For iapetusneume: Saiyuki (Homura/Rinrei)
Title: Forever and a Day
Author: Veleda
Fandom: Saiyuki
Pairing: Homura/Rinrei
Written For: iapetusneume
Wordcount: 250 (kiss)
Author's Notes: I recommend listening to schmoopy Broadway musical love songs while reading this. After all, that's how I wrote it.
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Even as he leans down to kiss Rinrei, Homura tells himself to stop, to pull back. He should walk far away. If he doesn’t, he’ll ruin her life
But before he can leave, Rinrei has tilted her head up, and is kissing him, gentle and shy. Her lips are soft and warm, and Homura can’t remember ever being this happy. He wraps his arms around her, drawing her closer. She runs her fingers through his hair.
After what feels like both a second and an eternity, she pulls away. She looks down, but Homura can still see the blush on her cheeks. He opens his mouth to say something, to apologize, to beg her forgiveness, but she speaks before he can.
“That…that was nice.” She giggles, embarrassed. “I suppose that’s a silly thing to say.”
“No,” he says quickly, “you’re right. It was nice.” He’s smiling now, a grin that most would think him incapable of.
She takes his hands in hers. “Homura…will you stay with me forever?”
He should tell her no. He shouldn’t give her false hopes. He should explain the danger, the risk.
But then he realizes that she knows all that. Rinrei doesn’t want truth; she wants something to believe in.
“Yes, I’ll stay with you forever. I’ll never leave you.”
She sighs happily and hugs him. “Kiss me again?” she asks.
He kisses her deeply and passionately, much more sure of himself than before.
They may not have forever, but they do have right now.
Author: Veleda
Fandom: Saiyuki
Pairing: Homura/Rinrei
Written For: iapetusneume
Wordcount: 250 (kiss)
Author's Notes: I recommend listening to schmoopy Broadway musical love songs while reading this. After all, that's how I wrote it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Even as he leans down to kiss Rinrei, Homura tells himself to stop, to pull back. He should walk far away. If he doesn’t, he’ll ruin her life
But before he can leave, Rinrei has tilted her head up, and is kissing him, gentle and shy. Her lips are soft and warm, and Homura can’t remember ever being this happy. He wraps his arms around her, drawing her closer. She runs her fingers through his hair.
After what feels like both a second and an eternity, she pulls away. She looks down, but Homura can still see the blush on her cheeks. He opens his mouth to say something, to apologize, to beg her forgiveness, but she speaks before he can.
“That…that was nice.” She giggles, embarrassed. “I suppose that’s a silly thing to say.”
“No,” he says quickly, “you’re right. It was nice.” He’s smiling now, a grin that most would think him incapable of.
She takes his hands in hers. “Homura…will you stay with me forever?”
He should tell her no. He shouldn’t give her false hopes. He should explain the danger, the risk.
But then he realizes that she knows all that. Rinrei doesn’t want truth; she wants something to believe in.
“Yes, I’ll stay with you forever. I’ll never leave you.”
She sighs happily and hugs him. “Kiss me again?” she asks.
He kisses her deeply and passionately, much more sure of himself than before.
They may not have forever, but they do have right now.