Especially For You
By Night

A cool breeze rushed through the branches of the trees, causing its pink petals to fall, slowly swaying their way down to the ground. It a sight that would be perfect to get a picture of... and that was exactly what a young Japanese college student was doing.

After training by himself for hours in the morning and afternoon, an always karate gi clad Ryu decided to take a rest by sitting underneath a shady so that he could paint. Not only was it a part of his studies, but it greatly helped him capture scenes in nature, which he loved. He carefully took his small paintbrush and continued to capture the beautiful scene, brushing with precise, delicate strokes on his canvas. < It's an excellent season... for the wind blows so that the sakura petals can fall and decorate the land... >

He was just about finished. The background was completed filled with many trees and there were small, pink hearts scattered about randomly, just like how he sees the sakura petals falling. However, the main part of his portrait was not the trees... it was the people he had drawn sitting beneath them. Two people. One of them being a young, black-haired, Japanese man wearing a red bandanna who appeared to be sitting down, sleeping against the tree. In front of him was a young, sleeping Chinese woman wearing a kimono and was sitting in between his legs, and snuggled up right against his shoulder with his arm around her as if he was protecting her, even in his sleep. Ryu was drawing a portrait of himself and his girlfriend Chun-Li sitting underneath a sakura leaf tree, and wanted to give it to her as a gift for a very special occasion happening the current day: Valentine's Day.

Even though he was pretty much completed, he still made a few more finishing strokes before finally backing away to compare his work to what he sees around it. < Heh... not bad. > He took a few more moments observing his piece until he suddenly felt another presence nearby. Hearing footsteps coming toward his direction, Ryu turned his head... desperately hoping it wasn't the person who he planned to give his gift to. Thankfully, it wasn't.

"Ryu-sama!" a very young, female voice called.

"Sakura-chan..." When Ryu turned, he saw a fuku clad, short-haired high school girl walking with her hands hidden behind her back walking towards him.

"I was looking all over for you! I couldn't find you on campus, so the next best place would be in an open area where you'd be training, and here you are! What a nice spot you chose to take rest in, hehe!" Smiling, she took sat down across from him, still hiding her hands behind her.

"I'm sorry... I didn't expect that you were coming to see me... um... so since you were looking for me, was there something important you wanted to tell me?" Ryu found it a little awkward that a young high school student would be constantly visiting a college campus just to seek out a much older person. He didn't dislike Sakura at all, but she has been a bit annoying at times since she usually shows up unexpectedly. He figured she just had a mild fever for him and perhaps over time it'd pass... but obviously it hasn't so far! But being the nice person he was, he still welcomed her company even though she probably was gonna ask him to teach her something about fighting today.

"Oh! Well... it's not THAT important but..." As she began to answer, Sakura turned her head and saw Ryu's artwork sitting next to him. "...Wow!"

Seeing where she was looking, Ryu smiled a bit in embarrassment. "Oh... it's not THAT good..."

"Gosh!" she interrupted, "I never knew you were THIS artsy! It's so cute!" As she studied the portrait, she took note of the two people... < It's him and Chun-Li-san... gosh... he drew her so well... it's not just cute, it's so romantic too...! Argh! > she thought, as she brushed her hand through her short hair, wishing it was longer like the girl's in the portrait... "Is this... a gift for Chun-Li-san? For Valentine's Day?"

She hit the nail right on the head, not that it was too hard to figure out anyway. "Mhm," Ryu nodded.

"Awww, that's so sweet Ryu-sama... I'm sure she'll love it!" Sakura replied, trying her best to hide her slight disappointment with the cheery tone of her voice. < That girl...! Such a lucky girl... >

"Thanks... I haven't seen her all day today though... so I guess I was going to give it to her tonight. But um... isn't there still something you wanted to tell me?"

"Oh that..." < Should I...? I didn't come all this way not to do this... > "Well, I didn't come to ask for lessons or anything... but um... uh... here." Sakura finally brought her hands out from behind her back and in them held two items: A small heart shaped box, and an envelope sealed by a small heart sticker. "Happy Valentine's Day, Ryu-sama!"

Ryu's eyes widened a bit. Although he didn't expect this, he wasn't too overly surprised either. "Awww... arigato, Sakura-chan," he thanked as he reached his hands out, accepting the box and envelope from hers.

As Ryu gave her a smile, Sakura brought a finger to her mouth while she blushed. "Well... I gotta get going," she said as she stood up, "I know Chun-Li-san will love that gift from you!"

Ryu could tell that she was a bit uneasy knowing that he was going to be seeing Chun-Li later, so he decided maybe he should do something nice to her. After all, she did go out of her way to get some a card and chocolates. "Oh... thank you. Um... shall I walk you home...? I still got time before I go back..."

The young girl's eyes widened. "Oh...! You... you don't have to! I-I can manage by myself...!" < Arg...! I can't believe I just said that! > Sakura winced a bit after saying her words. < But today is Valentine's Day after all, the day to spend time with your loved ones... and Chun-Li-san is the one to share that day with him this year... > Sakura sighed mentally. < Well... there's always hope next year! >

"Are you sure...?" Ryu asked.

"Yep! I'm sure! Besides, if anyone tries to attack me that'd be the best time to put my training to use!"

"Hehe, okay, okay! Just be careful!"

"I will, hehe! Well... I'll see ya, okay? Bye bye! Happy Valentine's Day!" Sakura waved her goodbye and turned around, running back to where she came from.

Ryu waved back and watched her for a little as she took off. < So she came all the way just for that? No asking for a lesson or anything? She really is nice... > After looking at the items in his hands, Ryu put the heart shaped box on the ground and used his now free hand to open the envelope in the other. Inside was a card with a cartoon cat on the front that was dancing on a heart. When he opened up the card, inside it said, "You're the purrfect valentine for me!" and it was signed "Happy Valentine's Day! -Sakura". (This card is a real card one Blue Mountain which can be found here)

The young student smiled and put the card back in its envelope and put the both the envelope and heart shaped box of Valentine's chocolates into his duffel bag, making sure the other contents wouldn't crush them. Standing up and carrying his bag over his shoulder, he put his canvas into a large paper bag and carried it his other hand and started walking back toward his dorm room.

< Valentine's Day... I wonder if Chun-Li will give me a card or anything this year. I guess she might be a little too old for that now... last year we just went out to dinner... > Sighing to himself, Ryu continued on his way. The sun was already setting, and he wanted to get back before dark.

***

It was slightly windy on the way back, and Ryu could feel the cold winds brush against his bare forehead. He couldn't find his bandanna in his room in the morning. He searched every single inch, but no such luck. He couldn't ask his friend Ken if he'd seen it either since Valentine's Day and his birthday were on the exact same day! Ken already had a big party a week earlier to celebrate back at home where everyone was invited, but for today, he wanted to spend both Valentine's Day and his birthday with his girlfriend, Eliza. < Maybe there was a place I missed... I'm sure it'll turn up... >

As Ryu approached the door to the building, a long-haired, Japanese girl walked towards it from the inside. "Hey! Ryu!"

"Maki..." Ryu opened the door and let Guy's best friend walk out to greet him.

"Full marks! Wassup?"

"Oh, not much... just that I haven't seen Chun all day... have you seen her?" Ryu asked. Since she was a close friend, she'd probably know.

"Chun? Um..." Maki looked upward a bit, "Nope! Haven't seen her all day either!"

"Really?" < Shock... > "She hasn't been in her room or anything?"

"Nope. I heard she had some more law enforcement meetings very, very early today and she won't be back until late tonight!"

"Oh..." Ryu looked downwards, disappointed. < That's funny... I never heard that... how does she know? >

"Awww... don't be sad! It's Valentine's Day! She'll turn up later just for you!"

"Yeah, I suppose... I guess I'll just go up and wait until she gets back..."

"Huh? Go up there and do nothing for hours while you wait for her? Awww that's no fun!"

"Well... no other choice though..."

"Okay, that's it! You're coming with me!" Maki suddenly reached out and wrapped her arm around his.

"H-h-hey...! W-what...?" Ryu jumped a bit, carefully trying not to drop his things.

"Guy and Rena went out and won't be back until late tonight, leaving me all alone again! I was gonna go out and grab a bite to eat, feeling depressed that I was gonna have another lonely Valentine's Day... until I saw you! And since you're not gonna do anything right now, you're gonna save me from my depression!"

"B-b-but... I..." Ryu protested.

"She won't be back until way, way later! She's probably gonna get something to eat without you and you're gonna starve yourself for nothing! So might as well just enjoy dinner tonight with someone right? And we're just friends! FRIENDS! Chun would completely understand!"

"Well..."

"Good," Maki answered for him, "Because if you said 'no' I would've KILLED you." Giving him a rather evil smile Maki started walking, tugging Ryu along.

"Uh... at least... let me bring my stuff to my room..."

"No time for that!" Maki objected. "I'm starving, so we're eating NOW! Let's go go go!" She tugged at him harder, forcing his feet to move in her direction.

She was pretty strong, and Ryu finally gave up and went along with her. "Okay..."

It was almost as if she was doing everything possible to prevent him from going up to his room...

***

Ryu and Maki sat across from each other at a Chinese restaurant, which was quite busy with many other couples as well. And Ryu was still in his white gi ever since he woke up! < Man this is embarrassing... she didn't even let me go up to at least put on something decent! > People didn't seem to mind though, and fortunately, Ryu didn't see anyone he knew. < I sure am glad no one is here... if people I knew saw me with a woman other than Chun-Li... that's the end of my life as I know it...! How do I even get into these situations...? >

"Hey Ryu..." Maki said, interrupting Ryu's thoughts as she ate her rice, "What's that you got there?" She pointed her chopsticks to the large paper bag sitting next to Ryu's chair.

"That? It's just something I painted earlier today."

"Ohhhhh... for Chun?" she cooed, her eyebrows raised.

"Heh... well..."

"Can I see?" she asked, already knowing the answer.

< No harm in showing her... why not? > Ryu put down his bowl and chopsticks and leaned over and took out the canvas, showing and faced it in her direction.

"Whoa... YOU made that? Nice..." Her eyebrows raised even higher.

"Yeah..." Ryu responded, "but I really wish she could've been there while I was painting it..."

"Wow... look at the expression on their faces..." Maki continued, as if she didn't even hear Ryu's previous words, "Faces filled with such content... as if nothing else in the world mattered to them just as long as they were in each others' arms..."

Ryu found himself getting a little overwhelmed by her compliments. "That's very uh... observant of you...!"

"And look... the way you're holding her. It's as if there is no force to exist that can pull her away from you..."

< Wow, she can really see everything I put into that... > "Maki, uh... I dunno what to say... but... thanks!"

"Oh, no need to thank me... it's Chun-Chun that's gonna be thanking you when you give it her..."

"Yeah... if I see her at all tonight..."

"Don't worry, Ryu honey... you will. And when you do, she'll be thanking you BIG TIME..." she finished with a wink and a slightly evil grin on her face.

Ryu couldn't fathom any words from what he just heard, so he simply smiled while trying to prevent himself from blushing. He wondered what she meant by that... it was almost as if... she KNEW something. < It's probably nothing... right? > Deciding not to think too much about it, Ryu kept his canvas out for Maki to look at while he resumed eating.

***

After a bit of eating, drinking tea and some small talk, the waiter finally came around to their table with the check. Ryu reached down with one hand to his duffel bag to get out his money while reaching for the check with the other. But just as the hand neared the check, it was swiped away by Maki. "Hey..."

"Thanks, Ryu... but it's on me, okay?" Maki simply responded.

"W-w-w-what???" Ryu couldn't believe what was going on. A GIRL paying for dinner... on VALENTINE'S DAY? "Please... let me..." Ryu reached for the check in her hands, but she quickly whisked it away from him, shaking her head.

"Nope. I insist. It's on me, and when I say it's on me, that means IT'S ON ME!" The tone of her voice was rather commanding and after saying that, she took out her purse and withdrew the appropriate amount of money.

"Um... can I at least... ask WHY?"

"Can't a girl pay for once? Besides, you always do such nice things for other people, paying for this doesn't even come close to what everyone really owes you! So please, no more questions, complaints, or buts!"

Ryu gave up... he decided it was pretty much pointless to keep trying with this persistent girl. "Okay, okay... I'm gonna owe you one for this though..."

"Oh, don't worry about it..." Maki said as she looked down at her watch to check the time. < Hehe... perfect. Right on time... > She tried, but failed to hide the mischievous grin on her face. Thankfully though, Ryu didn't notice since he was reaching over to put his canvas back into the paper bag. "Well, Ryu, we should get going..."

"Oh, okay..." Ryu stood up from out of her chair and held his arm out to let Maki stand up walk passed him. As they started to walk out, Maki noticed Ryu's hand reaching behind her back... and over to her purse trying to drop money into it.

"And what do you think YOU'RE doing?" she questioned in a harsh tone, grabbing his wrist shortly after.

"Uh... I uh..." Ryu quickly moved his arm away from her grasp and behind his back to try to hide himself.

"I said it's on me!!! Try that again, and I will kill you."

Ryu sweatdropped. < Yikes... >

***

It was pretty late as the two approached the dorm once again. When they were at the door, Ryu searched for his key while Maki waited. Without his noticing... the Japanese girl backed away a bit from the door to look up at one of the building windows. Overhead in the lit room, she could see a face looking down at her, and Maki nodded and smiled in acknowledgement.

"Okay, let's go in now," Ryu said, having open the door for her.

With the smile still on her face, Maki thanked him and walked through while he followed shortly after. They walked over to the elevators and pressed the call button and waited.

Ryu looked towards to floor, still thinking about Chun-Li while Maki dug around through her purse. Shortly after, she took out an envelope and handed it over to him. "Here..."

< A-another card? > Ryu widened his eyes a bit, but reached his hand up to accept the card from her. "For me?"

"Yeah..." she said smiling, "cuz you're probably one of the greatest guys I know, so I thought I'd just give it you... so happy Valentine's Day!"

"That's so nice of you... thanks."

"No problem!"

The elevator doors finally opened with a ding, and Ryu and Maki walked, pressing their appropriate floor buttons. The elevator made its way up and hit Maki's floor, which was one floor below Ryu's. When the doors opened, Maki turned to him and said in a teasing voice, "You'll be seeing Chun very soon, Ryu... verrrry soon..."

Before Ryu could even react, Maki grinned mischievously again, and ran off while the doors closed behind her, leaving Ryu completely speechless. < WHAT was THAT? >

The elevator continued its way upward and stopped at the next floor and a confused Ryu walked out. After opening up the envelope, he took out the card and looked at the front, which had a picture of a girl happily hugging a teddy bear holding a heart. Ryu smiled as he walked down the hallway to his room and opened the card.

For always being a friend
And being there when I'm blue
I really hope this Valentine's Day
Makes all your wishes come true!
Happy Valentine's Day! - Love always, Maki

Ryu smiled as he looked at the card for a few more moments before putting it back in its envelope. Finally reaching his door, he set his duffel bag down and opened it a bit to put the card in along with Sakura's. < I guess I'll put them both up somewhere in the room later... if only I got on from Chun... oh well... > Sighing to himself, Ryu found his keys and stood back up...

When Ryu was just about to put the key into the lock, he noticed something... The door was slightly ajar... < M-m-maybe I didn't close it tight enough...? > Taking no chances, Ryu lightly knocked on the door...

No answer...

Ryu looked at the room number, just to be sure. < It appears to be my room... >

< You'll be seeing Chun verrrry soon... > he heard in his head. < No way...! Impossible...! >

The young student nervously placed his hand on the surface of the door... and after swallowing, he slowly pushed it open...

"Ryuuuuuuuuu..." whispered a female voice from inside...

"..." What Ryu saw caused a complete riot through his brain and his body, making him drop his things to the floor. His entire room was actually CLEAN! The halogen light in the room was very dim, giving sufficient enough to light the entire room yet still leaving it quite dark at the same time. There were lots and lots of white, red and pink balloons floating in the corners of the room. On his desk right next to his bed, he could see a vase with flowers and with a photo of him and his girlfriend. On the bed itself, he could see that his sheets were all changed to red and white. And what he saw on sitting on top of the sheets had caused his face to turn a color even more red than the sheets. An alluring Chinese female was sitting right on his bed. She was only clad in lingerie... a matching red, lacy bra and red thong panties... Her arms were held in front her... and connecting her wrists together was a familiar item... the red bandanna. It was perfectly tied around both wrists so carefully that she was able to make a bow at both of them. It seemed like Ryu had been staring at her for an eternity when it was actually just a few seconds.

Chun-Li slowly moved her arm, brushing one of her hands through her long, slightly brown highlighted black hair which was down to its natural length... and used her other hand to signal him... "Come here..." she whispered...

Ryu heard the door close by itself behind him, which caused him to snap out of his trance. "W-W-WRONG FLOOR! WRONG FLOOR!!!" Turning around immediately, Ryu reached for the doorknob... but before he could turn it, a pair of arms immediately went over his head and pulled him backwards. She was quick... like a snake striking out to snatch its prey and hold it before it had a chance to escape...

Being trapped by his own bandanna in front of him tied around her wrists, he could feel her snake her arms beneath the cloth of his gi to touch his chest underneath and at the same time feel one of her legs lightly stroking against his. Bringing her face closer to one of his ears, she whispered, "How was dinner...?"

Countless thoughts went through Ryu's head, and he hesitantly answered in a quiet voice, "I-it was... g-good..." He sucked in his breath as he could feel her chest lightly pressing up against his back, causing him to close his eyes...

"I'm glad you liked it... next year, you can buy ME dinner..." she continued, still whispering against his ear.

It was suddenly all clear now. Chun-Li had paid Maki to take Ryu out to dinner and to keep him away from his room while she set everything up. < Th-that means... she was probably here all day... setting this whole thing up... t-to... seduce me... >

Resting her head against his shoulder, Chun-Li looked towards the ground, noticing the paper bag next to him. "What's what, Ryu?"

"It... it's for you..." he answered, trying his best to stand still.

"Well then... let's go over to the bed so we can look at it together..." Gently releasing him, Chun-Li took one of his hands in hers, and picked up the bag with the other, leading him over to his bed.

Ryu didn't resist... he was so overwhelmed by everything that was going on that his brain and all the muscles in his body turned into mush. Being pulled in by his angelic girlfriend, he plopped down to bed, and she sat down right next to him. < Gosh... she really outdid herself... working all day to set this up just for me... there's no way I will ever even think about trying to run away from this... I will only advance... >

Chun-Li reached in and grabbed the canvas out of the bag, pulling it up so that they both could see it. Squeezing Ryu's hand, she gasped... < Oh my gooooood... it's soo beautiful...! > "Ryu..." she said in a gentle voice...

"I... I made it especially for you... Happy Valentine's Day Chun..." was all he could muster.

After taking a few more moments studying his piece of art, Chun-Li set it back down to the floor, and reached up to caress his cheek. Without saying a single word, she leaned closer to him and closed her eyes as her lips pressed against his... and they engaged in a passionate kiss... a kiss she hungered for the entire day.

Ryu could feel her hunger as her tongue soon started to entire his mouth and swirl against his. Having missing her the entire day as well, Ryu joined in, giving an equal amount of passion as he was receiving. As the endless moments passed by, they finally released each other, pulling away and opening their eyes as a thin, clear thread of saliva still connected their mouths. Ryu took his hand and gently held Chun-Li's cheek in his palm, and she responded by leaning against it. < She looks so beautiful... especially in the low lighting... >

"I was thinking about you all day, Ryu..." she whispered...

"Me too... which is why I made that for you..." he whispered back...

Chun-Li then released Ryu's other hand and held up her bandanna-tied wrists right in front of his eyes... "And here's my gift... Especially for you..."

Taking both hands to her left wrist, Ryu carefully began to unwrap his gift... and slowly undid the bow at her left wrist and did the same with her right, letting his red bandanna fall in between them...

Smiling seductively, Chun-Li moved forward to sit on his lap... wrapping her powerful legs around his waist and her hands reaching the knot of his black belt... slowly undoing it and spreading open his gi to expose his well muscled chest and abs. < God... I just want to feast on him NOW... >

Chun-Li's face started to turn the same color as Ryu's. The couple had some heated moments in the past... but not as close as this. They had their limits... and yet... even this moment, neither of them felt that they were crossing those limits at all...

"Chun..." Ryu whispered, looking up deep into Chun-Li's soft, gentle, brown eyes.

"Yes, Ryu...?" she asked, looking back into his.

"I... I don't want to hurt you... or do anything we both might regret..." he answered.

Smiling warmly, Chun-Li replied, "Neither do I... but we both know our limits... so I know we won't hurt each other..."

"..." Ryu didn't say anything in response and just kept looking into her eyes...

"There's still so much we can do while staying within our limits..." she continued, "We can still express love... even without making love..."

"Chun..." was all Ryu could say while gently massaging the back of her neck.

"Ryu..." she whispered in response, while slowly bringing her face down to kiss him once again.

As they kissed, their tongues slowly danced in unison, and Chun-Li slowly brought her arms at Ryu's shoulders, and carefully slipped it completely off of his body.

Ryu broke their kissing as he felt the air touch his exposed skin, and instead buried his face against her neck, gently suckling at her warmth, running his hands slowly up and down her soft, smooth backside while she did the same to his firm, tone, muscular one.

Chun-Li lightly moaned a bit... and finally regained enough control of herself to slowly bring her arms behind her to catch his hands into hers and quietly guided them to the catch of her bra...

Feeling where his hands were at, Ryu pulled away from her neck and looked up at her. With complete desire in her eyes... she smiled lovingly at him and soon helped him undo the catch until the faint snapping sound was heard...

...

As the countless minutes passed by... piece by piece... all their clothes were shed... and they spent the entire night together... touching... tasting... and exploring each other... experimenting in so many ways they never thought possible while still staying within their limits... and _completely_ satisfying each other at the very end of their intense, mutual foreplay...

***

Both completely spent... the couple held each other in their arms exhausted... loving the feel of their naked bodies and souls against each other. They held each other so close that both could feel each others' steady heartbeat... and they remained that way... cuddling and whispering words of love to each other until they gradually fell asleep in each others' arms...

Chun-Li slept soundly at the sound of Ryu's heartbeat and the rhythmic rising and falling of his chest... and Ryu slept just as soundly having the crown jewel of his very being right in his arms.

The room was quiet once again, with only the sounds of slow, gentle breathing breaking the silence... and couple had the most peaceful sleep ever in their lives, and dreamt wonderful dreams...