Dying is easy…. Telling someone you love them is hard….
….she never told her how she felt about him….
….she never showed her love….
…. She knew, that if the right time never came to pass, she would lose her opportunity, and never be able to find the right time again…
Shonen took a deep sigh to gather her courage, then softly knocked on X's office door.
"Commander?" she whispered.
…frozen in place, she quietly waited for a reply….
After a few minutes, she dropped her shoulders.
"Come on Shonen… How the hell is he suppose to hear that? Even if he is a reploid…," she swore to herself.
Once again, she knocked… this time with a little more power.
"Commander? Are you there?" she spoke once again, her voice a little stronger.
..A few seconds passed until finally, the door opened…
Shonen took a step back when a familiar face peeked out from behind the door.
"Shonen?" X replied with a look of concern. "What brings you here? You're supposed to be resting…."
Shonen lowered her eyes…
"Yea, I know…. I couldn't sleep… my mind was running… I needed to speak with you." she responded with a light voice.
X raised an eyebrow…
"Oh? What's bothering you? If it's about your performance on the battlefield, I told you…. I'm not mad at you for using your alchemy… you got to do what you got to do to survive… To win the fight…. And… You're family…. I could never be mad at you…"
Shonen folded her hands behind her.
"…yea… I know that too…. But…. There's something else I wanted to talk to you about…. Something… that's been bothering me…."
X took notice that whatever she wanted to talk to him about wasn't going to be a quick conversation, he opened the door a little bit more and motioned for her to enter his office.
…quickly, Shonen replied as she entered X's office.
Closing the door swiftly, he motioned for her to sit in a nearby chair as he took his position behind his desk.
"…now, what is it Shonen? What's bothering you? We're alone here… No one can hear us… I promise…."
Shonen folded her hands on her lap; her gaze still remained on the floor….
"…have…. You ever had feelings for someone but never had the nerve to tell that person…. Causing it to eat you inside… like a virus?"
Confusion crossed X's face…
"Um…." X began, not exactially knowing how to respond to such a question.
"..There's… a person…. Who I really like…. And I have a feeling… That he likes me as well… but…. I can't really tell him I like him…. Without creating some whacked out rumor that would spread like wildfire around Hunter Tower…."
X smiled gently as he came out from behind his desk, slowly walked up to Shonen and crouched down, staying mere inches from her.
"…really? And who would this particular person be?"
Shonen's face flushed causing X to chuckle….
"…I…. I can't really say…. I'm already embarrassed…."
X placed his hand on Shonen's knee…
"…this… person wouldn't happen to be a Commander of a particular unit that you happen to be a part of… Would he?"
Shonen felt the warmth of her face intensify as X slid his hand up her leg, resting on her outer thigh.
Her body shivered as X began to massage the area…
Shonen began to bit her lower lip as X chuckled once again.
"Sis… you know how I feel about you… and you know… That if anyone found out…."
"…yea… I know… that's the problem…. It's killing me…. I mean, a few know… and they swore, on pain of death, that they would never tell…. But…." Shonen began before releasing a deep sigh…. "..Eventually… I don't know how long this…secret, as it were…. Would stay hidden from everyone… I mean… we are brother and sister…. And there are people out there, who would think that what we have…. This…. Love connection… would think its wrong…."
X shrugged his shoulders…
"Shonen… It doesn't matter what others think… what we have… Is more than love…? What he have… Is…. A spiritual connection… and…." X began to say then pulled out Shonen's snowflake pendent and once again placed it around her neck. "….this…."
Shonen gently grabbed X's hand as he held the pendent, and then looked into his eyes….
"..Heh, I'd almost forgotten about this….the promise of our love… of our unity… Of our…."
Shonen's sentence was cut off as X leaned forward and gently kissed Shonen on the lips…
…instantly, she closed her eyes as she leaned into the kiss… feeling X's hand rub her thigh… as her hand grabbed the back of his head, pulling him closer to her….
..Both bodies began to feel warm… instinct began to take over….
…wandering hands…. Touching…. Sliding….
…both bodies…. Wanting more… Wanting…
"ATTENTION….ATTENTION…. ALL UNITS PLEASE REPORT TO….."
"Awww, dammit…." Shonen cursed as she and X pulled away from each other…
X released a slight chuckle as he got up and helped Shonen to her feet. Then held her against his body…
"Maybe next time…." he said with a wink as her released her and rushed out of his office, leaving Shonen to stand there for a brief second.
"…yea… Maybe next time…" she whispered as she followed him out of the room.