"It's weird, isn't it?"
"Hm?"
"it's weird how fast and slow time passes," she trailed her fingers across the scars tattered over his skin.
Some inflicted upon by the years of battle. Others recent; carved in by her.
"How many years it has been, Kai?"
"Three years." He huffed out. She glanced at him with a soft smile, before straddling him, resting her arms over his head, nuzzling into him.
"Three years, hm. Well, it's as if though we've taken a step back or two." She couldn't help but state the obvious, though being after being around him for so damn long she was ought to pick up at least a few of his habits.
"Mhm," He slid his fingers through her soft, brown locks, playing with each strand he catches.
"But that's good, we know where we stand, now we can improve."
He could've sworn she passed a hard side-eye before gently smacking his chest and chuckling at his painfully obvious remark.
"You never changed, did you?"
"Why would I? I'm myself around you."
She swore to herself that he was stating that just to tick her off with the levels of cheesiness oozing from his otherwise stoic dialogue. But she couldn't help herself from sighing and nuzzling in his warm embrace.
"What now?" A hint of concern from the brunette, "Now that we've started this again, how long are we going to be able to keep this up? Can we keep this up?"
The unusually quick sigh from the male was enough an indication for her to know that he shared the same concerns. The same fears.
"I mean, we don't have to be hard on ourselves, Hilary."
She just had to peer an annoyed glare at him. Oh, you've got to be kidding me. She thought to herself. Using my own words on me, huh Hiwatari.
"But we need to take time out for ourselves, one way or another." He brushed her gentle face, his calloused digits trailing across her features. "We love this, don't we?"
Now their eyes met. Amethyst immediately swirled around ruby pools; time didn't freeze, rather it eased its pace for the once estranged lovers.
"It's going to be difficult, Kai," She murmured, nuzzling her lips into his large, calloused hand, tasting his skin once more.
"We can try," A reassuring smile responded. She let out a gentle, bemused exhale. It's not often she'd catch him smiling.
"We just have to give ourselves time for ourselves then." She shrugged before leaning closer to him to once again taste his lips.
Somehow that was assuring to her, she cracked a soft smile before sinking her lips over his, closing the gap between them that'd been there so long.
But the gap was now closed. They were reunited. They could spend some time with each other, for each other.
