Sinister

Qian Meigui woke up tangled with Song Sheng, their arms and legs entwined like a human knot. Because of their body heat, both of them were very warm.

Qian Meigui stirred out of bed, untangling herself from him. Song Sheng felt her movements, instantly waking, his eyes meeting hers. He sighed in relief as if what they did last night indeed was not a dream.

Qian Meigui would have thought it was a dream too, were it not for the marks on her body and how much her lower abdomen ached. Her strength wholly diminished, and he smiled at her with his gleaming white teeth and dimpled grin, at what they did, at how he knew her body was sore.

She remembered that at one point in the night, she asked him about a condom, but all he did was shrug his shoulders. Qian Meigui gritted her teeth in response, but he didn't care, continuing to make love to her despite the consequences.