🌸 you'll find me on my tallest tiptoes

[mistsplitter]

⌛ Who: cloud & ayaka
⌛ What: cloud's moving!
⌛ When: early september
⌛ Where: kyoto
⌛ Warnings: they're gross

[ It has been a long day today, and Ayaka has all the energy for it. Coming from Tokyo, Cloud arrived very early with all his things so that he can move into a new home in Kyoto, just a couple of blocks away from the Kamisato Estate. Ayaka met him at the station and they headed right to the new home, a bunch of bento wrapped in furoshiki in tow, as well as boxes and bags and such.

It's been hours since their last break, Cloud fixing upstairs while Ayaka decorated what she could of downstairs. Low tables and cushions, rugs, flowers— she even arranged a flower pot just for Cloud! A simple gift to make his home look more beautiful. When everything looks fine? She'll go back upstairs to check on her beau. After all... she's been waiting for this day for months. Not just because of the promise he made her when they were in Nara, but because she made a promise to him, too.

And that promise is the last item she wishes for him to unpack. She has yet to see it herself, but she understands from the shop she bought this item from that it truly works. To make it work however, it will need Cloud's touch.

Seeing as it's almost lunch time, and she's already done downstairs? She decides to prepare their lunches, bringing out the bento, as well as plates to use. Their first official meal in this home! One more "first" to add to their list. ]

Cloud, my love— [ She peeks at him from the opened door to his room, both hands at the edge of the sliding board. Then she smiles, waving a hand at him at the same time. At the same time, her ponytail, already blonde, sways behind her as the windows are open and a breeze coming in. ] I thought we could have lunch now. It would be a good time for you to rest, too, don't you think? I can serve tea with our lunch, if you like.

[ Anything and everything for him, really. She's so excited and energetic today!! ^_^🌸 ]

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[sultanofsquat]

Mmhm.

[ Yes, relaxing sounds really good right about now. ...almost as good as the sound of her trembling breath, the catch of her parted lips when she tug tugs him towards the bed. Yet as their legs bump against the edge of the bed, coaxing them to let themselves fall back on the comforting mattress, her beau does well in tempering himself. Instead, one hand pulls away from hers, so he can settle around the back of her waist as he supports her down onto the bed. But this also means that the two of them weren't about to go flopping down side by side like this.

Not with the way he finds himself crawling on top of her, the one hand enlaced with hers holding tight as he pins it above her head. In this position, partway straddling her as he leans over her petite frame, spikes of gold and icy blue framing his face as his eyes lose some of that mako-infused luster for the color of hers...

They don't leave. They stay right where she promised him to always be. On her. ]

Beautiful...

[ He doesn't know whether to just roll to her side and start holding her, kiss her, or make her breath shake again. He just wants her. ]

[mistsplitter]

[ It's so common to say now... "When you say and do things like that..." But Ayaka finds herself at a loss for words. Her lips are only slightly parted as she looks up at him. Did Cloud say something? He opened his mouth. . . but she can't hear. All she can hear is the thumping of her heart, how wildly it is beating while her entire being can't figure out if she's excited or anxious.

Or both.

She swallows, and it is in that moment that she's able to hear the sounds in the room again. Cloud's breath, his voice, the air outside... Ayaka ends up smiling softly up at her beau, canting her head as an invitation to... well, whatever it is he would like to do— to relax, to just look at each other like they said they would do, to lay down and close their eyes and just revel in each other's warmth... They could do anything, so long as he did not let go of her.

But only if he lets her say something, first. ]

I love you very much, Cloud.

[sultanofsquat]

[ Whatever he wanted to do? It was all going to come down to listening to his heart. And the very instant Ayaka said those once-sacred words, he knew what he wanted to do. Where he wanted to be. In the end, Cloud just wanted to be with her. No amount of Kizuna loosening his inhibitions could make his base desires deviate any way else. It only peeled away the layers of restraint he kept around his heart for when the time came for him to slowly slip down along her side, only letting go of her hand momentarily so he can get comfortable watching her on his side.

He slips his hand over the curve of her hip then, shuffling closer to her until he can feel the warmth of her breath against his lips, his eyes coming to a close when he tells her straight back, ]

I love you too, Ayaka.

[ No abridging down his feelings. He'll tell her as many times as it takes. As many times as she wishes it as long as he gets to revel in knowing he found her. Rather than kiss her just yet, his forehead gently rests against hers, feeling a tingling in his brain as his happiness only continues to grow.

How many times it's hit him today, he's lost count. But it bears repeating over and over. This wasn't a dream. They weren't imagining this. He wasn't on the other side of the railroad tracks anymore. ]

I finally made it.

[mistsplitter]

[ Ayaka has never once questioned Cloud's reasons for wanting to move closer to her. It benefits her, and she could never dare ask him not to because it is what he wants. It is as she's said before. He's very sweet, and so very kind. It is why he has won her heart, even from day one. It is why she is devoted to support him, to be with him, and make his days better just as she's promised before over a phone call.

So now, with Cloud so close, his own heart practically melding with Ayaka's, what else is there to say? ]

Welcome home, Cloud.

[ Hehe... a soft giggle before she inches closer to place a kiss on his lips, her other hand running up and down his arm to let him know she's here for him, just as he has been with her. ]