The kiss was innocent. Even Kasumi can tell that this is Ayane's first. It wasn't the kind of love she meant in her previous statement but she made no attempt to break the kiss. She didn't feel any disgust or guilt.
Ayane sighed in content after breaking the kiss, a faint blush apparent on her alabaster cheeks. "..." She tilted her head sideward to avoid Kasumi's gaze. Was she embarrassed because she did that?
"Ayane…" Kasumi softly said. "Look at me." Ayane kept looking to the side. "Look at me, please?" The brunette pleaded. Slowly, Ayane moved her head to meet Kasumi's eyes. "W-what?"
A warm smile came from the auburn-haired kunoichi. "Did that make you feel better?" Ayane didn't answer. Instead, she tried to reach the flash kunai inside the holster on her right. The kunai found itself in Ayane's hand soon after.
"Ayane, what are you-" Kasumi's speech was interrupted when she saw Ayane's crimson eyes. Unlike Kasumi's gentle ones, hers were cold and fearless. "Hmph." Ayane's soft lips curled into a smirk as she thrust the exploding kunai against the large piece of concrete behind Kasumi. As soon as it started to explode, Ayane wrapped her arms around her sister and rolled far enough to the side to avoid the blast.
It happened so fast that Kasumi was now lying below Ayane. "Ayane… I'm not your bed." Kasumi said in a joking manner. "Do you know how much you weigh?"
"Did you just say that I'm fat?" The younger sister arched her brow and pouted. "You look so cute when you pout, Ayane-chan." Kasumi said as placed a hand on her sister's cheek. "S-stop that." Ayane tried her best to put on her signature serious expression to prevent Kasumi from saying such things.
The sounds of the collapsing structure returned once again. The walls near them started to fall apart.
"Kasumi, we better move now." Ayane said and quickly stood up. The minor injury on her back seemed to disappear. "You better go alone. You can't escape in time if I come with you." Kasumi said, still lying on her back. "That's foolish. Come on." The lavender-haired girl held her sister's hand gently and assisted her to stand up.
Ayane put Kasumi's arm above her shoulders while she put hers on the other girl's waist and they started walking together. "Ayane, where are we going? We're trapped. I don't have enough ki to perform the Torn Sky Blast." Kasumi stated. "Neither do I…" Ayane responded and stopped walking.
"We both can't make it." Ayane finally realized. "No, you still can-" Kasumi's statement was left unfinished due to Ayane's sudden outburst. "I won't! The only way to escape this place is to blow it up with ninpo. But neither of us has enough ki to do so! By the time our ki replenishes, we're already crushed to death!"
Ayane was right, Kasumi realized. "I'm sorry, Ayane."
"Sorry for what?" The violet-haired girl was obviously annoyed.
"For everything…" The older woman looked away but Ayane just remained silent.
"Ayane, if I were to die now, I want to die in your hands." Kasumi grabbed Ayane's hands and placed them around her neck. The Hajin Mon leader's ruby eyes widened in shock. "You've always wanted this, haven't you? I… I have caused you lots of pain. I deserve this." Tears start to form in the Kunoichi of Destiny's caramel brown orbs.
Ayane didn't say anything. Sure she hated Kasumi and became jealous of her, but she knew it wasn't her fault why all those things happened to her.
"We're sisters and yet I-" Kasumi continued but was cut short when Ayane said, "Shut up! I don't wanna hear about it again!" Those crimson eyes narrowed. Ayane knew that Kasumi was just provoking her so she could fulfill her sister's death wish.
"Everyone treated me like a princess while you-" Ayane's hands tightened around the runaway ninja's neck, earning a painful cry from the latter. The younger woman clenched her teeth in annoyance.
"(Please do it Ayane.)" Kasumi shut her eyes as she silently pleaded.