Epilogue – Night and Day

"Like Day from Night, I'll live my life apart from you, just glimpsing you across the sky,
Because you cannot change, my dear, and nor can I."
--Love Song of Night and Day

"Akito-san? I'm back."

The God did not answer, did not turn to look at the figure in the doorway.

Sohma Shigure just smiled, and quietly shut the screen behind him.

He moved forward into the gloom of the God's chambers, and lay down on the God's futon, wrapped his arms about the God's small waist, and pushed his face into the God's fine ebony locks.

Akito turned her head fractionally to glance back at the Dog with obsidian black eyes, then closed them tiredly. "What are you doing here, Shigure?"

Firm lips pressed to the God's bare neck, and Shigure murmured into her soft ivory skin, "To visit you of course, Akito-san."

Akito shifted and sighed lightly, allowing him to stay despite the overwhelming heat enveloping her; her benevolence was getting the better of her today.

All the better for Shigure, who, upon realizing the acceptance, nipped at her neck more suggestively.

Akito shivered at his touch, wriggling about subtly as his hands roamed to rest in less innocent places, and his mouth traveled over her prickling skin.

She could feel his heat overpowering her, the desire in his body, and unable to control herself Akito rolled over and pushed herself into Shigure's chest.

Taken aback, the only thing Shigure could do in reply was hold her carefully to him, and then, having recovered from the surprise movement, press his lips to her forehead tenderly.

"Stay with me," Akito murmured into his chest, her voice breaking like a small child's.

Like the voice of a lost little girl.

"Stay with me, Shigure; never leave me alone."

Stroking her hair softly, Shigure nodded, and murmured absently, "Never together, never apart, the sun and moon and twilight heart; Night and Day, Day and Night, never leave me alone."

And Akito threw her arms about his neck and pressed her lips to his, and then nothing mattered and then everything mattered, and then nothing and then nothing and…

"Stay with me tonight, be my starlight, stardust through the broken veil of twilight. Too far to touch, but close enough to dream."

:: sonryz ::
 -sigh- Well, it's finished, and most likely not what it was going to be when I started it.

But what the hey.

On another note, that last quote thing was written by my mate Ema, not me (like I could ever come up with something like that...) Just thought I'd chuck that in there.

Anyway, if anyone could send a few messages/reviews/whatever with what you thought of this fic, things you thought worked, things that annoyed you, things you downright hated, I'd really appreciate it. Tell me what's what, guys; I'm all lost.