The fireworks had been perfection. The night was drawing to an end and Sheer was pleading to the Shinto god of time for them to be merciful on her. She inwardly declared that she would make more time for the kind man that wanted nothing more than to support and protect her.
As the last firework exploded into the sky, illuminating Sheer's golden eyes, she looked towards Iruka who was already looking down at her. Their eyes met and locked and she knew this time she didn't have to ask.
The two slowly leant in towards one another, their emotions ablaze and their hearts pummelling inside their chests.
The kiss they had shared was etched into their memory- they finally felt complete and satisfied. And after they pulled away, breathless, they would have killed to freeze time in that moment.
But
Then everything changed within the merest of instances.