Title: Love's sweet kiss
Author: kira
Words: 327
Characters: Shippou/Souten
Summary: Shippou and Souten find each other years later and discover they really like each other…
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"Souten…? Is that you?" Shippou stepped out of the shadows.
She turned to face him, frowning. Her face suddenly brightened with recognition. "Shippou!"
Smiling, they ran towards each other. "It's so good to see you again!" they chorused, laughing, and hugging like old friends. They stepped back, still holding hands.
"What have you been up to?"
"Nothing much, just studying kitsune lore..." Shippou said softly. He felt his cheeks heating up under her intense scrutiny.
Souten nodded. "You look good and you got taller…" she said, feeling her own cheeks heating up, as she berated herself for saying something stupid.
Shippou grinned. "Yeah… I can't believe it myself," he said, letting go of her hand, and lifting his, to rub the back of his neck.
She giggled. "I missed you…"
"Me too…"
An awkward silence fell between them. It was made even more uncomfortable when they realized they were still holding hands. And yet, neither one wanted to be the first to let go. Somehow, without either one realizing it, they were back to holding two hands. It reminded Shippou of how Kouga used to do the same thing to Kagome. Unfortunately for the kitsune, he had nothing witty to say, not that it mattered, as Souten was perfectly content to stand there, gazing into his eyes.
However, the silence finally got to her and Souten pulled her hands away. Giggling, she playfully pushed him away. Shippou frowned, disappointed when she turned to go, until she looked over her shoulder at him and smiled. He gave her a goofy grin in reply, and turning away again, Souten put her hands to her chest as if that would quell her racing heartbeat.
He was back in front of her again and she could not for the life of her figure out how he got there, or how he managed to take her hands in his again, or anything else for that matter. All that mattered was his kiss…