Word Count: 345


All the books were liars.

Okay, so maybe not all books ever. Nonfiction books were still nonfiction. But the fictional romance novels, well!

Not that she'd spent a whole lot of time reading them (of course), but there was this common trend among them to make first kisses feel… special. Magical. Like there were going to be fireworks popping out of nowhere and all your problems just melt away for just that one second.

But then in truth, when she had her first kiss, it practically felt like nothing. Just a quick brush of her lips upon his. Had they each not verbally asked and consented to the action, she wouldn't have thought anything of it, except as perhaps a shy, awkward mistake.

"Is that it?" Shoto asked her, confused, because despite this being both of their firsts, Momo simply had more casual experience as a result of her family life.

Momo put her hand up to her lips, wondering where the strange tingling came from. "…Yeah."

"That didn't go anything the way it did in movies," said Shoto.

Momo's other hand left his chest, and she took a step back to take another look at their surroundings. They were alone (obviously) in one of the school's many gardens, a favorite location for the pair of lovebirds to spend their evenings. How often had they escaped their busy school lives to come here? Even before they got together, they were in the habit of finding one another hidden amidst its leafy walls.

"Something looks different," Shoto said.

Momo didn't look away from the scenery and realized, he was right. She couldn't articulate why or how or anything, but something about the world was just a little… off. In a good way. It was like a painting had been straightened out ever so slightly from where it hung. Or like a lens filter had been removed from a camera. Or like everything was just a little bit sharper, in a little bit more focus.

It was the same old world, just a little bit different.

"Yeah."


Author's Note xxvii. so like two-ish weeks ago a friend of mine got a boyfriend, and she told me abt her first kiss and stuff and i obviously ate that up bc i'm a sappy romantic at heart. and now we get this. yaaay. c:

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