Yeah, yeah... just you wait, I'll be overwhelming you all over again eventually...
[ Ai is simply too cute when she's all overstimulated, overwhelmed, and at her limit... he's sure as hell not giving up on that. They're both greedy, he supposes... though one can question the validity in using this as motivation for keeping in shape.
She gets a kiss in on his jaw, and he returns the favor by leaning forward to kiss her on the lips just as she starts to pull away. ]
...Ai. I love you.
[ The words leave his mouth... and there's no feeling of the world twisting his words into lies. They're just words, ordinary everyday words... but they're as worthy of the truth as any other. ]
[ At those words, the look on her face warms and softens into something gentle and sweet. They've both been saying them over and over since last night, an overflowing of words neither of them have ever been able to say out loud - they're both liars, after all. That's its own kind of curse before mages and magic ever so much as enter the picture.
But when they're together, none of it matters. Maybe this will be the only kind of truth they'll ever be able to speak... but if they can speak it, then isn't everything else secondary?
If Ai knows that her love is the real thing, hasn't her wish already been granted? ]
Mm. I love you too. [ Then with a laugh, breathless and giddy; ] I still can't believe I'm allowed to really say it. That I can say it... and I know it's the real thing.
[ She chases the kiss with another of her own. They should really get up and at least get something to eat but... she doesn't want him to let go of her just yet. ]
[ He's achieved something impossible... impossible for him, at least. For him to speak of love was something he considered impossible, and yet Ai managed to drag that feeling out of him so violently he couldn't control it any longer.
...not that he has any room to complain, since he did much the same to her. Both literally and figuratively. ]
It still feels strange to me, saying it and meaning it... so you'd better make sure I start saying it more and more.
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[ Ai is simply too cute when she's all overstimulated, overwhelmed, and at her limit... he's sure as hell not giving up on that. They're both greedy, he supposes... though one can question the validity in using this as motivation for keeping in shape.
She gets a kiss in on his jaw, and he returns the favor by leaning forward to kiss her on the lips just as she starts to pull away. ]
...Ai. I love you.
[ The words leave his mouth... and there's no feeling of the world twisting his words into lies. They're just words, ordinary everyday words... but they're as worthy of the truth as any other. ]
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But when they're together, none of it matters. Maybe this will be the only kind of truth they'll ever be able to speak... but if they can speak it, then isn't everything else secondary?
If Ai knows that her love is the real thing, hasn't her wish already been granted? ]
Mm. I love you too. [ Then with a laugh, breathless and giddy; ] I still can't believe I'm allowed to really say it. That I can say it... and I know it's the real thing.
[ She chases the kiss with another of her own. They should really get up and at least get something to eat but... she doesn't want him to let go of her just yet. ]
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[ He's achieved something impossible... impossible for him, at least. For him to speak of love was something he considered impossible, and yet Ai managed to drag that feeling out of him so violently he couldn't control it any longer.
...not that he has any room to complain, since he did much the same to her. Both literally and figuratively. ]
It still feels strange to me, saying it and meaning it... so you'd better make sure I start saying it more and more.