You handed the baby back to its mother, “ I have to use the restroom.” You passed by Eisuke kissing him on the cheek before continuing to the restroom,.

Your friend looked up at Eisuke. “ She’s a natural with children” Eisuke commented.

Her friend looked up and smiled at him sadly. “ Yes, too bad she doesn’t want children, but she will make a great aunt to this beautiful lady.” She said bouncing her baby and putting her finger in its tiny hand. 

“ She doesn’t want children?” Eisuke asked, and she shook her head.

“ You didn’t know, I guess I let the cat out of the bag.” Her face fell, “ I’m sorry” 

“ Don’t worry about it, I was going to find out eventually.” Eisuke looked towards the table he was to be sitting at. “ I have a meeting, tell her I’ll talk to her tonight.” She nodded, and Eisuke walked off.

When you got back to the table, you sat down. “ Did Eisuke leave for his meeting?” Your friend nodded, then you noticed the saddened expression on her face. 

“What’s wrong, did he say something?” She licked her lips.

“ I told him you didn’t want kids, I thought he knew I’m so sorry.” Your stomach flipped.

“ I hadn’t told him yet, I was going to get to it eventually.” You smiled “ It’s okay, I’m not mad.” Your friend let out a breath.

“ Are you sure?” You nodded, “ Yep I’m sure, but how did he take it?” She shrugged her shoulders. 

“He looked surprised, but then he excused himself to his meeting.” You looked over at his table nervously.

You and Eisuke were going strong, you hadn’t talked about children. You’ve been together for over a year, but somehow the topic had never come up. You were comfortable with the things as they were, and you had no intention of changing them. Although, if he asked you to marry him you’d probably say yes. Still, you didn’t know if he wanted children or not.

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After your lunch, you started your shift. However, you were distracted and all you could think about was how he was going to react when you got back to the penthouse. Your stomach was doing flip flops, and you felt nauseous with nerves. The night went by in a blur, you didn’t talk to anyone, and your friends kept asking if you were okay, and you’d reply with a meek “ I’m just tired “ 

When your shift was finally over, it was well into the night. You changed in the locker room. Maybe if you were lucky he’d be asleep, or maybe you could text him and say something came up at your parents’ house. You shook your head, this was ridiculous; what were you so scared of? If this ended your relationship so be it, but children weren’t for you. You finished getting dressed and grabbed your things, checking your phone while you walked out the door. Nothing from Eisuke, you didn’t know whether that was good or bad. He generally didn’t text while you were at work, so maybe it was fine.

As you stood in front of the elevator to the penthouse, you took in a deep breath preparing yourself for whatever was about to happen. You let out your breath as the doors opened, and you stepped into the elevator not quite ready, but you had to face this head on. You were scared, but it was better to face it now rather than wait and let the anxiety eat you away.

The elevator stopped and dinged as the doors opened, and there sat Soryu and Baba in the lounge not doing anything in particular. Normally you greet them with a smile, but instead, you remained stoic. “ Hey, _ _ _ !” Baba spoke excitedly. “ Hi” Was all you said in a soft voice, and Soryu looked up from his book. “ Are you okay?” You forced a smile and nodded. Then again for probably the hundredth time you said “ I’m just tired.” Soryu nodded, “ Best get to bed then” 

“ I will, thanks Soryu. Goodnight Baba.” Baba smiled “ Sweet dreams princess.” 

You walked up the stairs to Eisuke’s suite with your heart pounding. When you closed the door behind you. You turned to see Eisuke in the living room with his laptop watching a crime show, well more like listening as his attention was on his laptop. 

“ _ _ _” He said your name, not looking at you.

“ Hi” Is what you said, because you couldn’t think of anything else to say.

“ How was your day?” He asked casually. You took your shoes off, then walked forward.

“ It was okay.” You answered. He was still looking at the computer screen.

“ Just okay? You didn’t enjoy meeting your friend’s baby?” He closed the laptop and placed it on the side table. He finally looked over to you, as he waited for an answer.

“Yes” His eyes bore into you 

“ Then why was your day just okay?” You crossed your arms uncomfortably.

“ B-because I was worried.” He nodded 

“ Hmm,” He hummed “ Did your friend tell you that she let it slip that you don’t want children?” You cleared your throat nervously.

He motioned for you to come closer, “ Come and sit.” You nodded and obeyed sitting in a chair near him.

The trepidation laid heavy upon you. You didn’t know what to expect and you didn’t know what to say to him. He cleared his throat and sat up, as if this were one of his business meetings. 

“ I’m not usually one for conversation, I prefer action over communication, however with this specific subject I feel that we need to talk.” He leaned back and crossed his arms then crossed one leg over the other.

“Probably a good decision” You commented, even though you didn’t want to have this conversation you knew it needed to happen. His eyes scanned you. He could tell you were anxious.

“Relax, I’m not going to bite. You know me better than that. I thought I knew you, but apparently you still have secrets.” You narrowed your eyes

“ Don’t give me that” You bit at him sternly “ We’ve never talked about children, I would have eventually told you.” He raised his eyebrows 

“Eventually?” You sat up straighter feeling the anger starting to rise within you.

“ Look, I’m sorry. I didn’t know it would make you so angry.” 

“Angry? I don’t know that I would describe this emotion as anger” He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed.

“ Why don’t you want children _ _ _? Did something happen in your life to make you decide this?” 

You inhaled deeply. Here was the real conversation and you had to put your emotions on the line.

“ Nothing happened in particular, I’m not made for motherhood. Sure I enjoy kids, but you can always give them back to their parents. I mean think about it, while they’re little you’re sleep deprived, and then when they’re teenagers they're uncontrollable, what fun would that be? I know it’s not for me, I want to live my life without being responsible for a tiny human. What if I raise them wrong? What if something happens? What if they’re sick? What if I get cancer and die then they’d have no mother?”

Eisuke put his hand up “ Stop, you’re spiraling”

“That’s another thing, with the bipolar and anxiety and depression that runs in my family, I can’t pass that down to them.” Eisuke shook his head 

“ You’ve had challenges with your mental illness I’ll admit that, but have you ever been around children, or was this baby you met today the first time you’ve been around a child?”

“Kind of.” You paused, “Not really” You studied Eisuke’s expression, he remained cool and collected as always.

“ Do you want children?” You finally asked him. He frowned

“ No, we’re talking about you. Don’t deflect.” You ground your teeth together 

“ Just answer the damn question, Eisuke!” 

He sighed, then regarded you for a moment before speaking. “ One day I’d like to have children, yes.”

You looked him over, and he looked as conflicted as you felt. “How?” You stopped yourself from saying the words. His gaze landed on you as he waited for you to continue. He was always so patient with you. You closed your eyes tightly took a deep breath then opened them again.

“ How are we going to make this work ?” His brow furrowed at the question.

“ I don’t know _ _ _, I’m trying to figure that out.” 

“ Your opinion can’t be swayed?” He asked 

You shook your head, “ No, Eisuke, my mind has been made up for a long time.” 

He uncrossed his legs “ I see” 

It was quiet between the two of you, and finally, you gazed at him. “ Eisuke, I love you, but we want very different things and if neither of us is willing to give in, then why prolong the pain?” His eyes widened, and he stood up, looming over you.

“You’re breaking up with me?” 

“I am” You stood up then placed your hand on his cheek. Tears escaped your eyes. You kissed him on the cheek. “ Goodbye Eisuke, I’ll get all my things tomorrow.”

Eisuke remained silent, too stunned to speak. He watched you put your shoes back on, and put on your sweater. You looked back and took one last long look at him and left the suite. He sat back down and stared mindlessly out the window as if in a daze.

You walked quickly down the stairs and Soryu raised an eyebrow upon seeing your red face, Baba tilted his head. “ What’s wrong, princess? You and the boss get into a fight. You pressed the elevator button. “ We broke up. I hope we can see each other around.” You said wiping a tear away. The elevator opened and you stepped in not wanting to look back. You wanted to forget everything about your life with Eisuke except for your friends. 

Soryu and Baba looked at each other, and they stood at the same time and walked up the stairs to Eisuke’s suite and opened the door. He continued to look out the window and hardly noticed it when they came into the room. 

“Eisuke” Soryu, said his name, and Eisuke looked towards the two men standing in the entryway. 

“ I’m guessing you heard the most recent news?” He asked seemingly in charge of his emotions.

“ Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine.” Soryu regarded Eisuke

“Are you sure? Because where I’m standing you don’t look like you’re going to be fine.” Soryu said with concern for his long-time friend.

“ What happened Boss?” Eisuke narrowed his eyes 

“ It’s just not going to work out” He snapped 

Baba snapped his jaw shut before more words came spewing out, and he made the situation worse. Then Baba got a call on cell.

“ I’m sorry gentleman I have to take this” Soryu nodded and Baba left the suite.

“ She doesn’t want children, and I do.” Soryu’s eyes opened wide then he walked to Eisuke to sit where _ _ _ was sitting earlier.

“ I didn’t know you wanted children.” 

“ I need someone to carry on the business.” Soryu tilted his head.

“ You love her I know you do, is something like this really worth losing her over, especially when you can use another child as heir. One of my future children for example or Baba’s or Ota’s or god forbid Mamoru’s. Maybe even your sister’s, that might be the best option since she’s a blood relative, but if she doesn’t agree to it I will and I know the other guys would too.” 

Eisuke nodded, “ Maybe you’re right, Soryu. I’ll have to think about it.” Soryu stood up and squeezed Eisuke’s shoulder, “ I’m here for you, whatever you decide, but I think it’d be a pity to give up the love of your life for something so trivial. Don’t take too long thinking.” Soryu walked out of his suite, leaving Eisuke to his thoughts. 

The next morning after a fitful sleep you made your way to the penthouse to get the rest of your things. You tentatively went up to the penthouse, and Eisuke stood in the kitchen attempting to make coffee, but failing. “ Are you trying to make your own coffee?” His gaze landed on you and you laughed. “ You think this is funny?” You tried to compose yourself “I’m sorry. Let me” He moved away from the coffee machine. He cleared his throat getting ready to speak.

“ I think emotions were high last night, and now that we’ve both cooled down I thought we could talk while being more level headed.” You swallowed and looked him up and down. “ My decision hasn’t changed Eisuke.” He nodded, and carefully combed a loose piece of your hair that had come out of your ponytail behind your ear. “ Maybe mine has.” You looked up at him with wonder, “ What? How?” 

“Before you broke up with me I didn’t get a chance to say why I wanted children.” The coffee cup was done filling and you began putting sugar and cream in it just the way he liked. “ Okay, please continue. I’m listening.” He crossed his arms. “ I need someone to take over the business when I’m no longer here.” You handed him the coffee cup. “ All done” He took a sip and smiled, “ That’s kind of grim don’t you think?” 

“ It’s the reality of life, anyways I Soryu gave me the idea, but to name another child heir whether it’s my sister’s or one of the guys’ I don’t have to have children to have an heir.” 

“ You’d really do that?” The edges of his lip slightly lifted, and he nodded.

“ I would, I can live without children, but I cannot live without you.” You smiled sincerely, took the cup out of his hands, and set it down then pulled on his tie and pressed your lips to his in a needy kiss. He smiled into the kiss and slipped his tongue into your mouth, tangling it with your tongue and exploring every inch of your mouth. You pulled away and hugged him inhaling his scent. 

“ I love you Eisuke, thank you for doing this for us.” He snickered and kissed the top of your head.

He took her hand and stood facing her, holding her feminine hands. Once they said their 'I dos' and sealed it with a tearful kiss, they walked cheerfully down the aisle to the outside of the cute chapel. They looked at each other and laughed. 

A white limousine waited outside. They held hands the whole way and chatted. He kept her talking because he knew she’d be nervous. They had never spent a night together in all the years they’d been together. She had kept him at arm’s length. Hell, he was nervous. It had been so long since he’d been with anybody but his right hand. He had respected her wishes and didn’t touch her.  

Of course, he had to carry her to the hotel room. He wanted to make this magical for her. He placed her on her feet once they were in the magnificent hotel room. She kissed him on the lips and laughed. He started undoing her hair, and it rippled down her shoulders. 

“ Let me help you get out of this dress,” her eyes widened. 

“ I can do it myself,” he chuckled. 

“No, you can’t, just turn around.”

He started unbuttoning the buttons on the back of her dress one by one. Her heart started pounding so hard she could hear her heartbeat in her ears.

“ Eisuke,” she said in a shaky voice.

“ Are you scared?” He stopped unbuttoning her dress

“ Listen to me _ _ _. It’s going to be okay. I’ll take care of you.” 

“ O-okay” 

He continued unbuttoning, slowly revealing the white lacy corset she was wearing paired with matching cheeky panties. The dress fell to the floor, and she stepped out still wearing her satin heels. She laid the dress delicately on a nearby chair and turned around. Eisuke had never seen her like this; she had taken his breath away.  

“ This is what beautiful looks like.” 

He took her hand and led her to the bed, and gently sat her down. He knelt down, unhooked her shoes, and slid them off. He kissed her ankle.

“ Tonight is your night, baby, let me pleasure you.” He scooted her up so that her head was lying on the pillows.

“ I’m nervous,” he tangled his fingers through her hair.

“ So am I, we will take it slow.”

“ Why are you nervous? You’ve had sex before.” He smiled at her as he climbed on top of her.

“ It’s been years since I’ve been touched or touched anyone. I’ve waited for you. This is special for both of us. You’re about to experience a different world, you’ll love it, I promise, you just need to trust me.” 

He leaned down and pressed his lips on hers. He opened his mouth, and she opened hers instinctively along with his. He slid his warm tongue into her mouth. Their tongues danced and wrestled. He took her hand and put it on his shoulder, then put his hand on the side of her face as he searched her mouth.

He finally released her, and they were both gasping and swollen from the passionate kiss. He could already feel himself getting worked up. He sat up on his knees and took off all the pieces of his tux and dropped them to the ground. Until he came to his shirt, which he unbuttoned slowly, he slid it off his arms, and she took in the sight of his muscular body. She had seen him in a swimsuit before, but this was different. 

She wanted to touch him, so she put her hands on his chest and felt down to his navel and back up. 

“ I love you Eisuke” he smiled. 

“ You know I love you.” 

She was shocked. He only ever told her he loved her on rare occasions. Maybe because it was a special night, he wanted her to know his feelings? Whether that was it or not, it made her happy and she smiled.

He leaned back down and kissed her forehead, her nose, her lips. Then, he kissed along her jaw.

He licked down the shell of her ear and nibbled on her earlobe. 

“Ahh,” she let out a small moan, and he smiled. 

He kissed down her neck to her collarbone, and her head lulled back. He made a trail of tiny kisses down to her cleavage. Her nerves have been set aflame, but when he gently bit and sucked at her breast, leaving a sizable red mark. She started to forget about her nerves.

“ Rollover on your side, I’m going to take your corset off.” 

He helped her roll over and untied her corset. Pulling it off her body. She turned over but crossed her arms over her breasts. 

“ Don’t hide from me, don’t worry, you’re beautiful. Soon you’ll forget about your modesty.” He took her hands and held them above her head with one hand. 

“ Are you going to be good? I need my hands for this.” She nodded her head

“ good girl,” he patted her head.

He put his large hands on her breasts, and she gasped. He kneaded and massaged. Then he took his fingers and rolled her nipples between his fingers.

“Ahhh!” 

He leaned down and put the tip of his tongue on the hard bud of her nipple. He circled his wet tongue around her nipple. He opened his mouth and drew it in his mouth suckling. He went over to the other nipple and repeated the action. She started breathing hard through her nose, and as he released it.

He kissed down her abdomen to the waistline of her panties. She put her hands over them, and he looked up at her.

“ I’ll be gentle.” 

He removed her hands and slid her panties off her delicate body, leaving her laid bare in front of him.

“ I’m going to touch you,” she nodded and squeezed her eyes shut.

He touched her clit, and started rubbing it in circles. She didn’t expect it to feel so good. She arched her back off the bed, and she curled her toes. 

“ I’m going to put my finger inside of you now.” 

He slowly inserted a finger; she didn’t wince or whimper, so he took that as a sign that she wasn’t in pain. He wanted to give her every experience, so he removed his finger and settled himself between her legs. He put his face against her, licking her clit up and down. As he licked at her, he entered a finger inside of her, hooking it upwards.

“ I - I feel hot.” 

“ That means you’re going to have an orgasm.” He leaned back down and kept going with his ministrations, and the coil inside of her snapped, and her orgasm came rushing forth, taking over her. She grasped at his hair as she rode out her high. He licked up all her fluids and looked up at her, catching her breath. Her chest rose and fell rapidly, and he stood up, undid his belt, took off his pants, and slowly took off his underwear, allowing his cock to be released from its constraints. 

“ I’m going to make love to you now.” 

He hovered over her and lined his cock up with her entrance, and ever so slightly pushed. This time she did wince. He felt bad for causing her discomfort, but he knew she was strong and could get past the pain. He pushed in slowly, as gently as he could, inch by inch. Until he hit a barrier.

“ It hurts!” 

“Do you need me to stop?” She shook her head 

“ I want to be one with you, keep going.”

He pushed with a little more force to push past the barrier. Finally, he was all the way in, and he didn’t move to give her time to adjust to having him inside of her.

“ Are you okay?”

“Yes, you can move now.” 

After a moment or two, he began gently thrusting, but soon what had been pain turned into pleasure. She felt up his muscular back, and he began gasping and moaning. She clawed at his back, which elicited a guttural grunt from Eisuke. Sweat formed on their skin, and all that could be heard were her moans and his gasps, along with squelching sounds from their lovemaking. 

He pushed her legs further apart, and she was singing. He had to be gentle; he knew this. He intertwined his fingers with hers, and she looked at him.

“ C- Can you go faster?”

He shifted his position, looking for her special spot, and started quickening his pace.

“ Oh..Oh my god...Eisuke!” He kissed her sloppily 

“ Found it.” She looked at him, confused.

“ You’re G- spot, but let’s make this even better, shall we?”

He reached between their bodies and rubbed at her clit, putting pressure on it.

She was at her height with pleasure, and her legs trembled, and she started moaning louder. She felt her orgasm building up in her belly and became desperate for it to come. She squeezed his hand hard.

“ Don’t deny it, let it come, baby. You’ll feel so good.” 

She knew he was probably right, especially if this was like the first one. As his hips snapped into her and his fingers played with her, she began heating up again. From the tip of her toes to her head. 

“ Yes, yes. Oh my... I feel... so .... strange.” 

Then it snapped, and her vision went white. She stopped moving, and her walls tightened around his cock, pulling him in further as if she wasn’t already tight enough. 

“ Ahhh! Eisuke!” 

He kept thrusting into her to help her ride out her high, and fluid leaked out in between them, and he smirked, knowing she just had a powerful orgasm. Once she had come down from her high and once again was coherent, Eisuke kissed her forehead.

“ Did you come just now? Because it sure felt like you did.” 

“ Yes, but Eisuke, it’s your turn.”

“ Don’t worry about me, I’m almost there.”

She worried that she wasn’t pleasing him, but he gave her three more powerful thrusts, and he moaned sharply and found his release. He caught his breath and slowly began to pull out. He went to take his condom off when he realized there was blood on it. She saw what was unfolding, and sure enough, blood was getting on the sheets. 

She scurried over to the bathroom to clean herself up. Eisuke put on a bathrobe and knocked on the door.

“ Get cleaned up, I’m going to have them bring up new sheets.”

“ Eisuke?” She opened the door a crack

He turned around, and her eyes filled with tears. He wiped them away.

“ Don’t be embarrassed, most women go through it. A little blood isn’t going to scare me away.” 

“ I need to get some pads,” she looked down.

“ I’ll get them there’s a convenience store in the hotel.”

“ But”

“ I’m your husband now, I’m going to have to do this kind of thing from time to time.”

She took a hot shower, and in the meantime, Eisuke had the sheets changed and bought pads. He put them on the toilet in the bathroom. She came out in a bathrobe, got her clothes, and changed into a satin nightgown.

“ Thank you for buying those for me.” He nodded his head, changed into his pajamas, and got into bed.

“ Was it okay, I mean, was I okay?” He looked into her iris’s 

“ You were more than okay, you made me come, did you not? My question is, was it everything you thought it would be?”

“ It was more than I ever thought it could be. I didn’t know you could feel like that.”