Sofu sat down gingerly on the couch beside Alan. He pulled the young man onto his lap and laid his head in the crook of his arm. He patently ignored what was going on with his grandson and Leon and let his mother do as she pleased far more concerned with precious bundle he held in his arms. Sofu's cloak pooled around the small frame a black mass that swarmed towards its master. The cloth slunk off of Alan's body and up Sofu's arms and spread across his chest. In minutes the voluminous article reassembled itself around the kami and covered him from head to toe.

Sofu pushed the hood back and then readjusted Alan in his arms so that he too lay within the confines. Nana sank down beside the two and looked on. Alan's eyes remained firmly closed but his face was soft and relaxed. She watched the young human breathe and reached out to delicately touch his mind. Her son's abilities were of more then that of his kami blood so she went carefully waiting until he granted her access and withdrew once she verified that the boy was indeed resting comfortably. She picked up on the keen intelligence hid behind the closed lids and wondered just how deep the depths went in this one.

"He knew D's name so D took it out and put him to sleep. He's all right isn't he?" Leon asked quietly from across the room. Sofu ignored him but Nana looked up and smiled at him reading the unspoken threat in the detectives mind if he wasn't.

"Yes, Leon. He is all right. We merely want to make him more so. Such terrible pain resides in him and yet such hope too." Nana patted one of Alan's legs in an off handed maternal gesture and Leon found himself liking her even more.

"Now, why don't you show my son where the spare bedroom is and let these two get to one another better and then you young man can escort me to the kitchen as I am to understand you make the most divine cookies. Isn't that right, D?" Nana stood and crossed the room once more taking Jiaoshu in her arms and pulling him into a light embrace. Leon looked long and hard at the kami holding his cousin. Sofu turned up liquid gold eyes and stared back equally as hard. Measure for measure they assessed one another and the level of trust they were willing to give.

"I don't know anything about you or what you're attentions are towards my cousin." Leon told him gravely. Sofu bowed his head and lightly skimmed his fingers across Alan's face.

"I know little of you, except you are loud and brash and very, very American. And yet you have my grandson in your arms whether I trust you or not. I promise, on my honor, I mean the young man no harm." Leon breathed out through his nose in vexation.

"All right, come on. I'll show you where the guest room is. Be warned it isn't much and until D got in there and cleaned it up it was pretty much a storage room. Anyways, you gonna wake him up or you need me to carry him? What are you going to do with him anyway? Huh? Can you tell me that, at least?" Sofu's lips twitched but he bit back the smile that wanted to come out. He stood up with Alan easily handling his weight.

"He is small. I need no help. As for my intentions, I mean to ease some of the torment in him and nothing more Detective Orcot. I am not a dishonorable man." Leon humphed under his breath and shoved the door open to the tiny room. An unfolded futon took up nearly the entire back wall and the room held only a small bedside table and a chest of drawers. Sofu thought to himself it was bit more then a glorified broom closet but kept his mouth shut. It would be rude to offend one's host.

"Oh, I see that look. I told you it wasn't much. I'm a bachelor on a detective's salary it's not like I ever had the need for a guestroom before. There is a small restroom behind that door. I'm going to go see what Nana and D are up to holler if you need anything." Sofu inclined his head as an answer and sighed with relief when Leon left and closed the door with a click.

Sofu carried Alan to the futon and laid him down. He smiled upon the lovely visage of the human's face. So unlike his cousin and almost too beautiful to be one of the males of his species. Thick russet hair fell across his forehead in careless locks and brushed against the tips of his fine arched eyebrows. Sofu could only imagine the clear crystalline grey of his eyes shuttered away behind eyelids that had the faintest hint of blue veins crossing them. Sofu stretched out beside him and spread his cloak across their bodies and waited for Alan to wake up.

Out in the kitchen Leon found his self cornered by one hormonal mood shifting kami and one grandmother who found it hysterically funny and offered no assistance what so ever. Leon had been chopping up various ingredients to make stir fry and discussing the secret to his grandmother's cookies with Nana. Jiaoshu had been sitting contentedly munching the last few cookies and half listening to the conversation. Suddenly Leon felt an unreal whoosh of lust shoot through his nervous system right between one chop of bok choy and the next. Leon dropped the knife startled not only at his lover but at his own body's immediate response to it. His cock swelled against his jeans and caught painfully against the waist band. What blood wasn't in that organ was splashed across his face in mortification that this was happening while Nana was in the room. Leon nearly cringed when Jiaoshu's pale arms wrapped around his waist.

"Stop it, D. We have company." Leon hissed between his teeth his fingers gripping the ledge of the counter for support. D, instead nuzzled his head between Leon's shoulder's blades and started purring. All Leon could think was Oh, God, Oh dear God, in a loop as one vibration after another wracked through his being. He couldn't even think clearly enough to try and force his will onto the kami, his cock twitched with each purr and leaked against the fabric. Nana instead of helping propped herself up on her elbows and blew on her hot tea. She was enjoying the show and was greatly amused by Leon's predicament.

Jiaoshu's fingers found their way under the loose fabric of Leon's shirt and the sharp tips of his nails played havoc with the flat muscles and blond hair they encountered. Leon's skin rippled beneath his touch in fine quakes and tremors. Leon bowed his head as he fought for control of his self and of the situation. His legs shook when the first button of his 501's slid from it's hole freeing the now purplish head of his sex while the tight constriction of his jeans hugged the length of it against his stomach. His chest shuddered as he watched Jiaoshu's right hand swirl around the exposed crown of flesh smearing the drops of pre cum in a lazy teasing circle. He quit breathing when the second button popped free and the left hand insinuated itself between the rough material and his lower abdomen.

"Oh, damn." Was all Leon could utter as his legs spread whether he willed them to or not and he bent at the waist laying his forehead against the counter's cool surface. He panted shallowly and closed his eyes. Jiaoshu kissed him through the fabric of his t-shirt his fangs evident in the pinpricks that accompanied each peck. Another button came free of its casing and with one third of him exposed Leon whimpered his hips flexing into the caress of his lover's hands. The pressure against his balls was excruciating both painful and pleasurable, heaven and hell wrapped together waiting for release. It didn't help that he could hear Nana's chuckle through the loud purring that seemed to be coming from everywhere but was intent on getting into his blood his pulse hammering to it.

"Please," gasp "please" moan and sharp hiss as Jiaoshu's nails broke the skin, "please leave, please." Leon gave up trying to stop what was happening and just prayed that whatever deities watched over the hapless creatures bonded to a kami would make Nana leave.

"Of course, my dear. I would imagine you would like a little, umm, privacy?" Leon heard as her stool scraped the floor and she padded out of the kitchen making sure to pull the slat rail door that served as a barrier behind her.

Leon heard a keen wailing over the top of Jiaoshu's purring but failed to recognize the sound as coming from him. Jiaoshu had pushed the shirt out of his way and was suckling at the small indention where Leon's back ended and his ass began. Shockwaves of electricity sparked from the tender spot and Leon's world swam with it. The cool ends of the kami's hair brushed against him in contrast to the weltering heat of his mouth and tongue. Leon's knees would have buckled had Jiaoshu's arms not held him up. Arms that ended in sharp talons and clever fingers that were busy holding other things. Leon squirmed against the hold desperate to free the remainder of his cock and ease the throbbing but stilled when Jiaoshu's fangs sank into him. It stung horribly but was followed by wildfire as his blood flowed out and venom flowed in. His lover's purring changed as the first salty drops were lapped up and a deep need was sated. The bond resonated between the two and even in the red haze of lust Leon understood as his life force was taken to feed his unborn.

Everything slowed to a languid unhurried pace as Jiaoshu stroked the freed length of Leon's erection as he drank. He didn't resist when Leon's hand stilled his own. A relaxed, feeling pulsed through him and his fangs retracted of their own accord. Jiaoshu slid down to the floor his limbs heavy and his head tilting back on its slender column. He looked up at his lover with lidded drunken eyes and swayed a little. Leon had turned as soon as Jiaoshu had let go and caught the kami by his shoulders. Jiaoshu's eyes opened and closed in long sweeps and his pupils were dilated. His lips were stained a rich red and the barest hint of his canines could be seen where they parted. He purred gently as Leon's arm closed around him and he was picked up and snuggled close against Leon's chest. He drifted in the warmth of the embrace as he was carried from the living room back to the bedroom. The presence of his great grandmother was a fleeting thing as they passed behind her sitting on the couch.

Leon tipped Jiaoshu out of his arms and into the center of the bed. He popped the remaining buttons on his jeans and kicked out of them while yanking his shirt off. He felt more centered and in control the reins having been passed back to him. His cock still throbbed impatiently but Leon had mastered the wildfire. He stretched out beside Jiaoshu and twisted one elegant rope knot lose from its base. A small patch of white skin peeked through and Leon gave it a loving kiss before moving to the next knot and repeating the procedure. Jiaoshu purred and arched beneath Leon's hands as the last knots gave way. He twisted on his side and rubbed against the sheets enjoying the twin sensations of Leon's warm hands and the grain of the material. It was then that Leon noticed the slight swell at the lower half of Jiaoshu's belly. It wasn't much and if he hadn't arched his back it was probably unnoticeable yet it was there. Leon reached out an unsteady hand and stroked the soft flesh. It was a little warmer it seemed to him and somehow thicker. He nudged against the bond and eased into his lover's neural net. He let the enormous sense of well being Jiaoshu felt roll through him as he checked on his child. The baby had grown considerably, in fact it had doubled in size. Jiaoshu stretched and yawned again straining against Leon's hand encouraging him to pet him some more.

"You like that, eh?" Leon asked an impish grin on his face and radiant joy in his heart. Family, they were going to be a family. It sank into him like wine and he shared the giddy feeling with his love. Jiaoshu's hands came down to his and pushed downwards. Leon laughed but took the hint letting his fingers wrap around his mate's sex. Leon slid down and gently licked and then blew on his navel making him squirm. Jiaoshu was to far gone to actively protest so Leon showed mercy and licked his way down stopping at the swell and kissing it gently before going on. He spent a lot of time kissing and touching his lover's body, learning it slowly and finding new spots to explore. It was appealing somehow to have Jiaoshu so compliant and boneless. His liquid sighs and moans an audible turn on that burned slowly in Leon's veins, a timeless song with no beginning and no end. When he finally did enter his body Leon came to an all knew level of intimacy and understanding as he experienced for the first time how making love can be when it's not about it's culmination but about the journey. He stopped himself several times from coming and slowed down when he thought he wasn't going to be able to hold back but eventually spun over the edge when Jiaoshu came the second time with a little gasp and an opening of the bond that allowed Leon to fill the orgasm wash through him from his belly outwards.

Later after spooning and rubbing the slight swell of his lover's belly for a bit Leon got up to answer the grumbles of his own stomach. It had been an intense day for him. Two sessions of lovemaking, moons apart in the way they played out, and Leon was a very satisfied yet starving young man. The most delicious smells were creeping under his bedroom door and he simply had to find out what was causing them. He pushed his legs back into his jeans and buttoned them back up not bothering with any underclothes and stumbled out into the living room. He followed his nose to the kitchen and waived at Nana as he came in. Dinner sat prepared on the counter hot and steaming with various vegetables and meats along with rice. She waived back cheerfully and motioned for him to fix himself a plate.

"Hello, boy. How are you?" Leon shrugged and yawned linking his fingers together and pulling them taunt over his head causing his back to pop and the muscles to stretch out.

"I'm all right. You?" He asked as he ambled over to the refrigerator for a drink. Nana watched him as he went admiring his bare feet with their long toes and lean lines. She raised and eyebrow silently as bent over to grab a can of coca cola from the bottom of the fridge. On his lower back where his belt loops cut into his flesh a large very dark bruise had formed and two puncture holes could be seen. She smiled over her tea at the evidence of just how well he was doing and how well the first feeding had gone.

"Apparently not as well you, Leon." Leon stood up and shut the door. He caught a stool with his foot and drug it over to hers plopping down on it.

"Yeah, I'm doing okay. Can we talk? I mean I got some questions and all." Nana took another sip of her tea and reached out and patted Leon's hands with her own.

"Yes, Leon we certainly may talk. I have much to tell you about what is to come and what you can expect. And you are ready to listen, ne?" Leon popped the top of his drink and nodded.

"Good, then let's get started."