Valentines and Cinnamon Sugar Kisses
It started during Valentine's Day, late at night.
There was a marathon on television of these really old samurai movies, and Rin was sitting on Haru's couch with the couch's owner.
It was sort of cold for February, and a blanket was thrown around the two boy's feet.
College applications had been sent, and acceptance letters had been received. Both boys were going to the same college, both were still swimming.
Haru's head was resting on Rin's shoulder, and the redhead could't help but think that if there was a year of the cat, that'd be Haru's zodiac animal.
Rin's arm was around Haru's shoulder closest to him. His hand was right over Haru's heart, and he could feel his heart beating, and the steady rise and fall of his chest. Haru's weight had shifted on Rin's shoulder, and the older boy could only assume that he had fallen asleep.
Not that Rin could blame him. Those movies were pretty boring.
He could probably think of something else besides this that would be ten times more entertaining.
Hell, even math would probably be more entertaining at this point in time.
And Rin sucked at math.
A breeze tickled his ear, and Rin moved to push Haru's head off of his shoulder. He was heavy, and Rin's shoulder was going numb.
"Hey...Haru, could you try and move off of my shoulder? I think you're cutting off my circulation." Rin saw Haru groan and lift his head up groggily, the fog of sleep evident in his dark blue eyes. Despite that, he still leaned back into the couch, leaving Rin's shoulder unoccupied. Laughing a little at Haru's antics, Rin moved his arm so that it hung around the younger boy's right shoulder.
He leant over, and kissed him on the forehead. Rin felt Haru huff a little, as the latter leant into the former's chest.
Rin hugged Haru just a little bit closer into his chest, and Haru just closed his eyes, and tried to sleep.
Rin leaned forward, and buried his face into Haru's silky strands of black hair.
"I want to go to the pool Rin." Haru's voice was muffled by Rin's black wife-beater, and Rin detected traces of sleep lingering in it's wake. Checking the time, Rin replied,
"Are you sure? Haru it's...uh...twelve o'clock. How are we-"
"Nagisa always leaves the pool gate open." Rin faltered.
"So he does..." Haru began to rise up from the couch, and the blanket fell off from his feet as he stretched.
Sighing, Rin got up from the couch, shaking off pins and needles. Trust Haru to want to go swimming, despite the fact that it was twelve in the morning-no scratch that, it was almost one. Standing next to Haru, Rin wrapped his arms around him, and rested his chin onto the former's shoulder.
"Hmmmm...do you really want to go?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes Rin."
"You're sure."
"Yes."
"You're really sure?"
"Yes Rin."
"You're really, really, really-"
"Yes Rin."
"Geez Haru, it's kind of cold for that, don't you think? Jumping into the pool in April I can understand, but in February, that's a little extreme."
Plopping into the couch again, Rin watched as Haru stared out the window forlornly. Letting out an exasperated huff, Rin got up and embraced his boyfriend.
"Come on Haru. You can go swimming another time OK?"
Rin felt the person in his arms relax a little.
"Good." And Rin leaned over, and kissed him on his lips.
They tasted like sea water, mackerel, and for some strange reason, a warm, sweet cinnamon and sugar taste that masked all the other tastes.
It was a long kiss, sweet and loving, and Rin knew that it wasn't filled with urgency and need, or fear and sadness.
It was just a long, simple, and sweet kiss on Valentine's Day.
Nothing more, nothing less
I just realized something.
I spelled my name wrong.
Well, that's what I get for posting when I have jet lag.
Allow me to reintroduce myself.
I am Ren, otherwise known as HuntingStarlight.
And, I also realized that Valentines Day was ages ago, and I'm posting this now because I was in Mexico, and I don't have an International Calling plan, and WiFi at the resort costed money.
Well, better late than never.
Enjoy!
Ren, AKA, HuntingStarlight.