"Everything's
alright...."
Melfina's voice was heard throughout the liquid oxygen of the navigational tank
as her loving arms were wrapped around Gene's bare torso. Her warm bare body
was softly pressed against his own. Those soft brown eyes of hers were closed
as she concentrated on the strange sounds of the tank. Her raven hair floated
about the content look upon her face, although there was a soft smile upon her
lips. She was glad she could save Gene, and she was also glad that she had a
chance to hold him so closely like this. Ever since he made that promise to
her, that's all she wanted to do, and now she was embracing him, cherishing
every moment she could before she had to let go. For all she knew, there
wouldn't be another moment like this with him again. But sadly, after a short
while, it was time to go. Her long dark lashes parted as her eyes opened
slowly. That soft smile of hers slowly faded as well.
Gene, on the other hand, had the most content look on his face ever. Being the
outlaw that he was, he's never felt this way in his life. His ocean blue eyes
were closed and he stood still, loving ever moment in there with her. From the
way she was holding him, he wanted to embrace her into his arms as well, but
that would ruin his reputation of being an outlaw now, wouldn't it? Deep inside
this redheaded outlaw, he wanted affection and warmth like what he was feeling
with her, but he hid that rather well. He was taught not to let anything hold
him down. But the way they were like this, right now it wasn't minded.
"Gene ... the poison has been cleaned out of you," Mel spoke out, although her lips didn't move a muscle. "I-- It's time to go back up now."
Those loving arms and hands that were around him started to loosen. As much as
she didn't want to let go, she knew she had to. But suddenly, she felt his
large warm hands come over her small arms as he held them where they were.
Melfina blinked in surprise a couple of times as she lifted her head off of his
back, only to look up to the back of his head. Her hair, of course, following
her movements slowly around her face as she did so.
"Gene—"
"Melfina..." His eyes softly opened
only to stare straight forward for a moment. Blinking gently, he slightly
lowered his head and a soft frown came over his features. He wanted to tell her
that he didn't want to go, he wanted to tell her that he loved to feel her
warmth, but he couldn't tell her. He was an outlaw, he couldn't let anyone get
in his way ... not even Melfina.
"...alright...." That was all he could get out. After that was
hesitantly said, those warm hands of his slowly slid off of her small arms and
back down to his sides.
The girl closed her eyes and frowned sadly to herself, letting her arms slowly
let go of him and to come up over her bare breasts. The strange vibrating sound
the tank was letting out seemed to sound a little louder as it became dark
around them once again, like when they first got in there. After a moment, the
sound stopped and it was completely silent. Only their bodies were glowing.
After a moment of silence, Gene turned himself around to face her. His ocean
blue eyes looked down at her full of care and sentimentality. The way her hair
floated about her face, the way her milky white skin looked, her beautiful face,
even from her touch, that's what made him secretly love her. Usually this
womanizer would check a woman out in other places, but strangely not this time.
But it wasn't just her looks that made his love for her, it was her herself.
Noticing her frowning sadly, he raised his right hand to her smooth cheek and
cupped it in his hand, allowing his thumb to run across it gently.
Melfina felt his touch and her big brown eyes opened after a couple of blinks,
looking from his muscular chest all the way up to his eyes. Her frown
disappeared as she looked into his eyes, but there was something different
about him to her. This was the way he acted when he made that promise to her
that day, but this time he was silent. It was as if his eyes were trying to
tell hers "thank you" without words. Or maybe something else? Melfina
closed her eyes after staring at his for a moment and leaned her face into his
hand gently. Gene's thumb only traveled from her cheek to her closed eye,
running it over her closed eyelashes once slowly before taking his hand away.
Before they both knew it, they were being raised up as their bodies became dark
along with the darkness of the tank. As this was happening, Melfina opened her
eyes again to get one last look at that loving look upon his features that she
felt she would never see again. Gene only looked back at her as it became pitch
black, wanting so badly to kiss her, but it was too late.
Their moment ended.
