Okay, so I saw someone on Tumblr go something along the lines of "Think. Jim and Claire dancing on the cliffside. Jim singing to her lightly. Best romance scene." and my instant reaction was to write it lol.
Hope you guys enjoy it! If I can find that person's Tumblr I'll put it here so I can give them credit for the idea. If not, then at least I tried lol.
We swayed slowly, her hand in mine as her face had hidden from the world by finding itself in the crook of my neck. I smiled slightly at the soft breaths that warmed the small amount of exposed skin at my collar while her hair tickled against my chin. The small number of lights by the cliffside had always graced her when we found ourselves here, and this moment was no different as the large white section of her looked like silk with the mixture of the street lights as well as the moon's loving light pouring down on her. Even though I knew that the woman I had an arm around could take down an army if she wished to, she looked as if she was as fragile as glass within this moment. I hummed along to the familiar soft guitar that played from my phone I kept within my back pocket.
If we could stay like this forever, I would gladfully spin into oblivion.
I smiled to myself as a content sigh came from the woman as she slipped her hand out of mine so she could hook it around my neck along with the one that was once placed on my shoulder. She brought her head up so she could look at me as she spoke softly. It was like she was afraid she would ruin the moment if she spoke any louder than a whisper.
"Remember the last time we danced here?" A soft laugh found itself out of me as I moved my hand that was on her back to her waist while the one that was once occupied with her own had fallen to the other side of her waist.
"I remember feeling as if I was going to faint due to how hard my heart was pounding in my chest."
"Was it because of Angor Rot or was it because of me?" I gave her a lopsided grin in reply to the small smirk that appeared on her face.
"I would say both. I think worrying over the fact that I thought I was going to embarrass myself with my two left feet was a little more nerve-racking, ironically." This caused a small giggle to come from the slightly shorter teenager as one of her hands found its way into the back of my hair. I couldn't help but smile widely as a happy sparkle seemed to appear in her deep brown eyes. We stayed silent for a moment, just enjoying the moment as the song continued to play. The words speaking volumes while we swayed lightly together.
"You know. When you went into the Darklands, I would listen to this." I watched as she glanced away from me. Her eyebrows were knitted together as I could tell the memory of me being lost within the Darklands weighed heavy within her mind. When she looked back to me, I saw the beginning of a single tear welling up in the corner of her right eye. "When everyone was starting to lose hope and I started to lose myself with it all, it brought me back to that moment when we danced under the stars. It kept me sane while you were gone." I instinctively reached up between us and wiped away the single tear that released itself onto her cheek before placing it back down to her waist. I rubbed small circles with my thumbs on her sides as I kept my eyes on hers before speaking myself.
"I should have never broken my promise to you that day." I took a deep breath as I felt her hands now place themselves on both sides of my face. "But I was so afraid that something would have happened to you, Toby, or Blinky. After what we went through with AAARRRGGHH, I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if someone else would have-" I couldn't get myself to finish that statement as the memory played within my mind. I looked away from her to look out over the city lights of Arcadia before putting my attention back towards the sorcerous before me. "Yet, it was probably one of the most horrific experiences I had. I'm rather glad no one else had to witness what I have there. But you want to know what kept me sane through all of it?" She gave me a soft hum in reply as she rubbed her thumbs back and forth on my cheeks. "I would daydream. I would place myself in my favorite moments and memories as I trudged through. The one I would always rely on when others would fail was when we were here that night." I chuckled lightly as I continued. "I even found myself singing the song even when I more than likely shouldn't have."
"James Lake Junior sings?" This caused a playful look to appear in her chocolate eyes as she tapped once on my left cheek with her thumb. "How could you keep that from me?"
"Do you want to hear me horribly try to sing in a language I only understand the bare minimum in?"
"Did it stop you from introducing yourself with said language when you first spoke to me?" I groaned slightly as I leaned my head back.
"Don't remind me. That was probably one of the most embarrassing things I have ever done." This pulled a wholehearted laugh from her as she pulled lightly to force my head back into place before she placed her forehead on mine.
"I thought it was adorable." She looked off above us for a second before putting her attention back to me. "Even though it was obvious you were trying too hard with your pronunciation."
"Hey, it wasn't bad for a kid that at the beginning of his second year of Spanish."
"I never said it was bad. You were just trying too hard. You never had to try to impress me, Jim." She ran a hand through my hair at that moment as her eyes softened almost instantly. "Even then." We stayed there for a moment as the music carried on the conversation for us. I knew the words by heart as I sang the words in my head as it continued.
Eres tú, hu hau hu
Eres tú, hau nou
Eres tú, hu hau ou ouu
As it started into the second verse, I decided to actually join along with the singer as she went on. "Me encanta verte, tenerte, abrazarte. Cuando estoy a un lado de ti. Todo lo bueno de mí, florece, eres tú. Ese imán de una preciosa energía. Es tu alma que envía, señales a mi cuerpo." I felt Claire bring me in closer to her so that our noses were touching lightly as she took on the last little part before chorus began again.
"Porque este sigue pidiendo ese aroma de ti. Que me invita al acecho." I smiled like a fool as I reached up to place my finger tips under her chin.
"Even when you're out of tune, you make it sound better than I ever could." This pulled an airy giggle out of her as she lifted her head up slightly. I felt myself close my eyes as I felt her lips place themselves against mine. I had grown accustomed to the feel of her lips, but I would always feel as if I would melt away each time they would meet mine. May it have been when we were first dating or even when I was a troll, I would always find myself feeling as if the world faded away and the only thing that mattered was the soft touch of her lips against mine. What was originally a single kiss turned into a few as we stood together, engulfed in each other as the soft guitar continued once again from my phone as the song repeated itself. But it was obvious by how she pulled me closer to her, that the sorcerous didn't mind as I held her against me. Fleeting kisses taking over where words once were all while a single thought danced in my mind as a smile danced on my lips as I captured her's once more.
I was never good with my words when it came to you anyway.
