Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Laura Marling's "Alas, I Cannot Swim", her song "Crawled Out Of The Sea" from said album, nor Eyeshield 21. Don't forget to PM Bragi some love.
Nothing would compare—Nothing—could even come close to that moment when Juumonji watched Sena pull himself out of the water. He knew the moment his love managed to wrest himself out of the waves onto the rocky shoreline, managed to crawl out of the sea, managed to crawl straight into Juumonji's arms. It felt like triumph. It felt like joy. It felt like love. It was everything.
He knew that this wasn't the end. He knew that they had simply crossed the river the sea the waters of death, but it was incredible, it was heady to know that Sena had shucked the shackles of death, the paralysis of ennui, of the apathy of death to crawl back into life with Juumonji. It didn't matter that there was still the insurmountable challenge of leaving death, it didn't feel unfair that he had worked so hard to even cast the spell that allowed him to challenge death to find his love, all that mattered it that Sena had broken the bonds of death, had crossed the waters of death, had crawled out of the sea straight into his arms. In death, where their souls were achingly raw, Juumonji knew that their struggles had been equal and didn't begrudge a second of his painful endeavor. Especially as he held his Sena in his arms.
Genuinely sorry about the delay. Resolved computer issues. Three more weeks now.