Thanks for sticking around for the ride
"Kiku, what's darkness?"
"What?"
"What's the definition, I mean."
"The absence of light, or something like it."
"That's what I thought. That's what I think this is." Kiku looks over at Alfred, knowing that he's going to continue. The two of them are lying on the dusty ground, not doing anything except for just…being. Neither of them mind it. "I was thinking that this world we live in is like darkness, except with people. The absence of life."
Kiku doesn't respond. Sometimes the two of them just say things because they need to, and they don't want any kind of response. Kiku leans his head on Alfred's shoulder and hums.
Kiku almost nods off like this. With his head on Alfred's shoulder and Alfred's head resting on his head. Kiku is pulled out of his almost-state of sleeping when Alfred says, "Kiku," and then pauses, as if he's hoping that Kiku didn't hear him.
"Yes, Alfred?"
"I…I don't mind spending the end of the world with you. It's still horrible, but…you make it better." Alfred and Kiku's eyes meet. They stare for a few seconds, minutes, hours, an infinite amount of time, and then….
Alfred, braver and finally unchained from society's rigid guidelines, rolls on top of Kiku and starts kissing him. Kiku happily reciprocates.
They kiss for a while and then simply lie there, content just experiencing human contact. "We're going to be alone together until we die," Alfred says.
"Alone together…that sounds nice." Kiku lifts his head up and kisses Alfred's nose. Alfred's grin is brighter than the sun, and Kiku knows that Alfred has stolen his heart and melted it with his sunshine smile. And, for the first time since everything died, the world is more than just bearable.