Ning stretched lazily, shook out his long hair and stood up. Jill sighed when he moved from her side and he quickly bent to kiss her lightly on the forehead and push her back into slumber. He smiled happily to his self and took a few spins around the room as if dancing with an imaginary partner. He could feel his son's joy in the back of his mind and it mingled with his own in a delightful bio-rhythm of pulses. He stepped lightly in his bare feet rolling on the balls and tilting up on the toes enjoying the feel of the wood beneath him and humming to some internal song. He twirled from the small room into the adjoining bathroom bowing to his reflection in the mirror in passing.

Ning collapsed gracefully on the wide flat expanse of green marble that partitioned off a large segment of the room. It rose almost two feet high from the floor and was at least that wide. On the other side steps led down into a deep pool of water, steam rising from its surface. Ning grinned and reached for a basket of salts and oils and added the rich fragrance of sandlewood and myrrh to the bath. He loved this particular room in the petshop, always had. He had spent long hours inside the humid embrace of the pool letting himself float in its grasp and had missed it terribly when he had been driven from the petshop by his father. The bath held one more secret that he loved and with the twist of an ornate handle the secret was revealed in a deluge of warm rain from the ceiling. Unlike a conventional shower the spray spanned from one end of the pool to the other and struck the water below in a convincing mimicry of rainfall on a lake. He waited for the water to adjust to a temperature he liked and then set about setting out towels and small necessities for him and Jill. When all was set to his liking Ning quickly slid from the silk pajamas Jill had given him and examined his self critically in the mirror. He turned and looked over his shoulder at his reflection taking in the rich cascading mane of his hair and the pert swell of his bottom just where the tresses ended. Turning back Ning ran his fingertips lightly over the flat, smooth surface of chest and then lower to his belly where soft white skin thinly covered the ridges of steel muscle. His hands came to rest on the small protrusions of his hip bones his fingers just shy of touching the dark line of hair that swept from just below his navel downward to his sex. Ning chewed on the inner wall of his mouth worrying over his body and whether or not Jill would find it attractive. He thought perhaps he might be a bit too skinny for a woman to be attracted to. Ning flicked his tongue out at the image, well if that was the case, he would just have to give her something to else to concentrate on, now wouldn't he?

Jill's eyes fluttered open as she felt herself being lifted and cuddled against another person's heat. She blinked rapidly to clear Ning's hair from her eyelashes and looked up at him blearily not quite awake yet. The cool caress of air on her nude body shocked her completely from her stupor and flames crawled up her face as she realized they were both sans clothing. Ning chuckled at the collision of embarrassment and arousal he felt within in her. Ning carried her into the bathroom and gave the bathroom door a sharp kick with his heel to close it.

"The blush is most becoming but I find I do not understand why you would be ashamed of what you desire. You do desire me as I desire you, do you not Jill?" Jill buried her flushed face against his breast bone and nodded. Ning sighed and held her tighter as he stepped up onto the marble ledge. He descended slowly into the heated depths up to his waist before lowering Jill into the water bringing her hands up to wrap around his neck. Jill tilted her face up into the warm droplets from the ceiling and blinked in surprise when instead of a roof she saw a deep indigo night sky. She looked around at the side walls only to discover they had melted into a lagoon complete with hanging vines and trees whose limbs bent to touch the waters surface. Ning held her firmly around the waist and Jill kicked her feet lazily, her toes brushing against his legs. In the surreal darkness the water was deep and black and it seemed the only reality was that of the man holding her in a private paradise.

"You like?" Ning whispered in her ear. Jill kissed his damp cheek and dragged her lips to his.

"I like very much. It's wonderful and unbelievable and perfect." She whispered back against his lips and willing let him in when he licked his tongue against her mouth. Jill closed her eyes and forcibly shut out the voices of childhood that said it was wrong to share her body with another. She let the fear of being considered a whore and the shame of actually enjoying the feel of his slick wet body pressed against hers sink and drown in the depths around her. If this intense erotic piece of heaven was wrong she didn't want to be right. She whimpered as her tongue slid against his filling her mouth with the spicy exotic taste of him. Ning purred and rubbed his skin against hers crushing her to him. Small keening noises poured from her when Ning pulled from the kiss and moved to the hollow of her throat sucking at the mad pulse he found there. His arousal dug into the swell of her stomach and Jill surrendered to the languid fire fanning through her wanting to lose herself in its flames. She drew her knees up and clung to either side of his narrow hips and laid back in his arms at his prompting. Her hair drifted out in the water as he supported her torso with one long arm his fingers against the back of her head. Jill could feel the iron brand of his stare as he drank in the exposed flesh before him. She shivered and tightened her hold around his waist as the droplets struck her feverish skin making her nipples tighten and ripples run through her abdomen. Ning's purring deepened and with his free hand he traced tiny circles around the aching tips of her breasts turning the light quaking in her body into shudders. The vibrations his body made shot into hers from the junction of their hips and sank deep into her like her drug. Jill's finger's clenched uselessly in the water and she groaned in frustration held captive in the embrace that left her floating in the surreal pond anchored only by her legs wrapped around him.

"Ning, please, ooohhhh." Jill bit off as he lifted her partially so he could swirl his tongue around the sensitive peak of her left breast. The purring turned more guttural and his cock jerked against her leaking a thicker fluid then the artificial rain that beat around them. Ning kissed the twin bud on the other breast and took a deep breath to steady his self. His fangs erupted in his mouth and it was all he could do not to bite down into the swell of flesh. A sob tore through him at the overwhelming urge to claim her, his mind racing to override his body's natural inclination to take her fiercely and make her his permanently. He bit back on the craving to bond her to him with all his will. There was a time he wouldn't have, a time when he would have ensnared the person and be devil may care if they wasted away once his affection passed. Jill had changed him and Ning strove to balance the need inside him before continuing.

Ning suckled on her breast pouring gentleness into it and was rewarded with a low moan. He couldn't keep his sharp teeth from pricking the taut skin but took care to feed pleasure in with the small pain merging them together. He held back the majority of the venom giving just enough to amp the sensations but not enough to initiate a bond. He lapped at the minute amounts of blood letting it absorb into him, purring deeply as the bloodlust was sated. Oh but he wanted more but he could wait, he would wait, anything for the woman in his arms, anything to keep the love he had found. His cock slid against the wetness of her center and his breath hitched in his throat. Suddenly, desperately, he wanted in. He wanted to feel the walls of her body close around him and know what it was like to be buried inside the damp warmth of her female body. He let go of her breast and pulled her against him and carried her to one side of the pond where he could lay her against the trunk of one of the trees. Soft with moss Jill's body gleamed against it's rich green like a shell and Ning's heart contracted in his chest at the sight. Jill opened passion filled eyes and stared into his the depth of her want and love written within them and Ning knew himself to be lost. Hands that shook settled on her hips and Ning pushed forward into her until fully sheathed and marveled at the liquid molten sensation. Jill's head rolled back as she was filled and her hands came to rest on his head. Ning couldn't quit purring and nuzzled into her neck his teeth finding and sinking into the sweep where her throat joined her shoulder. Jill's eyes widened in surprise and pain and she bucked against him in shock only to settle into a rocking motion as pleasure sped through her veins from his venom, from his intense love. Ning worked his hand in between their bodies arching his back a little to give room without giving up the suction on her neck. His long fingers cool from the water found and stroked the tiny button of flesh at the top of her slit.

"Ahhhhhhh, oh God, Ning, mmmmmmmm" Jill hissed thrown over what she could stand her body in sensory overload. Water broke against her skin in light caress and lapped at the back of her legs in contrast to the solid mass between her thighs that moved relentlessly into her taking and possessing her. Heat wrapped up her spine and flooded her belly from the clever manipulations of his fingers against her, his purring set her nerves to throbbing and took over her pulse while his teeth sent a burning wave of desire into in a strange melding she had never known before. Her head tossed from side to side as the tension built and crashed in her and Ning was too learn first hand that not all women make noise when they come, some hold their breath in a silent scream. He held on as the waves broke over her and her nails sank into his back. He rammed into her hard letting his body go over the edge with hers.

It took several more minutes for them to exit the bath both having collapsed after the release. He retracted his fangs as she withdrew her nails from his skin. He rested his head on her bosom and wrapped his arms around her while she embraced his shoulders. Her body, particularly her legs, trembled in his grasp and he delved into her emotions to make sure she was well. He grinned at the saturation of wellness and contentment coming from her, apparently he had been more then adequate at his first attempt of bedding a woman. He recovered first and carried her out of the water shutting off the shower after setting her down on the ledge of marble. He came back and wrapped her in a towel and picked her back up taking her back to the bed.

"I can walk you know." Jill told him a smile on her face.

"I am aware. I want to hold you." Jill just went ahh and let him have his way. Several boxes had been brought in and placed on a chair while they had been in the bath and fresh food waited for them. Rain, real rain, came down outside in waves, it made a peaceful sound against the shops outer walls. Ning put Jill down in the center of the bed and curled up beside her. His long hair clung wetly to his bare skin and a tiny smile clung stubbornly to his lips, the very image of a satisfied kami. Jill reached out and brought over a slice of peach and held it to his lips. They lounged cuddling for a bit under the covers and feeding one another from the tray until Ning's hands started to gently persuasively explore the round curves of her body again. It was quite a while before they looked in the boxes.