Originally appeared on the clampfiction livejournal community.
12/3
-----The
Early Bird
Arashi felt tears well up in her eyes as she gazed at her lover in bed. He was terribly hurt, marked for death… and he'd said many times that it would be for her. She didn't think she could stand that.
She bit her lip to keep a sudden, distressed sound in, then bent over him to press one last kiss on his skin. Drawing away, she--
"Hey," a sleepy voice drawled as the arm around her waist tightened and eyes blinked open. "Where're you going?"
Beat. "Nowhere," Arashi answered softly, returning Sorata's smile and snuggling down in his embrace.