followed her.<br>&nbsp;<br>Noting which door was hers, David was careful to be silent.&nbsp; He gently pushed open the door to Saori's room, whispering, "Is now too soon?"&nbsp; Seeing her shadow there in the darkness, David took her hand gently, and pulled her close, brushing his fingertips across her cheek he confided, "Just one more kiss."&nbsp; David slipped his left hand under the back of her Kimono to lightly stroke the back of her neck as his lips played across hers.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Groaning lightly in the back of his throat, David deepened the kiss between them.&nbsp; "Open for me love."&nbsp; he demanded as he traced the inside of her lips lightly with his tongue.&nbsp; Wanting more, he pulled her even closer as his tongue broke the planes of her lips finally tasting the sweetness of her mouth that was all her own.<br>&nbsp;<br>Breaking free of the kiss after a few minutes, he rested his forehead against Saori's and then again once again brushed her lips lightly with his.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"I will be at the theatre tomorrow with a carriage after your performance.&nbsp; Until then."&nbsp; Kissing the palm of her hand. He slipped out of her room like a thief in the night.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>29-10-2009, 05:59:42</strong>
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				Saori looked up when the door was pushed open, a chilly breeze following David into the room, stumbling a few steps when his hand was pulled and catching himself on David's chest, holding onto him. "One more..." he whispered, then his lips met David's, and he felt fingers slipping over the skin of his bare neck.<br><br>A shiver ran down his spine and his lips parted immediately at the command, rather liking being told what to do, feeling heat pooling in his groin. He knew there would be lipstick stains for David to hide. His body molded to David's, a careful crook of his thigh hiding his growing erection under the thick silk he carefully shifted. <br><br>"Until...tomorrow..." <br><br>Saori sounded breathless, and soon after David left he thumped down to the ground hard, sitting down and trying to make sense of the heat blazing through his body.<br><br>Going to bed was excruciating without any relief but he didn't want anything but David to touch him.<br><br>Morning came all too early and he busied himself with bathing, scenting himself with gardenia and other sweet flowers, coming back his long hair and allowing the hair stylist to use the boiling hot oils to style it up and into place despite the excruciating pain it caused. Then it was up to his dresser to bundle him into a soft pink kimono that faded to the most lovely spring green on the trailing sleeves and ends, gold and white layers&nbsp; underneath, with a rich red and green and gold obi belted tightly around his waist. <br><br>His hair ornaments made soft swishing noises, and when he got to the theatre he was ready to perform, only to find out that his role had been supplanted by Yamahito. Somehow the slightly older male actor had managed to squeeze his way into Saori's role by claiming that he'd been passed over in complete unfairness and with a few carefully misplaced props, Saori's role was taken over. Of course, the props showed up, magically, right as Yamahito was going to go onstage. <br><br>So angry that he was shaking, Saori stalked back down the alley of the theatre. He wasn't going to stay here if he wasn't going to get onstage. He had trained hard for that role, worked on it, and now Yamahito was doing everything he could to get him out of it. Saori was the chosen actor of this troupe, and Yamahito didn't have the good graces to step down, and accept that. <br><br>Hand shaking, lips pursed, he stalked from the theatre. It was raining, even worse, and the lacquered umbrella he had didn't do much to protect the edges of his robes. He almost wanted to cry. Why couldn't he just have his role? He hadn't fought for it. He had earned it through dedicating his life to Kabuki. <br><br>Standing at the edge of the bridge, Saori cut a lonesome figure; delicate even in his thick robes, his head was bowed, watching the raging river moving below him. It was quite large and could sweep anyone away in its currents and was gorged with rainwater. His pale kimono seemed to glow as he stood and wondered what to do about Yamahito. <br><br>The curtain opened, and the audience was disappointed not to see the spectacle of Saori, but Yamahito wasn't bad. He was average, and the reaction was average, though there were many whispers as to why Saori hadn't gone onstage.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>29-10-2009, 06:44:33</strong>
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				David settled into his customary seat at the Theatre.&nbsp; Today had been a particularly good day with Yokihama and the rest of the managers, and he was well on his way to hammering out an initial contract between his company and theirs for steel.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>When the players entered and Saori wasn't among them at first, David thought maybe they were presenting&nbsp; a new production, but a quarter way through when Saori had still not shown and another young singer was playing her part, David rose from his seat and strode out to the lobby.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Where is Saori?"&nbsp; He demanded of the attendant?<br>&nbsp;<br>Frightened of the tall westerner's hostile look, the attendant shrugged and backed away saying only, "Saori no on."<br>&nbsp;<br>Frustrated, David called for a closed carriage.&nbsp; 'She must be in her room.&nbsp; Don't let something be wrong.'&nbsp; Hoping in the carriage, David gave the man Saori's address and his mind preoccupied, stared out into the dismal greyness of the day.<br>&nbsp;<br>Passing the bridge, David shouts for the driver to stop as a glowing pink catches his eye. 'It can't be.'<br><br>"Saori," he calls out as he rushes up to her.&nbsp; Grabbing her by the shoulders he spins her and looking deep into her miserable eyes, he murmurs, "Saori sweetheart, what are you doing here in the rain, You are freezing!"<br>&nbsp;<br>Slipping off his coat once again, David bundles his love and guides her to the waiting carriage.<br>&nbsp;<br>He gives the driver directions to take them back to his rooms at the hotel.&nbsp; "We are going back to my rooms Saori, I am not letting you out of my sight until I know whats going on.&nbsp; Why didn't you sing tonight?" <br>&nbsp;<br>He pulled Saori onto his lap and gently rubbed slow circles on her back both to sooth her and help put warmth back into her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>29-10-2009, 15:44:37</strong>
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				Saori watched the heavy current in the river chase the water along, and he jumped when he heard his name called out, turning and looking over his shoulder. The hems of his expensive kimono were soaked with near-freezing rainwater as were the edges of his sleeves, though he didn't seem to notice it as he stood there. <br><br>He got into the carriage, resting himself against David's chest, shrugging slightly. "Yamahito...he took my part." Saori's voice was cold, clearly upset. "He arranged things so he would go onstage."<br><br>He looked down and brushed a strand of fallen hair out of his face, pinning it back in place, immaculate once again. <br><br>"I am sorry that you had to come all the way to the theatre not to see me." <br><br>He shyly looked away, but he was still angry. "He does not have the good graces he needs to accept that the school has chosen me as the lead actor, not him." He shook himself out, though, not wanting to burden David with things he probably didn't care about.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>29-10-2009, 16:07:33</strong>
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				David was lost in his own thoughts for a moment as he held Saori in his arms.&nbsp; Putting her onto his lap was definitely a mistake, he mused to himself.&nbsp; He could feel himself getting hard.&nbsp; When she squirmed to settle then put her head on his chest, he bit his lip to keep a soft moan from escaping.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Don't worry darling.&nbsp; I'm only bothered because you are upset."&nbsp; David nuzzled his face into Saori's neck.<br>&nbsp;<br>Needing her, he began to rain soft kisses on her neck as she spoke.&nbsp; Grazing the softness of her cheek with his lips, her words didn't register first.&nbsp; Then what she was saying started to sink in.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>David's jaw stiffened.&nbsp; 'Why does she keep saying 'he' he wondered?&nbsp; When Saori went on to say, "the school had chosen me as the lead actor, not him."<br>David felt the blood drain from his face and for a moment he thought he might actually pass out. <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;As quickly as the blood had drained out of his face, heat infused it. He yanked open Saori's kimono and shoved his hand in to feel his chest.&nbsp; "No, he moaned."&nbsp; Pulling the kimono open wider, he threw the smaller man across the carriage and onto the seat opposite.&nbsp; "No, you can't be a man... NO!&nbsp; This has to be a joke."&nbsp; David ran his hands across Saori's flat chest, trying to avoid the fact that a flood of desire shot though him as he did so. <br>His anger doubled by the confusion he felt, David dug at the obi at Saori's waist and reaching down, he shoved his hand between Saori's legs and grabbed the shaft resting there.&nbsp; Squeezing, David's pulse quickened and his erection got harder.&nbsp; For a moment he just held Saori in his hand, then his anger resurfaced, and he screamed at the young man across from him,"Why the hell didn't you tell me you were a man playing at being a woman?"&nbsp; David spit at Saori, fury and pain blazing in his eyes.<br>&nbsp;<br>Raising his hand, he swung back as if to backhand Saori, but seeing the look on Saori's face, pulled his hand back and dropped his face into his upturned palms.&nbsp; Resting like that for a minute, he finally drew a shuddering breath.&nbsp; Not saying a word to Saori, he Knocked on the ceiling with his can , calling to the driver, "Driver, stop here."&nbsp; His voice cracked.<br>&nbsp;<br>Turning to Saori, David grabbed his coat and in a voice dead and void of emotion intoned, "I don't ever want to see you again."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Opening his wallet he threw money on the seat so that Saori could pay for the taxi.&nbsp; Shrugging into his overcoat, he pulled open the door and stepped into the chill of the rainy night.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>30-10-2009, 02:59:34</strong>
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				Saori felt peaceful. For once, he didn't have to worry about anything, and he could let David hold onto him. He felt safe when the slightly older, very much ricer man held him, those strong arms wrapped around his silk-wrapped frame. He didn't even noticed when David suddenly pulled back. <br><br>The next thing he knew, his kimono was being yanked at and he cried out, the obi giving way, hearing the delicate silk of his obi waistcord tear, the thicker wrapping of fabric immediately giving way and sliding open. He cried out, banging his head against the carriage when he was shoved away, falling askew on the seat, scrambling to try and get up against the sudden outburst of violence and anger. <br><br>"I'm...stop it, stop it!" <br><br>He felt the hand sliding over his flat chest and then, his breath stolen within a minute, a hand on his member. He wasn't hard, though. Pure and instinctual fear coursed through him and he let out a choked cry, doing his best to pull away. <br><br>He squirmed, whimpering softly, not understanding the initial fear and then the momentary pleasure.<br><br>"I didn't...I thought you would know...you pursued me!" Saori choked out, trying to close his robes, trying to move and stepping on his trailing obi. He felt tears rising and his cheeks flushing as the money was tossed at him and, leaving it upon the seat as he stumbled out of the carriage. He nearly fell, and he stood, obi trailing in the puddles and immediately ruined, robes revealing slim legs as he tried to yank them closed, collar askew. His haircomb had caught on his collar and it fell out, clattering to the ground, long hair tumbling down to brush his waist. <br><br>"David...!" <br><br>Tears were spilling down his cheeks, dripping onto the street, half-dressed with his thousand-dollar obi destroyed by the muddy rainwater and the cord to hold everything shut torn. <br><br>"David, please! I didn't...I didn't mean to deceive you!" <br><br>He didn't want to be in the cab. He wanted to be with David. He felt like a fool, though, watching David retreat. He fell to his knees, feeling the water sinking into his robes. How could he have believed that a foreigner would love him and take him away from this? Sobs cracking his sweet voice, he hid his face in long sleeves, desperate not to lose that first love.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>31-10-2009, 01:25:06</strong>
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				Rain poured chilling steams down the open collar at the back of David's neck, his shoes were soaked and caked with mud and the filth of the street, but the only thing David noticed, that he was aware of was the sobs of Saori.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>His jaw clenched and hands drawn into fists, he turned and stared at the small form prostrate on his knees in the street.&nbsp; The American lifted his head to the skies as though in a silent plea, and wiping the tear tainted rain from his face with both hands let out a low growl as he leaned and picked up the forlorn figure.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Driver, to the address I gave earlier."&nbsp; David instructed in a grave voice.<br>&nbsp;<br>His arms shaking, David carried Saori back to the carriage and placed him gently on the seat.&nbsp; He jumped in and shutting the door behind him, pulled the soaked and freezing young man back onto his lap.&nbsp; Heaving a great sigh, David said only, "Don't speak."&nbsp; Pulling out the carriage blanket stored under the adjacent seat, David gently removed Saori's destroyed Kimono and covered him in the blanket.&nbsp; As he had done earlier, he brought Saori's head under his chin, and began to rub slow circles down Saori's back.<br>&nbsp;<br>After a few moments David began to speak, "I wanted to hate you. Dammit.&nbsp; I wanted to never see you again."&nbsp; His voice was low and there was a resignation to his tone.&nbsp; "You are right, I should have known.&nbsp; all the signs were there."&nbsp; Smiling bitterly David added, Hell, I probably knew."&nbsp; Shifting a bit and resettling Saori on his lap, David turned passion filled eyes to Saori's rich chocolate ones.&nbsp; "That you're a man doesn't seem to matter Saori.&nbsp; Everything that you are that excites me, and draws me to you still exists.&nbsp; Everything that makes you Saori is still there."&nbsp; Sliding his hand up the younger man's jawline, David rubs&nbsp; his earlobe gently between his thumb and forefinger.&nbsp; "Look into my eyes and see how much I want you."&nbsp; David demanded as he leaned down and knowing full well what he was doing, claimed Saori's lips with all the heat and passion he felt for the younger man.<br>&nbsp;<br>Stroking his hand up and down Saori's cheek, David sucked at Saori's lower lip then slipped his tongue into Saori's mouth to taste his uniquely exotic flavor.&nbsp; David lapped at Saori's tongue and as his desire grew stronger, he sucked on it making a light pressure on the other man's tongue.<br>&nbsp;<br>"I'm sorry I tore your kimono, I will replace it.&nbsp; David breathed against Saori's ear.&nbsp; I'm sorry for everything.&nbsp; Forgive me."&nbsp; David asked.&nbsp; Hearing the carriage come to a stop, David looked deeply into Saori's eyes, David promised, "I wont hurt you again.&nbsp; Not like that."<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>31-10-2009, 19:40:31</strong>
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				Saori allowed his kimono to be removed, the wet and cold silk dropped to the ground, but he was clearly uncomfortable and hid his body as best he could until the blanket was pulled over him. He was trembling violently, cold and scared and even more than that, embarrassed. He had been yelled at and torn at and humiliated, and his pride had taken quite a blow. <br><br>Even with the searing, passionate kiss, he remained slightly colder, more removed. He was going to make David pursue him and make it up to him. <br><br>He couldn't help but melt a little bit when David asked him to forgive him and hold him close.<br><br>With the blanket wrapped around him and his body mostly unclothed under it, he didn't want to go back to his room and have anyone see him looking like this. His hands trembled slightly, still, and he looked down. <br><br>He didn't know how to feel. <br><br>He pulled the blanket tighter around his slim frame, still cold, trembling slightly. His long hair trailed along the seat of the carriage, all the way down to his waist now that it had collapsed from the style it had been tied up in.<br><br>"I should go back to my room," he murmured, still looking down. "If you'd like, you can call on me tomorrow."<br><br>Turning his head away, he shifted slightly. David's body felt...nice. It was hard to stay as angry as he was when he felt those strong arms wrapping around him, and David promising never to hurt him again. He didn't know what to believe, so he let out a shuddering breath. "Or..." he mumbled, even more quietly, "If you'd like...we could...I could spend the night with you." <br><br>Saori's cheeks burned, and his eyes stayed on David's chest, too shy to look up at his eyes and still scared that he'd be pushed away. "Maybe just...sleep, tonight. But...I'd like to end tonight on a happier note. To stay with you a bit longer tonight..."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>02-11-2009, 07:23:47</strong>
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				David could feel the stiffness still in Saori, and he didn't blame him. <em>It was going to be so hard to get used to saying him.</em>&nbsp; David started to himself.&nbsp; He didn't really blame Saori, while he still felt slightly fooled as well, he also blamed himself in large part for the foolishness.<br>&nbsp;<br>If anything, the drama of this night had opened his eyes a bit to rushing in where angels feared to go.&nbsp; When Saori said a but stiffly that he would like to go to his own room.&nbsp; David nodded, reaching out to gently stroke Saori's waterfall of hair.<br>&nbsp;<br>"<strong>As you wish."</strong>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>As he was about to notify the driver, Saori's soft change of mind stayed his hand.<br>&nbsp;<br>A tiny smile touched David's lips when Saori asked for a chaste overnight stay.&nbsp; "<strong>As you wish</strong>."&nbsp; David repeated.<br>&nbsp;<br>It wasn't long until their carriage reached the hotel where David lived.&nbsp; David said, <strong>I will spare you humiliation</strong>, and had the driver bring them around the back.&nbsp; David draped the blanket covering Saori so that no one who saw the small form could ever tell who was under it, and lifting him, spirited him up the stairs and into the bath.&nbsp; He removed the blanket from Saori's head and brushed stray strands of hair from his face as he ran a hot bath.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Have a hot bath.&nbsp; There are thick towels in the cubbard behind you.&nbsp; I am going to get us something to eat.&nbsp; Take your time, I will have cloths laid out for you in there</strong>, David pointed.&nbsp; Then leaning down, he kissed Saori lightly on the top of the head and left him to bathe.<br>&nbsp;<strong> Turning back, he smiled and said, Then when you are done, we'll talk.</strong> <br><br>When Saori walked into the bedroom, lying on the bed was a lovely ladies Yukata, black with white fans, and made of the most comfortable combed cotton for absolute sleeping comfort.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/y-321.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>03-11-2009, 05:25:07</strong>
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				Saori was utterly thankful that he didn't have to venture outside with his torn kimono, and being carried softened him even more, as it was romantic and sweet and...just good. And just...good. It felt so nice to have someone taking care of him. He was flattered to have the blanket cover him, knowing that David was doing it out of care for him. "Thank you," he murmured, settling down in the bathroom, letting the blanket drop when he had been left alone to bathe and get himself cleaned up and wash the mud off of his feet. <br><br>He took his time in the bathtub, luxuriating in it, washing his long hair out slowly and scrubbing his makeup off without thinking about it. It was only until his face was bare that he realized David had never seen him without makeup, and that the effect would be quite different. He hoped that David wouldn't push him away once more now that things had changed.<br><br>He did pull on the woman's yukata, much more comfortable in that than in men's clothing. <br><br>He spent so much time practicing in kimono that woman's clothing felt much more natural to him. Closing it carefully, he took up a comb from the side of the basin, combing his long hair out and toweling it until it was no longer dripping. Still damp, it was formidably heavy, straight and glossy and brushing the swell of his backside under the yukata. <br><br>"David?" he asked, coming into the hall slowly.<br><br>His face bare, the delicate bone structure was even more visible. The beautiful curve of his lips was pink and fresh, cheeks flush, ivory skin scrubbed clean of any makeup that hid the freshness of his youthful skin, the dew that only the vigor of youth can bring. Dewey cheeks pink, long lashes brushing his high cheekbones, he blinked slowly, wondering where David was. His feet were bare, small, skin as pale on his ankles as it was on his face. He rarely was allowed out in the sun. Even now, at a first glance it was hard to tell that he was male, and his mannerisms made it even less clear.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>03-11-2009, 11:12:33</strong>
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				Hearing his name being called, David ducked out of the dinning room. Dressing in a dark blue yukata with a black obi, he had a plain pair of black socks on his feet.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Shaking his head when he saw Saori, he said, <strong>My God, but you are lovely.&nbsp; That you are a man still amazes me.</strong>&nbsp; Yet, his smile spread across his face and the sparkle of admiration he had carried for Saori before his dreadful behavior was back in his eyes<strong>.</strong>&nbsp; Then noticing the man's naked little feet, he slipped away for a moment, bring back a pair of woman's slippers he had purchased for Saori but had yet to give her, he kneeled and lifted Saori's small white foot in turn and slid them into the soft warm material.<br>&nbsp;<br>Sighing, he held out his arm for Saori to join him.&nbsp; "<strong>Please, I have ordered something for us to eat, please, join me?"</strong><br>&nbsp;<br>Arriving at the table, David held out the chair to the right of the main chair, where he was sitting.&nbsp; When Saori was seated, David gently pulled Saori's wet hair from inside his Yakimo and spread it out across the back of the chair.&nbsp; <strong>"I wouldn't want you to catch cold."</strong>&nbsp; Stroking Saori's hair for a moment, he muttered, "<strong>It's really beautiful, you know</strong>."<br>&nbsp;<br>As soon as they were seated, one of the stewards arrived carrying an ornate silver tray filled with delicious smells.&nbsp; Curry, tempora, ginger... delicious spices vied with each other to tantalize the senses and make the mouth water.<br>&nbsp;<br>The tray contained kaiseki ... miso soup, steamed rice, sashimi, David had chosen Tuna, nimono made of carrots and snap peas, and ayu a grilled sweetfish.&nbsp; On the side were hashiarai a palate cleansing broth, and then a yam seaweed mix called hassun<em>.</em>&nbsp; Finally there was yuba with Kyo-yasai.&nbsp; An eggplant fan, this was David's favorite treat.<br>&nbsp;<br>All were artistically and perfectally displayed and made.&nbsp; David picked up his ivory chopsticks and handed a pair to Saori, smiling and instructing, <strong>"Please, help yourself." </strong><br>&nbsp;<br>After they had eaten a few moments, David put down his chopsticks and began, <strong>"Saori, will you please tell me something about yourself?&nbsp; How did you come to be... a singer... like this</strong>?" David motioned up and down Saori, but his tone and face told David it wasn't meant to be a rude or hurtful question as his eyes were warm and inquisitive.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>03-11-2009, 15:42:24</strong>
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				Saori smiled, bracing himself on David's shoulder with a small hand while he felt the warm slippers being placed on his feet, happy to trail after him to the table. He moved his head forwards to allow the long hair to be picked up, unbelievably heavy, and spread along the back of his chair. Even then, it was luxuriously soft, trailing over Daniel's hands. <br><br>Saori looked up at the steward that came in, swinging his feet in the chair, pausing and folding his hands neatly in his lap. The dishes with yams were the first to go, and then the miso soup. Saori didn't eat much, but he was small and filled up quickly, taking a bit of the eggplant as well.<br><br>"Ahmmm..." Saori purred, smiling. <br><br>"This is delicious." <br><br>He paused, then, to think about how to explain his becoming an actor. "I was from Akita. Far up...up in the North, in the mountains. My family took me here when I was sick, to see a local doctor. My lungs.." he didn't know the English to explain it, "They were...bad. They're alright now. I saw one of the actors walking in the street. He was...he was so beautiful. I couldn't stop myself, and before my parents could stop me, I had grabbed the kimono of the actor. Kimika was...he was very kind, very sweet. I was quite young...five or six, and he picked me up, carried me on his hip for a little bit, asked me if I wanted to be an actor. Took me under his wing. He was the lead actor of the troupe, then. My family sold me to the troupe..."<br><br>Saori paused, then, trying to explain that it wasn't because his family didn't love him. "There was nothing for me in Akita. The best I could have done would to attract the attention of a local nobleman and become a servant, but they let me become an actor. "Kimika trained me himself to be his follower. Then Kimika decided to leave the troupe. I was devastated, but...I don't know. I know Kimika found a lover who promised to take care of him, and he was happy to leave. The other boys are so cruel when you are the lead actor. Everyone wants you to fail." Saori let out a slow breath, "But I worked hard, so one day I could be like Kimika, and...now I'm the lead actor. And...maybe..." he looked up, shyly, hoping that he wasn't going to be too bold, "One day, I'll have someone who will take me away from the troupe as well." Shyly, he looked up at David, then, smiling sweetly.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>04-11-2009, 13:55:57</strong>
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				David smiled to himself as he watched Saori eat.&nbsp; <strong>You eat almost nothing!&nbsp; How do you survive my little bird?</strong>&nbsp; He teased seeing the small amount that he had eaten.<br>&nbsp;<br>Listening intently to Saori's story, he could only wonder at the life this young man next to him had lived.&nbsp; It was nothing like his.<br>&nbsp;<br>He gave Saori a small smile, "<strong>So you would like to be taken away from all that little one?</strong>"&nbsp; Sitting back in his chair, he rose and walked over to the younger man, "<strong>Maybe one day, that can be arranged.&nbsp; Now, however, I believe it's time to say goodnight."</strong><br>&nbsp;<br>Offering his hand to Saori, David escorted him to a door, stopping he went on, <strong>"This is my bedroom.&nbsp; You are welcome to sleep wth me, and I do mean sleep and nothing more,</strong>" He added touching the tip of Saori's nose with his fingertip gently.&nbsp; "<strong>Or, you may return to the room in which you changed.&nbsp; It's up to you."</strong>&nbsp; He brought Saori in for a light hug, holding him gently to his chest. <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>04-11-2009, 14:41:18</strong>
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				Saori smiled bashfully when teased about how little he ate. "Well, I'm much smaller than you. I need less food," he said with a soft smile, patting David's hand. His blush darkened when told that one day, maybe he would be able to be taken away like Kimika was. He didn't know if that would involve going to America, though, and even though he spoke English he was scared to leave his home country. He'd only ever gone from Akita to his home here and he'd never travelled outside of that within the time he'd been there.<br><br>If he did leave, he'd have to say goodbye to Kimika. Maybe he could even get his one-time mentor to come and see one of his performances. <br><br>He took David's hand and trailed after him with his eyes taking in the whole house. <br><br>Curled up against his chest, he rubbed his cheek affectionately against his lover's chest. "I'll stay with you tonight." Saori was clearly shy, curling his hand in David's shirt, uncertain about sharing a bed for the first time. He wanted to do it, but was anxious about how he would react. About how his own body would react to being pressed up against his lover's...if it would burn the way it had when David had first kissed him, arousing desires he'd never even known he'd had.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>05-11-2009, 04:32:00</strong>
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				<strong>"OK, Little One</strong>."&nbsp; David took Saori's hand and after bringing her hand up for a light kiss, opened the door to his bedroom.&nbsp; The room was large and masculine.&nbsp; Decorated in burnt red and dark browns, the room screamed man.&nbsp; The bed was massive, enough room for five people, and the cover was made of rich silk in shades ranging from cream to cocoa.<br>&nbsp;<br>Opulent teak furnature decorated the room.&nbsp; The floor was covered in a rich Ausibon rug and a massive crystal chandaleer hung from the ceiling.<br>&nbsp;<br>David flipped the bed covering down from Saori and helped him into bed. Then he walked over to his side and after climbing in, slid to the middle.&nbsp; Reaching out, he pulled Saori gently to his side.&nbsp; <strong>"Be easy Saori, I just want to hold you."</strong>&nbsp; His voice was quiet, and calm so as not to startle him.&nbsp; Then giving Saori a small kiss on the head, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>05-11-2009, 05:38:05</strong>
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				Saori smiled when he saw the room. To think; they had gone from admiration to hatred to sweet softness within hours. Touched by David's tenderness with him as he kissed his forehead, he settled into the bed, letting one slim leg rest between David's, turning his body so that his head was pillowed on David's strong shoulder. He let out a soft breath, long fingers curling in David's sleep shirt. "I know you won't do anything I don't want you to..." he murmured, shutting his eyes. He trusted David, and he knew, instinctively, that the man would never hurt him. <br><br>"It's..." he looked up, then, face gleaming in the dim light, heavy hair splayed out like a slash of ink across the bedspread, "I'd like you to kiss me again," he murmured. His hand tightened in David's shirt. He wanted to feel those lips against his own again.<br><br>And this time, it would be in complete honesty.<br><br>A man kissing a...slightly more feminine man. But two men, nonetheless. He let his hand shyly splay on the larger man's chest, smiling. This was nice. He knew his school supervisor would probably panic if he came into his room in the morning and he wasn't there, but...for now, the only thing he had to think about was how right this felt. <br><br>Ugh. Tomorrow he'd have to deal with his competitors and their attempts to take over his acting.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>06-11-2009, 00:44:55</strong>
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				David settled the palm of his left hand in the small of Saori's back.&nbsp; The slight smile he wore on his face turned grave when he asked him for a kiss again.&nbsp; David had been thinking all through dinner, '<em>Would I, could I, lie with another man as I would a woman</em>.'&nbsp; Saori felt right in his arms, fitting as though he belonged there.&nbsp; If David kissed Saori now, there would be no turning back.&nbsp; It would be one of full realization, not fueled by blind anger, lust, power--just desire.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>He turned his face towards Saori's and studied it.&nbsp; The soft angle of his chin, the tiny features, the smooth plains of his cheeks, all were perfect to David and uniquely Saori's.&nbsp; The shy coyness, and silk&nbsp; fall of hair; the perfection of rosebud lips drove David's desire for the man in his bed.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>David felt his scrotum tighten and his penis jump as he studied Saori.&nbsp; Desire washed through him, but he breathed slowly and shallow to control it.&nbsp; Reaching with his left hand, he traced the outline of Saori's jaw ever so softly with his thumb until he was able to cup the dark haired tempters cheek. <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;Stroking her face lightly with the pad of his thumb, he encouraged Saori's face upward as he bent his head downward.&nbsp; Finally, their faces came together at a soft joining of lips upon lips.&nbsp; David slid his warm dry lips gently over the top of Saori, so soft as to be a whisper.&nbsp; Leaning in a little closer he deepened the kiss.&nbsp; His lips tingled and a warmth began to spread. <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;Groaning, he broke the kiss.&nbsp; "<strong>And on that little one, it's best we sleep now."</strong>&nbsp; He tucked Saori's head back under his chin and again settled his hand in the middle of his back. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>06-11-2009, 03:51:06</strong>
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				Saori didn't look at David's face quite yet. He didn't know what David would choose - if he would be able to accept what he was - and he didn't want to look up and see that rejection on his face. His eyes weren't fully shut, just lowered, though he certainly was conscious of what he was doing. He had to think of this as a role, in a way. He played on his own innocence, shyness, playing coy. Letting David have that victorious feeling that he would be able to be the one to deflower him. It was true, as well. <br><br>He would give himself to David. In return, he would hope that his dreams of being able to go to America, of traveling the world, would be realized. He loved acting, mostly because it was all he had ever had, but he didn't want to stay in this world forever.<br><br>He was already chafing at the bit the way Kimika had.<br><br>Maybe he would call on his mentor. See where Kimika was. Perhaps Kimika had switched lovers, now. Maybe he had changed even more. <br><br>David was awakening a new side of Saori, one that was far more adventurous, bringing forth that hidden adventurousness and sexuality. <br><br>The kiss drew forth a smile, first from the gentleness, and then a soft moan from the younger man. It made heat run through his body. "Sleep?" Saori's voice came out hoarse, but he did tuck his head down against David's chest. He didn't want to lose control of himself right now. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>07-11-2009, 05:51:03</strong>
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				David awoke very early the next morning.&nbsp; Yawning widely, he stretched and smiled at the sleeping form in his arms.&nbsp; Bending to plant a gently kiss on the dark head, he couldn't help but feel a rush of tenderness.&nbsp; Grinning to himself he thought how good it felt to wake up like this-- snuggling with Saori.<br>&nbsp;<br>Gently easing the younger man out of his arms so as not to wake him, David slipped out of the bed and into the bath.&nbsp; He had already had a long day at the office, and if he was to complete all he wanted to complete that day, he needed to get moving.<br>&nbsp;<br>The staff, as usual, were efficient and had made David's morning routine and easy.&nbsp; Jones, the butler had David's clothing ready and waiting in the spare room, and Mrs. Jones, the housekeeper and Jones' wife, had his grapefruit and coffee ready.&nbsp; If either of them thought it odd that David had a young man asleep in his room, they didn't express it in any way.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Ah, Jones, thank you.&nbsp; The young man, Saori, he will need a new kimono.&nbsp; The one I have purchased, the purple, please make sure Mrs. Jones has it pressed and laid out for him so that he sees it immediately upon waking.&nbsp; Also the the obi and make sure the tabi and zori are where he can readily get them."</strong> David instructed in his efficient matter as he brushed his hair.<br>(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/kimono1.jpg)<br>(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/comb.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Very good, sir."</strong>&nbsp; Jones answered.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;"<strong>Oh, and put the make up and the comb set on a space by my things in the bathing room."</strong> he added as though an afterthought.&nbsp; Pausing for just a moment to gulp a glass of orange juice that Mrs. Jones had brought to him, he continued, <strong>"I will be putting the Ivory Jewel box for Saori next to mine on the highboy. </strong><br><strong>(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/saorijewelbox.jpg)</strong><br><strong>There will be a note there, make sure Saori read it."</strong>&nbsp; He added as Jones brushed off his coat.&nbsp; <strong>"I won't be back until 7:00 at the earliest.&nbsp; Please have the dresser here for Saori at 3:00, so that he doesn't stress.&nbsp; If he asks for or needs anything provide it for him.&nbsp; You know how to reach me."</strong>&nbsp; David finished.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Very good, sir.&nbsp; Have a wonderful day, sir.</strong><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Have you any questions?</strong><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"No sir."</strong>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Oh, and Jones and Mrs. Jones,"</strong> David amended, <strong>"Thank you so much for your help."</strong><br>&nbsp;<br>Jones and the Mrs.&nbsp; looked at each other then towards the door where the young man lay sleeping.&nbsp; Mrs. Jones smiled at Jones and Jones just nodded his head.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>When Saori opens the note he will see:<br>&nbsp;<br>Dearest Little One:<br>&nbsp;<br>Today, I have much to do, so I will not be home until late.<br>Please, ask Jones and Mrs. Jones for anything.&nbsp; They will get it for you.<br>The Kimono and obi and things are for you as is this box, whose luminosity pales next to yours.&nbsp; The Kimono for the one I destroyed. It can not, of course, take its place, but I do hope you like it.&nbsp; It's lovliness captured me as did you.<br>&nbsp;<br>I have sent a note to your teacher informing him that you are well and that I will be around to speak to him, and that if you choose, you will not be returning there to live.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>You will however, continue to sing if you choose.<br>&nbsp;<br>Until this evening, <br>&nbsp;<br>Fondly,<br>&nbsp;<br>David
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>09-11-2009, 14:25:00</strong>
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				Saori was by no means ready to wake up by the time that David was getting ready for work. He continued lounging on the beautiful bedding, letting his head pillow on the fluffy fabric, long hair spreading out behind him. He let out a soft sound when his love put him down, turning to curl up in the warm space that David left behind.<br><br>Waking up was like waking in a dream. <br><br>He immediately saw the stunning purple kimono before him, getting up and wrapping his yukata around him, touching the beautiful fabric. He then headed to the bathroom, combing out his long hair and taking a nice, luxurious bath. <br><br>Getting up, he was ready just in time to meet the dresser, slipping into the kimono and allowing the dresser to close it with the richly embroidered golden obi. He smiled as his hair was (painfully) pulled into the beautifully styled updo, using the comb to secure it. He thanked the dresser with a deep bow, and then began to smooth the traditional makeup over his face, painting the red paint onto his lips. He ran his fingers over the white box, grinning. This was...this was incredible. All he had to do was wait for David to come home. All of his dreams were coming true.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>11-11-2009, 18:59:33</strong>
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				David spent a hectic day at the office attending meeting after meeting.&nbsp; That he was getting nowhere with one company frustrated him.&nbsp; He had been doing so well, but it seemed now the management were not as receptive to him.&nbsp; <br>Calling to his secretary Smithers, he put in yet another call to Kyoto Metals and went back to his forms.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Flipping through is personal mail, he scowled as he noticed that some of his personal mail had yet again been opened.&nbsp; <strong>"Smithers come in here at once."</strong>&nbsp; He bellowed.&nbsp; <br><strong> <br>"Yes Sir?"<br>&nbsp;<br>"Smithers, why is this mail opened?"</strong>&nbsp; David all but shouted as he held the offending pieces out for the stunned man to see.&nbsp; David did not usually raise his voice and for him to do so now, floored the smaller man.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"I... I ... do not know sir.&nbsp; It must have been the new boy.&nbsp; I shall dismiss him without reference.</strong>"&nbsp; Smithers turned to go.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Groaning, David ran his fingers through his hair and sighed.&nbsp; <strong>"No Smithers, just warn him.&nbsp; No one is to touch the mail but you.&nbsp; And anything, anything that is in my name alone is personal and not to be touched by anyone but me, dammit!."&nbsp; <br></strong> <br>Glancing at his watch he noticed that it was already 5:00 PM.&nbsp; Slamming his pen down, he announced, <strong>"I am going now Smithers.&nbsp; I have an engagement on the other side of Tokyo in half an hour then a business meeting following that.</strong>&nbsp; David shoved papers and documents into his brown leather valet. <strong> "Get me the Kyoto file.&nbsp; I won't be back in the office tonight.&nbsp; Remember that I have a business breakfast tomorrow at 8:00 AM, so I won't be in the office until after 10:00 at least.&nbsp; Make sure that the new boy, Ito is it?</strong>"&nbsp; Seeing Smithers nod he continued,<strong> "Ito gets some funds tomorrow."</strong>&nbsp; Seeing Smithers raised eyebrows, <strong>"I know he's only been here a week, but everyone's got to eat.&nbsp; Just do it Smithers.&nbsp; Take it out of my personal funds."</strong>&nbsp; He added, <strong>"and give everyone a 10% bonus."</strong>&nbsp; At this Smithers smiled and said, <strong>"Very good, Sir."</strong>&nbsp; Used to David's benevolence toward the staff, he also knew that were all dedicated to him as well.<br>&nbsp;<br>David grabbed up his valet and was shrugging into his coat as he felt the door close behind him.&nbsp; His driver, already alerted to the fact that he was leaving, was waiting for him at the front of the building.&nbsp; David leaned up and gave him the address of his destination and crawled into the back of the carriage.<br>&nbsp;<br>Finally able to breathe for a moment, his thoughts drifted back to Saori.&nbsp; Smiling to himself, he replayed their dinner together and feeling of waking up with him in his arms.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Feeling the carriage stop, David jumped down and knocked at the door.&nbsp; The size of the man shocked David.&nbsp; Small and wizened, the ancient Japanese man led David through a series of rooms into a smaller office.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"So, you have come to me about Saori at last."</strong>&nbsp; David, used to business tactics was not cowed by the voice coming out of the dark.&nbsp; Deciding to be blunt and to the point he answered.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Yes."</strong> <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"What do you want with her?"</strong>&nbsp; He could see only smoke curling up from some dark corner.<br>&nbsp;<br>A half grin broke David's face. <strong> "Her?"</strong>&nbsp; David's tone wasn't malicious let it left no doubt that David knew Saori's real sex.&nbsp; <strong>"Do you really care if I pay enough?" <br></strong> <br>Barking out a laugh the voice answered, <strong>"No."<br></strong> <br><strong>"One hundred thousand American Dollars."</strong>&nbsp; David said evenly and calmly.<br>&nbsp;<br>There was more than one gasp in the room giving David the proof that others were there hidden in the darkness.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"For one person?"</strong>&nbsp; The voice was both incredulous and awed.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"There will be stipulations."</strong>&nbsp; David added, his tone brooked no arguments.<br><strong>Saori will be treated with respect, and will be the star again.&nbsp; Also, Saori is not to know of these conditions.&nbsp; </strong><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>We are in agreement.</strong>&nbsp; The voice announced from the darkness.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"The money will be wired to your account tomorrow first thing.&nbsp; Saori will of course, live with me and will be escorted to the theatre to perform."</strong>&nbsp; He made certain they understood that Saori was now in his complete protection and that was something he would be taking seriously.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"If any hint of our agreement reaches Saori</strong>," here David's normally calm, even voice took on a menacing tone, "<strong>there will be repercussions</strong>."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"We understand, Saori will hear nothing from us."</strong><br>&nbsp;<br>Putting his hat back on, David stalked from the room and back into the night.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"I am home."</strong>&nbsp; He announced as he flung his hat and coat across the entrance rack.&nbsp; Kicking off his shoes, he padded across the Ausibon rug to the diningroom. <strong> "Hello he called out.&nbsp; Where is my little flower?"<br></strong> <br>Catching sight of Saori then, he stopped a moment to just stare.&nbsp; <strong>"Fabulous, darling.&nbsp; You are beautiful in that kimono."&nbsp; </strong>He took both of Saori's hands in his and leaning down, gave the smaller man a quick kiss on the lips.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Drawing Saori after him, David sat on one of the plush stuffed chairs and drew Saori onto his lap.&nbsp; <strong>"Did you like your presents?"</strong>&nbsp; he asked in a soft voice.<br>&nbsp;<br>Then grinning added, "<strong>if you can find it, there is another present for you in one of my pockets."<br></strong> <br>(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/th_o_7mQQ.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>12-11-2009, 19:04:54</strong>
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				Saori spent the day lounging about, practicing his dances. He adored the violet kimono - it allowed his skin to glow like it was carved from pearl, the long sleeves just the right length to swing and use during his dances. He had to wonder just how much money David had spent on him already. So long as David was willing to shower the gifts on him, he was more than willing to accept them. With a proper kimono collection, he'd be able to establish himself wherever he wanted. Just one of them cost enough to live comfortably for quite a while.<br><br>Running his fingertips over his hips, he grinned as he looked at the fine quality of the silk. When he heard David come in, though, his soft voice stopped singing and the quick pattered of his socked feet could be heard on the ground. He ran in to see David coming into the living room, returning the soft kiss with a smile.<br><br>"I love my presents. If you keep this up, soon enough I'll only be wearing things you've given me!" <br><br>He kissed David's cheek, leaving a soft smudge of red that he wiped off with the pads of his fingers. "Ah, you're just trying to get my little fingers in places they shouldn't be," he teased, running his fingers over the older man's thighs, gently stroking, feeling for where his present would be. Feeling it, his hand snuck into the pocket, just barely brushing the taller man's member, flushing and pulling back with the present. He turned it between his fingers, holding it up to the light to examine it, "It's beautiful. Thank you so much!" <br><br>Back in the school, all the men who sat in the dark discussing their business were still discussing the extraordinary sum that had been paid to free Saori. "We've lost one of our gems," one of them bemoaned, even though Saori would still perform, "He'll leave, just like Kimika did. He'll stop performing." <br><br>One of the men snorted, then. "Unless that American loses interest. Then he'll lose everything, and we'll take him back."<br><br>Saori, meanwhile, was utterly oblivious to anything but David. "Did you go and talk to the people at my school today?" Saori asked, wondering if he was free or not. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>13-11-2009, 15:37:55</strong>
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				David sucked in his breath as Saori's little fingers stroked his thighs searching for the elusive present and a flush rushed to his face.&nbsp; When he teased that David only hid the present so that Saori would have to touch him to look for it, David's first thought was to deny his accusations, but realizing that Saori's searching hands were causing him pleasure, his argument would be invalidated, even if initially true.<br>&nbsp;<br>Smiling as Saori examined his newest gift, David explained, "It's for your make up Imp!"&nbsp; Bending, he placed a soft kiss in the "W" of Saori's neck where his true flesh showed.&nbsp; Realizing that if Saori squirmed much more on his lap, he would be the one to suffer as his member was already half hard, David lifted Saori and set him on his feet.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Come,&nbsp; refresh yourself and put on a wrap.&nbsp; I have made us dinner reservations.&nbsp; While we eat, we will talk about your future."&nbsp; David reached up and gave Saori a light pat on the backside.&nbsp; Then rose and headed to the bathroom,&nbsp; "Give me a moment to refresh myself and change, and I will be out."<br>&nbsp;<br>Calling his valet to attend him, David returned dressed in what he was finding to me more and more comfortable.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/otokokimono.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br>Seeing Saori waiting for him, he lead them down through the hotel opening and out through to&nbsp; the waiting cab.<br>&nbsp;<br>David didn't speak much during the fifteen minute carriage ride.&nbsp; He only held Saori's hand and smiled.&nbsp; "We are here."<br>&nbsp;<br>Jumping from the carriage, David leaned up and helped the smaller man down.&nbsp; Then taking his hand yet again, tugged him toward the open door of the house.<br>(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/DSC_0705_HDR_.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;They were greeted by an older woman in a dark green kimono.&nbsp; Bowing she removed the shoes from David and Saori and led them to a single table in the middle of the floor of the residence. <br>&nbsp;<br>(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/henry-e-huntington-library-and-art-.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br>Seeing the look of confusion on Saori's face at the lack of other patrons, David smiled and whispered, "Welcome home, Saori." <br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>15-11-2009, 06:07:10</strong>
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				Saori couldn't help but grin at the way David reacted under his fingertips. It felt incredible to have that body hardening and shifting under him. He laughed, turning the little container between his fingers, voice lighting the room. "Thank you!" It was a beautiful little piece of porcelain and he took the moment to enjoy it, tucking it inside of his sleeve. He shivered slightly when he felt that kiss pressed to the 'W' that signified the break in his makeup and the transition to his real skin. <br><br>Hurrying off of his lap, jumping at the pat to his backside, he headed into the bedroom to freshen up. He repainted his lips, smoothed his makeup, and smoothed back his lacquer-dark hair. <br><br>In the carriage, he toyed with David's fingers, wondering where they were going. <br><br>Seeing the little house, he bowed politely to the woman, looking around.<br><br>"Home?" Lovely eyes widened in confusion, perfectly-painted lips curving into an 'O'. "What do you mean, home? I'm going to be able to live here?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>15-11-2009, 19:00:01</strong>
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				David laughed softly at Saori's confusion.&nbsp; <strong>"I mean home."</strong>&nbsp; Kissing him on the nose, he took him by the hand and the spread his other arm out wide.&nbsp; <strong>"It's yours.&nbsp; The deed is in your name.&nbsp; But, I would hope you would also let me stay with you some of the time."</strong>&nbsp; David added the last bit softly as he pulled Saori in for a snuggle.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Then with a nod, <strong>"Ah, Saori meet Reiko, she will be your housemaid of sorts.&nbsp; It will be her duty to cook and clean for you."&nbsp; <br></strong> <br>Then craning his neck he looked for the other figure that should be at the house.&nbsp; <strong>"There,"</strong> he pointed to a huge hulking figure at the back of the house. <strong>"His name is Hiro.&nbsp; His job is to protect you."</strong>&nbsp; Turning to Saori David put both hands on Saori's shoulders then putting his forehead against Saori's own he ordered, <strong>"You are not to leave this house without Hiro with you."<br></strong> <br>Leading Saori back to the table he motioned for Saori to sit.&nbsp; <strong>"I did speak to your teacher.&nbsp; "You are still to sing at the theatre if you so choose, but live here.&nbsp; I will join you when I can.&nbsp; All you have to do is say yes, Saori."</strong>&nbsp; David leaned forward and took Saori's small hand into his own.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Do you understand what I am asking from you?"</strong>&nbsp; He brought Saori's hand up and like he did just a few short days ago, kissed first his knuckles and then the palm of his hand, and with searching eyes, looking into Saori's own.&nbsp; <strong>"Say yes</strong>."&nbsp; David breathed against the tender flesh of Saori's wrist.&nbsp; <strong>"I will give you all the time you need."<br></strong> <br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>15-11-2009, 21:30:33</strong>
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				Saori looked around, realizing all that had just been given to him, everything that had just been handed over as it if were of no consequence how expensive this was. He felt dizzy, stunned. He had a place in which he could live out the rest of his life if he so chose, no matter what happened. David was offering to put him up and pay for him to lead a happy life. <br><br>"Thank you," he said, bowing deeply to each Reiko and Hiro before turning back to David, trembling slight. He sat down, relieved not to have to stand, feeling much better once he was settled in across from his lover. Without having to support his weight, the dizzy feeling subsided slightly, mildly. <br><br>"I..." <br><br>He could feel David's lips graze his knuckles, then breath dancing over the thin, smooth skin of his wrist. <br><br>"Yes," he mumbled, "Of course. Of course I'll accept this...in return, I'll give myself to you entirely..." His cheeks took on a brilliant shade of pink, shyly glancing down, embarrassed to admit something so personal in front of Hiro and Reiko. He didn't fully understand why he needed a bodyguard, but he didn't want to seem unnapreciative by asking.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>16-11-2009, 00:43:30</strong>
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				Moved by Saori's answer, David kissed his wrist.&nbsp; "I won't fail you my dearest."&nbsp; Then seeing his blush, turned to Reiko and Hiro, "Hiro, you are dismissed for now, Reiko please serve dinner. Thank you."<br>&nbsp;<br>"Sweetheart," David returned his attention back to Saori. "I don't want you to be afraid.&nbsp; I want us to go slowly and be comfortable."<br>&nbsp;<br>"Let us be friends before we are lovers hmm?"&nbsp; Then seeing that their food had arrived, he motioned for Saori to eat.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Eat now little one.&nbsp; We don't have much time together tonight unfortunately,&nbsp; I can not stay tonight as I have an early meeting tomorrow."&nbsp; Then dipping his head, David began to eat.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>18-11-2009, 15:13:40</strong>
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				"Yes," Saori murmured softly, glad that David was willing to be patient with him. It was difficult for him to struggle through all of this. This was so new. He liked being in a relationship, he really did. He wanted to give himself even more thoroughly to his lover, to give his virginity. <br><br>"Alright. Thank you for this. It's incredible..." <br><br>Long white fingers traced the tatami mats gently, taking in the fact that this house was actually his now, htat he was actually going to be allowed to live here. <br><br>"This is so..." <br><br>He bit his bottom lip, then beamed. "I can't thank you enough." <br><br>Looking up at David, his eyes were filled equally with a mixture of lust, desire, and adoration.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>18-11-2009, 21:50:35</strong>
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				David, taken aback by the look given to him by his young love, stroked the soft cheek he held lightly between his thumb and forefinger.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>"You are incredible.&nbsp; I do want to be with you, but not so fast."</strong>&nbsp; David whispered as he leaned in to taste as kiss from Saori's lips.&nbsp; <strong>"There are so many things ... things in this world I want to show you and for us to know together."</strong>&nbsp; Looking at his pocket watch and seeing the late hour, David sighed and with a sad look lamented, <strong>"Time for me to go my heart.&nbsp; Again, Hero and Reiko will be here with you so you will not be alone."</strong>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Turning to go he added, <strong>"These things in the house, are just temporary, you have credit in my name at all of the stores in the city.&nbsp; I have made arrangements that tomorrow a phone will be installed for you so that you can contact me at any time.&nbsp; I want you to decorate the place as if you were decorating a home for us Saori."&nbsp; Leave only one room, the back room off in the rear by the entrance to the pond alone for me.&nbsp; That will be my home office.&nbsp; The rest is yours</strong>.&nbsp; Holding out his arms by the door after he had slipped into his shoes and coat, he called to his love, <strong>"Now, come give me a kiss good-bye hmm?"</strong><br>&nbsp;<br>Stepping into the inky darkness, David shuddered as the wind blew down a draft in his jacket.&nbsp; Looking back, he waved to the slight figure standing in the glow of the door light.&nbsp; Already, his heart was missing him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>19-11-2009, 05:53:56</strong>
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				Saori flushed, eyes flickering between David and the floor, clearly shy and a bit overwhelmed by all of the attention. He knew that David wanted him and each time he was with his lover, he couldn't help but think of how good it had felt to spend a night in his bed.<br><br>"Really?"<br><br>Shyly, he looked around. This house would be furnished with the most beautiful furniture. He would make his lover comfortable. He could always reach him, and...well, that was what mattered. He knew he'd be little more than a mistress - or a kept man, he supposed. <br><br>He knew that his lover would probably have to go and get a life.<br><br>All the same, he'd enjoy his life here, and flourish within it. Maybe even travel overseas and visit America at some point. Running to his lover and shaking off his thoughts, he tossed himself into David's arms, laughing softly.<br><br>He had a sweet smile on his lips and the kiss he gave was open and genuine, leaning against the doorframe to watch him go, sleeves folded one over the other. He didn't do anything so obvious as waving, but the smile upon his face was more than open. He knew that his lover would be back the next evening, and decided, quickly, to call upon Kimika.<br><br>Just as dawn broke, he sent a message off to Kimika's home, dressing himself in one of his finest kimono. It was a pale, pale pink, trimmed with gold and the white silk of cherry blossoms blooming all along the hems and sleeves. His hair was done up elaborately, and lips painted, he sat aside and waited. Kimika had promised to come around sundown - he should be leaving just around the time that David was coming in. <br><br>Nervously, he whiled away the hours until a soft knock came at the door, and his heart sped up. Flinging it upon before Reiko could even get up, he saw the young man who had trained him. Kimika was now just twenty two but his face was smooth and impassive and utterly unreadable. While Saori's face glowed with youthful innocence and an unbridled excitement, Kimika's was slightly more narrow, and while he was equally delicate there was something removed and untouchable about him, that truly exotic, quietly teasing aura that some Oriental women could master but only the most skilled and rarest of them came by naturally. Saori looked like a student once again, next to his inspiration. Kimika wore a demure plum kimono with a beautiful gleaming golden obi, the design subtle and utterly fitting of the slim, carefully carried frame. <br><br>"Saori." <br><br>Quickly, the sun set. Saori poured his heart out to Kimika, everything from his debut to David and in between. Kimika sat and listened, finally letting out a soft hum of approval. He rose, and Saori followed, the two of them standing framed by the water's edge as the golden sun gleamed. "You've grown. You still have much more growing to do," Kimika said softly, crimson lips curving faintly. There was a sharpness to him that Saori didn't have, an edge of something that would allow him to be cruel where Saori would have balked. "You'll have to fight to remain in the theatre. Don't think they'll let you go to a foreigner so easily." <br><br>Kimika's eyes were dark as ink, turning out to admire the water from under a fan of dark lashes. Saori smiled faintly, nodding, "I know. It's just...I feel like David will really take care of me. And I'll guard his heart. I'll love him forever. He's going to be my...oh, it sounds so stupid to say it. My happy ending, I guess." <br><br>Kimika's lips twitched into the tiniest smile. "So hopeful," he said softly, their frames silhouetted in the dying light.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>20-11-2009, 22:30:11</strong>
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				David, impeccably dressed, allowed Jones to give him a finishing flick with the whisk brush.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"You look fine this morning sir."</strong><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Thank you Jones."</strong>&nbsp; David replied.&nbsp; <strong>"You and Mrs. Jones and of course cook, have the rest of the day, and tomorrow off.&nbsp; I won't be home for the next few days.&nbsp; Possibly not again until late Sunday evening."</strong>&nbsp; David informed as he slipped into his coat and sorted through the mornings mail.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Yes sir</strong>."<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Has the household everything it needs?"</strong>&nbsp; David took out his billfold and handed bills to Jones to cover any unknown expenses.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"We should, baring anything untoward happening, be fine sir."</strong>&nbsp; Jones reported stiffly.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Good.&nbsp; As always, you know how to reach me."</strong>&nbsp; David took up his umbershoot and made for his business breakfast.<br>&nbsp;<br>Three hours later an exuberant David practically danced into his office.&nbsp; <strong>"Smithers?"</strong>&nbsp; He sang out. <strong>"Where are you? daft man!"</strong>&nbsp; Then seeing a slight form, stopped and in a quieter voice asked, <strong>"Ito, is there something I can do for you?"</strong><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Good morning, Mr. Davidsan.&nbsp; I have bring for you thank you from wife, she give many thanks for bonus, and me too."</strong>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Feeling uncomfortable as always around thanks of any form, David stuttered a bit and stammered out, <strong>"you are welcome and so is Mrs. Ito.&nbsp; Anytime I am sure."</strong>&nbsp; Taking what Ito proffered, David opened the package and a smile broke free as he saw that it was a handpainted rendition of Saori in Kabuki makeup and outfit. <br>&nbsp;(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/Shunsen_onnagata.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Oh, I love it!"</strong>&nbsp; David gushed. <strong>"It is wonderful."</strong>&nbsp; Quickly going to his wall, he removed a portrait hanging next to his father that hung behind his deck, and hung the block that Mrs. Ito had painted for him. <strong>"It will have a special place here, next to my father.&nbsp; Please, thank Mrs. Ito, and ask her to please come here to see me, and her painting hanging here on my wall." </strong><br>&nbsp;<br>"Ito's eyes widened at the honor. and bowing could only reply in a hushed and grateful voice. <strong>"Oh no, thank you Davidsan, thank you."</strong>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Clapping his hands once in David sat at his desk then and began drawing up the paperwork to begin finalizing the sale of twenty thousand units of steel to the managers he had met for his breakfast meeting.<br>&nbsp;<br>After another five hours of continuous work, David stretched and standing, called Smithers to dismiss the workers and he himself left for the day.<br>&nbsp;<br>Entering the quiet sanctuary that he was to share with Saori, David was flush with the success of the day. <strong>"Saori my love, I am home."</strong>&nbsp; he called.&nbsp; The joy of the day filling his voice with lightness.<br>&nbsp;<br>Going straight to the bath to freshen up, David washed and went to the bedroom to change quickly into a dress kimono.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Saori, are you here my beloved heart?"</strong>&nbsp; Seeing Reiko he gave her instructions on what he preferred for dinner the next night and sent her off to grab what he had ordered packed that morning before he left.&nbsp; Then seeing Saori, he went to him and scooped him up for&nbsp; a shattering kiss.&nbsp; Nibbling first at his lips, then slanting his lips across the slighter man's, he moaned as he licked to gain entrance to Saori's mouth.&nbsp; Licking along Saori's soft mouth, David hugged him tight to his chest, and swung him in the air.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Hey beautiful one."</strong>&nbsp; David laughed. <strong>"How about a treat for dinner, hmmm?"</strong> Then doing what was becoming a tradition with him, he kissed Saori lightly on the nose.&nbsp; <strong>"Let us go for a dinner on a boat?&nbsp; If we leave in the next twenty minutes, we can catch the last one leaving from Nishinomiya."</strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Nodding his thanks to Reiko as she handed him the full picnic basket.&nbsp; He grinned and patted Saori on the behind,&nbsp; <strong>"Go go, hurry love."</strong><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>20-11-2009, 22:50:06</strong>
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				Saori heard David coming and ran, geta clattering over the stones, to toss himself into his lover's arms. He kissed him hard and moaned softly as his lover's tongue sought entrance, parting his lips. He was excited, loving the idea of going out on a boat for a romantic dinner. Still curled up within David's arms, he looked up at him, tilting slightly to the side. "Yes, let's take a carriage there, but..." <br><br>Hurrying into the house, he reached for his coat. A white, cultured hand held out the white fur stole he'd been looking for, to fight off the cold that had quickly been settling in. It would snow soon. <br><br>Kimika descended the stairs, wearing his own Western-style cloak, a lovely black fur-trimmed piece with a golden clasp at the throat that boasted a ruby the size of his clenched fist. It was worth a small fortune. He was much darker looking than Saori, and while Saori bubbled innocence and youth and sweetness, Kimika had an edge to him that made him much more mysterious, much more guarded, though he was only a few years older than Saori. Saori was tugging on his friend's sleeve, practically dragging him out of the house.<br><br>"But David, look! Kimika came! Remember, I told you about Kimika...when I saw Kimika walking down the street, that was when I wanted to be an actor." <br><br>Kimika raised unreadable eyes up to David, crimson lips touched with the faintest hint of a smile. He inclined his head politely and bowed, but didn't seem to have that same shock at meeting a foreigner that Saori had.Kimika, this is David. My...he's my..." <br><br>He didn't know what to say. Lover? <br><br>To save the floundering youth, Kimika raised up from the bow and spoke, "So this is the David that Saori speaks of so highly..." his voice was smooth and deceptively sweet as honeyed knives. Unlike Saori, secrets clearly lurked under his highly refined beauty.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>20-11-2009, 23:03:54</strong>
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				David eyed the man Kimika, and with a slight bow of politeness, smiled and said, "Welcome Kimika to our home.&nbsp; I am Saori's protector and I hope to be his beloved."&nbsp; Holding out his hand to the young man, David added, "Any friend of Saori's is always welcome and I hope will consider me a friend."&nbsp; Then, taking Kimika's hand, bowed over it and kissed the back of his hand lightly.<br>&nbsp;<br>David's smile while warm, was also wary.&nbsp; His chin high, he pulled Saori into his side in a protective embrace as if to defy Kimika or the world from saying anything about their blossoming feelings toward each other.<br>&nbsp;<br>Kimika, you are most welcome to join us if you would like, for dinner.&nbsp; We have plenty, and if that would please Saori, it would please me.&nbsp; A soft light glowed from David's eyes as he mentioned his sweetheart's name.<br>&nbsp;<br>(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/spaceball-1.gif)<br>(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy268/chelemar/tea.jpg)<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>20-11-2009, 23:27:10</strong>
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				Kimika's eyes met David's as Saori snuggled up close into his chest, chirping that he'd like Kimika to join them for dinner. Kimika's eyes were dark, hard as flint the moment that Saori was looking away. Kimika did not trust the foreigner, and it showed quite clearly in the faint turn of his lips, the way he eyed him. He didn't trust him not to take Saori's heart and run, though when he saw the way David looked at Saori, the frown dropped from his lips. A momentary look flickered over his face before disappearing - it was complete and utter sadness, welling from deep within, though it was gone almost as quickly as it had come. He was worried for Saori. He knew, personally, how an expression like that could turn into something much darker and much less pleasat. <br><br>Saori was blissfully oblivious to the momentary tension. Kimika adjusted his sleeves, then offered a small smile to Saori as Saori led them towards the carriage. He hopped in with David's help, settling into his lap, helping Kimika in. Kimika was more graceful in the lacquered black geta and the robes, but he'd had years to learn, while Saori had been fast-tracked. <br><br>"Kimika, we're going to dinner on a boat. It's going to be fabulous. David, it's been...God, a year, now, since I've last seen Kimika. He taught&nbsp; me all of my dances. I was his...what's the English word? His understudy." <br><br>Kimika smiled, head bobbing in a polite nod, "Yes, I chose him. I could tell that he had a natural hunger to be on stage. It's all a matter of studying after that." There was still so much more that Saori had to learn, though. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>21-11-2009, 19:45:24</strong>
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				The ride to the peer was short, yet David was glad it was soon over.&nbsp; Jumping down quickly, he lifted first Kimika from the carriage, and then turned to lift Saori.&nbsp; Holding his love for just a moment, he pulled the younger man softly against his body for a moment before setting him lightly on his feet.<br>&nbsp;<br>The boat David had ordered awaited them at the dock.&nbsp; Escorting both women to the boat, Hiro and Reiko carried the basket full of food and drink.<br>&nbsp;<br>The boat was a lovely sight and decorated in festive yellow and red.&nbsp; Flat bottomed, the bow and stern curved up to give it an almost clownish smile looking appearance.&nbsp; In the middle of the boat was a box made of bamboo and rice paper that acted like a private room of sorts.&nbsp; Inside, there was a table low to the ground surrounded by&nbsp; thick red and yellow pillows for seating.<br>&nbsp;<br>Helping both young men aboard, David motioned for them to proceed him into the room which was being heated by a small coal stove.&nbsp; Seated beside the stove, was Reiko, who had entered the room from the stern of the boat and had begun to quickly unpack and set the table.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Please, as this is to be a picnic of sorts, let us not stand on ceremony and eat as a family would, sharing our food and conversation accordingly."&nbsp; David offered politely bowing to Kimika and Saori in turn.<br>&nbsp;<br>David had noted Kimika's hardness.&nbsp; Feeling distress that someone Saori loved so much and who had done so much for saori might be in such distress moved David.<br>&nbsp;<br>Looking at the handsome young man in the eyes, David spoke from his heart, and taking up Saori's hand to include him in the offer said, "Kimika, I want you to know, if you ever need anything... I mean anything.&nbsp; I place to stay, a friend, money, anything at all.&nbsp; If you want to sing again.&nbsp; You only have to come to Saori.&nbsp; He has my full support to give you anything you might need."<br>&nbsp;<br>Then, kissing Saori's soft hand.&nbsp; He nodded for Reiko to begin to serve.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>21-11-2009, 23:48:30</strong>
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				Kimika accepted David's help out of the carriage. He was even lighter than Saori, built a tiny bit slimmer and sharper, more angular than his protege. Saori smiled and pressed himself against his lover, standing on the tips of his toes to maximize the amount of time he spent pressed against him. <br><br>Getting onto the boat, both Kimika and Saori were careful. Saori watched exactly where he placed his feet so as not to fall, hopping in and sitting down in the small room. Even Kimika smiled faintly. Saori's whole face glowed, loving all of these new experiences now that he was with David.<br><br>"This is wonderful. Thank you, David!" <br><br>Kimika nodded his thanks as well. <br><br>Saori scooted himself a bit closer to David than was actually polite, but he was eager, and young. He wanted to be near his lover. He rested his head on his lover's shoulder briefly, then reached up, picking up a set of chopsticks and popping a piece of chicken into his mouth. He grinned, "David, this is wonderful..." <br><br>He turned to Kimika, though, wondering why David was offering him help. He hadn't seen that distress in his inspiration's eyes. <br><br>Kimika bowed his head, nodding. "Thank you." His head raised, then, dark eyes cool and unreadable, mostly for Saori's sake. <br><br>"Kimika's got a really rich danna, though. Oh," Saori said, "A danna is a patron. Someone who finances our outfits, takes care of us...you're my danna, and my lover." Saori murmured, reaching up. "Well...a danna owns you, but...you're different. Kimika's danna is rich, though. He's a lord." <br><br>Kimika nodded, eyes careful trained on the cup of green tea held between his delicate fingers, "My danna has chosen that I should retire from theatre." He took a slow sip of tea, "Plus, I wouldn't want to push Saori offstage. It's his turn to shine." He smiled, then, kindly.<br><br>Saori beamed. "I wish you could see Kimika perform. I'm better than most of the performers, but Kimika was the star for so long. He's had years more of training than me." <br><br>Saori kissed his lover's cheek gently, "But then again, I have you for inspiration." <br><br>Kimika smiled, smoothing his plum kimono over his frame, wishing he could warn David of the things that the theatre would ask of Saori, unable to say them while Saori was sitting right there in front of him. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>22-11-2009, 20:18:47</strong>
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				David was glad that some of the hostility between Kimika and he had lessened.&nbsp; Saori's happiness was important to him and this other man was part of Saori's happiness, then he would be part of David's as well.<br>&nbsp;<br>Wanting Kimika to know that he meant his words, David added, "Kimika, what I said, I meant.&nbsp; You will have my full protection.&nbsp; Nothing, No one, will be able to hurt you."&nbsp; David looked into Kimika's eyes, then seeing the fright there, held his gaze and nodded once, firmly.&nbsp; Taking out a pen and paper,&nbsp; David wrote down two telephone numbers and above each he wrote D.W. and S.H.&nbsp; Handing the slip to Kimika he explained, "The first number is my work number at the office.&nbsp; The second number is Saori's number at home.&nbsp; Please do call us and let us know how you are."<br>&nbsp;<br>Then, allowing the subject drop, David finished eating the delicious miso soup which was his favorite.<br>&nbsp;<br>While the three men were enjoying the final part of their meal, a lithe young Geisha joined them and began plucking out a lover's lament on her samisen (http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/V_SAMISEN.HTM) as she sang softly of the tragic girl's eventual death.<br>&nbsp;<br>David, quite full and feeling more rested and content that he had most of the week, leaned back and pulled his beloved next to him for a cuddle as they listened to the sadness of the song.&nbsp; Happy to be free of such sadness, David kissed the top of Saori's crowning glory and held him as they swayed gently in evening's gloaming.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>23-11-2009, 04:28:12</strong>
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				Kimika smiled, accepting the paper and tucking it within his sleeve, knowing that he'd never use it. He couldn't rely on a foreigner to participate in Japanese affairs. It was a death sentence for any life he wanted in Japan. He already knew the gossip was flying around about Saori, that he was with a foreigner, that that foreigner had bought him. It seemed like all of that was true as well. <br><br>Saori and Kimika enjoyed the food, and Saori tucked up under his lover's arm, listening to the geisha, smiling. The geisha clearly knew who Kimika was and was intimidated, looking up shyly, trying to catch his eye. At that time, naturally, Kabuki actors, even dressed in women's clothing, were objects of great lust. They were the first superstars of Japan, and Saori was quickly on his way to becoming one as well.<br><br>Kimika stretched out, enjoying himself, chin resting atop a slim hand. <br><br>Saori actually dozed off, eyes shut, held tightly within his lover's arms. He felt safe, warm, eyes shut, rocking slightly with the motion of the boat. His head drooped and he curled up against his lover's chest.<br><br>"David..." <br><br>Kimika raised his head. He hadn't fallen asleep. Eyes lidded, unreadable, he looked at the young geisha, tilting his head. She continued with the music, and he let out a breath. Taking a sip of green tea, he smirked, though it was bitter. <br><br>"You do realize that actors are sold to the highest bidder for the night, after a certain age? Whether they want to be sold or not?" <br><br>He knew that David didn't. It was a recent practice, one that had started in order to barter favour with rich lords. "...Saori won't know yet, of course. It is a deep secret, one that one is only informed of when they are of star caliber, and will sell well. And, naturally, they're not told until it happens." Kimika's fingertips trembled slightly. He tightened them around the glass though it was burning hot, not wanting to show any weakness, "No one talks about it because of the shame that comes with it. With being sold. Just..." <br><br>He took a deep gulp of tea, then, "Just keep him safe. Don't let that happen to him. You may have bought him, but it won't keep him safe from that. They consider that an 'out-of-theatre' cost." <br><br>He shrugged, then, one elegant shoulder, "Consider yourself warned. Keep an eye on him."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>23-11-2009, 06:08:48</strong>
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				David sat and the more he listened to Kimika, the more his blood steamed through him.&nbsp; Instinctively he tightened his arm around Saori's slight form.<br>&nbsp;<br>Waving his hand to dismiss the Geisha, David waited a moment to make sure she was gone, then leaning in so that only Kimika would hear him, he began to speak.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;"No one, and I do mean no one will do that to Saori."&nbsp; His voice shaking now with the anger he had been trying so hard to control, David spit out, "Anyone who would try would die."&nbsp; Taking a breath to relax himself.<br>&nbsp;<br>I think many people do not know who I represent here and by whose invitation.&nbsp; Leaning back he promised, "The emperor would not like that the company he hand chose nor the representative he chose distressed."<br>&nbsp;<br>Then scowling added, Not that it would get that far.&nbsp; Saori doesn't need to sing for anyone.&nbsp; Staying in the theatre is his choice, not theirs.&nbsp; He can leave anytime and at his discretion not theirs."&nbsp; Feeling the ire building within him again.&nbsp; David would have sworn if he wasn't holding Saori.&nbsp; "Damn, I didn't buy Saori, I ... I.. I was gifting a friend."&nbsp; Mumbling for a moment to himself, he finished, "Thank you for the warning, "I won't let him come to harm like that.&nbsp; Not if I have to take him for here to do so."&nbsp; Looking at Kimika he offered again, "If we go, you will come with us."&nbsp; Making it sound more like a command that an offer.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>23-11-2009, 06:29:40</strong>
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				Kimika watched David's arm tighten on the sleeping Saori, his slim frame moving slightly, a tiny moan escaping him. He didn't want to wake up and he turned a bit to make himself more comfortably. <br><br>Kimika's eyes widened appropriately when told that David represented the Emperor's business. <br><br>"Your sentiments are noble, but..." he leant back, one graceful wrist revealed slightly, folding over the other, carefully making sure that his long sleeves weren't going to get in his way. <br><br>"I appreciate your generous <em>offer</em>," Kimika said, making it clear that he wouldn't be ordered by anyone, "But I couldn't leave Japan. I'm heavily indebted to my danna, anyways. He's already bought me. As you've bought Saori - and don't try to deny it. Your sentiments may be noble but you've bought him any way you look at it, and that's how he'll see it, though it will only make him love you more. He sees it as a token of your love, but you own him, and he's as aware of that as I am."<br><br>Saori let out a soft moan, tilting his head slightly.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>24-11-2009, 00:13:48</strong>
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				David sat there in the swaying of the boat holding the man he was coming to love tightly to his chest.&nbsp; A myriad of emotions stormed through his mind. 'I don't own Saori, how could he... would he think that?&nbsp; That I bought him, that I paid for his sex?&nbsp; His devotion."&nbsp; As though they were scales, the blinders the young man had been wearing seemed to fall away.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>The night seemed to turn cooler all of a sudden, and a shiver traveled down David's spine.&nbsp; With a sigh, he shook the dozing Saori, "Wake up sleepy one, time to go home."<br>&nbsp;<br>Giving Kimika a soft smile, David asked, "Shall I have a carriage brought around for you, or...?&nbsp; Not certain of the arrangement the two younger men had arranged for the night.&nbsp; The only thing David was certain about at the moment was that he needed to be alone for awhile, and he wasn't going to discuss this need in front of Saori's mentor.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>24-11-2009, 22:37:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Kimika could see he had upset David as as the boat came to a stop, and while Saori was waking, he bowed low, very low, showing his deference and his regret at having upset him. "I'm sorry if I upset you. I didn't mean any harm by it..." then he was quiet, looking around, shaking his head, "I'll walk a little bit. I'll take a carriage from the center of town - the walk will help clear my head." Help calm him after telling more about his world than he should have to a foreigner. It was just that David was the first to ever listen. To ever want to listen, to ever offer help. Kimika was internally floundering, lost, not understanding this kindness. <br><br>Saori opened his eyes, rubbing at them, immediately looking embarrassed. "I'm sorry, David! I didn't mean to fall asleep. I really did enjoy the dinner, though." <br><br>Saori gave David's hand a gentle squeeze.<br><br>He smiled, utterly content, full and still clinging to the last vestiges of sleep. He yawned, stretching a little bit, rocking in his unsteady wooden geta. "Are you going to stay the night with me, David?" Saori didn't mean sexually - he would just be happy to share a bed with him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>25-11-2009, 00:06:22</strong>
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				Standing, David first helped Kimika and then Saori from the boat, leaving Hiro to help Reiko with the dinner leftovers.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"As you prefer."&nbsp; David bowed to Kimika agreeing to his desire to walk to the center of the city and pick up a carriage there.&nbsp; "However, I must insist that Hiro accompany you for your protection."&nbsp; Not taking any argument, he called Hiro to them and bade him to make sure the slight young man so beautiful and graceful made it safely home that night.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"It was my pleasure to meet you Kimika, and I look forward to welcoming you again to our home."&nbsp; Waiting then while Saori and kimika had their leave taking, David smiled at his young man and after lifting him into their carriage, pulled himself inside.<br>&nbsp;<br>The clippity clap of the horses' hooves on the road was a comforting sound to David and began to lull him into a sense of security and peace that he had lost earlier when speaking with David's friend and mentor.&nbsp; 'They can't really try and sell Saori can they?'&nbsp; He puzzled to himself in the gloaming of they day.<br>&nbsp;<br>Pulling Saori to his side, David trembled just a bit at the thought, that he cared for Saori he already know, but that his feelings were this deep shocked him, frightened him, and filled him with an almost savage joy.<br>&nbsp;<br>He would as he said, destroy anyone who tried to hurt his beloved Saori.&nbsp; Kissing the top of Saori's head, David finally answered the young man's question.&nbsp; "Yes my love, I will be staying with you tonight."&nbsp; Rubbing the knuckle of his middle finger of his right hand with the pad of his thumb, David's habit when worried or lost in though, he mumbled, "tonight and always."<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>25-11-2009, 05:22:28</strong>
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				Kimika smiled at the offer of a bodyguard, swaying off into the night, more than content to walk alone but not dumb enough to turn down an offer of protection when given to him so politely. "Thank you for everything, David. You've been very kind and I'm honored to make your accquaintance." Kimika meant it, too. He knew that David was a good man. <br><br>He could tell it. <br><br>Saori curled up against David's chest, running a slim thumb over David's bottom lip, clearly concerned. "Are you alright? You seem...distracted." Saori had no idea what Kimika had warned David about. <br><br>He rested his head on David's shoulder for a moment before looking around, "Let's go inside. You'll catch cold." Tugging at David's arm, he led him into the bedroom, sliding the door shut. He set out the futon himself, rolling it out, setting out the thick comforter and two beautiful white pillows in the Western style. <br><br>He would redo his hair the next day. He undid his hair, letting it fall down, tumbling and then looking over his shoulder at his lover.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>26-11-2009, 19:16:02</strong>
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				"Yes, I am a bit."&nbsp; he answered. "But, it is nothing that we need to speak of." David answered Saori's question of worry.&nbsp; Snuggling with his love, he soaked up the feeling of comfort and togetherness that infused him on the carriage ride home.<br>&nbsp;<br>Later, as they readied for bed, David turned soft eyes to Saori and in a gentle voice asked, "How much do you want... need to sing?"&nbsp; Then worrying that Saori would think he was trying to rule him added, "I mean, I just wanted to, well what if we wanted to travel; you would be tied to the theatre."<br>&nbsp;<br>Lifting cloudy eyes to the younger man, David could have bit his tongue.&nbsp; He didn't want to screw this up; it was too important.&nbsp; His stomach burned with the need to get Saori out of the theatre before anyone tried to do anything to him.<br>&nbsp;<br>Reaching out, David stroked Saori's cheek then trailed his hand down the length of Saori's gorgeous hair.&nbsp; Needing the younger man like never before, David crossed over the bed to where his little one was sitting and kneeling in front of him, buried his head in his stomach as he wrapped his arms around his waist.&nbsp; "I love you Saori.&nbsp; Please know that.&nbsp; I didn't buy you;I freed you.&nbsp; I don't want you to feel that you owe me.&nbsp; Lifting his head, David's eyes glittered with suppressed tears.&nbsp; "You are free to tell me no to anything.&nbsp; I mean that."&nbsp; The vain on David's neck pulsed as he brought Saori's left hand up and held it against his cheek.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>26-11-2009, 21:53:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Saori nodded, trailing into the house, and once he had set up the bed, he began setting aside his haircombs. With his long hair falling down around him, he watched as David got down onto his knees, burying his head in his kimono. He gently stroked his fingers through David's hair, sweet features soft, brushing his cheek with a pale thumb. "I know you love me," he whispered quietly, "I know you don't mean for me to think that you've bought me." It was the most diplomatic way he could think to say it. Yes, his lover had bought him, and he was aware of it. He did realize that David owned him, but he trusted him. "I know that you freed me. I know you'd never use money as a way to make me do things I don't want to. I trust you." <br><br>Saori smiled faintly, "I know that I could tell you no. I just haven't wanted to tell you no to anything yet. If I ever did, though, I'd trust you to accept it." <br><br>He gave David a soft kiss, still thinking about whether he wanted to act. "I love acting, but...if you ever wanted to travel, and would take me with you, I would leave to follow you. But the theatre is a part of my life, and I quite like singing...then again, in America, Kimika performed and was invited back. There's a place for me overseas as well."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>27-11-2009, 16:03:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				David groaned at Saori's words of trust and then smiled; looking up at Saori he said, "You are a star Saori, and I don't just mean on stage."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"I would accept 'No' from you."&nbsp; David replied.&nbsp; In his heart he fervently hoped so.&nbsp; Saori's next words had him a bit frightened.&nbsp; "Kimika performed in the United States?&nbsp; Was this before or after he was bound to his Lord?"&nbsp; 'Wait it had to have been before.' David tried to console himself.<br>&nbsp;<br>A flutter filled his chest as he waited for Saori to answer.&nbsp; That he might take his beloved away and they still have a tentacle reach to pull him away from him sent a blast of ice through him.&nbsp; 'There has to be a place where they can be safe and free to love.'
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>28-11-2009, 04:04:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Saori beamed, touching his lover's cheek gently, "I know you would. That's why I trust you so much." Saori stretched a bit when asked if Kimika had been attached to his lord when he performed in the United States. "Ah...I don't know, why? I'm pretty sure that he'd just started his patronage with him, and his danna traveled with him on some sort of business. He loved the United States. Said it was absolutely brilliant there." <br><br>He stretched again and shrugged, "Then again, I think Kimika had a lover there, so that might be why he was so happy. He enjoyed being away from the theatre, though. He said he still had some contact with them but it wasn't like being here." <br><br>Saori moved so that he could lie with his head in David's lap, "I don't know why he'd want to get away from the theatre, though." <br><br>He smild, gently, eyes mostly shut, "I think it's absolutely brilliant being able to perform onstage. I love being the star...it's different than anything I've ever felt before. Amazing." <br><br>He ran his fingers back through his hair, kissing David gently.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>01-12-2009, 00:45:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				David returned Saori's gentle kisses.&nbsp; Questions though, swirled in his mind, was he, David, keeping Saori?&nbsp; Could he keep saori safe?&nbsp; Even if he took him as far as the U.S. would they be able to find peace?<br>&nbsp;<br>Easing out of Saori's arms, he turned and kissed his lover on the head and excused himself.&nbsp; "I'm not quite able to sleep yet beloved.&nbsp; You go ahead and snuggle in.&nbsp; I am going to the study to read awhile."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Sliding into his robe and slippers, David was almost to the door when he suddenly turned, "Darling, your heart is completely set on theatre then?"&nbsp; He asked his voice light as he could make it.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>02-12-2009, 04:13:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"No," Saori said as he sat on the kimono, beginning to brush his hair out. "I'd be willing to give it up. I'd just have to have something to do. Take me to America and I'm sure I'd be able to busy myself with exploring," he suggested playfully, not entirely serious about what he was saying. "I like singing and all, but I'd be willing to give it up. I enjoy it, of course, but I'm sure I could find other things to enjoy." <br><br>He sighed and curled up on the futon, unrolling himself from his kimono, stripping down to a fairly sheer white underrobe. In that, he lounged on the thick pillow, sucking upon a hard candy that was on a plate near the door. <br><br>"It's just, I have to have something to do. I get bored." <br><br>He folded on leg up under him and turned to face David, frowning slightly, "Try not to be too long." His cheeks colored pink, "I'd like to fall asleep with you holding me, again. I liked the feel of it..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>03-12-2009, 20:22:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Tick. Tock. Back and forth, monotone and droning the grandfather clock in the library kept the hour, minute and second.&nbsp; David had been listening to it for the last two hours as he struggled to come to terms with what Saori's mentor had told him.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>He finally accepted the fact that yes, he was keeping Saori as his father before him had kept mistresses.&nbsp; He didn't like it, but it was true.&nbsp; Unlike his father however, if he had the chance, he would marry Saori.&nbsp; Law made that impossible.&nbsp; The realization that he would marry Saori, man or woman, and that it was Saori he loved, despite his sex, or... he didn't know maybe because of it, still confused him.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>While he didn't have much experience with women, well, to be honest, the only experience he had was one time when he was sixteen and his father had taken him to a bawdy house.&nbsp; It hadn't been unpleasant, but it was nothing to write home about either.&nbsp; The woman, her hands, he still remembered her hands.&nbsp; They were course and rough.&nbsp; Her breath reeked of alcohol and her voice was thick and heavy with a guttural accent.&nbsp; They hadn't even taken off their clothes.&nbsp; When she had sat upon him, she could smell the other men on her, and she had laughed when he was not able to... to complete the act.&nbsp; Humiliated, David had paid her extra to keep quiet and she had told his father he was a randy boy and cackled as she slapped him on the ass.<br>&nbsp;<br>It wasn't until he had seen Saori that he even had been attracted to anyone again.<br>Maybe, maybe, he knew Saori was a man after all, and, or his body did anyway.&nbsp; It just took his mind time to adjust to the fact.<br>&nbsp;<br>Sighing as the clock struck one AM, the desperate young man paced more as he tried to figure something that might turn Saori away from the theatre and yet give him something to do.<br>&nbsp;<br>Sitting up suddenly, he snapped his fingers and jumped to his feet, "that's it!"&nbsp; he said to the empty room.&nbsp; Feeling finally as though he could sleep, he made his way back to the room he shared with his love and crawled easily into bed.&nbsp; Pulling the sleeping form gently into his arms, it was only a matter of moments before he too was asleep, only this time, there was a smile on his face and a plan in his head.<br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>08-12-2009, 21:59:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Saori let out a soft moan when his lover snuck into the room and curled in bed with him. His full lips parted and he let out a tiny moan, looking up at his lover, eyes parting slightly as he recognized that David was in bed with him. He shut his eyes, then, and let his dark hair fall all around his face, hiding most of it, curling up on the soft futon. The night wind came, soft and fragrant, but with a hint of winter on it. He shut his eyes and snuggled down, curling up in his arms.<br><br>Saori was a deep sleeper, easily taken into sleep, and he shut his eyes and cuddled up with his head resting on David's chest. One small, white hand draped over his body, slim fingertips brushing the thick silk of the comforter pulled up over them. <br><br>[Guh. Sorry so short. Finals are killing me over here.]
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>16-12-2009, 04:21:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				David held Saori.&nbsp; Sleep would not come for his that night.&nbsp; David picked up Saori's graceful white hand and brought it to his lips.&nbsp; So feminine and lovely.&nbsp; No one, no one would not know that Saori was not a woman who did not already know.<br>&nbsp;<br>Twisting a bit with his restless thoughts, David began to play with the long black silken strands of Saori's hair.&nbsp; Leaning his head down, he kissed his sleeping love.&nbsp; "It is good that you are sleeping my little man, or I might not be held accountable."&nbsp; Sighing, he&nbsp; began stroking the slender man's back, his hands warm through the thin material.<br>&nbsp;<br>He could feel his arousal and with a soft moan he bit his lips.&nbsp; Not able to resist the temptation any longer, David slid his hands down into the loose trousers covering his man hood and began to softly stroke himself as he fingered Saori's hair.&nbsp; Rolling so that he could bury his face into the aromatic softness, he stroked Saori's chest with anxious fingertips as he increased pressure on his thickening member.<br>&nbsp;<br>Planting open mouthed kisses in Saori's hairline, he whispered, "Oh Saori, what you do to me.&nbsp; If you only knew."&nbsp; Groaning a bit louder, David was grateful that the futon did not move or squeek like a bed back home would.&nbsp; Beads of sweat broke out across his brow, and biting his lip, he moaned "Saori, Saori."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>21-12-2009, 08:20:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Saori was conscious of the kisses to his hair and hairline and didn't stir, instead accepting them, pleased to have the affection while still asleep. He blinked, though, when he heard his name moaned softly. Was David trying to get his attention? He forced his warm eyes open slowly, taking in what was happening right next to him. Then he blinked once more. "David...?"<br><br>He looked down, saw David's swollen member, heard his name being moaned. His cheeks flushed and a thrill of adrenaline ran through his body, immediately waking him up, biting his bottom lip, making it full and red. <br><br>"Ah..." <br><br>He was embarrassed, but intrigued, and just seeing his lover so excited because of him made him excited. He could feel a stirring in his soft robes and he looked down at David's swollen member. "Do you....want me to...?" Help, he meant, relieve that tension. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>21-12-2009, 12:26:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				David jumped, red infusing his face at being caught pleasuring himself.&nbsp; <br>"Saori, please forgive me.... I am sorry"&nbsp; He stuttered out, as he tried to cover himself.<br>"I thought you would sleep."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"My God Saori,"&nbsp; David grabbed his lover's hand, you really don't understand what you do to me do you?"&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Lifting the hand to his cheek he kissed Saori's palm.&nbsp; "I want to show you so much how I love you, but I would not hurt you."&nbsp; Thinking for a moment, David knelt on the bed and asked, his voice soft as thistle, "Saori will you show yourself to me, I mean all of yourself."&nbsp; He looked deep into his beloved's eyes.&nbsp; "I would touch you everywhere.&nbsp; But, you would only say stop or no, and I would stop.&nbsp; I would only please you."&nbsp; Bending his head over Saori's hand he added, "I want you to feel how I feel when I think of you."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>26-12-2009, 09:35:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Saori watched David try to cover himself, his white cheeks delightfully pink, biting his bottom lip. He flushed deeply when asked if he would show himself to his lover, and nodded, slowly. "A-Alright..." he trusted David, but was shy about this. Even though David was his lover, it was...new...to him to strip himself and bare himself. <br><br>He sat up, slowly reaching for his crimson sash, undoing it and letting it fall off of his shoulders. He held it mostly closed, and let it drop off of his shoulders slowly, letting it reveal the beautiful tops of his shoulders, dipping his head forwards. It slipped down to his waist, then, baring an expanse of pale, unmarked, virginal flesh.<br><br>He then let it fall away fully, hands shielding his most intimate areas, revealing long soft legs. <br><br>"I..." <br><br>He blushed, then, once more. He was uncertain about what to to, quite beautiful, pure and offering hismelf up to David.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>28-12-2009, 11:16:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				David sucked in his breath.&nbsp; He had known Saori would be beautiful.. handsome.. no beautiful.&nbsp; But his skin was gorgeous, white glorious.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Laughing softly, David moved closer, but still did not touch Saori.&nbsp; "Beloved, you are more beautiful than the first flower of spring.&nbsp; Do you not know that?"<br><br>Using one finger to turn Saori to face him, David looked deeply into his dark eyes.&nbsp; The desire he had been hiding flooded his eyes darkening them with passion and love.&nbsp; "I love you.&nbsp; More, I am in love with you."&nbsp; His voice was urgent as though he needed to quickly explain this.<br>&nbsp;<br>Leaning in, he placed a soft kiss upon his lover's lips.&nbsp; With one hand he began lightly touching the side of his cheek, tracing down his neck.&nbsp; His lips never left Saori's.&nbsp; Deepening the kiss, David nibbled at Saori's lips then soothed them with his tongue.&nbsp; This he followed by slipping his tongue into the younger man's mouth and stroking the inside of his pink mouth with his tongue.&nbsp; All the while he continued his light stroking touch down Saori's torso until his hand came to rest upon Saori's hip.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Dragging his fingers lazily across Saori's midsection, David worked small circles around Saori's belly.&nbsp; Teasing and tickling the flesh there moving slower down towards his goal.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Finally breaking the kiss, his voice was thick and his breathing labored as he said, "Saori, if you want me to touch you, touch you in your most private place, put my hand on you.&nbsp; I will not take advantage of you."&nbsp; As much as he wanted to touch and make love to Saori, he knew he had to leave that final decision to him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>31-12-2009, 23:36:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Moaning softly, Saori leant back, revealing his pale throat. It was lovely to be complimented but even lovelier to be kissed, to be taken as only his lover could do, as only his lover was allowed to do. He smiled when he heard that David loved him and ran his fingertips along David's cheek, "I love you too," he whispered softly, leaning back against him. He let out a sweet cry as David's tongue and teeth continued to claim him. <br><br>He let his hair fall back, revealing even more of his body, moaning softly when his lover's hands slowly stroked over his torso and dipped around his belly.<br><br>His body was quivering with pleasure and he was clearly excited.<br><br>He was ready to take this next step and with a barely-shaking hand moved David's hand down, letting it rest on his already hard member. <br><br>The motion made his cheeks go pink.<br><br>"I want you to touch me..."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>08-01-2010, 02:31:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Saori's soft admittance that he wanted his lover's hands on him moved David and with a low groan he bent over his lover, he had removed his top so, now for the first time, the two men met chest to chest without clothes as a barrier.&nbsp; David's chest had little hair, but there was some, while Saori's was silky soft and totally smooth.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Awed at the sheer beauty of Saori's skin, it's softness.&nbsp; David ran his free hand lightly up and down his chest planting tiny kisses along his collar bone and down his chest.&nbsp; Again, his hand trailed down Saori's chest, he wanted Saori to shake even more than he already was.&nbsp; "Like silk."&nbsp; He murmured to Saori.<br>&nbsp;<br>His own hand shook and his mouth went dry as he finally moved the hand that sat lightly atop the hard softness of Saori's penis.&nbsp; It jerked in his hand, and David smiled.&nbsp; Bringing his hand around Saori in a firm circle he stroked up on his penis savoring the feel of him.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>David brought his hand up around the tip of Saori's penis across the head to gather the pre-cum and use it as a lubricant so as not to make Saori sore.&nbsp; It was in that way that he took his time stroking the younger man, as he lay beside him, chest to chest, stroking his face and chest with one hand while, pleasuring his member with the other.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>David's hooded green eyes looked in Saori's chocolate brown ones.&nbsp; "You are so delicious my darling.&nbsp; Just the feel of you.&nbsp; There are so many things we could do to love each other, but not tonight my little love."&nbsp; David's voice grew husky as he spoke.&nbsp; "Now I want only one thing.&nbsp; Leaning so that his lips touched Saori's ear, David whispered, "Come for me Saori." 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Flower [Sho and Chelemar]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>18-01-2010, 04:04:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Saori arched, whimpering, barely able to keep himself&nbsp; under control. He couldn't stop his body from trembling, clutching at David, letting his nails gently cut into his skin, not enough to draw blood but enough to bruise slightly. He wasn't even awar that he was marking his lover. <br><br>He just clutched at him and did his best to breathe. <br><br>He arched, blinking, lips parting into the perfect little 'O'. He'd never had someone's hands on him. Certainly not like this. <br><br>"I'm...oh, David, I'm..." <br><br>That was it for him, hearing his lover's voice in his ear.<br><br>With a shout, and a sweet sigh, he came, leaving him trembling and exhausted, pressing his face against David's chest and letting out a hoarse moan. "That was..." he whimpered, "Incredible, I..." he still didn't have himself entirely under control.
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