Mere Scars

One could see the love literally elevating all around them. Every touch was gentle as if they were afraid that the slightest, not perfectly balanced move would harm one another. Yes, they were both powerful Shinigami with countless battle wounds but between them, there was care and love and all those full of pain glances that were screaming "please don't die… at least not without me.." Kensei was carefully undressing his lover.. Slow movements, light touches here and there. Shuuhei was always a sight to feast your eyes with. Tall, well-built muscles, spiky hair, dark.. as dark as those bright with happiness orbs were. Kensei could read the other's thoughts. He was tired but not tired enough spend one more night devoted to them. He was never that tired. His body moved closer to his lover when he saw a slight tremor. Indeed it was too cold to walk around naked. Kensei hugged Shuuhei and led him towards the hot spring. He felt Shuu's tensed muscles relax and soon he let himself free in kensei's arms. It'd been two months since they last met. Shuuhei had just returned from the world of the living. They missed each other that much that they could not speak for quite a while. All they did was hugging, touching, taking in each other's smell. Kensei kept massaging shuu's body. Every part if his was familiar to his fingers but that didn't change a thing. He loved that man. Shuuhei glued himself onto kensei. He kept pushing himself onto him even though there was no more space between them. He needed that touch. Still they had not voiced a word. After a while, Kensei led shuuhei out of the water and covers him with a long towel. Once they were under their covers, kensei ever too gently, dug his fingers into that dark ocean of Shuu's hair. They traveled onto skin, caressing ,even the parts where pain still nested. Those scars were a part of the growing collection of souvenirs from battles. Shuuhei's eyes looked away. His light smile vanished. Kensei hated that awful feeling his lover had to bear. "You know… I wouldn't be able to protect you that day… neither you nor myself ..Either way you would suffer..."Shuuhei's barely audible voice broke that silent conversation of hearts. He felt chills running down his spine and he hurried his head in Kensei's chest. "You were too young to defeat that level of hollows... Don't be sad…" Shuuhei's face started burning. Kensei knew that guilt and regret were too powerful to be exterminated with simple words. So he too Shuuhei's hand. He placed it right on his heart And allowed it to rest there. "Listen to me. I'm honestly glad that that day, you got away with mere scars. Do you feel this? That little line of skin that is not visible but it feels utterly different? That also happened because of a hollow. I was too careless and it strikes there. If it wasn't for Unohana taicho, I would be dead before I ever had the chance of kissing you for the first time..." A sad smile crawled up Kensei's lips. Shuuhei without thinking kissed the scar. He did not move. He wanted to kiss that beating heart too for keeping his man alive. Kensei's arms snaked around that flawless soul above him. "I love you..."