A/N: The title of this piece sounds like a Dashboard Confessional song to me. Hm, oh well, sounds good anyway. Here is AkuFa, yet another crack pairing I got converted into. It's a definitely underrated pairing if you ask me.
Disclaimer: The song belongs to its respective artist, all rights reserved. Kingdom Hearts is also not owned by me.
Sunsets and Conversations
"You see everything/you see every part/ you see all my light/and you love my dark"
-"Everything", Alanis Morrissette
The sun set on yet another long summer day in Radiant Garden, where peace reigned once again. Far off in a nestled corner outside the village, two people in love watched the twilight sweep over the landscape. The shadows were long, the rays almost blinding as they touched those under their glow. A certain young woman's dark eyes reflected this exuberant light while a handsome redhead lazily draped an arm across her shoulders. She accepted the sweet gesture by leaning against him, gently caressing his face. Admiring his strong jawline, she continued to stroke it.
"So, you ever considered the fact I don't have a heart?" Axel asked in a husky whisper, somewhat unsure about how she felt about this. After all, it was the first time he ever got intimate with someone.
Tired from her day of fighting off the last of the Heartless, Tifa smiled a dreamy smile, as though she could drift off to sleep at any minute. Her fingers walking up to his chest, she twirled his robe string. She pecked him on the cheek.
"It's never really crossed my mind," she admitted breezily, in her own optimistic way. "But, should it matter? I love you for who you are."
He could have blushed if he had less self-control. Then again, Axel wasn't used to letting his guard down, even around her. But, her patient eyes begged him to react to her sincere honesty. Yet another thing he loved about her...if he could. As though she lifted him out of his consuming thoughts, she fondly kissed his lips.
His green eyes fluttered closed as he allowed her lips to travel about his face like that. Usually, people treated Nobodies like there was an infectious disease they carried. If the particular virus passed on, there was sure to be an outbreak. But, Tifa had never been like that.
Showing for once his vulnerable side, Axel whispered again, "Really?"
"Yeah." She snuggled comfortably against his shoulder. "Besides, what's the big deal about hearts? They only beat when our minds think of something happy or sad. That's it."
He found himself chuckling and didn't know why. "You put it so simply."
"That's because it is, Red."
Her fond nickname for him. Wow, he could get used to this.
A/N: After those last two dark, angsty fics, it feels good to put up a drabble that's actually cheerful. Spring has sprung. XD