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sultanofsquat: (something caught your eye)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-10-31 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh-

[ He almost completely forgot about the cup for the shrine! Turning to it, steam no longer rising from the lukewarm teacup, he nods back at Ayaka as he retrieves it carefully and follows her into the kitchen. ]

So how much time d'you need to get ready before you head for school?

[ Leisurely walking, he's about twenty minutes away from the Kamisato Estate. ...he gets there in half the time usually. But regardless, ]
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[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-11-01 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ Luckily for Ayaka, Cloud's cold storage is respectfully stocked up! And he has ample rice. ...as any Nipponese home should have. Really, if he was lacking on that, there'd be a problem. ]

Wanna call it a night soon, then?

[ That doesn't disappoint him, since he'll be with her as they fall asleep. It's an honest question! ...if they don't just wind up talking in bed, that is. She wouldn't dare show it in front of her students or colleagues, but he doesn't want her to feel she's dragging her feet from lack of sleep. ]
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[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-11-01 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ True to his word, he allows Ayaka to do the dishes, crossing his arms as he waits patiently. ]

Like I'm any better. [ A gentle exhale through his nose, closing what little distance is left between them. In the comfort of his own home, where no one can see or hear them. Where his blossomed feelings were nurtured and urged to grow. As he unfolds his arms, he takes her hands in his, thanking her for cleaning up with a squeeze of her hands. ] Not gonna close my eyes till you do.

Just saying.

[ They'll drift off eventually. But if she wants to be selfish? That's her choice. Their choice. After all, there can be such a thing as a good ending to a day. ]
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[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-11-01 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ "Come with me." ]

Huh?

[ He shouldn't act so surprised, but she manages to keep him on his toes all over again when she tug tugs him out of the kitchen, past the living room and around the corner towards the stairs. His bedroom's towards the end of the hall, the moonlight casts enough light for them to move around in. He'd stared at her as he follows all the way up here, wondering what she she was planning all the way to the point where she instructs him to have a seat on the bed.

It's less him being confused and more, once again, watching on with a sense of wonder when she eludes to the moon, the halfway open doors to the balcony framing the Shirasagi Himegimi with the soft glow of the lamp in the room accentuating her. That's when it hits him...a feeling that may as well be nostalgic at this point. An 'escape' from the palace as they ran away and took a train to another part of Kyoto. When they found that gazebo to hide away together and talk. Not even the pull of the 'month of love's heat was enough to disturb them in the moment that followed.

In the moment that returns here and now when she beckons him watch. Keep his eyes on her. Always. ]


....

[ And so he does, leaning back on his hands as his soft mako-infused blues hold true to her graceful and elegant form. Her method of song and dance was unlike anything he's seen before. There was nothing extravagant or over the top about it. It wasn't with the same pizazz one would come to expect from the finer night life of Midgar's Wall Market. And yet...as she hums, then sings, her fan creating snowflakes that glisten beneath the moon's guiding light,

It's because it's none of those things. Her dance isn't loud. It isn't over the top. It's enough that he can't help but be taken back to that feeling he got in his chest, heart hammering wildly as he fought not to stand up too soon. As he fought not to just close what little distance remained to kiss her amidst the symbol at her feet and the flourish of whirling snow. He wanted to preserve this. It was worth looping time for if it meant Ayaka's happiest day of her life could continue. She made every step count. Every lyric that guided her along to the beat as she looked like an unreachable princess.

He never stopped believing it, yet it felt like Ayaka was challenging him to witness her again for the very first time. Perceive her again for the very first time. Recognize just how beautiful she really was for the very first time. And relive it. Relive this feeling of falling in love as hard as he did for her. So much so that when she finishes, he slowly rises from where he's sitting. Just the same way as he did in that gazebo that fateful night, calmly closing what little distance is between the bed and the balcony where she awaits. ]


Always there...

[ Her encouraging words. Her cute smile. Every single memory she's engraved in his heart. Her love. It's always there. ]
sultanofsquat: (floating on high)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-11-02 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ "I'd meant to ask sooner, but..." ]

Mm?

[ Cloud had just finished swapping out of his clothes, slipping into cozier sleep attire and returning from the bathroom after brushing his teeth. ]

Funny that... [ But there's no sense in lying either! It wasn't anything so dramatic, but as he sits on his side of the bed, leaning on his hands and looking back at Ayaka, he continues. ] When we got back from Shikoku, I was trying to get everything ready for your birthday.

Same way you and Zack surprised me. While I got the Hanzaki Clan to deliver the flowers, I picked up your armlet.
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[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-11-02 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hearing that even Zack sent flowers out for her, actually earns her beau a soft little huff. His smile grows. While he still didn't consider himself a social butterfly, everything he learned since coming here lent to him being more observant of the people around him. If others hadn't done something for someone like Ayaka, he'd have been surprised. So hearing that sans the closest people from her world, that even Zack made the time for her? ]

I'm glad you two get along.

[ Stretching his arms with a small grunt, he swings his legs up onto the bed, not slipping under the covers quite yet as he settles in by Ayaka's side. ]

Really was the best timing, huh.

[ Not just 'good' timing. For him, knowing what he knew now and where their friendship would lead, Cloud couldn't settle for anything less. ]

You wanna? [ Because he will! ] We could always check in and see what's outstanding for them.

[ Whether it was something more diplomatic or something a touch more dangerous, it's nice having an equally badass girlfriend. They spend most of their time doing more peaceful things, but their skills when needed shouldn't grow rusty either. ]
sultanofsquat: (what's done is done)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-11-02 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
I'll make sure the funds get split proper this time.

[ Yet as he says this, he meets her with a little smirk. Indeed settled in and comfortable enough, Cloud lifts his arm up when she rolls to her side and cuddles in against him. When she's close enough, resting her head on his chest, he's already tilting his head down to kiss the top of hers. ]

... .... .....

Hey, [ A beat, his hand stroking the side of her head. ] Ayaka.

[ And when he feels he has her attention... ]

You think I'd fit in Inazuma?

[ They're wide awake, but... Nobody said that they still couldn't dream. ]
sultanofsquat: (but that's...!)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-11-03 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Would be a change of pace from Midgar... [ But, on that note, ] I could prolly handle it though. We didn't have a lot of big tech out in Nibelheim either.

[ If the stories of Inazuma and their own progression with machinery and technology was true, it was just a matter of readapting that country boy lifestyle. Or even living in the city would be a step back from the technical marvels that Midgar presented. ]

Yeah? You ever get a chance to go yourself?

[ Duties as the Shirasagi Himegimi aside, that is. ]
sultanofsquat: (just realizing now...)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-11-03 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ His own lil' bird perched atop him. His hand atop her head drifts down, trailing the small of her back as he loosely hugs her against him, tilting his head down to get a look at her in kind. She really was cute... She's the one who planted that word in his vocabulary, rarely sprinkled as it may be. ]

...

[ "You'll go there with me, won't you?" ]

Mm. [ He nods softly. ] I'm coming for you, Ayaka.

That's a promise.
sultanofsquat: (eyes of focus)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-11-03 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm...

[ How much indeed... ]

Hard to say. I charge a lot.

[ His hand starts strumming along the small of her back, meeting her words with a faint smirk. ]

I'll letcha pay in increments.
sultanofsquat: (if we had enough time...)

[personal profile] sultanofsquat 2022-11-03 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ What a cruel, cruel fate. Yet Cloud will make sure that it's worth her while. As he leans up into her kiss... ]

That's one.

[ And then he leans back in for another, both his arms slipping around her waist as his lips press to hers. Two kisses. ]

Two...

[ He's not going to count every single one. But he sure as hell is going to remember every single one, the next lingering longer than the last as his heart pounds and his body starts to feel warmer as he gets more comfortable on his back. A faintly heated sigh against her lips when he counts, ]

Three..-