A/N: A brief drabble inspired by Shippuden Episode 215, which animated chapter 485.
Genre: ...Innuendo?
Chapter 7: La petite mort
Their eyes meet.
The bright blue morning and the midnight darkness, bound to each other, unable to break away. But at first, they keep each other at a wary distance. Words are traded. Both know it is futile. They can never reach each other through words. Only through action, through physical contact, can they express their true feelings and understand each other's.
They approach, strongly, forcefully, neither yielding ground, both determined to dominate. As they draw close, each sees himself reflected in the other's eyes. A passionate exchange of blows. A clash of power, of wills, of ambitions and dreams, of old memories and old hopes, of yearnings too intense to be forgotten and longing too deep to ever fade away…
And they are drawn into a world of their own, a separate place, just for the two, where none and nothing can trespass, pure, pristine, shining white, glowing with the lights of the universe, flashing sparks, shooting stars leaving glistening trails, a place where two hearts can touch, where two souls can penetrate the depths of each other's beings, where two cease to be two and rise up to become one…
As they ascend to their climax, the air around them crackling with their power, they reach it, that point beyond life and death, where masks and illusions cannot be maintained, where the duties and burdens of existence fade away, where the facade of strength falls down and there is nothing left but the truth, of pain, of vulnerability, of two people who cannot stop reaching for each other, even when it hurts, even when they don't want to, even when the world and an iron wall of past and future and fate stand between them…
And then, it is over. As they gaze into each other's eyes again, in the aftermath of the rush and the heat, panting for breath, skin dewed with sweat, they speak again, and it is different this time. They have reached an understanding that only they can see. They can meet each other, face to face, eye to eye, heart to heart.
The bright blue morning reveals a smile, filled with determination, with faith, without a hint of doubt.
And in the midnight darkness, the cloud thins for just a moment, and a star twinkles in the night sky.
A/N: ...Yeah. So, my first reaction to Ep 215 was "OH GOD IT SPARKLES." I just had to write something as cheesy and melodramatic as that background. Also, this may be revised next week depending on what Ep 216 looks like, but we'll see...
