My Akigure Week contribution for the free prompt.
I'm sorry for the mistakes, English is not my mother tongue. I hope you like it.
Disclaimer : Fruits Basket belongs to Natsuki Takaya.
Kiss Me
Akito stopped behind two servants. They were so wrapped up in their conversation that they had not seen her approaching. It had only been a few months since Akito saw them in the main estate and they must have been no older than her. Akito was about to announce her presence when she heard a part of their conversation.
'Ryo took me to the garden. He took my hand and ...'
She blushed and a huge smile lit up her face.
'He kissed me. It was my first kiss.'
'How romantic,' her friend sighed.
Akito froze. Strangely, their conversation disturbed her. A first kiss. She was not stupid, she had read a lot of books about love. She had even asked Hatori questions when she was younger. But at sixteen, she still had not had a first kiss. And she thought to herself that maybe she would not have any. A strange feeling assailed her. A feeling of jealousy. Why would she be jealous of these two idiots girls ? She was a God, she was special. She resumed her walk. The two girls noticed her and parted, greeting her with respect. Akito walked past them without looking at them.
'He's a really handsome boy,' one of the servants said.
It had never bothered her that people thought she was a boy. The God of Junishi had always been a boy and it had been decided that Akito would be brought up as such. But for the first time, she wished everyone had known she was a girl.
~ 00 ~
Akito looked thoughtfully out of her bedroom window. Shigure kept her company. The conversation she had overheard earlier in the day replayed in her head over and over. Above all, a question bothered her. She turned towards Shigure and looked at him intensely.
'Have you ever kissed someone ?' She asked.
Shigure opened his eyes wide and smiled mischievously.
'This is a sudden question,' he answered.
'So ?'
'Where does this interest come from ?'
He refuses to answer, Akito thought. Maybe because he had already had his first kiss. Certainly with one of the servants. He was older than her and Akito had heard the servants talking about Shigure. But she knew that if she continued to question him, he would find a way to change the subject.
'Everyone thinks I'm a boy. No one will ever see me as a woman. No one will want to kiss me.'
'You are still young to think about that.'
'I'm sixteen years old. Most girls at my age have already had their first kiss.'
Why did he complicated things ? He was one of the few people who knew she was not a boy. What she felt for him had always been different from what she felt for other. She did not want him to see her as a God, she wanted him to see her as a woman.
'I've already kissed you, Akito. Just like Hatori or Kureno.'
'It was on the forehead or on the cheek. I've never had a real kiss.'
Shigure walked over to her, still smiling mischievously. As if all of this amused him.
'Why are you telling me about this ?'
'Because I want you to kiss me. Like a man kisses a woman.'
Shigure closed his eyes and his smile changed into a tender smile.
'A first kiss has to be with someone special. It's something you will remember for the rest of your life.'
He opened his eyes and his gaze darkened.
'You could ask Kureno.'
'I want it to be you.'
Because you are special, because I love you.
Shigure put his hand on Akito's cheek and stroked it tenderly.
'If that's what you really want.'
He moved his lips close to hers and Akito closed her eyes. She felt Shigure's lips gently rest on hers. Her first kiss with the person she loved. It was something that no one could ever take from her.
The end