karu

though you were only maybe 20 feet or so in the air, carried by your boyfriend’s cursed technique that you don’t yet fully understand, you were still quite hesitant about the whole thing the very instant your feet lifted off the ground.

“hey, hey,” he murmurs again, this time slinking his arm up to hold your cheek. the loss of his touch on your waist makes you hold on to him tighter, a soft whimper breaking past your lips while your eyes were glued to the ground below.

he tuts softly, tapping the cheek he cupped to urge you to lift your head up and face him. “don’t look down there, baby… look up.”

he guides your head, tilting it back slightly for you to gaze up at the sky above you two. you couldn’t say you were high up in the atmosphere, but the altitude satoru was flying at was high enough to see the horizon in every direction.

it made the stars above you feel like they were enveloping you; a dome of bright lights hanging just above your heads, close enough for you to reach out and touch them.

satoru saw the shift from fear to wonder unfolding in your eyes, adjusting his hold on you so he could carry you more securely before dipping his chin forward to kiss the crown of your head. “see? i told you, it’s gorgeous up here….”