For Your Eyes Only
"Shit!" Nobara sucked on the side of her palm, a deep, bloody cut stinging and worst of off, staining her uniform. "Ugh! This sucks!" She flipped her hair off her covered eye, not that it made much of a difference anyway. She was missing an eye after all.
She tried her best to get used to it but it was still very fresh, she was having trouble with the most simple things. Like cooking dinner for her girlfriend. They both agreed to let her try, Nobara wanted to get back into the swing of things and she couldn't do that if people kept treating her like she was made of straw. It was almost as frustrating as the cut on her hand.
"Nobara, are you okay?" Maki emerged from the living room, comfy in Nobara's hoodie and shorts that just... well they made Nobara feel things. "You dropped the salad."
"I know that!" She snapped, her feelings mounting on top of each other, just under the surface and threatening to emerge in a very ugly way. "I know I dropped it, I know that I'm bleeding, I know that there's blood all over my skirt, I know!" Maki didn't filch or even show any signs of being offended over Nobara's rant. She just walked over to the cabinet and took out the first aid kit.
Setting the box on the table she motioned for Nobara to join her. When Nobara wanted to sit on the chair next to her Maki shook her head and patted her lap instead. No matter how irritated she was feeling, sitting on her hot girlfriend's lap still made Nobara's face warm up. Maki was honestly too good to be true sometimes, felt like a childhood dream come true, having a woman so caring and pretty all for herself. The kids who told her she was delusional back then can eat dirt now.
The two were face to face, Maki reaching behind for the table and the box, her face almost stoic if not for that one worried line between her eyebrows.
"Sor-"
"Don't apologize." Maki started cleaning the cut first with a cotton ball, her fingers gently holding Nobara's wrist, "Anyone would react the same. You have the right to be angry, pissed off or sad, but I also have the right to worry about you. You can't take that away, no matter how strong you are. I'll always worry about you Nobara."
"I don't want to hold you back. I'm burdening you as I am, I know it, but don't worry I'll be back to my old self in no time. I won't let this stop me!" Try as she might to grin and bear it Maki could see right through her act. She pressed the cotton against Nobara's injury hard, "Ow! Hey! That hurts!"
Maki glanced at her after she eased up on the pressure and swapped the cotton for a clean band aid, "Exactly. And I'm here to make it better." She pressed a kiss over the smiley face on the band aid, so soft Nobara barely noticed it, "You aren't weak for needing help, you aren't a burden to me. You're the love of my life. In sickness and in health right?"
"That's for married couples Maki." Nobara chuckled, "You wanna get married or?" She'd be up for it honestly, if Maki were to ask Nobara would say yes in less then a heartbeat.
"Not yet, and don't try to change the subject. You need to tell me when you're having trouble with something. This is a big change for you, it's gonna take time for you to get used to living with this change. There's no shame or weakness in that sweetheart." Maki's arms lowered down to Nobara hips, "You need to take this dress off."
"Dessert before a proper meal? Who are you and what have you done with my Maki?" The sorcerer leaned in to place a playful kiss on Maki's cheek, getting a smile from her girlfriend in return.
"To put it in the washer. Is your mind in the gutter 24/7?" On instinct Nobara winked, and upon realizing that she couldn't anymore some of her bravado melted away, replaced by a thin lipped frown. "I still got it." Maki reassured her, now kissing both Nobara's hands, "Come on, you go change into something more comfortable, and I'll make a new salad. We can cook together. More fun that way if you ask me."
Maki wasn't babying her, she was worried and honestly if the situations were reversed she would probably princess carry Maki all the damn time. "Anything is fun with you. Spar with me later?"
"Actual sparring or... naked sparing?"
"We can do both, you know, to get the adrenaline going." They shared one more brief kiss before Nobara, somewhat begrudgingly, pushed off Maki's lap to get changed. It was hard to adjust to changes this big, but at least she could rest easy knowing she had a partner as loving as Maki Zenin.