Chocolate Smiles by Stella Mira

An Unbearable Agony

Sunset Miko's Once a Week Challenge Prompt: Edible

Kagome had been extremely nervous ever since they left the high class restaurant. She had waited timidly until he paid for their meal then took his arm as he led her to his car in tense silence. Anxiety and nervousness were rolling off of her in palpable waves before she felt cool lips brush by her ear to whisper a sensual reassurance.

"Do not be alarmed, Kagome-san. I only wish to treat you to dessert in a less crowded place. I did not have the chance to keep you to myself this night with all the interruptions. I assure you I will not turn into a sexual fiend and eat you right where you stand – unless you wish me to of course," Sesshoumaru couldn't help but add the last part with an undertone of playfulness in his low, heavy baritone.

"Don't tease the bookworm girl, Sesshoumaru-san. You might be surprised…" the raven haired woman replied huskily with a confidence she was definitely not feeling deep down. She didn't know how to react to his desirable suggestions, but something told her she shouldn't back down.

'Two can play this game, Mr. Suave,' Kagome thought half amused half hesitant, her blood running a bit too hot under her skin when he laughed that deep, erotic laughter of his that never failed to elicit a breathless reaction out of her.

"I would certainly not mind uncovering all of your secrets, Miss Book Lover," he returned in the midst of his enticing chuckle, intoning the last word with obvious intent.

She felt her knees grow weak at his double entendre, clutching his toned arm with a little more force than necessary as she leaned even closer to his clothed body. He radiated such potent warmth; all she wanted to do at this moment was wrap herself around him and let the underlying spark between them turn into devouring flames.

She was saved from acting on a rash impulse and jumping him on the spot when they finally reached his parked car. He helped her inside before he walked around towards the driver's door. She couldn't help but stalk his leisure movements with darkened eyes, drinking in the lithe confidence he exuded. He made an exquisite sight dressed in his fine black suit, but her mind wouldn't stop providing her with images of his clothes discarded messily on the floor and pale skin beckoning her for a taste.

'Get it together, brain! He might joke around, but the only thing you're getting tonight is dessert, and not the kind you're imagining! You can writhe in unbearable agony or you can straighten up and take it like an adult woman!" she berated her wayward mind bitingly, cursing both her wild imagination and himself for having shown her what he looked like with little to no clothing before. She was brought out of her self chastising session when she heard the unmistakable sound of the car engine revving up as he sped through the highway. How long had she been lost in her little perverted world if they were already moving?

"It appears I might have taken this further than you are comfortable, Kagome-san. I apologize for causing you distress. I promise not to make any more inappropriate jests." His solemn timbre broke through any reservations she might have clung to out of sheer agitation. Here he was making amends for being honest and showing her how desirable he found her because she was giving him mixed signals.

"I have never been this attracted to anyone before, Sesshoumaru," she confessed with as much honesty she could master in her faltering voice as she caressed his hand above the shift lever softly.

"Please watch the road and let me finish!" she hurried to add when he turned abruptly to stare at her with mild shock in his obsidian orbs after hearing her words and his name uttered so intimately from her lips for the first time. She glued her uncertain gaze on the graceful arc of his neck as he obliged her request and focused his attention back on the road after a small pause.

"I'm not saying I haven't had a relationship up until now, but this is truly the first time I have wanted someone so much that…it scares me. Then there is the fact that you have children. It's a delicate situation. I wouldn't want Emiko-chan and Akira-kun to get attached to me only to be heart broken if this ends up not working between us. What I'm saying is that I like you – I like you a lot. But I don't want to rush into things, yet I can't help myself. Am I making any sense?" Kagome laughed nervously, biting her lower lip out of habit, her trembling thumb circling his knuckles in slow motions.

She did not realize the car had come to a stop inside a parking lot until she felt his hand uncurling from the shift lever to capture her smaller one decisively. His hot breath scorched her sensitive flesh as he brought it to his lips and inhaled the scent of her skin deep into his lungs.

"This is my apartment's garage. My mother is taking care of the twins for the night. Truthfully, I had not intended to bring you here when we left the restaurant. Yet, here we are now…" he revealed with a rougher nuance in his baritone voice before she felt slight vibrations on her skin and she realized he was laughing without making a sound.

"Sesshoum-" she began with confusion lacing her shaking voice before he leveled her with a heated stare full of blazing passion that shut her up immediately.

"Let me take you upstairs, Kagome. Please…" The arduous magnitude of need in his smoky gaze and want in his low rumble undid her. No man had ever looked at her this way – with such overwhelming need, want, craving.

A/N: I have written one more chapter for this story, but it contains a lemon. I didn't want to change the rating just for one smutty chapter, so if you wish to read the next chapter and are of age, visit my profile. I have uploaded it on my Archive of our Own account. Click the link I have provided for that chapter and it'll direct you there. The next chapter to be posted here will contain the day after their passionate night together.