Drabble 10: Human
She sweeps the locks from his face, her other hand clutched tightly at his shoulder, never letting go as the wind scratched their faces raw. She knows that his arms may be getting numb from her weight but there is nothing else she could do; she is at the moment rendered useless and it would just be pointless to be frustrated. Instead, she relishes in the moment, knowing that it may be the last time she could be so close to him.
"Absolutely not, huh?"
She thinks that maybe, he is smiling just as she is.
"You are different than Lee."
She buries her face further at the crook of his neck, basking in his scent.
"You are different than him, too."
He smiles, adjusting her position at his back, securing her closer.
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He should never have left her by the tree. She should never have let him go. They should have stayed together, stayed human, for once.
A/N: And finally, the very delayed last chapter. Now, as promised, here is the alternate sequence (by timeline) of the drabbles: Play, Embarassment, Warmth, Resuscitation, Tittle tattle, Snowprints, Passion, Dinner, Human, (then lastly) Blood. Btw, if you did not get the Lee reference, just take note of the piggy-back moment back when Team Gai was canonly in Suna to help rescue Gaara.