Natsuki heard the tealette question reality and he pulled away softly, blinking down with confusion at Aine as he muttered:
“…I want to wake up and hear you say those words…”
Natsuki frowned slightly at the realization that his reply was empty and unheard. But he smiled widely again, maybe it would be easier to say now that he knew how he felt underneath it all. He smiled softly again and he brought Aine into a tender, light hug this time before pulling away half way and running his large, warm hand up Aine’s cheek.
“Wake up, Aine-chan, ” he whispered as he leaned in, his tear-welled eyes fluttering shut, “it’s time to wake up…. so you can hear me for sure this time~“
His words fluttered with his soft, warm breathe like butterflies on Aine’s face and lips as the blonde drew in closer. He was inches- no centimeters away from his beloved tealette’s face. A few left over cherry blossoms ,that rained from the shade of the pastel tree above them, that were on Aine’s head fluttered off subtly.
Natsuki was just about to make contact but stopped just millimeters form Aine’s Porcelain lips.
"I love Aine-chan more than anything in the world….”
Natsuki breathed out right as he closed the space between them; his lips gently embraced Aine’s and cupped around them gently.
Still half-unconscious, Aine felt a warmth caress his cheek. His eyelids fluttered to the light to see the blonde leaning to his face.
Is this still a dream?
“Wake up, Aine-chan.”
The drowsy tealette could feel the other’s soft breath on his skin, and he could smell a bit of honey; Natsuki was infamous for his appetite of sweets. His closeness and warmth comforted him; this was the first he had a dream that he didn’t want to wake up from.
Why was this such a soothing dream?
“It’s time to wake up…. so you can hear me for sure this time~“
Wake… up?
Still on the border of dream and reality, Aine watched as his beloved Natsuki closed in on him and felt a gentle pressure embraced against his lips. His eyelids fluttered opened completely to find the blonde kissing him. Shock nearly overtook him, but instead he leaned forward to kiss back.
He wanted this love.
He needed this love.
And he finally found it.
What lasted for 10 seconds felt like an eternal moment that he couldn’t let go even if it was a dream.
"I love Aine-chan more than anything in the world….”
When Natsuki finally pulled away from him, Aine stared at him with his pure ocean orbs; still wishing this bliss wasn’t a dream.
Unconsciously, he moved his hand back and accidentally scratched his skin against the rough surface of the tree trunk. The sharp pain jolted through his sensations of reality and he finally realized.
This wasn’t a dream.
This was reality.
And the real Natsuki knew his feelings.
Everything in the dream was real.
In complete utter shock and surprise of the situation, Aine panicked, not knowing what to do now because he resolved with himself earlier to give up on Natsuki. Why was this happening? What can he do?
The tealette then tried to do the one thing he always did:
Run away.
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