Author's note: Hi world, I'm trying to get back into writing again. I figure a good start is some vignettes to get me going. I've been feeling inspired lately and could use the outlet so here I am. I'm going to aim for at least one update a week, while I work on my story, Listen To Your Heart, that I got stuck on years ago and gave up on. I've been slowly getting inspiration again and want to do a total rewrite, but in the mean time I need a warm up and see if I can even write something worth reading at all. I'd appreciate any comment and feedback to help me get better!
In case you didn't know, I do not own Sailor Moon. Enjoy!
He breathed in. There she was…smiling, again, and the simple action of taking in air seemed to escape him. Once again, he had to make the conscious effort to make his body preform a basic function. It was always more difficult when she wasn't next to him. Across the room scattered with young teens playing arcade games, the pinging sounds and flashing lights hard to ignore to everyone but him as there she stood smiling. It was all-consuming. He had loved her in this life and the last and if he was lucky, he'd have a chance to love her in the next.
He watched as a few boys from her school chatted with her. They were undoubtedly attracted to her, and who could blame them? She was the light of the universe, descendant of the greatest deity ever known. Her soul was pure and beautiful, and her physical beauty shined with it. It was impossible not to notice, he knew this well. So the naïve boys made their attempts, while she was none the wiser. To her, they were simply talking, so she smiled and engaged in conversation pleasantly. He didn't mind at all, he simply smirked. Those young boys could never understand the love they shared.
He breathed out. The boys had reluctantly given up their attempts for the day, parting ways with his beloved. He was relieved that her attention could now be given fully to him. He needed her love more than oxygen. If they were apart, even by a few meters, he would always be holding his breath until the moment they were together again. So when she was free from her innocent pursuers and she turned to him and smiled, it was like the world started turning again after being stuck in place. He returned her smile, letting it light up his eyes as they did only for her.
She breathed in. He had given her that smile that he reserved for her and only her. It was fresh air to her whole being. She always enjoyed interacting with her classmates but there was no human interaction that could give her what he gave her in that one single smile. It meant everything to her. The smile that had been on her own face only grew uncontrollably as she walked across the room to him. It had been a long day at school and they could finally be together again.
She watched his eyes as they watched hers, neither able to look away for a second as she made her approach. The noises in the background disappeared to her as soon as their eyes had locked, as sound always did when his attention was on her. Soon, the distance between them began to disappear as well. Her head had to start to tilt up to look at him as they grew closer. Their arms began to reach for each other as soon as they could reach warm skin and soon her arms snaked around his neck as his snaked around her waist. Their eyes had never left each other. It didn't take long before his head began to lean down at the same time as hers leaned up and their eyes began to close. When their lips finally made contact, the air in the room became lighter.
Everyone in the room breathed out. Some sighed in quiet resignation, while some signed in longing for that same feeling shared between the two lovers in the arcade. The boys who had been hoping beyond hope hung their heads, but they could not feel bitterness. After all, the sight of their embrace gave the room hope. Someone out there was waiting for them to feel that feeling with them. Someone out there was holding their breath too.