10. Breathe Again
Series: Apollo's Song
Character(s): Shogo and Hiromi
Comments: This turned out wierd. It was rushed, so...
The door slams noicely after him as he enters, lazily kicking his shoes off in the process.
"Hiromi! I'm back!"
"Welcome home, Shogo!" She turns away from the newspaper and smiles at him warmly.
When he sees her, it feels like he's finally started breathing again. He can't explain how, or why, but the time he spent before meeting her feels like an eternity without breath. Maybe it's the fact that she resembles Elize, or maybe it's because she smiles so warmly-He doubts it, his mother could display that fake emotion, too-Usually whenever a patron come to call, and she'd tell him to get straight back to his room.
"Not gonna give me a kiss, are you?" He smirks. Just teasing, of course-There's no way she'd ever take him seriously on this. Hiromi sighs, notably bothered, but still walks over to surprise him with a passionate embrace, sending his mind into a frenzy and taking his breath away, though it feels like it never left.
"Will that do?"
She smiles shyly and steps away and they're both blushing madly, and Shogo realizes that for once, he actually has to watch his words because somebody cares about them.