Buffy walked into the mansion, she knew since it was a day, he might be sleeping. And as she had guessed, he was. Soundlessly she crawled to the bed and laid next to him. She loved to watch him sleep, it was the only time he was something near peaceful.

“You're staring again”, he mumbled without opening his eyes. She smiled widely.

“Well, you're so cute when you're sleeping.”

He opened his eyes and looked at her. “Why am I cute? Handsome I could understand but cute?”

“I can't describe it, but you are deviously handsome as well if that helps”, she smirked. He grabbed her by the neck pulling her closer and she let out a startled squeak before he silenced her with his lips. After he ended the kiss, he looked at her frowning.

“You're hurt.”

“I'm already healing. I had a meeting with Spike.”

He looked closely at her wounds, inspecting them with care and his frown deepened, she had never been beaten so badly by Spike. “He has the gem”, he stated but she just shook her head smirking.

“Not anymore”, she whispered and pulled out the ring.

“What...”, he started but was at lost of words.

“I want you to have it. You deserve to have it”, she clarified and took hold of his hand. She pressed a kiss to his knuckles and put the ring into his finger.

“Buffy”, he tried to protest but this time it was her who silenced him with a kiss.

She climbed on top of him, straddling his hips and grinding herself against his quickly growing arousal. Her hand drifted down his chest to inside his sweat pants he had been sleeping in and her fingers curled around his rigid flesh. He groaned as he felt her hand wrap around his member and slowly moving up and down as her hips ground against him. Her movements felt delicious and torturous at the same time and he was quickly becoming afraid he might just cum like inexperienced teenage boy into her hand if she kept up her ministrations.

He grabbed her arm and pulled her hand off his pants before flipping them over, her beneath him, pressed into the mattress. She gave him a blinding smile before grabbing the back of his neck and pulling him into a searing kiss. His hands traveled all over her body, slipping under her shirt and cupping her breasts gently massaging them. She let out a mewl of pleasure and quickly pulled his sweats down his legs. Her hand grabbed his rigid member and she started stroking him, making him crazy with want.

He pulled her hand off of his cock and pressed them against the bed above her head by her wrist. With his free hand he tucked the shirt over her head before making his way under her skirt and pulling her panties down her legs. Not letting go of her hands, he settled between her thighs and pushed inside her waiting heat. They both moaned and he started moving inside her in steady pace.

“Angel, I need more”, she breathed and he pushed harder inside her, hitting the wall of her womb and making her cry out in pleasure. He build a steady pace, thrusting inside her, angling his hips so that he hit her clit with every inward thrust and soon she was thrashing under him.

Her hands pulled free and she pulled him into a passionate kiss, ravishing his lips with her own as her hands wandered around his body, finally grabbing his ass to pull him further inside her. Her lips trailed down to his neck and she gently bit down, not breaking the skin. He groaned loudly, speeding his thrusts and not long after Buffy was screaming his name, reaching her peak. Her inner muscles rippled around him and squeezed just from the right places and with two more thrusts, he spilled his seed inside her. He collapsed against her burying his face to the crook of her neck and he was ready to roll off of her but she wouldn't let him, instead she encouraged him to let his full weight on her.

“I like you on me, like a human size Angel-blanket”, she whispered into his ear, still trying to steady her breathing. He looked at her in question but didn't say anything. Gently he let himself cover her, still not with his full weight and she let out a satisfied sigh before wrapping her arms around him.

If his heart would have been beating, it would have burst out of his chest. He was truly scared. He hadn't seen the sun in over two hundred years and it was the thing he had been afraid of those years. But now he could greet the sun without fear of burning but he was scared. He needed Buffy with him but because of what he wanted to do, he couldn't have her as his pillar of strength.

He looked down at the basket in his hand, he already felt ridiculous but he had almost left her for sunlight and picnics so he needed to do this. He was so whipped, he thought to himself while taking the first step into the light. He waited for it to burn but nothing happened, it only warmed his skin.

Still he didn't trust it completely so he staid in the shadows while walking towards the campus. He arrived to his destination and sat in front of a table in the courtyard. He knew her schedule by heart so he knew she would be finishing her first class. He checked his watch feeling more nervous by the minute.

Buffy sighed deeply, finally the psych class had ended. She couldn't wait to go to Angel. She had been dying to tell Willow about it but they couldn't speak during the class since Walsh was keeping close eye on her, so was the TA Riley for some reason.

Buffy hadn't come back to the dorm room all night, only in the morning to change and Willow had already went to class by then. She stayed by the door waiting Willow to catch up since she was talking with Riley. Willow jocked to Buffy and greeted her with a bright smile: “Hey!”

“Hey. Sorry I didn't come back last night, but you know, lots to talk about with Angel.”

Willow grinned. “Yeah, I bet you two were talking.”

“Come on, Willow. We're not slaves of our passion”, Buffy said rolling her eyes. Willow smiled but then her face started to grumble into a frown. Buffy followed her gaze and saw Parker.

“He's been spreading a rumor that he slept with you. I know it's not true but it's still not nice”, Willow said not looking at Buffy.

“He's a prick”, Buffy stated, she didn't like the rumor either even though she hadn't heard it yet. They had almost reached the door when Riley ran after them.

“Hey Willow, Buffy. Buffy, I needed to ask you something”, he started but Buffy's eyes were scanning the courtyard and when she saw Angel sitting in a shadow of a tree, she turned around and quickly ran to him. Riley was left standing mouth open in the middle of a sentence looking after her.

“That's her boyfriend”, Willow clarified and then realized that it was Angel, standing outside, during daylight and her eyes widened in shock.

“What?” Riley asked in a mix of concern for Willow and jealousy for Buffy. He had seen the sudden change in Willow.

“He doesn't go out that much”, she covered trying not to stutter.

Buffy ran to Angel without stopping and she jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist. “Hey!”, she greeted and pressed a long passionate kiss to his lips.

“Hey.”

“You're outside, in sunlight”, she stated with a wide smile.

“Yeah. I wanted to surprise you”, he answered and set her down to the table. Her eyes set to the picnic basket and she turned to look at him with question in her eyes.

“I decided to take you out to picnic.”

Her lips curled into a wide smile. “That's so sweet”, she said and pulled him into another kiss.

They went to a secluded area, it was beautiful, not too sunny and close to a small pond. They were sitting on a blanket in a shadow of a tree.

Angel was watching her in awe and after a while, she started feeling uncomfortable. “Is there something in my face?” she asked but he just shook his head smiling.

“Have I told you how beautiful you are in sunlight?”

Her lips curled into a smile and she threw her hair back. “Not in the last fifteen minutes. You don't look so bad yourself, little pale but...” He silenced her with a soft kiss to her lips, they tasted like strawberries since that's what he had just been feeding her before he was lost in his thoughts. She let out a satisfied hum and smiled at him brightly. She glanced into the basket.

“We should eat those apples before they turn brown”, she suggested and he picked up the container. He took one of the pieces which she took into her mouth licking his fingers while doing it. The whole picnic had been like foreplay with food.

A small line of the juice trailed down the corner of her mouth and he leaned down to kiss the juice off. He started to trail kisses down her chin to her neck.

“You're gonna be late from the class”, he mumbled against her neck and it only send shiver down her spine.

“I'll skip it”, she said threading her fingers into his hair.

“Buffy”, he tried to protest without leaving her neck.

“I'm gonna skip it with or without you. Preferably with you”, she said pulling his head up and claiming his lips. He groaned and pulled her into his lap.

“You know, I never saw the big deal in picnics, ants and bugs and all that. But suddenly I'm seeing it in a whole new light”, she said smirking and sucked his earlobe into her mouth. He moaned and pulled her even more closer.

“I wonder if now that you're not sunlight challenged, if you can have a tan”, she whispered to his ear and started trailing kisses down his neck.

“Buffy, we really should stop before some sees”, he groaned even though he wanted anything but stop.

“Don't want to”, was her answer and she gently bit his ear. He groaned, his hands trailing down her back on their own accord and disappearing under her shirt.

“We really shouldn't”, he protested while unclasping her bra.

“Yeah, we shouldn't”, she agreed but her actions spoke differently since she slowly started to open his shirt buttons. Once the smooth skin was exposed, she leaned down and shed kisses down his chest twirling her tongue on the soft skin. His hands found their way to her hair as she moved downwards, opening his shirt while shedding kisses to his stomach and slowly starting to work on the buttons of his pants.

“Buffy”, he whispered with the last force of will, he was still concerned that someone might see but as soon as he felt her pulling down the zipper, all thought left his mind. Her hands made their way to his shoulders and slammed him down to the ground while her kisses were nearing the place he needed her the most. His cock was painfully hard and still confined in his boxers, he should have learned by now to go on commando.

Slowly she peeled down the boxers and took the impressive member to her hand, stroking it slowly up and down. He groaned as she sucked just the tip in her mouth and ran her nails gently down the underside before fondling his balls. She kissed the tip once more and shed kisses down and back up all over the hard member till she took it to her mouth again. She moaned around the member and Angel arched off the ground moaning from the sensation.

His hands found their way to her hair and he threaded his fingers in her long locks messing them around as the sensations she was creating got too strong. He yelped as she deep throated him and swallows around him. He reached out to her to pull her up but she just slapped his hands away before starting to hum around him and gently raking her fingernails across his balls. He let out a groan, he knew he wasn't going to last long and when she sped her pace, taking him deeper into her mouth and humming around him, it was his undoing. Yelping her name, he spurted his seed inside her waiting mouth and she swallowed it greedily. She licked his softening member clean and kissed her way up his body till she was half laying on his chest. She pressed a soft kiss to his neck and smiled up to his relaxed face. He turned to look at her and pulled her into a languid kiss, he could taste himself on her lips and he was getting hard again.

Buffy returned to the dorm room. She changed her clothes and frowned while looking the clothes she had been wearing earlier, those grass stains would be a bitch to get out.

Willow walked into the room and glanced at Buffy, she was feeling a little hurt that she had been spending so much time with Angel and not with her. “Hey Buffy.”

“Hey Willow. I'm sorry I bailed on you today but I'm sure you understand. Angel took me to a picnic”, she said smiling widely.

“Oh. And how did he do that during the day?” Willow asked and sat on the bed. Buffy turned to her and quickly went to sit next to her.

“I was so dying to tell you but I didn't have the time. Angel has the gem of Amara, that's why he can be out during the day. I took it from Spike yesterday.”

“So Spike found it”, Willow stated, Buffy had told her that Spike was looking for some piece of jewelry that would make him invincible.

“Yeah. Whole no stake or sunlight can kill me thing. I managed to get the ring off of him and I gave it to Angel.”

Willow couldn't help but feel a little jealous since now Buffy could spend even more time with Angel, she hardly saw her friend as it was and now she would see her even less. She frowned. “Buffy, don't take this on a wrong way. I'm really happy for you and Angel but... I miss you, you're always with Angel or patrolling with Angel, or studying at Angel's. I hardly see you these days. Ever since he got his soul bound, all in your life has been only about Angel. I miss my friend. I miss talking to you and spending time with you.”

Buffy looked at her friend with sadness in her eyes, she realized she had been spending a lot time with Angel and hadn't seen her friends all that much but it seemed like they were living their own lives without her and she didn't want to butt in.

“I'm sorry, Willow. It's all been so hectic, school, slaying and Angel getting his soul. I will make it up to you, I promise.”

Angel was walking down the aisle of the dorm house, heading towards Buffy's room, a place where he hadn't been before. He saw the guy Buffy had been dancing with the other night and his face darkened. The guy was pulling moves on some girl, leaning on her and talking with tortured expression on his face.

“Excuse me. Do you know who that is?” Angel asked a guy passing him.

The guy glanced at Parker and then answered Angel: “That's Parker. Regular Romeo, always trying to bed the freshmen. He's pulling the moves right now, that girl is gonna have it like the Bunny girl.”

Angels face darkened even further and he had to suppress a growl. “Buffy?”

“Yeah, that's it. I heard they were doing it all night the night of the party. He says she's been following him like a lost puppy but I haven't seen it happen.”

“Thanks”, Angel bit out and glared at the boy that had been spreading rumors about his girl, he knew it wasn't true since Buffy had spend the whole night with him. He started to move closer to Parker, trying to control his anger which was getting harder by the second.

“You Parker?” he asked him and he turned to look at the stranger, seeing it was the same guy that Buffy had left with from the Bronze.

“Yeah?”

“We need to talk”, he bit out but the boy had the nerve to look smug.

“I don't think so. It's not my fault you can't show your girl a good time, that she has to come looking it from me. Maybe she's not so into old guys”, Parker said confidently even though he was starting to get scared from the look the man was giving him.

Angel grabbed him by the collar and started to drag him away, he resisted but it was for nothing, Angel was too strong. Angel threw him to the ground and tightened his hands into fists, trying to control the rage he was feeling.

“You've been spreading rumors about Buffy. They are going to stop. You are going to clarify that you tried and she turned you down”, he said through clenched teeth, he was feeling his fangs grow.

“Who says it's a rumor. You're little girlfriend came to me, begging me to take her to my bed”, he taunted with fake courage and Angel had had enough. He grabbed him by the collar, throwing him against the wall and leaned close to his face so he could see his eyes clearly.

“You lie. If she had been anywhere near your bed I would smell a rat like you on her. I know exactly where she was that night and a piece of shit like you is not going to ruin her reputation”, he said and let him go.

He turned to leave but spared one glance at the boy and it was once too much. He lost control and punched the boy hard but not hard enough to kill. He didn't want another life on his conscious but he was quite sure he could live with this one. He left the boy bleeding on the ground and went to surprise his girlfriend.

Angel knocked on the door and it took some time before Buffy opened the door. A bright smile lit on her face as she saw who was at the door.

“Angel”, she breathed.

“Buffy.”

After a long silence and staring, he shifted uncomfortably. “You need to invite me in, I haven't been here before.”

“Oh. Come in, Angel.”

He stepped inside and noticed Willow sitting on the other bed. “Hey Willow.”

“Hey Angel. Congratulations about the whole sunlight thing by the way”, Willow said nervously.

“Thanks.”

“Okay. I'm gonna go see Oz”, she said and hurriedly left the room.

“So, what brings you here?”

“There's new demons in town.”

Her face grumbled a bit. “So it's a business call”, she stated trying to keep the frown off her face. Angel smiled and pulled her into his arms planting a kiss to her lips.

“Business before pleasure, love.”

“Fine. Let's go hunt for some nasties. I have psych homework to do so we better be quick. And Willow isn't too happy that I haven't spend all that much time with her, so there is a major butt kissing ahead”, she said and grabbed her coat. She was about to walk out the door when he grabbed her hand and pulled her back to him.

“I don't want to keep you away from your studies. And I don't want to come between you and Willow.”

Buffy smiled, he was so sweet. “You're not. We've both been so busy with school and boyfriends. We're going to spend some quality time together so don't worry about it, me and Willow are fine. And I couldn't concentrate on studying thinking about the new demons, so we better take care of them first. Maybe if you're lucky, you get to be my study buddy”, she said and added the last one with a wide smirk on her face.

A sickly gray demon threw Buffy against a mausoleum and she slided down the wall barely conscious.

“Buffy!” Angel screamed feeling the panic rising when he smelled her blood. He decapitated the demon he was fighting and attacked the demon that had thrown Buffy.

“You are weak, Angelus. You don't deserve the gem”, the demon bit out and nearly cut Angel with his claw.

“And I bet you do deserve it?”

“I have been searching the gem of Amara longer than you have existed, vampire.”

“Then you must not be all that smart”, the demon heard Buffy voice right before he saw the tip of her sword showing from his chest. Buffy lifted the sword slicing through the demon and it fell lifeless to the ground.

“Buffy”, Angel whispered and stepped closer to her, lifting his hand to the wound in her head. She winced at the pain and covered his hand with hers.

“Don't even go there”, she stopped him knowing he was going to go on the guilt trip at any moment now.

“It's a habit.”

“Well, get a new one. But not smoking, it gives lung cancer.”

“I can't have lung cancer.” That earned him a playful slap on the chest, which made her wince.

“You're hurt.” He started to inspect her for wounds but she pushed him away.

“Just a little. Stop hovering, I have been hurt worse before. Those guys have nothing on me”, she said and glanced at the five gray bodies on the ground.

“Should we bury them?” she asked with a weak voice.

“I doubt they would just blend into the scenery.”

“You better do it, I'm hurt.”

“You were fine a minute ago”, he stated with a smirk.

“Well, I'm a big believer on that men bury the demons and women give birth to the children.”

Angel looked down to the ground. “Buffy, I can't have children”, he reminded her.

“That doesn't change my opinion”, she said and after that went serious. She took hold of his cheek and lifted his gaze to hers. “I don't want to have children. Well, maybe I do, someday but I can't. They would never be safe, I'm fighting for my life every night as it is and I can't be worrying about my children too. They would always be the target of some new player in town cause they would be the perfect way to get to me. And even if I could have them, I would want you to be the father and your little swimmers are too lazy to knock me up.” She pressed a kiss to his lips and then pulled away.

“Now, how about you bury those things before they start to smell. I promise I will make it up to you”, she said with a sly smile.

Angel had noticed that there were more demons in town than usual, he and Buffy had been busy every night, fighting against various demons. He stepped inside Willie's bar and quickly many of the customers fled the place.

“Hey Angel!” Willy greeted loudly. Angel walked to the bar desk and sat into the seat, he was feeling beat but he still needed the information.

“The word is out that you've got the Gem of Amara”, Willie said looking at him pointedly. And he knew the word had gone around.

“I've noticed there is more demons in town than usual.”

“Yeah, business has never been better. I'm considering of hiring extra hand in here. You wouldn't happen to know anyone?”

“Sorry Willy”, Angel said distractedly, he was too engrossed in thought, he was slowly slipping into his brooding habit.

“I know the chicks go for the mysterious silent guy but you need a new look. The brooding is getting depressive.”

“I'm not brooding”, he said defensively and added: “I'm thinking.” He knew there was going to be more and more demons who wanted the ring but he didn't know what to do to it, he couldn't protect it forever. He got up from the chair and left the bar without even hearing what Willy was saying.

Buffy and Angel had just finished a group of demons. They were both bruised and tired but they had survived yet another group of demons that were after the ring. Angel knew that and it was bothering him, Buffy knew it too but she wanted to live in the denial.

“We better bury those things. I guess there isn't much action here anymore.”

“That's where you are wrong girl. There is plenty of action. I'm going to drink your blood and walk in the sun after I get the ring”, came a new voice from behind them. They both turned to look at the vampire that appeared from the darkness. The vampire looked Angel up and down in disdain.

“The great Angelus, weak like a fledgling, you even smell like the slayer”, the vampire bit out in disgust.

“You're one to talk”, Buffy responded defensively, she didn't smell.

“So this is the feared slayer. Small, isn't she. I'm gonna crush her bones”, the vampire said looking at Buffy measuring her and directed the last to Angel.

“Like I haven't heard that before”, Buffy said rolling her eyes and whipped out the stake. The vampire snarled and attacked her.

The fight was quick paced and fierce, the vampire was old and strong. Lot of his movements brought memories of Angelus to her mind and that threw her concentration. Angel had joined the fight but the vampire was too strong even for him.

He struck Angel hard, throwing him to the ground. He kicked him to the chin, making him loose his consciousness. “He's become weak”, the vampire snarled and concentrated on Buffy.

“No one picks on my boyfriend!” she said and attacked him with rage. They traded bunches and kicks without grace, it was all for the fight. He kicked her into arm and she lost her grip on the stake. While she was searching the stake with her eyes, he kicked her to the chin and she lost her balance. He grabbed her by the neck and smashed her head hard against a tombstone. He did it several times again and growled at the smell of her blood. He pulled her up leaning against her throat.

“I am so gonna enjoy this”, he said smiling and was about to sink his fangs into her neck when Angel plunged Buffy's stake through his back into the heart.

“So am I”, he said coldly and the vampire burst into dust.

Buffy fell but Angel caught her before she hit the ground. He pulled her into his arms, she was barely conscious. “I'm sorry, love”, he said and started carrying her out of the cemetery.

Buffy woke up in Angels bed. She looked around her and saw Angel sitting in a chair with a serious expression on his face. He lifted his head and stared into her eyes for a moment before quickly getting up and coming to the bed. He sat to the edge and traced her face with his finger.

“You're awake.”

“Yeah.”

“I was so scared. You got hurt badly”, he said painfully and pulled her against him. Buffy buried her face into the crook of his neck and closed her eyes, she had been sure she wasn't going to make it.

“I love you”, she whispered, she really needed him to know it. He pulled back and put his hands on her both cheeks, keeping her gaze fixed on his.

“I love you too, Buffy.”

She smiled weakly and pulled him into a gentle loving kiss. When he pulled back, he had a pained serious expression on his face. “Buffy. I can't keep the ring.”

Buffy's eyes widened and she yelped: “Why?”

“It's too dangerous. More and more demons have come here to get the ring away from me. I can't fight them forever. One day I'm going to loose and that will be worse than we could imagine. I almost lost you today and the thought scares me more than you can imagine. Sunlight means nothing to me if I can't have you.”

A tear slipped from her eye. “What are you going to do?” she asked with a small voice.

“I know someone, a very powerful person, who can keep the ring safe. He can make a enchantment that no one can take the ring if he or she isn't worthy of it.”

Tears were flowing down her cheeks freely. “You're not going to leave Sunnydale again, are you? Remember last time, it didn't go all that well.”

He cupped her cheek and she leaned into his touch.

“It's only LA. I'm not going to stay long. We need to do this.”

“I know”, she said miserably and closed her eyes. “But I don't like it”, she added pouting like a child. He kissed her and pulled her to his arms.

Angel had been gone for two days, he had met the person he went to see and he hid the gem, putting a charm on it, that only one who was worthy could find and take the possession of it.

As soon as it was dark, Angel met Buffy at Bronze and they agreed to meet at the cemetery in an hour. He was nervously waiting for her, he knew she didn't like what he had done but he knew it was the right thing to do. He heard a crack from behind and he spun around. He raised an eyebrow when he saw the picnic basket on Buffy's hand.

“Buffy?”

“Yeah?”

“What are you doing?” he asked still not getting what was going on.

“I thought we could have a picnic. It isn't a written rule that picnics have to be during the day”, she said like it was obvious and spread the blanket on the ground. She sat on it and patted the place next to her. Still feeling a little stunned, he sat next to her and watched as she started spreading the containers on the blanket.

She handed him a thermos bottle and he smelled it, it had blood in it. He turned to look at her in question.

“It was kind of awkward that I was the only one eating. So I got you something. Who's gonna see it here?”

He smiled and pulled her into a kiss. Maybe he could give her picnics anyway.

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