Title: And Galaxies Above

Author: Ohtori Akio

Pairing: Anko X Hayate

Rating: PG

"It's a bit cold out here, don't you think?" Anko murmured against Hayate's neck.

"Yeah…A little." The ninja answered back softly with a cough.

"Maybe we should go inside?" Anko questioned, wrapping her arms securely around the other nin's neck.

"Maybe…" Hayate hushed out, tightening his hold on Anko's waist. They had been standing in that tree for hours it seemed, from the last moments of the sun and now way into the early morning. Time, of course, had no meaning.

They had talked and laughed as they sat a top of the tree, listening to the peace they could only make of the situation.

And the both of them offered the other their jacket at various points in the evening, to ward off the chill that floats throughout Konoha.

Their words were waltzing from their mouths, dieing on their lips.

Letting down come slowly in this world made of eternal bliss.

END