A/N: Requested by Aamalie on a LiveJournal drabble post. Prompt: GinRan, breath of air.
Asphyxia
Her first thought when he'd found her lying on the road had been that air hadn't existed until just now. She'd been suffocating and hadn't even noticed, wasn't that funny?
Now, decades later, she realized she was suffocating again in his absence. He took all the air with him wherever he went and left none for her. Typical, he was so selfish.
Later yet, she knew he'd come back when her lungs loosened on their own and air poured silky-violet down her parched throat. "Welcome back," she said to the wind, and felt his arms around her.
XoxoxoxoX