"Soi?" "Hmm?" "Do you know any poems?" "Why?"
Yoruichi sat up on the bed and looked at the captain in the window. "Just cause. I want you to tell me one."
Soi hummed as she stared out at the rain. "I do know one from when I was still a kid."
Yoruichi smiled. "Tell me, please."
"Up the airy mountain, down the rushing glen. We daren't go a-hunting, for fear of little men." Soi repeated perfectly from her memory.
Yoruichi smiled. "I like that one. What's it about?" "Fear and death." "How?" "You'd have to know the back story."
Yoruichi slid out of the bed. The sheets dropped and she moved over to the window. She only had on a white tank top and small black shorts. Soi only had on a long sleeved white shirt. She claimed that her other, tight clothes, stung her claw marks.
Soi turned in the window sill and Yoruichi moved between her legs. Steamy gold met cloudy grey.
Yoruichi gently touched the claw marks that went along Soi's abdomen. They were starting to heal. "Soi?" "Hmm?" A long silence.
Soi placed her hands on the goddess' hips. "What is it?" Yoruichi looked up at her. "…You love me?"
Soi stared at her for a long time. She smirked when she saw panic and rejection in Yoruichi's eyes. "What do you mean by asking that? I always have. You know that."
Yoruichi blushed. "Say it." "Hmm?" "Say it." Yoruichi repeated.
"I love you."
A heart skipped a beat. Yoruichi buried her head in the crook of Soi's neck.
"I love you."
Another skip. Yoruichi smiled and blushed.
"I love you."
Yoruichi gripped Soi's arms as her heart stopped skipping and began to throb painfully.
"I love you."
A searing kiss.