Just Kiss Me, Already!
I'm in shock, right now, because why do I have to be one of the people to investigate a legendary Pokemon at some lake when I have so much to accomplish? I can't move from my spot in front of the Canalave Library… Because I agreed to go check out the Pokemon for the Professor. Kouki is crossing the bridge, getting farther away from me by the second, and I really want to scream at him "Don't let me do this alone, Kouki!" Despite the fact that it's only been six months of nonstop traveling… Kouki is the only one who will randomly pop out of nowhere just to see how I'm doing. And, it's nice, the girly side of me will admit, because it's nice to feel wanted.
No matter how much I'm urging my feet to take the first dreaded step towards my new goal, I can't. I seem to be stuck here. Maybe I'm just waiting for Kouki to disappear out of my sight. I've come to realize that I move a lot slower after an encounter with him, stuck in a dreamlike trance, until someone forcefully snaps me out of it. Especially his warm brown eyes… Those eyes of his would keep me trapped for days if I wasn't constantly interrupted.
"Hikari?" Like now. But as I look up, I can already feel my heartbeat quicken, and I intake one last final breath before I focus in on him. Kouki is staring at me with worried brown eyes and his lips are pouted… I'm getting off track, I need to answer him.
"Yes, Kouki?" I breath, feeling my lungs gratefully take in air once more. He reaches one hand up to my cheek, and lets his warm and calloused palm rest on my cheek.
"Don't try to be a hero if anything crazy happens." He whispers to me, and I feel like weeping; Someone actually cares about what happens to me! Sure, people care about me, but they never voice their concern.
"But that's who I am, a hero." I mutter bitterly, knowing my eyes have pools tearing in them. It's just not fair, and I ignore the stupid and overused phrase of "Life isn't fair" that pops into my head.
"Hikari, you are so much more than that." Kouki says with confidence… It might just be my imagination, but suddenly Kouki is so much closer to me, and all trains of rational thought have left my mind. My hands are moving on their own up to his face, and pulling him close, breaking what's left of personal space, and crushing his lips forcefully down on mine. But, if he's shocked at my actions, he certainly isn't acting like it; He's putting just as much effort into this kiss as I am, and time just fades away.
Somewhere far away from me, I can hear Professor Rowan clearing his throat, and Jun shouting some nonsense about how "gross" this kiss is, but I can't pull away. Kouki is all I've wanted for so long, and now that I have him… I'm reluctant to let go. But he pulls away, and as I open my eyes, panting, I see that smile he only reserves for me.
"It's about time!" Jun yells obnoxiously, and I make a note to myself that once this assignment is over, he is so dead. But, my eyes are only for Kouki, and his are only for me right now, and we're both having trouble pulling enough oxygen into our lungs.
"Hikari, wow." He pants, and I can't help but mirror his reaction, because that kiss was indeed wow. "Just promise me you'll be careful?"
"Of course, Kouki. I expect the same of you." I hold out my pinky to him, and he wraps his around mine in response. I smile up at him, and I can't help but silently urge him to kiss me one more time before he goes. I'm not surprised when he does, except this time, it's so sweet and gentle, that I want to cry.
"I'll see you soon." Kouki whispers as he pulls away, and in a blink of an eye, he and the Professor are gone, and I'm left standing here with Jun.
"Hikari and Kouki, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Hikari with a-" I break Jun out of his terrible singing with a hard punch to his shoulder.
"Shut up." I blush, feeling happier than I have in a while.
"That hurt!" Jun pauses to rub his shoulder and I shrug, because I am not apologizing to him. "Well, off to Lake Acuity! Bye, Hikari!" He runs off, leaving me standing here by myself in Canalave.
"Off to Lake Valor, I go." I mutter to myself, already pulling Staraptor's Poke-Ball out of my bag.
A/N: Yay! I finally decided to put this one up. It's a three-shot, for the record. :) I like it. Lemme know what you all think?
And, FYI, the next chapter of ISTBACF is being written & my next part of Kotone/Silver is almost done and will be put up by the end of tonight.