Just one Kiss

Author’s Note: All characters over eighteen and paid above industry standard rates.

****

Luna was feeling absolutely miserable. Totally disgusted with the world, and her own particular problems within it. Never mind that it was meant to be her weekend to relax, and she’d already wasted most of her Saturday moping.

That was one of the lesser explored problems with breaking up, she felt. That person you expected to comfort you just wasn’t there anymore. Never mind that they were the problem to start with.

And the rest of her dang family wasn’t helping either. All giving her space and shit just because she’d demanded they do so. How very dare they.

Well fuck it. She’d just have to reach out, then. Like a normal, well-adjusted human being. Would the indignities never end?

****

Ryu was out on the back deck, lounging in the sun, cooler full of beers next to him. He grinned at Luna trudging out the back door and harrumphing her way over. She grabbed a can out of his stash and cracked it as she sat down on the chair beside him.

“Look who awakens,” Ryu said pleasantly.

“I wasn’t sleeping,” Luna said.

“Sisters, like Great Old Ones, can awaken from things other than slumber.”

Luna glared at Ryu. “How many have you had anyway?”

Ryu laughed. “Enough.” He took another sip of his current half-finished beer. “I’ve worked it out, you know.”

“Worked what out?”

“Life.”

“Oh. That.”

“The secret to it,” Ryu said. “It’s so simple.”

“Is it?”

“Yes. The secret is to have a yard in which to lie in the sun and drink beers.”

Luna stared at him. “You think that’s the secret?”

“Why not? Better than any I’ve ever heard.”

Luna sighed and took a long drink, wincing at the taste. “Well… today I don’t even know if I can argue with it.”

Ryu nodded easily. “The question, of course, being why you’ve decided to join me in my philosophizing. You don’t even hardly like beer.”

“I can acquire the taste.”

“Sure. I did. You’ve never shown the interest.”

“Haven’t often needed to get drunk.”

Ryu waggled a finger. “Ah, I should warn you. Part of the secret is in not needing to get drunk. Just… wanting to get a lovely buzz on.”

Luna made a face. “Let’s pretend for a second that I still don’t believe your nonsense.”

“Ouch.”

“Let’s further pretend that I’m in pain.”

“Double ouch.”

“So maybe… maybe I do just want to get stupidly drunk.”

“Perhaps,” Ryu allowed. “Perhaps.”

Luna forced her way through half a can of Ryu’s beer. She knew from experience that once she got a bit buzzed, she’d mind the taste less. She still didn’t grasp how people found it enjoyable, but she allowed that it probably was one of those things that came with experience. She was perfectly happy with tastier drinks most of the time.

“This secret of yours…” Luna said.

“Yes?” Ryu said, halfway surprised that Luna would bring it up again. She’d seemed to prefer sullen silence.

“How does it account for the yard you drink in being your parents’?”

Ryu laughed. “Well… yes, I see what you’re saying. And I’ve considered that. See, houses and yards are expensive.”

“They are.”

“And I like apartments alright, more affordable, but rarely with sufficiently private yards.”

Luna nodded, considering bringing up the last place Ryu had lived in with his ex. She wasn’t sure she wanted to get into that, since it would probably mean getting to her fresh breakup.

“It’s a problem,” Luna said instead.

“Right,” Ryu agreed. “So for now… our parents’ yard.” He sighed. “Housing market being what it is, I don’t know how anyone affords a house at all these days.”

“More’s the pity.”

“But hey, I get your lovely company, so there are upsides.”

Luna snorted. “How many beers are you on again?”

“How many beers do I need to love my delight of a little sister?”

“… alright I’m cutting you off.”

“You’re very welcome to try.”

Luna halfway considered it, but it probably would have meant a bit of wrestling with her brother to take his alcohol away, and she wasn’t in the mood. It might cheer her up, after all. Couldn’t have that.

“Blurgh,” Luna said. “This is so stupid. You know what thought I just had?”

“Couldn’t possibly,” Ryu said.

“Right, well… you know when you’re in a bad mood, and you want to feel better, but also anything that might cheer you up is something you want to actively fight?”

“Sure. Who doesn’t?”

“Well… why are we like that?”

Ryu thought about the problem for a long moment. “Not enough lying in the sun drinking,” he finally decreed.

“You’re hopelessly one track today, huh?”

“You saying you aren’t?”

Luna glared, but had to concede the point. “Ok. You win this round. Toss me another beer?”

“Getting a taste for them yet?”

“Not yet. Give it a minute.”

Luna got in to her second beer. It still wasn’t enjoyable, exactly, but she had a nice start of a buzz going, and it was less distasteful already.

Plus she wasn’t quite as morose about her situation. She tried to think how that had happened, but couldn’t come up with anything. She wasn’t drunk enough to forget about her ex yet, but she just couldn’t seem to care as much.

Maybe part of it was Ryu? He looked so damn carefree. Maybe it was rubbing off on her a little. Or maybe… maybe he was just a good person to be around right now. Big brothers couldn’t be trusted, exactly, but they could be trusted not to engage in certain behaviours that ex-boyfriends sometimes got up to.

“Still thinking about him?” Ryu asked.

Luna blinked, then glared. “Stay out of my head.”

“Hehe, no mind tricks. I could just see your expression, is all. It went pretty dark there.”

“Well… it’s hard not to. I fucking hate Terrence, but… I thought I loved him too. Shatters your whole world.”

Ryu sighed. “Yeah, it does, doesn’t it?”

Luna winced at the pain that flashed across her brother’s face.

“Sorry. I know how you felt about Ava when you were with her.”

Ryu shrugged. “Yeah, well… you know she got cheated on by the guy she cheated on me with?”

“No shit?”

“Yeah. Doesn’t help a lot, but… it’s kinda funny at least.”

“Ha, yeah. Maybe someone’ll break Terrence’s heart for me. Since apparently he didn’t even care enough to ever give me that power.”

Ryu looked at Luna, examining her expression. He carefully considered her mood.

“Is that what hurts?” he asked softly. “Giving him part of yourself and feeling like he never actually gave that same trust back?”

Luna’s face screwed up, and Ryu ached at the pain his sister was currently feeling.

“Partly, I think,” Luna said. “You think you know someone, trust them, love them… and you were nothing to them the whole time.”

“I don’t think that’s fully true. But… I know what you mean. Just remember, he’s the asshole. You’re not an asshole for daring to love someone.”

“Yeah, well… yeah. I guess.”

Luna took a long drink from her beer. Ryu sighed his way to his feet, just a touch unsteady from drinking, and from not standing up in a while.

“I’ll be back in a minute,” Ryu said.

“Oh?”

“Need to pee.”

“Oh. Gee, thanks for sharing.”

“You asked.”

“I didn’t!”

“Your tone did.”

Ryu started walking. As he passed Luna, on a whim he couldn’t even understand, he reached down, lifted her chin up toward him, and kissed her. Not on the lips, that would have been weird, but not safely on the cheek either. Right on the edge of her mouth instead. Flirting with dangerous territory.

“You know I love you, though, right?” he said.

Luna blushed furiously, and had no idea how to respond.

“Sure,” she mumbled. “What….”

But Ryu was already moving again, beyond her reach before she could muster any coherent response.

What the hell was that? It wasn’t a kiss. Not really. But kind of?

Luna was still pondering on it when Ryu returned and settled back into his seat.

“You kissed me,” Luna said.

“… yes?”

“Why?”

“To show sibling affection?”

“It was on the mouth though,” Luna said.

“No it wasn’t.”

“Very close.”

Ryu shrugged. “Not that close.”

“Super close.”

“Oh. Well… sorry.”

Luna waited for more. None was forthcoming. “Did you mean it?” she asked.

“How can one not mean a kiss?” Ryu asked, brow furrowing in confusion.

“Like when someone doesn’t actually care about you but pretends they do.”

“Or an ex right before they reveal something horrible,” Ryu added almost immediately. “Yeah, I see that now. Well I don’t intend on breaking up with you, or indeed cheating on you, if that’s any help.”

“You couldn’t anyway,” Luna said with a flippant toss of her hair. “You’re my brother. You can’t cheat or break up with me. Even if you wanted to.”

“I could see another sister behind your back.”

“We haven’t got one.”

“That we know of.”

Luna just glared until Ryu laughed and shook his head.

Luna softened as she watched her brother. Just the way he laughed, the way he stretched out unconcerned. The way… the way he’d so casually kissed her moments ago and expressed brotherly love.

She wasn’t drunk enough for this. Maybe with enough booze in her she wouldn’t mind. Wouldn’t even think about any of it. Instead she had a minor obsession on her hands. And her stupid brother could just relax and not worry about anything.

Luna hopped to her feet and stepped to Ryu. He raised an eyebrow, but she didn’t give him time to say anything. She simply bent down and kissed him. A proper kiss, on the lips, none of this borderline shit.

It was fairly chaste as these things go. Hardly more than a quick peck. Enough to make Luna’s tummy flutter a little, and Ryu’s cheeks redden.

Luna sat back down, feeling far better about her situation. Triumphant, really, in a weird sort of way.

“What was that?” Ryu asked.

“A kiss.”

“Yes, but… why?”

“You’re allowed but I’m not?”

“Mine wasn’t on the mouth.”

Luna waved an airy hand. “Details.”

Ryu frowned. He’d known his kiss was on the edge of inappropriate, but it had felt like the right thing at the time. He wanted Luna to feel better. To not sulk her days away forever. She was loved, after all.

But then she kissed him like that. That wasn’t fair. Did it mean anything? Or was it pure revenge for his flirtation with her lips?

They both sat in silence for a while. Just sipping their beers. The buzz of alcohol only making thinking that much more difficult, even as they sought its solace.

“We probably shouldn’t do that,” Ryu said.

“What?”

“You know what. Kisses.”

Luna cocked her head. “Well you started it.”

“… technically true.”

“Technically is good enough.”

“I liked yours better though.”

Luna’s cheeks went a soft pink. “Ryu!”

“What?”

“You shouldn’t say that.”

“You shouldn’t have done it.”

Luna made eye contact with Ryu. She bit her lip, just for a second. Her tummy flutters had only lasted a moment before, but they were back again. Stronger, if anything.

“You know what?” she asked.

“I don’t think I do, no.”

“I think one kiss is fine.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah. Why wouldn’t it be?”

“That feels like a trick question,” Ryu answered slowly.

“It’s not. I’m just saying one kiss never hurt anything.”

“I don’t think that’s true.”

Luna glared at Ryu. “So what, you think we did something wrong?”

Ryu was quiet a long moment. Long enough for Luna to get fidgety. She wished she could see into his head, though truly it probably wouldn’t help. His thoughts weren’t any more organized than hers.

“You might be right, actually,” Ryu finally admitted.

“I’m… right?”

“Yeah. One kiss isn’t bad. I mean… in movies and stuff one kiss is often, like, a whole big deal. Sometimes for bad. Like you know when a mean person kisses someone’s crush in front of them, and then the rest of the movie is, like, the crush trying to explain they don’t have feelings for said mean person? That kind of thing?”

“Not specifically, but the general concept, sure.”

“That’s what I was thinking of. But right now, for us, just being… I think you’re right. One kiss hurts nothing.”

“Exactly,” Luna said, untensing some and trying to relax again.

“But was this technically two kisses?”

“One from each of us.”

“Oh. Is that how we count it?”

“Yes,” Luna declared with more confidence than she really felt.

Ryu’s lips still echoed on hers. She could feel him. That one brief second of contact, and it was all she could think of.

“Well I’m glad you understand the rules,” Ryu said.

“Me too,” Luna said, despite feeling like she really didn’t understand much of anything at the moment.

Ryu cradled his mostly empty beer can. He tried not to stare at Luna too hard or too often. He didn’t know it, but his fixation with the way she’d hopped over and kissed him like it was no big thing was very, very similar to her current obsession.

He’d started it. He kept recalling that too. He’d only wanted to maybe distract her a bit. Get her feeling something other than loss.

Well, it had worked.

But why so close to her lips like that? They’d seemed so inviting in the moment. And it wasn’t like chaste pecks on the lips were even a big deal, really. And even if they were, that one was Luna’s fault.

And… and… and….

It never ended. A downward spiral of self-reflection not to be escaped from.

“Ryu?” Luna asked softly.

“Hm?”

“Did I ruin the magic of beers and backyards?”

Ryu smiled slowly. It was just Luna. He was obsessing for the wrong reasons. “Nah,” he said. “It’d take more than that.”

“Oh good. Want to… do this again tomorrow?”

“Ha, wait and see how hungover you are in the morning before you make those kind of plans.”

“Well I’m not gonna drink that much.”

****

Luna groaned. “I drank too much.”

“I told–“

“Don’t say it! I will punch you so hard.”

“Don’t think you could connect with me right now,” Ryu said cheerfully.

“Watch me.” Luna glared. “Anyway, how come you’re not hungover? You drank more than I did.”

“I spread it out over longer, though. You were fast and furious toward the end there.”

“Wasn’t!”

“Was.”

“Was. Not.”

Ryu shrugged. “Ok. Want some food or something?”

Luna put a hand on her belly. “Undecided right now.”

“I’ll make you something just in case then. I’m hungry anyway.”

“Blergh. Thanks, I guess.”

Ryu only beamed wider, rather annoying Luna. He then stepped close, tilted her head back very similarly to the way he had the day before, fingers delicate on her chin and everything. He looked into her eyes a moment, then flashed a quick kiss on her lips.

“You’re right,” he said thoughtfully. “It’s better that way.”

Luna only stared after him. She had to stumble and follow him to the kitchen, collapsing into a chair to watch him.

“What the hell was that?”

“How hungover are you?”

“Don’t change the subject,” Luna said firmly. “You kissed me.”

“So you do know what it was, then.”

“We said only once each. Remember?”

Ryu paused, fridge open, carton of eggs in hand. He belatedly swung the door closed again.

“What, ever?” he asked.

It was Luna’s turn to hesitate. She’d just assumed ever. But now that she thought about it, that was an awfully long time.

“Well… maybe not ever….”

“I just assumed, like, once a day or something,” Ryu said.

“Once a day?” Luna squeaked.

“Yeah. Lots of things reset daily.”

“Not kissing your sister!”

“Oh. My mistake.”

Ryu kept moving, making eggs for them. Luna felt absolutely torn watching him. Her tummy had gone from gross to… not happy, exactly, but nervous and excited, maybe?

But he couldn’t just be kissing her willy-nilly like that. Obviously not. That was rude. And presumptuous. And… and….

Would he try it again tomorrow? She’d just told him not to. Shit. Why’d she do that? Because she had to. There were… things at stake. Some kind of things. Important things.

****

Ryu wasn’t sure why he’d kissed Luna again. It had just felt right. Twice now. And… it was kind of good. Like it made him all tingly and stuff.

But he’d probably pushed it. Luna hadn’t looked happy. Half sick. Though the hangover was probably more the culprit than he was.

But certainly part of her confused, turmoiled expression had been his doing. He knew that.

Oh well. Mistakes had been made.

He still regretted it as he lay in bed that night. He hadn’t even gone outside drinking, as he’d half planned to. Nice summer days for lounging didn’t come along all the time, after all. It hadn’t felt like the time for it, though.

His door cracked open. Luna pattered in. She was ready for bed. Dressed down, sleepy look in her eyes.

“What’s up?” Ryu asked.

Luna said nothing. Kept padding silently closer. She leaned down and kissed him, then straightened and turned around without a word.

“Luna?”

“What?”

“What was that?”

Luna turned, a smirk evident on her lips. “A kiss.”

“You said–“

“You got one today.”

“Well….”

“Only fair. Almost missed mine, really. You might have been asleep already.”

“Not likely,” Ryu whispered to himself. “So you didn’t mind that one from earlier?”

Luna shrugged and scratched her head. Ryu half felt like she was trying to cover a blush.

“I didn’t mind it,” Luna said softly but meaningfully. “That was never the problem.”

“Oh,” Ryu said. “I… don’t know what that means.”

“Me either. Night.”

“Night.”

Darkness closed again as Luna exited and shut the door. Ryu lay staring for a moment, then broke into a wide grin. Sleep came much easier afterward.

****

“Hey, Mom?” Luna said.

Adrianna turned and smiled at her daughter. “Yes?”

“I have a weird question.”

Adrianna arched her eyebrow. “Oh? What about?”

“Well… kisses, I guess.”

Will snorted from the sidelines. He was fiddling with some wires over at his workbench.

“Behave, dear,” Adrianna admonished. “Our daughter needs advice.”

“I heard,” Will said. “You can field this one.”

“She asked me in the first place,” Adrianna reminded him.

Luna rolled her eyes at her parents. She wasn’t sure she should even bring the question up in the first place. They could be so embarrassing at times. But at least they didn’t mind weird questions. She’d never been afraid to ask anything. Just… mortified at times. Like way back when she’d asked about orgasms and had received way more information than she ever expected.

She’d been the most knowledgeable rumour-monger at school for a time, though. That wasn’t nothing.

“What does a kiss mean?” Luna asked, forging ahead anyway. She’d already come in to her parents’ workshop, she might as well make it worthwhile.

She really liked that her mom and dad did things together like that. She didn’t know anyone else, friend or otherwise, whose parents liked to build stuff together like hers did. Woodworking, metalworking, electronics. Whatever. It was kind of cute, albeit occasionally infuriating. Just like her parents generally.

Luna had both parents’ attention at her question. Her dad was pretending to leave it to her mom, but she could see his interest piqued.

Adrianna unplugged the saw she’d been using, folded her arms, and stared curiously at her daughter.

“I assume you mean beyond just… showing affection?” Adrianna asked.

“I suppose, yes,” Luna said. “Like… is it always a romantic thing?”

“Ha, no, not always,” Will said, despite saying he’d stay out of it not two minutes prior.

Adrianna shot Will a glare, and it was handily ignored.

“Romantic or… sexual, I mean,” Luna amended. “Obviously.”

Adrianna toyed with her ponytail. “There are lots of other things it can be. Affection comes in many forms.”

“Oh.”

Adrianna stepped forward and kissed Luna on the forehead. “See?”

“Right, no, I meant, like, on the mouth and everything. Proper kisses.”

“There are lots of, ahem, ‘proper’ kisses, honey. Not always on the mouth.”

Luna blushed and rubbed her arm awkwardly. “Well we don’t need to get into that. Just… on the mouth, though. Romantic or sexual?”

A smile twitched at Adrianna’s lips. “Do you want this mystery kiss to be one of those? Or are you hoping it isn’t?”

“It’s only hypothetical,” Luna mumbled helplessly.

“No it’s not,” Adrianna said easily. “And that’s ok. I won’t pry. Not about specifics.”

“None of our business,” Will agreed.

“But baby, let me just tell you right now, it’s not so important who it is as how you feel about it,” Adrianna said. “Ok?”

Luna bit her lip. “That really doesn’t answer my question though.”

“It’s a hard question to answer,” Adrianna said. “Particularly without knowing the real question you want to ask, but won’t share with your parents.”

“Kisses are probably mostly sexual or romantic,” Will said, not even pretending not to be paying attention anymore. “But… they could certainly be other things. Maybe you should ask this person who-is-only-hypothetical. They might have more insight.”

Luna sighed. “You know you’re both asses sometimes?”

Her parents feigned shock, but were fighting not to laugh.

“But… I’m glad I can ask you stuff,” Luna added.

Adrianna ruffled her hair. “Always, honey. That’s what we’re here for. Mind seeing if the battery for the drill is charged before you go?”

Luna nodded. “Sure, Mom.”

****

Ryu sat on the back deck in the evening after work, idly kicking one foot back and forth. He was thinking of Luna. Not of anything about her in particular. Just her.

Somehow, not for any reason he could vocalize, he expected her to join him. And he was right.

“Not drinking today?” Luna asked.

“Not currently, no,” Ryu said.

“Thought maybe you would be.”

“So did I. Turns out I don’t want to drink today.”

“What do you want to do?”

“Talk.”

“Talk?”

“To you,” Ryu said, cautiously examining Luna from the corner of his eye.

Luna brushed her hair back. “About kisses?”

“Yeah.”

“Which one?”

“Any of them, I suppose.”

Luna stared at Ryu a moment. “I don’t regret them.”

“Good. No reason to.”

“Agreed. So what do you want to talk about?”

Ryu stayed quiet a moment. “Nothing in particular. Just want to talk.”

“Makes it tricky.”

Ryu shrugged. “What do you want to talk about?”

Luna sighed and picked at a bit of dirt on her leg. “What does a kiss mean?”

“… what?”

“That’s what I want to talk about. I asked Mom and Dad about it. I’m not sure I got a useful answer or not.”

Ryu considered. “I mean… it’s about love, isn’t it?”

“Sure. But what kind of love? That’s the question.”

“Sibling love in this case.”

“Oh.”

“Disappointed?”

Luna shook her head. “No. Just don’t know if I believe it.”

“What else is there?”

“My question exactly. It’s not romantic or sexual. Obviously.”

“Obviously.”

“But brothers and sisters don’t kiss on the mouth.”

“Maybe they do sometimes,” Ryu suggested. “It’s nice.”

“It is. And, you know, just one really can’t hurt.”

Ryu’s lips twitched, unable to hold back a smile. “Right. Just one.”

Both siblings sat, just waiting, anticipating. Ryu moved first. He couldn’t help himself, not the way Luna was sitting and watching him. The way her eyes shone, her cheeks flushed, and her lips invited him.

Ryu bent over Luna and gave her a tender kiss. One that lasted longer than any of their kisses yet, but could conceivably have been mistaken for something innocent. Maybe.

“God,” Luna breathed. “Do you even know what that does to me?” she asked in a whisper.

“I think I do know, yes.” Ryu reluctantly returned to his seat. “But it has to just be one.”

“Right. Just one. Any more wouldn’t be seemly.”

“Exactly.”

Silence. Luna’s tummy fluttered and she squirmed in her seat. Ryu fidgeted and tried desperately to keep his eyes off his sister. It didn’t work. Not even a little.

“You still have one,” Ryu said, as though a casual reminder.

“I know,” Luna said.

“… just saying.”

“I’m saving it.”

“For what?”

“For when I can’t wait anymore.”

Ryu groaned. “What asinine game have we gotten ourselves into?”

“I truly couldn’t say. But… it’s helping, you know. I hardly even thought about Terrence all day.”

“Good. That’s really good.”

“I know.”

“What were you thinking about?” Ryu asked.

Luna’s eyes flashed. “You really need to ask?”

“No. I suppose not.”

They waited. Ryu squirmed, finding it all tremendously unfair. He felt powerless. It was so silly. Wanting to kiss his sister. Knowing he couldn’t, but that she might at any moment.

The smart thing to do would just be to get up and leave. Not let more kisses happen period. But obviously that wasn’t a serious consideration here.

Or… he could just kiss her again. See how that went. There wasn’t any particular reason he couldn’t. But–

Luna pounced while Ryu was deep in thought. She’d been watching, examining, thinking, and getting all worked up trying to hold back. As she expected, it all burst out eventually, nothing to be done about it.

Luna landed in Ryu’s lap, coming dangerously close to tipping the whole chair over. Ryu put his hands on her, both to try and steady them and just because it felt right.

She was warm to his touch. Ryu’s hands met bare skin at the edge of her shirt, just the barest amount at first. He pushed her shirt up higher, getting underneath it. Just on her sides. Relatively innocent. But so very fascinating to him.

Luna dipped her head toward him. Ryu tilted to meet her, but she didn’t kiss him. She stopped, wild-eyed, panting softly. She just stared at him, then wiggled around in his lap some, getting comfortable.

“Are you going to kiss me?” Ryu asked.

Luna bit her lip, feeling the pull as she stared into her big brother’s eyes. “Not yet.”

“No?”

“No.”

“Well that’s not fair. I can’t kiss you.”

“I’m going to,” Luna assured Ryu, running fingers through his hair, teasing him with her proximity and touch. “But as soon as I do… that’s it for today.”

Ryu groaned. “Unfair,” he repeated.

Luna dipped her head again, and again Ryu fell for it, straining to meet his little sister’s lips. But she didn’t get quite close enough.

Luna’s pulse was way up. Her heart thumped, her body tingled. Ryu’s hands on her sides, on her bare skin, felt hot and electric. Doing things to her a brother should never be able to do. Things she’d never felt with a boyfriend, even at her most loving state.

Just Ryu. Why him?

“Why you?” Luna whispered aloud.

“What?”

“Why do I want to do this with you?”

“Don’t ask me questions like that,” Ryu protested. “I’ve got too much going on as it is.”

“Mmm, I can feel what you’ve got going on.”

“… I didn’t mean that.”

“But it’s true. You’re getting hard.”

“I mean… yeah. That is happening.”

Luna smiled shyly. “For me.”

Ryu nodded, equally shy. “For you.”

“That might deserve a kiss.”

Ryu’s eyes flashed with hope and he moved to accept a kiss once again, and again Luna darted for him but pulled away just before contact.

“Lunaaa,” Ryu whined.

“Yeah?” Luna said, halfway breathless.

“Give me one.”

“Please?”

“Pleeeaaase. I need it.”

“Unf. You need my kisses?”

Ryu nodded, giving her his best puppy eyes. “I need your kisses.”

“But I can only give you one.”

“I know. Can I have it?”

“I want to save it.”

Ryu groaned in frustration. “Mean.”

Luna laughed and leaned down, nuzzling against Ryu’s neck. She was careful not to press her lips to him, to not use her one free kiss.

She was turned on. Insanely turned on, actually. Reveling in the power she had over her big brother at that moment. And fighting the pull she felt in herself. The desire and sheer need to just kiss him. Because once she did, that was it.

He was so hard beneath her. She was wet for him. His hands on her sides kept creeping up. She silently urged him on, seeing how high he’d dare to go.

“You’re just gonna grind around in my lap, huh?” Ryu said.

“Not grinding.”

“You are so.”

“Nooo, I can’t grind on my brother, silly.”

“But you can kiss him?”

“Once, yes,” Luna said. “We decided.”

“And let him put his hands up your shirt?”

“I had nothing to do with that.”

“Uh huh. What else are you just gonna let happen, hm?” Ryu asked.

“Nothin’. Just sitting with my brother. Waiting for the right moment to kiss him. Just normal stuff.”

“Unf. Sitting on my erection too.”

Luna flushed and thrilled at Ryu straight up saying it. She was. She was sitting right on his increasingly hard bulge. Through their respective clothes, of course. But still.

And his hands kept creeping! They were going so slow she felt like he might just be chickening out, but then they’d shift a little. Sometimes in time with her movements, like he was trying to make it seem like her fault.

He must almost be able to feel her bra by now. Almost. And then what? What else might he dare?

“Maybe you shouldn’t get so excited from your sis-ter sitting on you,” Luna suggested.

“Maybe you shouldn’t give your bro-ther a lap dance,” Ryu responded.

Luna squeaked and buried her face in Ryu’s neck again. That was not at all what was happening. Mostly. Kind of. Was it? It maybe wasn’t all that far off.

Ryu’s fingertips made it to Luna’s bra, getting a brief flash of material. That was probably where he needed to stop. He knew that. But Luna… Luna wouldn’t just kiss him already. So much teasing. And what could he do? Nothing. Nothing until she just kissed him already.

“Sisters can sit on their brothers’ laps,” Luna said. “It’s fine.”

“Oh is it?”

“Yes.”

Ryu ran his hands around to Luna’s back, still under her shirt. Partly it was just to feel more of her. He wanted more. She was so damn fascinating to him all of a sudden. Just the feel of her.

Partly, too, he wanted the clasp of her bra. He took his time, getting a sense of it, trying to pretend like he had no interest at all in it. Then all at once released it and tugged Luna’s bra from under her shirt.

Luna sat straight up, eyes wide, mouth open, gasping shock at Ryu’s audacity.

“Brothers do not take their sisters’ bras off though,” Luna said.

“Who’s making these rules?” Ryu asked.

“Everyone knows. Sitting in laps is fine. Taking off bras isn’t.”

Ryu dangled her bra carelessly in front of her. “Oops,” he said as he gently tossed it aside.

“Ryu!”

“I mean, once a day must be fine though.”

Luna growled. “You can’t just use that excuse for everything.”

“Why not?”

“Because… because.”

“Oh.”

Ryu slipped his hands back under Luna’s shirt. She had no bra on now. It made her warm skin all the more forbidden and enticing. If he went up too high….

“It’s different with kisses,” Luna said.

“Is it?”

“Yes. Once a day makes sense. It’s a good limit.”

“No limit on taking your bra off. Got it.”

“That is not at all what I said.”

Ryu ran his thumbs dangerously high, just barely brushing the underside of Luna’s boobs. Goddamn but he wanted to touch them. To cup them. To play with them. His little sister’s boobies.

“See?” Luna said, her cheeks flushing. “If I still had my bra on, it wouldn’t be so tempting, would it?”

“What makes you think I’m tempted?” Ryu asked.

“I know where your hands are headed. Plus you can’t stop staring at my tits.”

Ryu yanked his eyes up to meet Luna’s, tearing his gaze away from her chest.

“Well they’re right there,” he mumbled, slightly embarrassed.

“They are.” Luna danced her face in, making Ryu think she was going to sneak a kiss on him after all. She swerved away and only booped his nose instead. “They aren’t for brothers though.”

Ryu shrugged. “Oops.” As he spoke, he moved his hands up and enfolded Luna’s perfect little tits.

Luna squealed and threw her head back, thrusting her chest forward perhaps accidentally, possibly totally on purpose. She couldn’t even have answered that particular question.

“You can’t just say ‘oops’ every time you’re naughty,” Luna said.

“It’s working so far,” Ryu said.

He cupped and massaged Luna’s boobies, feeling her nipples stiffen for him and giving them some tender attention with his fingertips. He explored her breasts with dedication, from sides to middle, stroking them with horny reverence.

“I’m gonna have to kiss you to make you stop, aren’t I?” Luna asked.

“You could,” Ryu said. “But you’re grinding pretty hard on me. I don’t think you want to stop me.”

“I’m not!”

“… I mean, you’re still doing it.”

Luna shook her head. “No.”

She was, though. She knew it. And she knew Ryu knew that she knew.

She couldn’t help herself. Ryu was so hard in his pants. His erection was just kind of there. Easy to rub herself against. And it felt so good.

Plus Ryu was making her horny in other ways. The way he stared at her, and the way he kept touching her. She hadn’t been touched like this in… quite some time. Maybe ever. There was a level of naughtiness to this that tromped on anything else in her past. A shared knowledge that everything they did was totally unacceptable, and yet they just keep doing it.

The kisses alone might have been fine. Everything else certainly was not.

And Ryu appreciated her. That was important to Luna too. He wasn’t just using her body for getting himself off. He was horny from her, sure, but his touches were so meaningful. He thought about what he was doing. He felt her sides and back like he couldn’t get enough of her, and caressed her whole breasts, not just the diamond-hard little nipples.

It had never occurred to Luna before how guys could just ignore everything but the nipple, sucking on it when they were horny, but not playing with the whole thing. It was all sensitive, damn it. Whether Ryu knew that, or whether he was just awed and enraptured, Luna couldn’t say for sure.

“You’re enjoying this,” Ryu said softly.

“Well duh,” Luna hissed back. “Like you aren’t?”

“Do you… want me to suck on them some?”

Luna gasped, trying her best to stifle the reaction but not succeeding. “You’ve already had your kiss!”

“Ah. Good point, I guess.”

“You can… just keep doing that.”

Ryu smirked. “Just keep feeling your boobies?”

“Yeah. I mean, if you want.”

“… just going to admit you like it, huh?”

Luna sat particularly hard on the bulge in her brother’s pants, making him groan. “As if I’m admitting anything,” she said.

“You were just telling me brothers weren’t meant to play with their sisters’ tits. Seems like you changed your mind.”

“… well you’re good at it.”

“I… what?”

Luna nodded. “You heard me.”

“Oh. Well… good then.”

Ryu didn’t know what he was doing well, exactly. He’d just been trying to be as gentle and arousing as he could, on the basis that Luna might let it keep going longer. Apparently he’d succeeded.

Might as well keep going for it then. Ryu knew he was way too horny to be making any decisions right now, and yet he did anyway. He decided he could probably get away with pushing Luna’s shirt up some more. So he did.

Luna gasped and writhed around some more in his lap. Ryu steadied her by sliding his hands back down her sides and holding her. It was an excuse just to stare more than anything. Stare at his little sister’s boobs.

“I don’t have to kiss you just ’cause you look at my tits, you know,” Luna said.

“That’s ok,” Ryu assured her. “I can just keep looking.”

Luna squirmed more, despite Ryu’s efforts. He wasn’t trying that hard, though, because all her wiggling felt really nice in his lap.

“I don’t have to even kiss you,” Luna said.

“True.”

“I could just pull my shirt down and leave.”

“Certainly feasible.”

“Grr, why are you being like this?”

Ryu shrugged, meeting Luna’s eyes despite wanting to keep checking out her tits right in front of his face.

“Because you won’t kiss me.”

“Is that all?”

“Well, I wouldn’t say–“

Luna kissed Ryu. She went fully for it. Taking possession of his face for her own purposes, kissing fiercely, claiming his lips.

Ryu was caught off-guard after so long waiting. It took him a few seconds to kiss back properly. It felt so perfect when he did.

Luna was aggressive with lips and tongue. She was all worked up. Way more than she had expected to get. The two of them just kept naughtily encouraging each other. There were supposed to be limits. Yet when she was with Ryu… she couldn’t quite seem to remember what they were. Her big brother of all people. How did this happen?

Luna kept the kiss going as long as she could, well past the point of sanity. Her brother’s mouth consumed her. The way he felt beneath her, his obvious interest and arousal, the way his simple gaze could make her feel sexier than anyone else ever had. It made her want the kiss to last forever.

But they were only human. Luna had to pull back, panting desperately. Even at her first glance of Ryu she wanted to kiss him again. But she couldn’t. That was her one for the day.

Stupid rule.

“Damn, Luna,” Ryu said.

“Ok, was it?”

“How the fuck do you kiss so good?”

Luna blushed. “I don’t know that I do.”

“I know.”

“Yeah, well… you’re ok too.”

Ryu smirked. “Just ok?”

“Ok, pretty good then.”

“Gee, thanks.” Ryu sighed. “You’re just lucky I can’t kiss you again yet.”

Luna’s tummy twisted. She didn’t feel particularly lucky. She wanted more kisses. Right the hell now. While the warmth of her brother’s lips was still fresh on hers. While she could still taste him.

Instead all she could do was sit there and watch him, secretly hoping that maybe he’d break the rule and kiss her again, twice in one day. But she couldn’t admit it to him. Nor could she quite bring herself to break the rule either. It was unfortunate.

Ryu helped by playing with her tits some more. Fondling them delicately and with great thoroughness. Like he had to commit them to tactile memory.

“One kiss isn’t enough,” Luna said.

Ryu nodded seriously. “I know.”

“But….”

“Yeah.”

“We can’t do more.”

“I know.”

Luna whimpered. “Ok, a few more minutes of playing, then I need to go.”

“Do you?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“… to masturbate.”

“Unf.”

Luna smirked. “What, you like hearing that?”

“Kinda, yeah.”

“I could tell. Your penis twitched.”

“Shut up. It did not.”

“Sure did.”

Ryu bit his lip, idly rolling one of Luna’s nipples in his fingers. “I’m gonna have to get off too.”

“Yeah, I figured.”

“Should we… go do that?”

“… can you play with my tits a little more first?”

“Ha, yeah, ok. Anything in particular?”

Luna flushed softly. “I mean… I like when you hold them. Right in your palm. And kind of stroke them a bit.”

“Just gentle, huh?”

“I guess. I mean, I like my nipples played with, but I feel like the rest gets neglected a bit sometimes.”

“That’s fair. Nipples get all the attention.”

“They do.”

Luna closed her eyes and just enjoyed herself as long as she could. Eventually, as she knew would happen, she either had to go get herself off, or start grinding wantonly in Ryu’s lap. She’d been wiggling around lots, enjoying his erection against her, but actually getting herself off like that was too much for her. Way too much.

“Ok,” Luna said. “I have to go.”

“Mmhm, thought you might.”

Luna unsteadily stood up. Ryu was right behind her. He had the sort of look in his eyes like he might try to kiss her again. He didn’t, though. He just gave her chest another look, then gently tugged her shirt back down for her.

“I’ll, uh, see ya,” Luna said awkwardly.

Ryu nodded, feeling a flush in his cheeks matching that in Luna’s. They knew what they were about to do. The things they’d made each other feel just now. Somehow, being separated already made him less sure of himself.

Going to their own rooms helped somewhat. That distance and inability to look at each other.