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"It's time to take them home." Tooth said as everyone came back. Jack turned to see her picking up Sophie.
Jack felt oddly off after seeing Kailani break down, letting out her bent up emotions that had burst open like a dam. He wanted to comfort her and tell her everything would be okay, that she didn't have to give up but as usual she didn't see or hear him.
Jack had felt a longing to hold her in his arms and murmur comforting words just so she could stop crying. He wanted to take away her pain and sadness and toss it away like garbage. He wanted to do so many things to help her but nothing he did worked.
For the millionth time, he wanted answers from the man of the moon. He wanted answers to his questions. He wanted to know why he was here, why she was one of the Sighted, why she could see see him sometime and not anyone else.
He wanted answers and was frustrated that the man of the moon wasn't giving him any.
He watched her as she cried, staying with her, knowing she couldn't hear him but feeling at least something helpful that she wasn't alone even if she didn't know.
He watched her as she slept deeply. He knew she was exhausted from the crying, the journey and so much more. He learned of her fears and worries and he panicked at the thought that she wanted to give up her beliefs so she could stop feeling so tired but found that she couldn't.
She didn't want to let go of her memories and Jack understood what she meant and didn't resent her for wanting to give up. She seemed like a tough girl who would have trouble giving up. He concluded that it would take a lot for her to give up.
He didn't want her to give up because if she did, she would lose her Sight completely and never get to know him and he found that he wanted her to get to know him. He wanted to get to know her. He wanted to know her favorite things, favorite food, her personality, her traits, her habits. He wanted to get to know her and he wanted her to get to know him, too.
It almost felt like a need. A need for Jack to get to know her, to be a part of her life. To be something in her life, to have an importance in her heart.
He wanted this. He didn't want to part from her just yet.
"How about I take them home?" Jack asked, trying to be casual
"Jack, no. Pitch is-" Tooth said worriedly. Jack didn't want anyone worrying about him.
"No match for this." Jack said, gesturing to his staff.
"Which is why we need you here." Bunnymund said
"Trust me, I'll be quick as a bunny." Jack said. He wanted to take them home. He needed to. He didn't know why but he just did.
It took a few tries to touch Kailani but Jack finally had been able to touch her and cradle her to his chest as Tooth placed Sophie on Kailani's arms.
Kailani had instinctively tightened her hold on Sophie and Jack felt something warm him from the inside out.
"Are you sure about this?" Tooth asked as she hovered near Jack.
"Sure, they're not even that heavy." Jack said as he flew off towards their home. He found that he actually liked holding Kailani to him. He was receiving warm tingles wherever her body touched his and liked the feeling and didn't want it to stop.
He kept glancing at her, hoping that she didn't slip through him and fall to her death. He didn't like that thought so he held her tighter to his body, as if to reassure himself that she was still in his arms.
Halfway home, she had snuggled in Jack's chest, murmuring, "so warm," That act did something to his heart. Something that made it swell and squeeze almost like an ache. An ache that Jack enjoyed and wanted more of.
He held them tightly to his chest as they reached her home. He flew into Sophie's room and carefully place them on her bed. He took Sophie out of Kailani's arms and gently placed Sophie on her bed, tossing a blanket and stuffed toy near her before slipping his arms underneath Kailani to take her to her room.
Jack could've left her in Sophie's room but he found that he already missed having her in his arms. He liked how her hair swept down his arms, jolting something deep inside him alive. He liked seeing her dream soundly, her chest breathing in a slow, deep rhythm.
He carried her to her room and placed his knees on her bed and gently placed her down, hovering above her as he adjusted her body to fit onto the bed comfortably. He nearly fell on top of her but quickly regained his balance.
She groaned softly and turned to her side as she snuggled deeper into her pillow and Jack's heart warmed again. He was reluctant to leave but knew he had to. But something was keeping him here.
Perhaps it was the way she looked young in her sleep.
Perhaps it was the way she murmured so softly in her sleep and snuggled into the pillow.
Perhaps it was the way she had cried earlier and had fallen dead into sleep.
Or maybe Jack liked her. He was attracted to her, he couldn't deny that but why was he attracted to her? He didn't know why he was thinking about her and wondering why he wanted to be a part of her life and be important to her.
He did know that he was leaning down to place a kiss on her smooth forehead. He didn't know why he did but that he just had to to kiss her before he left. He wanted to know how it felt like to touch that smooth forehead with his lips. How it would feel to him.
Gently, like a falling snowflake, he placed his lips tenderly on her forehead, smelling her scent which smelled like warmth and love, like budding flowers. He closed his eyes, enjoying the tingles that were flying from his mouth and into his body.
He liked this, no, he loved this feeling. This feeling of being alive for the first time in forever. And he didn't want to stop.
But he pulled away, with some reluctance he noted, and stood up.
He was expecting her to be asleep. What he didn't expect was a fist slamming into his jaw and his arm being twisted behind his back painfully, with her saying, "Who the hell are you and what are you doing in my room?"
