Note: This ending takes place immediately after chapter 11, nothing in the previous ending has occurred here.
Hot Pulses
by Sihghis
Ending Alternative 2
Applying moisturiser to my dewy body following the shower, I enjoyed the smoothness of my skin. I took my time, humming in the languorous afterglow of a good orgasm. I was massaging away the doubts that were still buzzing somewhere deep within my mind. I attempted to drown them out by putting what I was doing into words.
There we go, make myself as nice to the touch as possible. After all, this body belongs to her, and I want her to have the best possible feel of it when she claims it again.
The doorbell rang. For a moment, anticipation sparked in my chest -- perhaps she had come to take me early! But I could tell it wasn't Ash by the feeling in the air and the lack of pulses pushing me to answer. Well, whoever was interrupting me was in for a tease then. I wrapped the towel low down my chest, folding it in place very loosely, and giggled to myself as I flounced down the hall to my front door, still dripping wet.
I swung the door open, and everything changed.
I was confronted by a determined figure, fists clenched by her side and eyes like granite.
"Eirin!" I gasped.
"I'm not leaving until we sort this out, and you give me a full explanation of what's happening -- and an apology, too!" Her voice was heavy with emotion.
Everything I'd been pushing down under the warm covering of surrender bubbled to the surface again. Overwhelmed with gratitude, guilt, sorrow, and relief I broke down into tears and collapsed into Eirin's shoulder. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." I choked.
I could feel the hesitation as a tension in her muscles as she was caught between anger and the desire to comfort me. After a few moments she let out a resigned sigh and her body relaxed.
She wrapped her arms around me gingerly and stepped inside, closing the door behind us.
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I lay against her on the couch, sniffling, but much calmer than before. Her body heat soothed me, as did her hand stroking my hair. I had told her everything, and no coldness or sickness had disrupted me from opening up. It was all down to her now, and how she'd react. After a moment, I felt the vibration in her chest as she spoke.
"I'm not sure exactly how to make sense of everything you just told me. It all seems impossible." I shrank at her words, but she continued. "I trust you, though, and I believe you. One thing that's completely certain in all this is that we need to keep you away from her."
Warmth swelled in my chest -- a different kind of warmth than that which the pulses brought me. I looked up at her, appreciation glistening in my eyes.
"Thank you, thank you so much. Even though I've been so awful to you, used you as a prop in her little games by playing with your attraction..."
Eirin snorted, the familiar sardonic sound bringing a smile to my face. "Oh please, I've been struggling to keep my eyes off you for far longer than a couple weeks."
My eyes widened, and we stared into each other for a heartbeat. "How long?" I breathed.
She swallowed, and then spoke firmly and clearly. "I've been in love with you for two years." I could see the weight lifting from her shoulders.
I stopped to absorb her words. I felt inflated. It was as if the strength she had found in herself to admit the truth was also filling me. As I looked into our eyes, I could see that it was reciprocal - we were reinforcing each other.
She had never looked more beautiful to me than she did in that moment. It was as if every little feature of hers that made her cute was refined, matured, and shining like a beacon to draw me into her -- and go to her I did. Slowly but steadily, inch by inch, I slid closer to her face. She didn't move to meet me, but neither did she try to stop me; she was frozen in indecision.
The first meeting of our lips was light, almost too light to feel. With each kiss I pressed in closer to her unmoving face, and she started to tremble, finding her voice.
"I-I can't, it would be like taking advantage..." She faltered.
"No, my mind is so clear right now." I reassured her, and kissed her face, her chin, and her neck as she continued to protest in a strained voice.
"But -- but -- Maybe you wouldn't even like me at all if she hadn't done something to you!"
"I don't care -- this is who I am now, and this is real." I raised my leg over her lap to straddle her, and the towel which had long since come open fell away completely behind me.
I saw her hands clenching and unclenching at her sides as her eyes fell down to my naked body. Still, she hesitated. "But... We still... There's..." She swallowed as I stretched up before her, pressing my breasts forward. "Oh my god." She croaked.
I stayed motionless for a little while, posing. I wanted to draw that confidence out of her again, I wanted her to take the initiative. I could tell she wanted to make a move, but when it became obvious that she wasn't going to, I leaned in again to kiss her, and then pulled back, smiling as I sighed a single word.
"Eirin."
Her shaking hands came up to grasp my hips as she took in air intensely through her nose. "You are so..." She shook her head in wonderment as if she couldn't even find the words to describe me, and my heart swelled with a pride that was more whole than the pride I felt at Ash's compliments. Her hands continued on their journey, one sliding round to my ass while the other trailed up my back. "Kiss me again." She husked, and I did.