Making Up's the Best Part (SM), NC-17
Title: Making Up's the Best Part
Fandom: Sailor Moon
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Rei/Minako
Genre: Romance, Adult
Word Count: 3,507
Summary: On a vacation to the hot springs, Minako finally confronts Rei about her behavior following their tryst.
Notes: Written for the Sailor Moon Monthly Fanfiction Challenge. May Challenge - Rei. Day Twenty-Nine: Hot Springs. Sequel to Blew Me Away, which was a sort of sequel to sea_thoughts's Moonlight Tryst.
Status: Complete
Predictably, it had all been Usagi’s idea to go to the hot springs.
Rei could lie to herself and act as though she wasn’t a fan of lounging in the bubbling, steamy waters for hours on end, but there didn’t seem to be much point. She reveled in the heat seeping into her skin and the way her muscles turned to liquid underneath nature’s ministrations. Water wasn’t her element, but fire was, and a trip to the hot springs left her feeling as if she had bathed in flames.
It was this love of going there that had let her agree to coming along on this trip. If Usagi had suggested skiing, a beach resort, or an amusement park, she could have easily refused. But Usagi was smarter than she let on, and she’d picked the one location Rei would sincerely want to go to.
And to think, she was going to all that trouble just to get Minako and Rei speaking again.
Rei growled quietly at the thought and sank deeper into the heat, letting the nape of her neck dip below waterline. It had been nearly a month since she’d spoken to Minako, and she’d done her best not to even see the blonde since what Rei had come to think of as “the incident” had occurred. The others knew something was wrong, but Rei certainly had told them what had gone on. For once, it seemed Minako chose the tactful route and kept her mouth shut as well. It surprised Rei a little. She’d half-expected Minako to call each of the girls separately and give them all the lewd details of their little moonlight tryst.
But maybe that wasn’t giving her enough credit.
Rei shook off that charitable thought like an unexpected snowflake. Letting her off the hook for anything was venturing into dangerous territory for Rei. The truth was, she wanted to stay mad at Minako. It was easier, far more comfortable than the alternative. As long as she stayed angry, she could focus on how she had been so egregiously wronged - not what had happened that night.
Usagi hadn’t expected Rei to be this determined in keeping Minako at arm’s length. The car ride up to the springs had been awkward to say the least. Rei had gotten in one of her better jabs right as they pulled into the parking lot. She couldn’t remember what it was now, sorry to say. Minako hadn’t even waited for Makoto to park. She’d flung open the door and stalked off to go hide in her hotel room for the rest of the day. She’d neglected to grab her bags of course, but none of the other girls had found this to be as inconsiderate as Rei maintained.
It was nearing twilight now, and Ami, Makoto, and Usagi had all gone back inside. No doubt they were comforting the blonde, as they had tried to do without much success when they first arrived. Rei was pleased to have the time to herself. She loved her friends, but their not-so-subtle attempts to mend bridges they would never cross had begun to irk her.
Rei sighed and sank even deeper, so that her eyes nearly slipped beneath the water. She continued to exhale until her lungs were empty, watching the tiny bubbles flutter across the water like little dancing globes. She allowed herself a small smile. She really did love this place.
“We need to talk.”
The sound of the least expected and least wanted voice of Aino Minako made Rei forget that she couldn’t actually breathe underwater. She choked on the boiling liquid and surged back, coughing and spluttering wildly. She inhaled sharply, fully prepared to launch into a diatribe at Minako (since this was so obviously her fault), when she felt her towel pulling away from her body. In an instant, she was utterly naked, and Minako was holding the soaked towel with a sort of grim triumph.
Rei screamed in outrage, covered her breasts, and sank back into the water. “You. Did. Not. Just. Do. That.”
“It wasn’t my first choice,” Minako informed her brusquely. “But since you won’t answer my calls, and you won’t let the others act as go betweens - which I actually don’t blame you for since that is sooooo second grade, but then hey, you’re the one who practically made a ‘your mom’ joke on the way up here, so I don’t know what else I could have expected - you’ve left me with no choice.”
Rei’s head swam at the convoluted sentence structure. “This does not explain why you’ve practically assaulted me.”
Minako smiled, not with mischief or joy, but with something edging towards malice. “I’m making sure you don’t go anywhere.” She then proceeded to wring water out of the towel, squish it into a ball, and then punt it away. Rei heard it land with a very distant splash.
Her jaw dropped, although really, she should have seen that coming. “You… You… You--”
“Would it make you feel better if I were naked?” She started to undo the knot that held her towel up.
Rei threw herself backwards in the tiny pool. “No!”
Minako stopped, digging her fingernails into the orange fluff of the towel. “Rei, I am not the sex maniac you have apparently painted me as in your head. I’m not going to jump you.”
“Forgive me for getting mixed messages what with you stripping me,” Rei deadpanned.
Minako rolled her eyes and then lowered herself into the pool. “Honestly. I don’t see what the big deal is about nudity. It’s perfectly natural.”
“Not when the naked person in question had no say in the matter!”
“I told you!” Minako shouted with surprising venom. “I don’t know how else to get you to listen! I’ve tried being subtle, I’ve tried being nice and patient and good and distant and… everything I can think of. Apparently, you only respond to big gestures, so here we are.”
Rei stared at Minako, who panted from the effort of her outburst. Suddenly, Rei had a sneaking suspicious.
“This trip was your idea, wasn’t it?”
Minako at least had the grace not to deny it. “What can I say? I’m an evil genius.”
Rei snarled and pounded one fist against the water, sending up a large splash. It hit Minako’s face, but the blonde barely blinked. “I cannot believe you sometimes. Why can’t you act like a normal person?”
“Normal is boring,” Minako muttered, wiping at her damp forehead.
Rei snorted but refrained from comment. She continued to keep her distance from Minako, covering as much of her body as she could. Surprisingly, Minako’s eyes never once slipped down to try and catch a glimpse. She held eye contact like an overly intense actress in a dramatic role.
Finally, Rei let out the breath she hadn’t realized she was holding. “Fine. You want to talk? I’ll start.”
“I am both shocked and amazed.”
Rei hated when Minako was sarcastic; it felt like a breach of territory. “You took advantage of me.”
Minako raised an eyebrow. “Funny. I didn’t think this was a Clark Gable movie.”
“Stop that!” Rei snapped, her cheeks turning red. “I’m being serious!”
Minako continued to hold her gaze. They steadiness of it left Rei unsettled. She was used to Minako twitching, gesturing, fidgeting her way through conversations. This stillness carried a foreboding like an oncoming storm.
“Maybe I did a little,” Minako said, and the admission nearly made Rei choke all over again. “I didn’t start anything when you were awake and alert. I woke you up out of a deep sleep. Maybe I didn’t want to deal with the argument.”
Rei had to bite her tongue from crowing in triumph. “Don’t throw in maybes. You know you didn’t want to deal with it.”
“Considering you argue with me about what flavor of tea to buy, you can imagine why I was a little tired of it.”
“Doing what we did isn’t the same as buying tea!”
“Can’t you even say the word?”
Rei felt her face grow warmer. She turned away. “I don’t like to think about it.”
“Why?”
“Does it matter?”
“If it didn’t, I wouldn’t have asked.” Rei felt the waters moving. Minako was coming closer. “It matters if you don’t want to think about it because you’re disgusted by it, or…”
A soft palm fell on Rei’s bare shoulder. Her fingers hadn’t even begun to prune. Rei shivered in the middle of the irrepressible heat.
“I….” Her voice cracked horribly. She hated herself for this weakness. She hated herself for any weakness. “I don’t see why we have to talk about this.”
“Because I think you’re a little in love with me, and I want to know if I’m right.”
Rei whirled in the water, and by the time she faced Minako again, there were tears in her eyes she would deny to her grave. She wanted to scream not to tease her like this, but Minako wasn’t being cruel. Her eyes were soft as feather down, wide with something like sympathy but far from pity.
“I don’t want to be,” Rei murmured thickly.
Minako didn’t seem hurt by this sentiment. “In my experience, we never fall in love with the people we wish we could.”
Rei’s teeth sank into her lip, strong enough to bruise. “Maybe I was…. Maybe I still am. I’m so mad now, I’ve kept myself so mad, I can’t be sure. And I didn’t want to be one of your little flings, your one night stands.” She looked at Minako straight on, mimicking her stability and hoping to shake her. “I went along with it because I wanted you, but then I realized what it meant, and I don’t want to forgive you for that.”
She wanted Minako to cry. It was spiteful and vindictive of her, but this had turned her insides into bleeding knots, and she wanted her pain to be shared. She wanted Minako to be hurt, and she thought she’d said the worst thing - the truth.
But Minako just smiled. She reached up and laid her hands against Rei’s cheeks. Then she leaned forward and brushed the sides of their noses together. “Silly Rei. Don’t you understand anything yet?
“I didn’t know what it meant when it was over. I was confused. I’m sorry about that. I shouldn’t have kissed you unless I knew what I wanted. But three seconds after you left me on those steps, I knew.
“If I wanted a one night stand with a girl and a friend, I have a lot more options. I’ve had one with Haruka and Michiru. I’m sure Setsuna or Makoto would be amenable. Maybe I could even coax Ami into something.
“But I knew you’d fight me all the way. I knew you’d want it to mean something. I didn’t know how you felt then; I figured that out later, but I knew you wouldn’t have sex with me just for my amusement. And that wasn’t what it was about.
“I love you a little bit too, you see.”
Rei nearly recoiled, but Minako’s hands held her steady. She did her best to gaze into those blue eyes she’d shunned for the past four weeks, but everything was out of focus. Nothing seemed quite real, but the sweat and the water and Minako’s smooth skin and the warmth flooding between her legs meant that this was real, this was happening, and Minako wanted her. The same Rei that yes, she still wanted Minako.
It was ironic considering how this had all started that it was Rei who leapt at Minako and not the other way around. Her lips were better than Rei remembered. Soft and full, but unyielding. Minako never gave in, just like Rei would never give in. Of the four main elements, Rei was of course Fire, but Minako was Air. When those two came together, it was nothing short of an explosion.
Rei opened her mouth and let Minako’s tongue slip inside. They twined together, twisting and slipping in a battle-dance. Then Minako pulled back, grasped her lower lip between her teeth and nibbled where Rei had already left a bruise. She let out a high-pitched gasp, arching her back and pressing her bare breasts against Minako’s body.
Minako chuckled and kissed her jaw. “I guess we make up well.” She dipped her head to kiss the hollow of Rei’s throat. Her lips and tongue left her skin burning worse than the hot springs.
“Minako…” Rei breathed, reaching forward and tugging at the towel still wound around Minako’s body. “I want you. Please.”
“Hmm…” Minako murmured, biting and sucking the skin on Rei’s clavicle. “Are you sure? I don’t want you to change your mind in the morning again.”
In response, Rei yanked the towel down so that Minako’s breasts were exposed. She twisted one nipple.
Minako gasped and nearly leapt away, her eyes wide and cheeks suddenly pink. She laughed breathlessly, eyes glittering. “Guess you are sure.”
She shimmied out of her towel the rest of the way and let it float away. Then she swam back, pushed her fingers into Rei’s turbaned hair, and kissed her again. Rei moaned into her mouth as their breasts came together, and pushed her knee between her thighs and pressed against Rei’s pelvic bone. Then she maneuvered Rei until her back was against the wall of the pool, grabbing her discarded towel and using it as a cushion.
“Stand up.” Minako ordered, her fingers slipping down Rei’s sides until they grasped her hipbones, her grip firm and unyielding.
Rei was in no position to refuse despite the possibility that she might be seen. She rose until her breasts peaked over the water. Then Minako kissed and licked her way down her neck and chest until she reached her breasts. Her attentions first focused on the pale, round flesh at the top of her breasts. She left bruises and marks behind, but Rei didn’t care about that. She cared only that Minako was teasing her, holding her hips still and refusing to touch her more sensitive areas.
Finally, Rei felt on the verge of whimpering. She swallowed it like a bitter pill. Then she dragged her fingernails down Minako’s spine.
“Fuck me like you mean it.”
Minako laughed aloud, but then slipped her tongue onto Rei’s nipples, circling the areolas. Then, Rei noticed a difference in the movement. She snorted when she realized Minako was drawing hearts on her breasts with her tongue.
“You’re so corny,” she teased, wrapping a hand around Minako’s exposed neck.
Minako took one nipple between her teeth and pulled roughly. Rei let out a tiny shriek; her hips bucked, but Minako continued to hold her in place. Minako released her and then blew on the sensitive area.
“Was that corny?” Minako asked in a voice lower in pitch than Rei was used to.
“No,” Rei moaned. “Do me a favor, and never use that voice in public.”
Minako gave her a familiar wicked grin. “You should know better than to tell me those things.”
Rei was about to respond when Minako repeated the bite and blow on Rei’s other breast. Then she smoothed her tongue over the tender areas as if to soothe the wounds. Rei was surprised at how unbearable the sensations were becoming.
Minako giggled again. Rei didn’t want to think about what sort of face she must have made to cause that reaction. “Such impatience.”
Rei wanted to say something acerbic and clever in response, but just then, Minako released her hips. She ran her hands up Rei’s torso and lightly squeezed her breasts, plucking at the nipples like picking cherries off a tree. Rei thrust her hips against Minako’s hard thigh, groaning in pleasure.
“Is that how you want it?” Minako asked, squeezing her breasts again. Rei answered by continuing to move her hips up and down the top of Minako’s thigh. Minako reached back intot the water with one hand and grabbed her arse, kneading the soft flesh and pushing Rei forward a third time. “Then come on.”
With one hand on her buttocks, one on her breast, and her lips finding her neck all over again, Minako drove her on. Rei continued to grind against her thigh, increasing pressure and speed. Minako’s hands guided her to add an occasional swivel, to sometimes make the strokes long and sometimes short. Minako brought her painfully close to the edge, but Rei could not climax.
She was gasping for breath when she said, “Please….”
She felt Minako smile against her flesh. “Please what?”
“I want… to…”
“Yes?”
Minako sank the nails of both hands into her flesh and let her teeth scrape against her neck.
“I want to come,” Rei hissed, gnashing her teeth. “Please, make me come.”
Minako chuckled. “Oh, is that what you wanted? You should have said something sooner.”
Rei started to snarl, but it quickly degenerated into a moan. She moved her leg back and brought her hand to cup between Rei’s legs. Then she pushed two fingers inside Rei, but instead of thrusting, she slid them around, seeking out Rei’s g-spot.
Rei made it very obvious when Minako found it.
The blonde grinned and then proceeded to push her fingers in and out, always brushing against the spot she’d purposefully gone to find. Rei moaned with each thrust, each noise steadily growing louder in volume. But this continued for a few minutes, and though Rei felt closer than ever, she still would not come.
“Minako…”
Minako hushed her. “Would I let you down?”
Then shifted her thumb so that it rested against her clit. She began to rub it in addition to using her fingers. Rei’s back arched and her hips bucked again at the end of the movement. Minako continued applying just the right pressure until finally Rei felt as if something inside her was breaking. She threw her head back and came almost silently, a high whistle slipping out of her open mouth.
When she finished, Rei slumped forward and buried her nose into Minako’s shoulder. Then her lips pressed messily against her skin. “I think I love you more than a little bit.”
Minako laughed. Then she whispered in Rei’s ear, her lips brushing against the curves. “Let’s see if you can make me feel the same.”
Rei couldn’t help but smirk. Finally. Revenge. For the thrown towel and dragging that out as long as she had.
“Sit on the edge,” Rei instructed, forcing her body upright.
Minako blinked, nearly gaping. “I didn’t know you were an exhibitionist.”
“I’m not,” Rei insisted. “If anyone happens to see us, I can just duck underneath the water. You’re the one being exposed.”
“And what makes you think I’m an exhibitionist?”
“I have met you before.”
Minako let out something like a guffaw and decided to comply. She levered herself up onto the edge, exposing her whole body to the open air. Goosebumps broke out over her skin from the sudden change in temperature. Rei didn’t intend to leave her feeling cold for long, though if she were the type to admit such things, she would have said she was nervous about her next move.
Rei gently maneuvered Minako’s legs apart, pushing her knees open as far as her flexibility would allow. Then she dipped her head forward. Minako moaned even before Rei touched her, knowing what Rei was about to do.
She ran her tongue against Minako’s labia in one long, slow stroke, and her mouth filled with an unfamiliar, but not wholly unpleasant taste. Minako sighed in pleasure, which immediately spurred Rei’s confidence. She continued to lick Minako in the same manner, refusing to increase pressure or speed any faster than Minako had done for her.
Minako of course was a much louder lover than Rei, and far more demonstrative. Minako had manipulated events to force Rei to ask for what she wanted. Minako saw no reason to repeat this pattern. She wrapped her legs around Rei’s head, pushing her forward, and Rei could barely see Minako squeezing her own breasts frantically.
This was too much for Rei. Even though she’d just climaxed, she reached down with one hand and began to masturbate to the sound of Minako’s moans. She licked faster and hard, and then focused solely on Minako’s clit. In minutes, Minako’s hips were jerking again and again, practically grinding against her mouth. Rei moved her fingers faster against her own flesh, and then used a combination of tongue and teeth to pull Minako over the edge. The sound of her cresting, a scream of pure pressure, was enough to let Rei come with her.
When she finally settled down again, Minako unwound her legs and then slipped back into the water. She immediately entwined Rei in a warm embrace. Then she laughed again, reminding Rei how much she’d missed it.
“Make up sex is totally the best.”
And Rei laughed too because she couldn’t disagree.