š a kiss of the receiverās choiceĀ
Thereās no time. Thereās no time and thatās all he can think, as the world disintegrates around them.
He should say something, say anything, but thereās no time to think of what. What could he say, anyways? Heās never been one for words, and heās wasting time trying to think of how he could possibly say goodbye to someone whoās somehow taken up such residence in his heart so quickly.
Especially when he knows neither will remember such a speech, anyways.
Thatās not stopping Tidus, though, Squall can see his lips moving as he says something. He canāt hear whatever it is, the panic rushing through his mind drowning out any sound, as much as he wishes he could. Doesnāt want to say goodbye to that voice, not yet.
Doesnāt want to say goodbye to any of it. The sight of him, the trust heās placed in him, any of what theyāve built together.
But he has to, has known for ages this time they had wasnāt forever, and now heās running out of time to say something.
So Squall chooses to say nothing, reaching forward to cup Tidusā face in his hands and pull him in mid-sentence, kissing him as hard as he possibly can. Itās messy, and itās desperate, any other day he wouldāve given so much more care to it, but itās not any other day. But somehow, itās so perfectly them.
Squall presses his body against Tidusā as he all but clings to him, as if hoping he wonāt vanish right out from under him like he knows heās going to. Prays to any damn deity out there thatās listening, one of them has to be, right? Donāt take him. Please.
But if any of them are listening, none are feeling particularly merciful, and the last of Squallās memories of this place that leaves him is the feeling of Tidusā lips on his.