It was simply ment to be. That is the only word with which I could describe, what happened during that evening … Neither Hatori nor I said a word. There was no need for talking …
I can not remember, how we ended up in my bedroom. There were kisses, so full of sweet love and hidden passion that it made me dizzy … Hatori's white skin, as he took off his shirt … His eyes, locked to mine … The warmth of his body … The feeling of his skin under my hands …
Lying side by side on my bed, we fell asleep.
…
It was still dark, when I woke up. I was lying on my bed, snuggled against Hatori's arm as this was the closest I could get to him, without making him turn into a seahorse. Carefully, so I wouldn't wake Hatori up, I turned to my side, as I watched him sleep. He looked so calm and peaceful … Hatori …
He had gone through much during the past years. Feeling like an outcast, always having to be careful of what you say or do … It must have been very hard for Hatori to trust other people. Now I understood, why he had been so reluctant when we first met.
I gently touched his hair. "I promise you, never to let you down …", I whispered. Hatori didn't react.