Title: They Danced
Author/Artist: Cheysuli Night
Pairing:
Suoh/Akira
Fandom: CLAMP Campus Detectives
Theme: # 58. Last
dance
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Shounen-ai; Character
Death
Disclaimer: The characters belong to CLAMP. I'm just playing
with them.
There was no music but that didn't matter. Akira wanted to dance. While he still had strength, while he was still aware enough, he wanted to dance. Just like they used to before he got sick. Just like he would never be able to again after this night. He wanted to dance.
Suoh wasn't sure at first, worried at the strain it would have on Akira's weakened body. But it was so important to Akira... and to him as well. So they danced.
Akira didn't have the strength to stand. It hurt to see this and to see the tears that filled his eyes because he thought he couldn't do this. But he wanted to so much and so Suoh just smiled sadly and gently lifted Akira into his arms, holding him close. And they danced.
They danced there, in their bedroom, in the dark with the moonlight shining through the open window. They swayed gently to the silence, gazing into each others eyes and holding tightly to one another. They danced.
They danced until the stars began to fade in the early morning light, until Akira's hold on Suoh began to weaken and his eyes began to lose focus. They danced until Akira's body went limp in Suoh's hold, until he released his last breath and was lost to Suoh forever. They danced.
They danced until the tears blinded Suoh's eyes and weakened his body, until he fell to the floor clutching his lover tightly to him, crying desperately over the lifeless form. They danced.
There was no music but that didn't matter. Not then... and never again.