"Kiri, I wanted to talk to you about Tylee."

"Tylee?  Aren't you with her all the time?" Kiri asked his half-brother.

"Yes, and we are getting more and more serious.  It is getting hard to leave her side."

"Well, you're 27 now.  That's plenty old enough to mate.  So what's the problem?"

"She's a Bobcat -- a full Bobcat.  Bobcats don't mate for life like we do.  I'm afraid that once we have consummated our relationship that she will leave me and go back to her den.  That she will want more than I can offer her."

"I never got the impression that den life interested her.  Hasn't she always said she wants only one mate?  Why don't you trust her?  Or your own feelings?" Kiri asked, trying to read into the Unicorn's words.

"I ... I'm afraid that I won't measure up.  I mean Bobcat males are ... well ... I mean Kenru and Tekki are together a lot.  And so were Kamara and Tekku." Taiki said, lowering his voice.  "Unicorn hearing, you know."

Kiri put his hands on Taiki's shoulders.  "I'm sure you will be fine.  You love her and she loves you -- and that is all that matters.  You are so lucky to find a woman like Tylee -- so sweet and loving.  Don't lose her to unfounded fears, Taiki."

Taiki nodded slowly, "Thank you, Kiri."

"So are you going back to the Castle?" 

Taiki nodded and with a wave goodbye, he turned and went home.  This time he searched out his mother.

"Mom?" He walked into their suite.  

"Taiki?  I'm out here."  Rin called from balcony.  Taiki didn't want to go outside where everyone could hear them so he asked his mother to come inside.  "What is the matter?"

"Nothing, Mom.  I just wanted you to know that I've made a decision." Taiki took a deep breath.  "I love Tylee."

"I know you do.  And she loves you."

"Do you like her?  I mean, really like her?"

"What is this about, son?"

"I was thinking of mating with her." Taiki answered.  

Rin smiled at her son and hugged him. "Every since you were a little boy, you were so certain about everything.  And now, when everyone around you is so sure that this is right, you have doubts.  Tylee is a wonderful girl, and I think she will make you very happy.  You have my blessing, if that's what you wanted."

"I guess it was." Taiki said.  "I'm just nervous..."

"And it's alright to be nervous.  Kaiba was shaking like a leaf when we mated for the first time."

"That doesn't help, Mom!"

"Taiki, you will be fine!  Trust yourself.  Trust her." 

Taiki kissed his mother's cheek and then walked to Tylee's room.  He stood at the door, gathering his courage, when through the door he heard her crying.  Without knocking, he rushed into the room.  Tylee was sprawled on the bed, sobbing.  "Tylee!  What's wrong?"

"Taiki?" Tylee looked up at him with a tear-stained face.  "You came back?"

"Oh, by the gods!  Did you think I left you?"  Taiki exclaimed, gathering Tylee into his arms.

"You're a Unicorn and Unicorns don't cross-mate."

"I am only a half Unicorn.  It never even occurred to me not to love you because you are not a Unicorn."

"Love?  You love me?"

"I am so stupid!  I haven't even told you how much I feel for you?"  Taiki groaned.  "Forgive me, Tylee.  I only wanted to tell my family that I was going to mate with you tonight." 

"Tonight?" Tylee said, her heart soaring with happiness. "You want to mate with me tonight?"

"Yes, if you will still have me."

Tylee threw her arms around him.  "Oh, yes!  I will!"

Taiki found her lips and kissed her.  And kept kissing her, soon adding exploring hands.  But this time, they didn't stop.  Nervous fingers opened buttons and lacings, and pulled off clothes.  Taiki gave a little gasp when Tylee's breasts were revealed.  What he had only touched through cloth before, now he could see and touch warm flesh.  He cupped them with trembling fingers, his eyes fixed on them.  His head dipped down and he brushed his lips across them, and then took a nipple into his mouth, sucking it gently.  Tylee moaned and thrust her chest at him, wanting him to suck harder.  The space between her legs grew moist.

Taiki suckled at one breast while he kneaded the other.  This was heaven!  The fire in his loins turned white hot and he began to grow hard.  Tylee felt his response and her hands found the lacings of his trousers and undid them, pushing his pants down over his butt.  That wonderful butt!  Now she could touch his satin skin like she had wanted to so many months ago.  

Taiki pushed upward, slipping easily inside.  The feelings were indescribable!  He pushed in as deep as he could and soon found a rhythm, one that matched her own.  Suddenly, Tylee cried out, arching hard against his body, climaxing for the first time in her life.  And seconds later, Taiki found his own sweet release.  

All through the night, the Black Unicorn and the Lady Bobcat found joy in each other's bodies and Taiki found that he could easily match a Bobcat's endurance.