FanFic: Through Different Eyes *NC-17* 2/2

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~*~
 
Willow?s class left after a successful lesson and Willow smiled to
herself. Gage Petronzi hadn?t shown up, which wasn?t unusual for him, so
Willow didn?t worry about his earlier conflict with Xander. She?d have
to give him an ?F? anyway since he hadn?t shown up for any of the tests
they?d written.
 
She packed the stuff she needed to prepare the next lesson back into her
backpack and fished through one of the smaller pockets of the pack for
her keys when she saw him out of the corner of her eye.
 
?Oz?? she asked with a weak smile as she turned to face him.
 
?Hey.?
 
He didn?t say more. Just looked at her with his hands in his pockets. He
wore baggy black pants and a purple t-shirt that said 'I was in
Woodstock - I think.? in big white letters. The silence stretched into
discomfort as they looked at each other.
 
?I?m leaving Sunnydale.?
 
Willow fell back into her chair in shock at her ex-boyfriend?s words.
?Leave??
 
?Early-Graduation test. I?m taking it tomorrow.?
 
?But Oz, you can?t? I mean why??
 
?Pretty much you.? He?d stopped looking at her and was now inspecting
his shoes.
 
?Oh.? Willow felt so bad about hurting him. Apparently hurting him so
much that he wanted to leave? but there was no other way, staying with
him while she knew of her feelings for Buffy would have been just as
wrong. ?I never meant to hurt you.?
 
?I know.?
 
Silence reigned over the room again. Willow felt like she was loosing
him right before her eyes and her heart ached at the prospect of loosing
such a great guy as a friend. Again Oz broke the silence.
 
?It wasn?t the wolf-thing, was it?? he asked and the vulnerability in
his voice hit Willow right between the eyes.
 
?Oh god, Oz. Never! I wouldn?t? It had nothing to do with our breakup,
please believe me.?
 
?I know it must?ve been hard with me turning into? and you know, I just
thought you?d want a less-complicated relationship, part of me always
believed it.? It must have been the longest sentence Willow had ever
heard him speak and all she could do was shake her head and look into
his eyes. What she saw in them was doubt. Doubt in her and most of all
himself.
 
?Oz. I like you, we have so much in common and you?re interesting and I
think if Buffy wasn?t there? My feelings for her, they were there before
I ever met you. Just like that stupid crush on Xander. You waited till I
was over him. It just wasn?t enough time to get over Buffy, too. If we?d
had more time? I know I would have been very happy being your
girlfriend. And somebody will be and she?ll make you happy and she will
love you and only you and won?t have a bunch of feelings she?s only
half-aware of and she won?t hurt you?? Willow only stopped to take a
deep breath and Oz smiled.
 
?I?ll miss you Willow Rosenberg.?
 
?No, you won?t, because I have no intention of letting you go anywhere
without at least knowing your email address.?
 
He smiled. ?Give me time??
 
?As much as you need.?
 
?Good.?
 
Without another word he turned and left the room. It would be nearly a
year before Willow would hear from him again.
 
~*~
 
The rest of the day went by quickly and before they knew it Willow and
Buffy were walking side by side on their way to the Rosenberg?s house. 
 
?How was the rest of your day?? Buffy asked softly. ?You were so quiet
at lunch.?
 
?Oz is leaving.?
 
?Oh. Where?s he going??
 
?He didn?t say. Said he?s taking the early-graduation test tomorrow. I
guess he?ll try to get into the next semester of college, it starts in
three weeks.? They walked in silence for a while.
 
?How do you feel, Willow? Talk to me. Please.?
 
Willow stopped walking and turned to Buffy. Wordlessly the slayer opened
her arms and Willow stepped into them. They stood in the middle of the
side walk, hugging, about half a block from Willow?s home.
 
?I?m gonna miss him. He said he?d contact me as soon as he was ready.?
 
?But that?s great, isn?t it? Loosing you must be the hardest thing there
is, Willow. Give him time, as much as he needs and he?ll be your friend
when he?s over your break-up.?
 
?You really think so??
 
?I know so. Despite being the bestest of girlfriends you?re also a great
friend. Oz has enough brains to not let you go.? Willow didn?t answer,
but took Buffy?s hand and they resumed walking. Buffy knew that Willow
was thinking (when wasn?t she?) so she remained silent as well.
 
They spent the afternoon doing homework and preparing a nice dinner (of
popcorn and Ben & Jerry?s). Willow had cheered up again and Buffy just
basked in their easy banter and kissing sessions. Buffy had told Giles
that she was taking the night off and he?d agreed to go on patrol with
Xander and Cordelia (a decision he sure regretted already). So as
afternoon progressed into evening the girls had nothing to do but lie on
the couch, finishing their ice-cream and watching movies.
 
?This is nice,? Buffy commented as her head rested in Willow?s lap and
the redhead caressed her hair.
 
?Yeah,? Willow agreed. ?But it could be nicer.?
 
Buffy sat up and looked at Willow in confusion. She?d been riding the
emotional yoyo-coaster all day and had become suspicious about sudden
changes of topic. Willow?s serene smile reassured the blonde.
 
?Look, Buffy. It?s night,? Willow said and pointed to one of the
windows. 
 
And Buffy understood. ?Is it? My what?s to do on a Friday night at home
with your girlfriend?? she asked innocently.
 
?I wouldn?t know,? Willow replied with mischief in her eyes. ?This is my
first Friday night with my girlfriend. I think we?ll start with
something I promised you yesterday, though.? 
 
Buffy smiled in anticipation as Willow stood up and motioned Buffy to
follow. They made their way to Willow?s bedroom where Buffy found that
Willow had somehow managed to place a candle on every even surface. The
room was a sea of soft flickering lights and shadows.
 
?I wondered what you were doing in the bathroom for so long,? Buffy
gasped as she let the romantic setting settle in her mind. ?It?s
beautiful.?
 
?Then it?s only appropriate,? Willow murmured as she stepped behind her
lover and started to kiss the soft skin of the slayer?s neck.
 
?I love you.?
 
?I love you, too.?
 
Their words needed no additions, no explanations as their bodies took
over communication. Buffy turned in Willow?s embrace to capture the
teasing lips of her girlfriend. Her hands caressed the exposed tummy
that had made her crazy her all day. Buttons were undone, zippers were
lowered, shirts taken off and pants as well as skirts were lowered to
ankles before the lovers stepped out of their pile of clothes to emerge
in nothing but their underwear. Buffy kissed her way down Willow?s chest
until her lips encountered the material of a bra. Her arms went around
her girlfriend to free her breasts from the restricting garment. As soon
as Willow lowered her arms to allow the bra to fall to the floor,
Buffy?s mouth was attached to one nipple, while the other was covered by
a caressing hand.
 
Willow?s hands rested on the blonde?s shoulders to gently massage them,
which earned her a small appreciative groan. She carefully stepped back
from Buffy, who pouted immediately. Willow had to laugh at the mighty
slayer?s expression.
 
She motioned for Buffy to lie down on the bed. When they were both
comfortably horizontal the hacker turned her confused girlfriend onto
her stomach. Confusion left when she straddled Buffy?s lower back and
started a full massage on the blonde?s shoulders. Soft grunts and moans
drifted to Willow?s ears as she kneaded the abused muscles and loosened
knots. The moans intensified when Willow trailed her lips down the
slayer?s spine in a series of openmouthed kisses.
 
Her hands followed her lips with soft caresses and Buffy sighed in happy
contentment. Taking her sweet time Willow made her way up again until
her lips were next to the slayer?s ear once more. ?I take it that I?m
doing this right so far??
 
?Oh yeah. Way right. Couldn?t be righter,? Buffy answered her voice
thick with arousal. Willow smiled and encouraged Buffy to roll on her
back, which she did. She tugged the bra, she?d already unfastened, off
the slayer?s shoulders and much like Buffy latched onto the exposed
breasts.
 
?She spoke too soon,? Buffy commented between moans. Her hands rose to
play with red strands of silky hair, her concentration decreasing with
every lick, kiss and soft bite.
 
Willow stopped only reluctantly, but there were other things on her mind
as well. She crawled up Buffy?s body until they were face to face again.
Looking deeply into her lover?s eyes she lowered her body until they
were touching head to foot. She kissed Buffy?s cheeks softly as the
slayer?s arms encircled her waist to hold her close.
 
?I love you.?
 
?I love you, too.?
 
They lips met again and again until their tongues joined them in some
serious French kissing. Hands started exploring again until Willow broke
the kiss and with heavy breathing and a smile she lowered herself down
Buffy?s body. Her hands trailed down from shoulders over breasts to
tickly Buffy?s stomach, down the hips and claves. From her new position
she started back upwards. Sticking to theme of massaging she dug her
fingers into the tight muscles of Buffy?s leg until she reached the
knees. Massaging was abandoned in favor of soft caresses and kisses
until she reached the blonde?s panties. 
 
~*~
 
Buffy was mindless with pleasure. The things Willow did? Every touch had
the most amazing effect on her body. Every nerve ending tingled and
every thought that wasn?t closely connected to Willow and what she was
doing had long left her mind.
 
?Willow - please,? she gasped as the redhead kissed and caressed her way
up her thighs. Her whole body trembled when Willow complied and cupped
her sex through the panties she still wore. She lifted her hips slightly
and Willow took the hint and tugged the panties off until they came past
Buffy?s feet and the slayer was left naked.
 
Willow stopped a couple of seconds to simply look at the creature that
was Buffy Summers. Her loving smile warmed Buffy?s heart, but a
different kind of heat threatened to ignite the slayer as Willow,
without much preamble, leaned down to place tiny kisses on Buffy?s
blonde curls.
 
Buffy gasped, moaned, groaned and the pleasure she felt was only
building. One finger playfully moved through the blonde?s pubic hair
along the pleasuring lips until they dipped into the warm pool of
Buffy?s pleasure. 
 
Both girls gasped and Buffy didn?t stop for a long time as Willow
decided to let her tongue follow her fingers, tasting, teasing,
arousing?
 
?God Willow. Don?t stop.?
 
~*~
 
?Wouldn?t dream of it,? Willow thought as she marveled at the slayer?s
taste. She didn?t try to describe or analyze it or put her feelings into
words of any kind, all she did was enjoy it.
 
She slipped one finger into Buffy, which drew a series of groans from
the slayer. Her hand moved slowly in and out of her lover?s tight
channel and after a while she added a second finger. Buffy?s reaction
was instantaneous. She nearly flew of the bed and called Willow?s name
at the top of her voice. Willow smiled to herself before she closed her
lips around the panting slayer?s clit. Her hand instinctively sped up
and Buffy?s breathing seemed to be connected to Willow?s hand somehow as
it sped up as well.
 
~*~
 
Buffy was about to burst. Pleasure was zipping through her body like
lightning, always headed to her core and she was gasping for air like a
fish on land. She felt her orgasm building slowly. Each lick of Willow?s
tongue heightening the sensations.
 
?Willow!? she called helplessly as she felt herself starting to fall.
 
Willow?s lips abandoned the little nub of pleasure for a second to
whisper three words. ?Let go, lover.? Before she returned her lips to
the slayer?s centre and sucked hard on the blonde?s clitoris.
 
Buffy fell.
 
Waves of pleasure rolled over her body for long seconds until at last a
wave seemed to collapse in itself and return to her core in an
indescribable feeling that made her squeeze her eyes shut. The back of
her eyelids was replaced by an explosion of light that ebbed away only
slowly.
 
When her senses returned she felt Willow?s hand still move inside her
very slowly and Willow?s lips still placing feather light kisses on her
core. She smiled a lazy smile which Willow matched when she finally
stopped her ministrations, content that the slayer had felt every tiny
aftershock.
 
Buffy drew her lover up her body and kissed her deeply. They separated
breathlessly and Willow snuggled up to Buffy?s side. The flicker of the
significant smaller candles danced over their skin as both girls lay
smiling on top of the covers.
 
?I love you.?
 
?I love you, too.?
 
All was well.
 
~*~
 
Epilogue
 
~*~
 
Ten Years Later
 
Willow opened the door to their apartment with some difficulty due to
the large bag of groceries she was carrying. She nearly fell over the
shoes carelessly lying on the floor in front of the door.
 
She cursed Buffy?s laziness like every night and made her way into her
home.
 
?Buffy! How many times have I told you not to leave your shoes around
like that?? There was no answer and Willow hadn?t expected one. It was
almost a ritual. Buffy wasn?t really lazy. She did most of the housework
since she mostly worked at home these days, but the shoes? Willow was
certain Buffy did it on purpose.
 
She entered the kitchen where two hands relieved her of the heavy bag.
Before she could engage in her daily ritual of scolding Buffy on the
shoe issue arms had encircled her and lips silenced any words she could
have spoken. All anger had been replaced by joy by the time her lips
were released. 
 
?Something smells good,? she remarked and for the first time really
looked at Buffy that evening. She wore an elegant black dress that
showed off her attractive figure and made her hair shine golden. 
 
?Yeah, slaved over the stove for the last hour to cook you dinner.?
 
?Oh. What?s the occasion?? Buffy?s face fell at Willow?s questionand
Willow nearly burst out laughing. With a finger she tipped the
crestfallen slayer?s chin back up and looked deep into her eyes. She
fished something out of the pocket of her trench coat and held out the
brightly colored package. ?Happy anniversary, baby.?
 
Buffy?s smile could have lightened the whole city for a week as she dug
into paper to reveal a long velvet box. ?Oh you didn?t!? she exclaimed
as it dawned on her what it was.
 
?Of course I did. You were nearly drooling when you saw it.? Buffy
opened the box to find the most delicate necklace in it she had ever
seen. During some window shopping a couple of weeks ago they had spotted
it at a little jeweler in town and Buffy had immediately fallen in love
with the delicately woven fine lines of sliver.
 
?Help me put it on??
 
Willow took the necklace and stepped behind her lover. Stopping only to
drop a few kisses on a bare shoulder before she fastened her gift around
her loves neck.
 
Buffy turned to her with a bright smile on her face and kissed Willow
quickly. ?Thank you. Even though you are the meanest person, ever, for
making me think you had forgotten.?
 
?How could I? Ten years today we were possessed, before we professed.?
Willow giggled at her own words.
 
?And what a ride it?s been?? Buffy said with a happy smile as she guided
Willow into the living room where she?d gotten out the fine china and
had a delicious meal prepared. Willow smiled and took off her trench
coat and left it on the couch. Buffy told her to sit down and she did.
 
?I?ll be right back. I?ll just put the groceries away. Try the salad and
tell me if it needs more salt.? Willow did as she was told and stabbed a
piece of lettuce with her fork. She chewed carefully, enjoying the
flavors of at least ten different spices she couldn?t name. Buffy?s
dressings were famous among their friends. Who would have thought that
the girl that burnt toast would turn out to be a goddess in the kitchen
one day? Willow had given up after the second time the fire alarm had
gone off. She smiled as she sat there, remembering the last ten years.
How she and Buffy had nearly died (yet again) that fateful night. How
they?d professed their love and started their relationship. The
reactions from their peers from supportive to cruel until Buffy had sat
them straight. Their second night together, spent with lovemaking, naps,
lovemaking, ice-cream and lovemaking. How Joyce had cried for an hour
that her little girl had found somebody to love. And how she?d forbidden
sleepovers for almost a year. The re-cursing of Angelus. The arrival of
Faith and the friendship between the three girls. How happy Dawn had
been that Willow had become family. How Willow really HAD become family
five years ago as she and Buffy had been joined before the goddess. Oz?s
return to Sunnydale. Xander and Cordelia running off to LA after
graduation. College and the conflict of teaching Professor Walsh what a
slayer was and that you couldn?t safe the world by becoming Frankenstein
and creating monsters and putting chips into demons. The growing
initiative that helped the slayer to fight the things that went bump in
the night. Spike?s death at the hand of Dawn during her first patrol.
Faith leaving to join Angel Investigations. Tara kissing her and the
good friend and powerful ally she?d become once Willow had told her she
was with Buffy. Convincing Buffy not to kill Tara for kissing her.
Buffy?s death at the hand of the hell goddess Glory. The dark three
month she?d spent without her lover. How she?d resurrected her
girlfriend. Buffy?s confusion after coming back from heaven. The First
Evil?s attempt at an Apocalypse. Buffy?s proposal between panic, death
and dozens of potentials. Her spell that changed all slayer?s destiny.
The destruction of Sunnydale by Angel?s sacrifice. Xander taking over
Angel Investigations with his wife Cordelia. And the newest milestone in
their lives, Kathy.
 
Willow stood and walked over to her daughter?s bedroom. She slept as
peacefully as only three year olds could, cuddling her blanket and lying
upside down in bed with her feet stuck under the pillow. 
 
Willow walked to her and tugged the blanket around the sleeping body as
well as possible, knowing that it was useless against the nightly
travels of her daughter. 
 
One of the new slayers had been killed when little Katharine, her
daughter, had been a mere three months old and after half a year of
fighting Buffy and Willow had gotten custody of the sweet baby-girl
they?d know since birth. Buffy was even her godmother. 
 
?Hey,? Buffy called softly as she slipped into the room. Willow smiled
and together they left the room again.
 
?What did you two do today??
 
?We went to that new playground in Downypark. She loved it. They have
this little artificial river running right through it, with fish and
everything; we stood there for half an hour just watching. I?m thinking
we need a fish tank.?
 
?Good idea. I miss having fish.? Willow flashed back briefly to the
gruesome killing Angel had performed on her fish, but quickly chased the
memory away, that wasn?t how the souled vampire deserved to be
remembered.
 
?When we came back and got rid of half the sandbox we had in our shoes
we called Amy and she came over with little Mathew. They get along
really well. I took pictures. Oz picked them up when Mathew was asleep
on his feet. I invited them over for the weekend. I thought we could
have a picnic or something at that playground.?
 
?Did you leave the gallery closed for the day??
 
?No, I called mom and she said she could handle it alone if I did the
paperwork at home and she sent it to me via email. I did it when Kathy
slept.?
 
?You?ve been spoiling her lately. Staying home all day instead of
calling the nanny, going to the playground all the time and don?t think
I didn?t notice that she?s wearing new pjs.?
 
Buffy pouted. ?It?s just? she?ll start Kindergarten next week! I won?t
see her, she?ll have lots of friends and before I know it she won?t need
me anymore!?
 
Willow was just about to argue that point when she noticed that Buffy
was holding something. ?What?s that?? she asked and pointed to the
package.
 
?Oh, just a little something. Now go sit down before all gets cold.?
Buffy ushered her love over to the table and they started eating.
Through the whole meal Willow would glance to the mysterious package
Buffy had placed on the empty chair.
 
In the middle of a conversation about the new text Giles had sent Buffy,
Willow suddenly burst out: ?Tell me what?s in it!?
 
As if she?d only waited for that Buffy got up and grabbed the package on
her way over to Willow. She kneeled in front of Willow?s chair and
carefully opened the package to reveal two small velvet boxes. She took
one that was of the darkest blue and looked up into questioning green
eyes.
 
She opened to box in which a delicate ring waited for its rightful
owner.
 
?Marry me?? Buffy asked much simpler than the first time she?d asked
that question.
 
?Again?? Willow asked with a smile that held all the answer Buffy
needed.
 
All official documents of their marriage had been lost during the
destruction of Sunnydale so legally they weren?t married. They hadn?t
cared all that much about it; their main concerns had been building up
new lives for themselves, helping the new slayers and for the last three
years Kathy.
 
For the first time since they?d know each other, their pace was slow,
their time their own, the world?s fate in good hands that weren?t
theirs.
 
Buffy carefully slipped the ring on Willow?s finger before she took the
second box and gave it to her fiancée. The second box contained an
identical ring that Willow quickly put on Buffy?s hand. She kissed the
finger before leaning over to Buffy to kiss her lips. 
 
With a groan Buffy broke the kiss. ?I have to go on a quick patrol. I?m
not comfortable with letting Jenny patrol alone. She?s only been a
slayer for a year. I?ll try to get her to go home early.?
 
?Promise??
 
Buffy straightened and smoothed a hand through Willow?s now permanently
white hair. ?Promise.?
 
They finished dinner quickly and brought the dishes into the kitchen.
Willow sent Buffy out of the kitchen, telling her she?d take care of the
rest since Buffy had cooked. ?Besides, the sooner you start patrol the
sooner you?ll finish.?
 
?Love your logic.? Collecting her shoes from the hallway floor Buffy
quickly put them and a jacket on before she went back into the kitchen
to kiss Willow goodbye.
 
On her way back to the front door she turned to her love again. ?Don?t
fall asleep. I think I owe you a good night kiss,? Buffy said before she
slipped through the door with a grin.
 
Willow couldn?t wait.
 
~*~
 
The End.