She placed a hand on his bare chest.
A few months ago, Indra's arrival at the temple disgusted her. She felt he was rude, he never said anything or had any positive impact coming to her life. But now, she realized he's a man of few words, humble, kind...And hours ago, she realized he's a great lover.
Rika snuggled her head more into his embrace, she shifted closer to him as their naked bodies got closer. A thin sheet rested on both of them, outlining their figures.
Both of them in this world were Gods. He was a prodigy of war, and not even his father, the Sage of Six Paths was his opponent anymore.
She was a descendent from a clan that was long gone. The origin was that a Shinigami fell in love with a human being, this had destroyed any moral principles the two realms had. Any one that supported or was part of this blood line, hunted down.
After her grandmother's death, she was the only one left with the blood of Shinigami. When Indra's father took her in, he realized she was no ordinary girl, and trained her to make sure she used her ability for good. It was during this time, she had met Asura. During their trainings, she fused her learning of ninshu and created many techniques. She knew, that these techniques would be later passed down for many years. Hagoromo trusted that Asura and her would use it for good.
Yet, she would never think she would fall in love with Hagoromo's other son, Indra.
Indra had his arms around her, and his thumb gently caressing her every so often.
Although he never spoke much about his feelings, Rika was about to read him well. But wasn't from her power to be able to read thoughts, it was through the connection that they had.
"...Do you really have to challenge Asura?"
Indra was quiet.
Despite these two being Gods, they still cannot escape their mortal feelings. People looked up to these two as beings that can control the world with their powers, which they can, yet, sometimes they feel powerless.
"Why can't we...Stay like this, forever?"
...
"There are things I have to do."
"What about the tailed beasts? They have taken a liking to you."
He smiled slightly at her attempt, and looked at her face with his glowing red eyes, "They'll be fine as long as you're with them."
She looked up at him, catching his gaze. "Then...Who is going to help me clean the temple?"
Indra kept his gaze, but did not say anything and simply held her closer.
She was quiet for a moment.
"In our next life...If you're still obsessed with challenging Asura...I will become someone very close to him."
...
"So then you'd be forced to see me again...And in the next life, I'm going to make sure you marry me."
His expression turned soft, and smiled again.
"And the life after that...And the next one...I will make sure I'll be with you...Even if it takes a thousand years."
She closed her eyes.
The wind blew inside the room and they felt the cold air brush against them.
It was moments like these that they could forget about everything, who they are, their position and obligations in this world...And what would happen next.
Rika slowly closed her eyes and he watched her until she drifted off to sleep.
Ahhh thank you all so so much for all the support! I know some of you have been requesting another chapter, and so here we go! I hope you all enjoyed it! I'm going to start rewriting and updating some of my other stories, and hopefully this makes more sense now!