I regret nothing!
Summary: But they day he had landed, bleeding from a gash to his side and looking half-drowned in the rain that pelted the mountainside, you had taken pity on the crimson-eyed creature, and welcomed him into your home without reservations or doubts. He was in trouble, and you had always looked to your own kind when they required it.
Pairing: Hiten/Reader
How many words are there to say?
But I still can't find a way
To tell you how you've captured me
And turned it all around
I want to write it down
I need to say it out loud
This force inside is driving me
And I can't hold it in
I know you're the only one
Who could help me finally open up
You created something new in me...
Living up in the mountains, away from humans and demons alike, you never really had the chance to find out more about life than what was around you. It didn't bother you, this voluntary solitude, and as you sat in the temple at the top of the mountain and listened to the wind, you knew there was nothing you needed outside of your home.
You were content, if not completely happy, but it was enough for you. It was a nice, steady existence, and without influence from outside forces, you were free to live as you saw fit, guided by the wind and directed by the voices that were carried upon it. The world had left you to your own business long ago, and even the villagers down at the base of the mountain had ceased to believe in your existence. You were a myth, a story on the wind that you so perfectly controlled. Nothing more.
But the self-sustenance and solitude suited a wind demon such as you, and as long as you could hear the wind and feel the rain you were free to do as you pleased. Free to ride the currents and watch the world from your perch. Free to keep the villagers who had abandoned you safe, despite their lack of faith. And when you were visited by others, however infrequently, it gave you the opportunity to carry on.
But it was not always just you up there among the clouds, because there were other demons in the sky besides just yourself, and when they came to stay it was usually without warning or invitation, and you often had to fight to keep your home safe.
But they day he had landed, bleeding from a gash to his side and looking half-drowned in the rain that pelted the mountainside, you had taken pity on the crimson-eyed creature, and welcomed him into your home without reservations or doubts. He was in trouble, and you had always looked to your own kind when they required it.
He had not been ungracious, despite his not knowing you before that day, but he allowed you to treat his wound and whisper that he needed rest and you would keep him safe until the storm passed. He had scoffed at that, telling you that he was more than capable of handling a little ill weather, but you didn't care.
There was something about him, something you weren't about to let slip from your grasp before you got to know it better, and you refused to let him leave until you were sure he was healed properly. He didn't argue with your continued insistence that he should stay, and instead almost seemed to encourage it, in a silent way. He was charming and attractive, and for someone who hadn't had contact with the rest of the world for as long as you had, he was exactly what you needed…
Exactly what you wanted.
Your light, it shines so bright
It makes the day seem like the night
You chase away the shadows
And illuminate my path
I know you're the only one
Who could help me finally open up
You created something new in me...
You knew he would eventually leave, it was inevitable, there was nothing you could have done, save injure him further, to keep him by your side. But you hadn't imagined he would whisper a promise to return into your ear before a pair of warm lips descended against your cheek, and he disappeared back into the night. You had been expecting the customary formal farewell, the one that always preceded those that never thought of you again, save in dreams and half-forgotten memories.
But he had promised, had that thunder demon, promised he'd come back again when he told his brother what had happened and set his mind at ease. Promised to come see you again and perhaps stay longer this time around. That grin he had given you had haunted your dreams for days afterward, always followed by the recollection of his warm lips against your skin, and the tang of his scent in your mind. He crackled through the air around him, giving off energy like the lightning he controlled, and it was intoxicating to be near him.
When he did return, heralded by a roll of thunder and a blaze of lightning, you had to catch your breath, because nothing was quite as brilliant as him. Nothing could light up your world the way he could, tearing away your defenses until he could learn more about you, learn why you lived up among the clouds alone, and never let others in past the first door to your home. Nothing could cure your eyes of darkness the way he did.
As time passed and he came and went on a regular basis, you realized he stayed longer every time he slipped into your life. And whenever he had to leave again, usually against his will, it was with another grin and a promise to come back and visit. And you'd sit and sigh the time away until you heard a storm start to roll in towards your home, and then you'd be back up on your feet and pacing by the door until he came in and caught you around the waist and whispered of how much he had missed you.
You give me that feeling
A power I can believe in
The world around me disappears
You give me that feeling
I could smash straight through the ceiling
Fly until I reach the sun
You give me that feeling...
When you were together, the world seemed to melt away into long talks by candlelight and flights through frigid air in order to take a peek at some new wonder he wanted to share with you. And when you returned, often soaking wet from the clouds you dove through, you would laugh until you cried, and then collapse into a shivering, dripping heap until he came along to warm you up.
He was electric, literally, and whenever you two touched you could feel the charge running along just under his skin, ready to rush out in an instant if he thought it necessary. He kisses sent shocks up your spine for more reason than one, and he seemed to know what it did to you, because he was careful without keeping anything back.
When you were with him, you felt as though you were soaking up some of his power as well, taking in a little of it for yourself. It was a hum under your skin, a charge in your mind that hadn't been there before. It was completely new and not entirely unappreciated. You felt more than a little guilty, for taking it in without having anything to give back, but whenever you asked what you could do in return, he would laugh and press a kiss to your shoulder and tell you that you were already doing it for him.
He got under your skin in the best possible way, and picked away at the armor you had so carefully forged until it chipped away entirely and shattered under his careful persistence. He wanted to know about you, every secret you'd stashed away from the rest of the world, and he wasn't ever going to let you close back up while he was there. He pried you apart as gently as possible, and refused to be closed back out once he had gotten inside.
He wanted to be a part of your life, a part of your sequestered world away from everyone else, and he wasn't ever going to take no for an answer. You had learned early on that if Hiten wanted something, he got it, and it was very clear that he wanted you. Every last inch of you, if he was to be believed; and he intended to get it.
And you, after all this time, intended to give it.
I always thought if someone knew the real me
They would turn away
But now I've found your love completes me
And I'll never be the same...
Guys, I did Bankotsu on a dare. Of course I was going to eventually get to another of my favorite villains. XD
Seriously, I love Hiten (may he rest in peace), and I was actually kinda sad when he snuffed it.
So think of this as a weird sort of montage to his memory. XD
Also, the whole no-dialog approach to this one was not intentional, but like a few times before, I just couldn't get it to flow right, so I took it out. I really like it the way it is, though, so I hope you do too. ^_^
This one is a bit shorter than the others, but pay no mind to that. Enjoy it as it is.
The song "You Give Me That Feeling" belongs to: Fireflight
Inuyasha and its related characters belong to: Rumiko Takahashi