Ethan
"If we had met on the outside, I would have taken you to so many different places and shown you wondrous sites and beautiful cities. I have a condo in almost all of my favorite cities. Which are now going to get awfully dirty since I don't have anyone cleaning them for me."
Akane seemed a bit homesick for a moment, a bit distant as if her thoughts were back in these places she loved. I wondered what it was like to explore new places. The only places I had experienced were my childhood home, the mental hospital, and this mansion.
"I've never really been anywhere," I admitted with a small, sheepish shrug. "So it's kind of hard to miss something you never really experienced."
I never really had the desire to go anywhere. Maybe I liked being confined. Mine and Erela's parents were always worried that I would be attacked or experimented on that I always assumed that things outside of what I knew would be dangerous. I felt safe within my walls, but maybe it was time to smash them down. Maybe it was time for new experiences.
"Akane, tell me about your favorite places!" I asked, maybe a little too eager to listen but I wanted to know. I clung to her with excitement, "we could... we could try to escape from here and see them all... if you're up for it." I grinned, trying to regain myself from my previous, over-excited state.
BrokenTear
Yuki suggested we play hide-and-seek, and the first thought that plunged into mind was that she would try to escape.
I don't know that I would've been so trusting of any of the others, but Yuki was... different. She never showed any signs of wanting to leave. There was something so sincere in her that I admired, and dare I say, trusted.
After a moment's hesitation, I agreed. We would play her game. The forest wasn't dangerous; I knew these trees as well as the back of my hand. And the village was quite a ways away.
"Okay, Yuki, I'll go hide then." I smiled. I watched as she covered her eyes and turned her back to me. She began counting back from 100 and I looked for my hiding spot.
Finding a space behind a large, old, majestic tree, I hid, carefully choosing my way through the crunchy autumn leaves. I could hear her voice faintly counting, with only seconds to spare.
"Ready or not, here I come!" I heard her shout and I waited.
Forever
I closed my eyes as Setsuna traced his fingers all over my face and shoulders. It felt like warm sunlight beaming directly on me. Maybe even better than that. My skin was probably ablaze with the fire I felt under my skin. My spine rippled with tingles and I let out a little whimper of pleasure, much to my embarrassment.
I reached up and ran my hand down his jaw, feeling how strong and masculine it was, and felt an odd feeling of adoration for how protected I felt with him. I kissed him lightly there after trailing my hand down to his shoulder.
I pulled away only to glance to the side of my room nervously. His hand found his way to mine and I silently memorized every nook and cranny of his palm, and the way his fingers were shaped and spaced. I was starting to realize that I would be doing this a lot. Examining his body and playing his voice on repeat in my head until my body ached with repetition.
Until one day he would be gone. Until all I had left was these memories.
I found myself in his arms, feeling a desperate need to be cradled by him, to feel as if he weren't going to disappear any second.
"I really want to save you, Setsu.. I.. I don't want to live without you."
