Karin: Paradox - First Time

Her fusion of scarlet and honey eyes stared widely back at him with feelings that can't possibly be described on a whim. He looks back at her, with a flushed face of embarrassment at what he had done with her, but at the same time realizing a feeling deep in his gut that was worth the uneasiness.

It had been a refreshing new rush of emotion erupting from the couple; a feeling deeper than any ocean. Sinking. A feeling of nothingness. Dark.

It was as if time had stopped for them to have that moment for their own.

The young girl with black hair styled in a bob held her fingers to her lips, eyes now averted downward. Her face was completely red, small drops of sweat ran down her tinged cheeks. To complete the ensemble, she was breathing so heavily that she looked as if she had just run a marathon.

"Maaka..."

The boy looked at the girl with soft, gentle eyes. Though he looked tough on the outside, he couldn't hurt anyone for any reason. Those were the values he would always hold dearly to him, no matter what. Even if the very person he was lying beside was a creature known as a vampire.

The girl met his longing gaze with the sound of her name.

"Maaka... bite me..."

The two teenagers looked into each other's eyes; their bodies so close they could nearly hear the other's throbbing heart.

The panting girl nodded her head slowly, "Y-yes... Usui-kun..."

She leaned most of her body onto his chest and wrapped both arms around him. She slowly lowered her head to where his neck was. The boy could feel her unsteady breathing; could feel it more and more with every centimeter the girl drew closer to him. The feeling of warm air wafting, caressing his collarbone.

The girl tilted her head slightly to one side as she had grabbed the collar of his shirt and leaned forward. She closed her eyes and pressed her lips to his neck as if to say, 'Thank you.'

The sudden touch of her small lips made the boy shiver. Though he expected her to touch his neck, he didn't expect her to give him a small peck there beforehand.

The girl removed her lips from his neck and opened her petite mouth to reveal her canines. The two front fangs exceeded the size of her mouth and elongated instinctively. She bit into the boy like one bites into a soft dessert. The boy recoiled a bit and slipped out a small moan. All he could feel was the veins in his neck pulsing wildly.

The boy put one arm around the girl's small waist and the other to the back of her head. He lightly pulled her closer to him, a tiny smile curving on his mouth.

He could feel his consciousness fading. His body no longer had any strength to keep him sitting upright against the wall. His head slumped to one side, with the girl's two arms the only things keeping him from dropping to the old tatami floor.

The teenaged girl removed her vampiric teeth from his exposed neck. It left two small holes both with a small amount of leftover blood slightly seeping through.

"Ha..." She let out a barely audible sigh as she lifted her head and opened her glass eyes to see a boy's sleeping face.

She smiled. Though it was not a wide grin, this smile was genuine. This morning had been the happiest morning she had ever experienced in her young life.

Her chest was warm. Her heart was beating fast.

Those few seconds that she looked at the boy's peaceful face... she realized that this is what people call "love".

With that small smile curved upon her face, tears trickled down her pink cheeks. She buried her face in the boy's chest, not thinking of anything else but him. This boy with such broad shoulders, such devilish eyes, such an enticing smile.

The intoxication of her own tears lulled her to sleep.

That was their... initial experience.