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[ There he is again, catching her.

The blush on her cheeks is because she doesn't wish for her invitation to be rejected. She'd always want to do things that Cloud is comfortable in, or at the very least, open to. Sometimes, she thinks her ideas of romance may not be possible, even if it's as simple as having breakfast out on the balcony on a cool and crisp morning. But Cloud takes her hand, kisses her, tells her words that warm her heart not because she wants to hear them, but because she understands now that it is what he wants, too. ]

Then... please leave it to me. I shall coordinate with room service tomorrow.

[ Her tone gives away the relief she's feeling, that Cloud wants what she wants, too, but there's no need to point that out anymore and thank him. She promises he'll have nothing to worry about, instead! ]

I shall make sure the start of our new year together will be nothing but good memories for you.

[ (And that means breakfast in the balcony might not be the first thing they do...) ]

Looking forward to it.

[ Cloud's head feels lighter than normal. And no, it has very little to do with the alcohol they had prior to making it back. But if he had any less restraint, he'd have tackled Ayaka to the bed already, holding her tight out of an eruption of joy. But instead, Ayaka receives it in pieces. Bit by bit. Holding her hand here. Squeezing it there. Kissing her now. Telling her everything they both want to hear. ]

Mm. [ (Breakfast on the balcony may not be the first thing they do...and if they wake up doing anything else? He's going to make sure she remembers every second of it.) ] And I'm gonna make sure...

[ He made his choice a long time ago. Even saying it now still felt...well, not hard. But heavy. Like he knew the gravity of his decision but without an ounce of regret. Without Nippon or Elipsa, he wouldn't have made it to this point. He wouldn't have met someone who swiftly became the woman of his life. He wouldn't have become so...complete. And knew exactly where he wanted to spend his days reveling in this complete person.

By her side. ]

...that the rest of our lives gives us even more.

[ After everything that's been said and shared between the two today, Cloud's words continue to make her feel like she's in heaven. He's given her the best days of her life, and each day just gets even better than the last. Being able to wake up next to him almost every day feels like an even bigger dream that's come true, even though she'd initially felt she wasn't ready to live under the same roof as Cloud yet months ago. ]

I love you, Cloud. I have never felt so happy until I met you.

[ He's so close to her. All she's left to do is to inch a little closer so that all she can do is lean up a little so she can kiss him again, giving his hand a squeeze at the same time.

She doesn't know what it is he truly means by that, that he's made his decision on what he'd do if he were given the choice to go back to Gaia or go to Inazuma and stay there forever. To her, it's hopeful words for the future. A promise. But everything in between is still uncertain. When it would be, how... but Ayaka is filled with optimism, nevertheless. ]

[ Cloud believes in the end of the road. He believes that no matter what it takes, he'll make it back to her. If he were to take a page from Ei's book of phrasing... This was it. Kamisato Ayaka was his eternity. And he would stop at nothing to see his eternity again. ]

I love you, too.

[ Squeezing her hand right back, their fingers enlace as he leans down to meet her halfway for their kiss. The road they may take to meet at the end may be hazed...but it wouldn't deter him. It wouldn't stop him from coming up that pathway from Chinju Forest, upon the doorsteps of the Kamisato Estate. There was too much at stake for him to accept anything less. With the path he's since walked since arriving in Nippon... A path he never would have been granted under normal circumstances. In another time, another life... Cloud wouldn't have even had this chance. He never would have known of the countless realms out there. A world with no Kamisato Ayaka. A world where, if he gets his happiness, it's through an entirely different path with painful roadblocks.

That Cloud...would go on to fight for what he cherishes most in a world in desperate need of salvaging. As for the man who sits by Ayaka's side now?

This Cloud...

He has a chance to be happy. And fight for it in a completely new way. Which is why he'll live for the moment. Every instant with her. Every kiss. The hand that rests atop her thigh as he kisses her again.

And again...and again, his head feeling light. He's unwilling to stop. ]

[ It feels different when they kiss now. Rather than the stars being witness to their story, it feels like a new star is born and shines brightly in the sky, in the same way that Cloud and Ayaka's relationship has grown deeper than ever before. Now that Ayaka's found the person for her, the one that she never thought even existed, her life has changed drastically. Her devotion to this person could only grow deeper and deeper, endless just like how vast the sky truly is.

There's nowhere else she'd rather be now, being with her beau as they start a new year together. As they start drafting a new page in their story that would last eternity. And everything else that's happened today, the past weeks, almost a month or so now, it spurs her to give her all when she kisses him. A memorable way to end the night.

It doesn't take long for her to inch closer and closer until their knees are touching. Ayaka kisses him again and again, responding to him in kind, but at the same time, giving more of her and letting Cloud know just how much she loves him and needs him. It doesn't take long for Ayaka to wrap her free arm around her beau's neck either, pull him closer and bring him closer to her. To everyone else, it's just a normal and hopefully happy day! But to Ayaka, this is one of the most important days in her entire life. ]

[ The most important day of her entire life... May she let him revel in it for the speckles of eternity they're granted together. Their knees are touching, and as her free arm wraps around his neck, his hand atop her thigh shifts until it's around the small of her back. Letting out a soft sigh between kisses, so he can breath again and get back what she'd taken from him every time, his face heats up as a surge of warmth rushes through his body, sending tingles to his brain as he deepens the kiss.

All so that he could gently coax her to shuffle her way further up the bed with him. Until he could finally get her to lay with him. Whether they simply lied down side by side, or he decided to get his little bird perched atop him again, it didn't matter to him. He wanted her kiss. Her touch. He wanted to feel her against him for as long as this night would allow. She excites him. Drives him wild.

If nothing else, whether they get too excited for their own good or lie within this tempered warmth they've built with one another and left having a passionate romp for another day (or the morning FDKJLSA), he wants her to hear it every day. ]

I love you, Ayaka.

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