::Bleach - Toushirou Hitsugaya - Chap Fourteen (END)

The white flakes soon began to fall at a faster rate and the scent of winter merged with the wind. Toushirou turned his head up towards the sky, closed his eyes, and let the snow delicately fall on his face. He looked at peace; It was beautiful. Turning back to Keiko, he smiled and said "I havent seen snow in years."
"I know" she half whispered as she soaked in the beauty before her.
"I probably wouldnt have been awake to see it if you hadnt have made me bring you up here"
"I know" she whispered again looking slightly dazed
"Are you alright? Do you want to go back inside?"
"NoI'm just debating whether not to do something."
"What is it?"
Her face was suddenly inches away from his. In the hundreds of years he would live after this night, he would never forget the look she was wearing at that moment. Golden eyes slightly glazed, her face was covered in a melancholy expression of confusion and hesitation. Too shocked by what was happening, he couldnt manage to say a thing when she stretched out an arm and cupped the left side of his face in her hand. The warmth that engulfed in cheek rendered him motionless and his heart began to beat harder than he could ever remember. Only hours ago he was standing, hopeless, at her near deathbed. How did he now find himself in this position? What was this look, and this touch? He couldnt think. He couldnt breathe. And even though he should have known it was coming, should have seen it from a million miles away, he couldnt help but be dumbfounded when she leaned in and the warmth from his cheek transferred to his lips. Before he had any time to react, the heat left nearly a quickly as it came, and left him sitting there frozen as she turned her head way.

"I'm sorry" she whispered and tried to not look as panicky as she was feeling. Despite how she tried, the tears began to well up in her eyes. How could she have done something so brash? She was always good at keeping calm and composed, but at this moment there was pure terror running through her veins. Her mind began to race so fast that she couldnt keep up and eventually drew a blank. She suddenly became all to aware of her surroundings, of how cold it was, and how little warmth her yukata was providing. Still avoiding eye contact, she meekly said "Maybe we should go back insi-"
She stopped when he placed his hand on her chin and tilted her head back to face him.

How could he have been so blind? How did he not notice after all of these years? It all suddenly became so clear: all of the little things she did that he learned to dismiss. The way she always leaned against him on the couch, all times she fell asleep with her head on his chest, and the way she always stared at him, which he always assumed was her analyzing him or spacing off. He had been so wrong, so very wrong. All this time, she had wanted exactly what he did.

Before she could open her mouth to speak, he leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips. Though he had originally planned on pulling back and saying something romantic, he soon forgot all knowledge of it and became lost in the taste of her lips.

She should have gasped, or have been surprised, but she didnt have time.. Instead she immediately melted into his kiss. She had finally been given the one thing she wanted for over a century: his love.

Reaching up and running her hand through his silky hair, she quietly moaned as the kiss intensified. What began slow and gentle, quickly deepened as his hand found its way to her back and he pulled their bodies closer together. Whatever was racing through their minds no longer mattered, as their bottled up passion released itself.

Eventually the kiss slowed and they pulled away, looking into each other's eyes in a way that was never allowed before. Pressing her forehead against his, she sighed and closed her eyes in bliss.
"I've wanted this for so long" she whispered shakily.
"me too"
As he lifted her chin and said these words, she blinked and a tear rolled down her cheek. He gently wiped the tear away and wordlessly kissed her again, this time with more confidence. When he pulled back she rested her head in the crook of his neck and smiled, giving a quiet laugh. The reality of everything had finally sunk in.

"What's so funny?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Nothing, just, I'm in love with you, Toushirou" she smiled and looked up. All evidence of tears and fear in her eyes were now gone.
"I'm in love with you too, Keiko"
"Hn" she said and playfully kissed his nose.

How typical he thought and smiled.
"Lets go inside, you're going to freeze to death out here" he said.
"But the snow-"
"We can watch it from inside"
"alright"
She gave him another short but romantic kiss and he picked her up bringing her back into the shop.

They spent the rest of the night in each other's arms, watching the snow from behind his bedroom window. It would be the first of countless nights to come where they fell asleep together, not as friends, but as lovers.


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