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Story Two
Title: Tomorrow
Rating: K+
Summary: Ann's lover is leaving tomorrow.
"Ann?"
I wake up from my drowsy, dozing slumber, and feel his arm around me. I roll over to face him, startled by the hardness of his beauty. His jaw is perfectly square, and he'll have to shave in the morning. "Yes?" I whisper, before kissing him tenderly in the same spot I'd been admiring.
"Did you like Spence? Or are you happy you've graduated?"
My lover's questions startle me. I shiver a bit, and he pulls me closer to his chest. I shift my body so that the blanket covers me more, and think about what he's asked me. After some time of admiring what I can see of his chest in the moonlight seeping through our window, I tell him the truth. "I despised every moment I was at Spence before Gemma came," I say with a laugh. I feel his body tense against mine. It must be awkward talking about her in such a situation—our legs have somehow ended up entwined in the past few seconds. "I despised some moments after that, too, but she made things more bearable."
I smile up at him, and he kisses me, hungrily. "Are you still cold?" he whispers into my neck after the kiss.
"No," I say with a sigh. I kiss him this time, pulling myself out of his embrace to explore the muscles on his back. When we separate, I murmur, tears in my eyes, "But this is the happiest I've ever been, right now."
The tears are coursing down my cheeks now, and he wipes them away. They're not tears of joy, despite my happiness. We both know his intentions. He's leaving here tomorrow—just being in the same city has her makes him sad. He wants Gemma, but she's not his to have.
"I'm leaving tomorrow," Kartik whispers into my hair. And with that, I allow myself to fall asleep in his arms one last time.