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and show
me the teeth marks on my shoulder and the new bruises on my thighs and hips.
I gasp! I didn't even feel them! You take my face in your hands, kiss me,
then those steel blue eyes pierce my soul, soothing me without a word.
We finish dressing silently, strangely comfortable with each other. Finally,
it's time to part. We turn to each other, sharing our thoughts and feelings
only through our eyes. I reach up and caress your long silky hair, lifting
a tress to my cheek before I kiss you again softly on the mouth. I turn to
leave, but you grab my hand and I face you again. You take each of my hands
and kiss each fingertip gently, knowing by the tears in my eyes that I
understand.
Now I turn and walk away. I don't look back because I'm afraid you'll be
gone ... and I'm afraid you'll still be there. My pixie. My wild Puck.
I smile and keep walking.
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Yui Seto had never been submerged in water. Yui Seto would not have known the simple
joy of bathing in a steaming tub, nor that of swimming fast in bubbling
creeks or merely splashing in sedate ponds; the sybil had warned Yui's parents
soundly and their only daughter knew no other way to cleanse herself than to
scrub Yui's skin slick with scented water from a basin. Yui Seto
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