enid rovia-rhee.

In complete honesty, Tara had never seen Enid in this light until now. They had grown closer and Tara had considered her a very close friend– and so much had happened in a short amount of time; and the energy had changed between them over the course of these past few days; Tara could not quite put her finger on it– well, now here they were and suddenly everything seemed to click into place and it made sense to Tara; everything about this night felt right.

Their lips moved in tandem and Tara moved her hands up to rest on the small of Enid’s back. They stood, pressed against each other, in silence– but, words weren’t needed in this moment; Tara had a feeling Enid could tell that she needed this, to feel this connection with someone she cared so much about.

After a moment, Tara stepped forward carefully and lead Enid back to the couch she had spent the better part of the evening on. She pulled away only to guide them both slowly onto the couch. Tara touched her forehead to Enid’s and let out a shattered breath as her hands lifted to cup either side of Enid’s face.

“Is this… is this okay? Should we be doing this?” She asked as her thoughts pounded in her ears.

But Enid allowed Tara to lead her to the couch, her arms slipping away from Tara’s shoulders and down to her lap.  A breath exhaled her lips as she felt her eyes close and Tara’s forehead pressed against her own.  Her heart raced in her chest, she felt it would burst at any moment if they kept this up.

Feeling her eyes flutter open, Enid nodded a little as she reached up and brushed some of Tara’s hair behind her ear before her hand fell back into her lap.  “It doesn’t feel wrong.” What else was Enid to say?  She didn’t know if they should be doing this, but people did a lot worse in this world right?  Besides, who was going to even tell them no anyway?  Why would she not want to follow her heart?  It didn’t need to be anything more than a kiss if Tara didn’t want that...if she, herself didn’t want that.

Swallowing, Enid closed her eyes before she leaned over and dropped her forehead to Tara’s shoulder.  Slowly, her hand moved on the couch where she found Tara’s and gently intertwined their fingers.

Every single moment of this had been a complete shock- out of the blue. Or had it been? They had been growing closer, been spending more time together– hell, she felt like Enid knew her better than anybody here at the colony. And she had been a pleasant woman to get to know. Enid was smart and patient and caring. She was so easy to talk to and to share with; nightmares and aspirations– and everything in between.

The bond they had been through over this summer had been sealed with this kiss- and as unexpected as it had been; Tara found that she hadn’t been put off by it. She just had no idea that the other woman could feel such a way. Maybe it was loneliness, maybe they were just testing the the waters- either way, Tara hadn’t realized just how much she had craved to know this feeling again and it made her stomach flip. It made her head spin- and when she finally felt as if she was back to reality, it was over. But, they’re still close, and Tara’s hands were still glued to Enid’s waist.

“Don’t…” She needed a moment to catch her breath. “Please, don’t be–” And chocolate eyes slowly opened to take in the sight before her. “Just… took me by surprise, that’s all.” A small laugh pressed through parted lips.

Jittered fingers brushed back a strand of dark hair behind Enid’s ear– and suddenly any sign of sleep in her near future had been extinguished. “I, uh–” Lips closed and opened, and she looked similar to a fish, in zoned out thought. “Wow, I just–” Suddenly words became very difficult. “Hello. Hi.” A grin as she mentally cursed her own inability to form a coherent thought. And before she could talk herself out of it, her head dipped to capture Enid’s lips once more.

It was weird to say that Enid never felt this way about anyone.  At least not with anyone when the world had come to this.  Carl and Enid shared one kiss - they were best friends, there was nothing more to it.  During these past few summer nights however, she’d gotten closer to Tara, sure they were friendly before, but Tara had become a great friend to Enid.  The two became close.  Not only sharing dreams and aspirations with each other, but realizations and nightmares as well.  Tara had been something more to Enid.  And yet, the medic couldn’t put her finger on what that was exactly.  Bringing herself down a path that she had only gone down once in her life - a time in high school with her best friend.  Life always threw Enid curve balls and she did her best to catch them.

She apologized, shaking her head a little as she looked down.  Nevertheless,

Enid couldn’t help but smile - because nothing about this felt wrong.

Slowly, the younger of the two lifted her head when Tara said that single word. Don’t. One of Enid’s hands ran down Tara’s arm, her fingers softly running against Tara’s wrist as she told her not to be sorry.  She’d try not to, but even as Tara pushed back hair behind her ear, Enid could feel her heart rate pick up, her cheeks flushing a light pink.

Her lips turned into a smile when she heard hi, and Enid just laughed, thinking it was completely adorable.  “Hi,” she giggled a little, but was caught off guard when Tara was the one to kiss her now.