You can kiss me in the moonlight
On the rooftop under the sky
You can kiss me with the windows open
While the rain comes pouring inside
Kiss me in sweet slow motion
Let's let every thing slide
You got me floating, you got me flying
-This Kiss, Faith Hill
Anger instantly flashed through Ruki. Anger was familiar – especially when directed at Takato – it was the emotion that had defined her through most of her young life, had been her strength and focus and goal. Anger was good.
Anger was also, unfortunately, slipping away. The usual Ruki-empowering rage was escaping her figurative grasp, replaced by shock and something unnameable. She just wasn't staying angry enough…
Valiantly, she sought to regain the fury. 'Angry thoughts! Angry thoughts! Think angry thoughts!'
…he felt so warm….
'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!'
'How dare he!?'
Yes, that was better. Righteous indignation. Time to pump herself up into dealing him grievous bodily harm.
'How dare he!? How DARE he?!'
Maybe she'd better add some clarification to that. One could only repeat a thought so long before it would start to lose its effectiveness.
'How dare he be such a good kisser?!'
There was something wrong with that picture. But by now Ruki was getting too distracted to pay attention to the anomaly in her thought processes.
Slowly her violet eyes slid shut, almost against her will, like fighting off sleep. One hand, then another, came up to clasp at the back of Takato's neck. She wasn't struggling anymore, as she had at the start of Takato's surprising move.
So they stood there, in the sunset light and the cool evening air, not even noticing when the streetlights around them flickered to life, and kissed.
Ruki felt Takato grin against her lips – a slightly unsettling experience, to feel a smile rather than see it – and then step away from her, gently breaking the kiss.
"See? I told you I could beat you in something. Bet you can't kiss better than me."
Ruki stared wordlessly at him, a little dazed, his words not really registering.
Takato smirked again, dropped a quick, light kiss on Ruki's cheek, and walked cheerfully off.
"See you tomorrow!"
It was a minute later when Ruki began to scream.
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