Disclaimer: Yep, still own nothing, thus you still can't sue me. Aren't you so sad about that? I know I'm not.
The following morning could not come soon enough for Seiya, how had spent the entire night trying to figure just how to make up the past week to Yaten. After all, it had been beyond anything the two may have fought about in the past. This time she had attacked her short companion's dedication to their princess, it didn't matter that she'd been under a spell as it had still happened. During that time though, Seiya had realized something else, something which she had kept hidden even from herself, making her feel all the guiltier. Looking to her alarm clock which read nine-thirty, Seiya figured that she might as well get up and figure out the rest of her day.
It was ten when the leader of the Starlights got to the kitchen after showering and getting dressed. Noticing that Taiki was the only one in the kitchen, Seiya sighed as she realized that Yaten could very well be avoiding her at the moment.
"Morning, Taiki." No response was given beyond a nod. Okay, I deserved that. "Do you know where Yaten is? I need to talk with her."
"She left about twenty minutes ago for the cemetery."
"Why would--"
"Autumn Equinox. People go to graves to pay their respects to their families. My guess is that she's doing the same for those from home." The explanation made sense to Seiya, who nodded and grabbed her jacket.
"Thanks…and Taiki? I'm sorry that--" Noticing Taiki holding up her hand, Seiya stopped speaking in order to hear what her tall friend had to say.
"I'm not the one that you need to apologize to. Just make sure that Yaten knows that you are sincere." Knowing that Taiki was right, Seiya gave a small smile before leaving the apartment.
The ten minutes that it took to walk to the cemetery were spent contemplating how to make 'Operation: Yaten's Forgiveness' to be a success. Obviously with her memory in tact, the best idea may involve pulling something from the past to prove that she was back and in full control of her memories once more.
Arriving at her destination, it didn't take long for Seiya to find her silver haired companion sitting on a bench, head bowed down in thought. It was one of the few times in which Yaten appeared peaceful, especially since arriving on Earth. Part of Seiya did not want to disturb her, yet at the same time she had to apologize. As stalling was getting her nowhere, Seiya jumped up on a near by bench and put her plan into action.
"Dear World I feel that--" Not even given the time to finish, Seiya smirked inwardly as Yaten did just expected by grabbing onto one of Seiya's outstretched hands to pull her to the ground while hissing under her breath to get down and stop being an idiot. Phase one, complete. Once she was on the ground, Seiya tugged on the hand holding hers, successfully spinning the short Starlight in and dipping her, Seiya's free hand grasping Yaten's other hand. Taking advantage of the empath's initial shock, Seiya leaned down and kissed her. When she pulled away, Seiya looked at Yaten uncertainly, unable to read the shorter female's expression.
"I'm sorry, Healer, I never--"
"What was that?!" Rather shocked by Yaten's reaction, Seiya straightened herself up, not bothering to mask her confusion.
"Uh, well…"
"You can't just kiss a person without warning!" Realizing that Yaten was more shocked by the kiss, Seiya just smirked as she placed her hands atop her head.
"Sure you can, I just did, didn't I?"
"You're shameless, you know that?"
"And you're smiling."
"No I'm n…oh, shut up!" Chuckling had turned to outright laughing as Yaten quickly scowled, as if trying to prove a point. Dropping an arm around the flustered girl's shoulders, Seiya merely grinned like an idiot as she led the silver haired girl out of the cemetery. Years on Kinmoku around Yaten allowed Seiya to know that she was forgiven, otherwise, her arm would have been shrugged off unceremoniously and she'd currently be getting yelled at.
Half way back to the apartment, Yaten suddenly stopped, pulled away and searched Seiya's features, once again confusing the leader of the Starlights.
"Why did you kiss me? There are other ways to apologize." Blinking in shock, Seiya decided that it was time to come completely clean. Leading Yaten to the park where the whole drama began, Seiya motioned to a bench for Yaten to sit down on, which was done.
"I guess…I wanted to take a chance."
"On what?"
"Us. I wanted to see if there is something between us that we never thought to explore."
"You're an idiot; you can't just think that…"
"Do you ever let people finish their sentences? I don't expect you to believe me, but my feelings for you are true and I don't want to lose you because of my stupidity. Can you honestly say that you never thought about it? Last week we almost kissed and you didn't pull away…I know we have our mission, and I know that the timing is bad, but is there any chance at all for us to try it?" When Yaten didn't respond, Seiya was convinced that she had overstepped her bounds. After all, Yaten had a response to everything. "I'm sorry, I'll just--" apparently it was the day in which Seiya was not allowed to finish her sentences as once again she was stopped, this time by Yaten gripping onto her wrist to pull her down to the bench in order to kiss her leader.
"Shut up, idiot." Shock was soon replaced by happiness as Seiya stood up after a while, offering her hand to Yaten to help her up. Both of them knew that they still had to find Kakyuu and that the battle would only get more difficult, but for that moment, it was just the two of them, and for that moment, nothing else mattered.
AN: Wow, I actually finished a story for once. I am truly shocked...well, thanks to everyone for reading and commenting to make sure I did so. I have some little projects for the upcoming year, which include finishing "Ai go Kurushisa wo Tsukurukoto", a series of one-shots based on the soundtrack Tick, Tick...BOOM!, as well as filking "A Step Too Far" in regards to Endymion, Serenity and Loof Merrow, on top of filking "Popular" between Kakyuu and Usagi.
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