Shindou Takuto's fingers caressed your cheek, shivers collected on the edges of your form and you found your gaze completely riveted on his own, yet seeing you like this wasn't satisfactory enough for him; you were like a dish of delectable chocolate out on display, wrapped carefully in a thin layer of glass to contain the sweetness and preserve it...he couldn't eat a single one without breaking the glass.

Carefully, he brought his face closer to your own - close enough so you could feel that warmth exuded with every soft breath he exhaled; it wasn't an uncomfortable feeling, and it made even more quacks tremble through your nerves with anticipation. Was he finally, finally going to press your lips onto yours? It had felt like years since the last rendezvous you embraced together, kissed each other, touched each other; with your busy lives outside of each other it had been extremely hard to see each other.

He had soccer, and piano recitals to attend to while you studied hard and practiced rigorously as a ballerina. The times when you'd be preforming, he'd have a crucial match in which neither if you could attend the others performance. By the time you actually had time to see the opposite, it was limited to the absolute max.

"[Name]..." Shindou whispered out, his breath shaky as emotions began to finally articulate in his chest and clench the area together tightly. "I'm sorry I haven't been able to see you more," he added gingerly, and found his hands beginning to quiver while he cupped your cheek. His eyes had finally closed for a second of solace, and he was no longer looking at you - it hurt too much when he did.

You shook your head gently, leaning into the palm of his hand in contentment with a small smile struck on your face. "It's okay, you can't help it. At least we're together now," you breathed, vacillating whether or not to go ahead and kiss him right then and there. You're not sure what in the world his reaction would be, whether he was ready or not for it to occur, so you used everything in you to wait for him to give the go.

"Me too. It's been far too long; I wish I could see you more," he scorned, no longer suppressing all his emotions and allowing them to spill over the brimful in the form of tears and a cracked voice. Once a single tear slipped down from his eye, that's when he placed his lips onto yours.

The kiss was sweet and held every inkling of love and emotion he contained over you, but the second his lips would part from yours it would signal the acidic end of your restricted time together, and that alone prevented him from enjoying this supposedly blissful moment with every fiber in his being. Shindou was jaundiced from the situation of it all since he wanted nothing more than to cuddle into your warmth, feel you against him more than anything.

But he couldn't forever.

a/n; Hey, guys! Sorry, haven't updated in a week, I was suddenly admitted into the hospital, but I'm fine now so no worries! Hope you enjoyed :)

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