Nick took Hana home still not quite believing that they were legally married. The first order of legal business would be taken care of as soon as he could get to the bank. He needed to add her to his accounts. He had already put her in his will to receive everything in case anything happened to him, but she was listed as his housekeeper. As soon as he had the chance, he was going to amend that too.
The only thing that marred his happiness was the memory of how his family had treated not only her, but everyone else the evening before. He pushed the memory away. They had all seemed to have forgotten about it and besides, it was a time to be happy. He reached over, took her hand in his and brought it to his lips.
"I love you Hana Alexander." He said and then kissed her hand.
"I love you too." Hana replied.
She was happy but also saddened that things with Nick's family had gone as they had. She could only hope that things between them got better. She looked over at Nick and smiled. He was as handsome as the day she first saw him. The few strands of gray in his hair did nothing to diminish his looks. If anything, they added to them. When he aged, he was going to look like a kinder version his father. The one thing that she wondered about was how he had managed not to become as racist as his family was. It was a question that she planned to ask at some point, but not tonight.
Nick pulled into the driveway and then into the garage. He jumped out of the car, ran to the passenger side and helped Hana out. Before she knew what was happening, he scooped her up into his arms and carried her into the house and upstairs to the bedroom.
"Are you going to let me get undressed?" Hana teased even as she was loosening his tie.
"I suppose it would make things easier." Nick teased back as he set her on her feet.
"I'll be back." Hana said as she walked back to the door.
"Where are you going?" Nick asked. "The bed's over there."
"I'll be back." Hana said and left the room.
She went to the spare bedroom, opened the closet and took out a lingerie box. She sat the box on the bed and opened it. She took a deep breath as she removed the dark blue negligee out of the box. She had never worn anything like it and had only gotten it because Abby, Patricia and the other women had told her that a sexy nightgown was a must for a wedding night.
She held the gown up almost embarrassed by how sheer it was. It left nothing to the imagination and was shorter than anything she had ever worn to bed. She carefully undressed and hung the wedding kimono in the closet and put the negligee on. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and let her hair down. After examining her reflection for a moment more, she left the spare bedroom to go to Nick.
Nick was about to go see what was keeping her when she walked in. He stopped short when he saw her.
"Hana... Jesus... you're gorgeous!" he said his voice soft.
"I am sorry that I took so long." Hana said.
"It was worth the wait," Nick replied as he drank in her appearance.
When Hana started to walk toward him, he stopped her.
"Stay where you are," He whispered. "I just want to look for a while."
Hana stood still and waited until Nick held his hand out to her. Hana took his hand sighing when he took her into his arms. Nick held her close burying his nose in the softness of her hair. Tears prickled his eyes as he realized that he didn't know how badly he had wanted to marry her until that moment. He tightened his hold on her and kissed the top of her head. They stood that way for several minutes before he picked her up, carried her over to the bed and gently lay her down on it.
Nick stood at the foot of the bed and looked down at her for several seconds before lying down next to her. They turned so that they faced each other. Nick put a hand on Hana's lower thigh and began to move it upwards.
"I don't have to hide what you are to me anymore," he said softly. "No more having to remember to take off the wedding band when I go to work. Do you have any idea of how happy that makes me?"
"I am happy too." Hana replied. "I am only sorry that your family wasn't there."
"My family was there," Nick said. "All of you are more like family to me than the family that I was born into. It was no major loss that that they weren't there. But I don't want to talk about them anymore. They don't matter."
His hand was now at the hem of the negligee and edging it up toward her waist stopping when he was at her hip. He made little abstract designs with the tips of his fingers that made their way to between Hana's legs.
Hana turned onto her back, opened her legs in invitation and gasped when Nick's fingers slipped between her vaginal lips. Somehow, although his touch was always gentle and almost reverent; it seemed even more so. The negligee was now bunched around her hips and the material, although light and sheer was irritating her.
As if reading her mind, Nick moved so that he could help Hana remove the gown. He kissed her lips, her neck and then took a nipple into his mouth and suckled it while his hand went back to between her legs. His cock throbbed as the sounds of Hana's moans filled his ears. His moans joined hers when he felt Hana's hand wrap around his cock and begin to slowly stroke it. Every so often she gently scraped her nails along the underside and across the head.
He removed his hand from her wet mound and placed it on top of hers indicating that he needed her to stop. He gave the nipple in his mouth a hard suck and then began to make his way down her body. When he got to the vee between her legs, he moved so that his face was inches away from her mound.
"Open as wide as you can." Nick said as he spread her outer and inner lips.
Hana didn't need to be told twice. This had become one of her favorite ways of making love. When she was positioned as Nick wanted, she felt his warm breath caress her clit. Her hips jerked in response seeking his mouth. A moment later, Nick had her clit between his lips and was sucking on it. Hana cried out as she felt one and then two fingers enter her and begin to slide in and out in time with the sucking. The orgasm seemed to start slowly and from some place far away, but it rapidly picked up in both speed and intensity. Hana grabbed a pillow and screamed into it as the orgasm washed over her.
Nick flicked his tongue and kept sucking trying to coax another orgasm from her. He reached up and took the pillow away from her. He didn't care who heard them. He was making love to and with his wife. When Hana came for the second time, only then did he move so that he covered her with his body and slid into her and stilled. Moments later, he began to thrust and grind against her. As his orgasm neared, he crushed Hana against him and slammed into her moaning loudly as his seed left his body and entered hers.
Afterwards, Nick pulled the blankets over them, took Hana into his arms and stayed awake until her breathing told him that she was asleep.
***
"It was a beautiful wedding." Patricia said as she handed Kenji a cup of tea.
"It was." Kenji agreed. "It is hard to believe that today is also another anniversary date for us."
"I know." Patricia said as she sat down next to him. "The past few years have certainly been an adventure."
"This is true." Kenji replied. "But we are where we need and want to be and maybe things will become more... boring."
"I hope so." Patricia said as she set her tea cup down. "I'm ready for some normalcy speaking of which I have something for you."
"I have something for you as well," Kenji said. "Wait here."
Patricia waited until he was upstairs before going to the library to retrieve his gift. It was a top of the line stethoscope that Paul Mynt had helped her pick out from a catalogue. It was actually the kind that he used. She spent the extra money and had it engraved. Along with the stethoscope, she also ordered engraved pens. To make sure that Kenji didn't know, she had the items delivered to Abby's house. Abby brought them over already wrapped one day when she was baby-sitting and they had been hidden in the library ever since.
Patricia looked at the packages and then at the small envelope that held the small handmade card. When she made it, she was reminded of the first card and gift that Kenji had ever given her. The card was similar in its simplicity and sentiment.
"Kenji,
I am so happy to be with you. If I had to do it again in order for us to be together; I would. Itsumade mo ai shite iru- I will love you forever.