closed 🌠⚡ it's far too easy to miss the beauty in the simple things

[starshower]

Who: Eustace & Tifa Lockhart.
Status: Closed.
Where: Around.
What: It's Tifa's birthday, and she's overworking again, so Eustace takes her away. Event stuff tba.
Warnings: Fluff.

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[flamekthunder]

Honestly...it is.

[He welcomes that kiss and returns it with one of hi sown.]

I know I never would have thought I'd be in a place like this with someone else.

[Especially with the risks...it's one of the reasons he had been hesitant and a bit distant.]

[starshower]

[She feels the same. She's seen friends come and go so often, especially recently, that it's always something in the back of her mind, but... her life would be so much sadder here if it were not for the fact that they still took that risk anyway. And she's happy that she did—happy that she took hold of that happiness regardless of them. Even if they were to disappear tomorrow, she could at least say that they were happy in the time that they did have, rather than regretting not taking it at all.]

A place like this...

[She murmurs it softly against his lips.]

You think we should head somewhere else now?

[flamekthunder]

Thought you were the one who said we could stay here.

[A light smirk as his eyes gaze down at her with that familiar heat, not bothering to hide the want and affection behind it.]

[starshower]

And we did... for a while.

[She closes her eyes and lets out a deep sigh, her heart melting under the heat in his gaze and the rush of feelings all of these thoughts have given her.]

But you were right... I'd rather not wait to thank you properly.

[flamekthunder]

Too impatient to wait to return to the surface?

[He says.

While his tail brushes against hers.]

[starshower]

[She taps her finger against the center of his chest, pressing her lips together shyly.]

... Well, I could always thank you again when we get up there. I do owe you quite a bit, don't I?

[flamekthunder]

[There's a quirk of his lips for a light smirk that forms at her answer.]

So what kind of "place" do you want?

[starshower]

Hmm... Somewhere a little more private? Not sure where...

[flamekthunder]

I saw an inn not too far from here... But there's always somewhere outside the village.

[Well they've already done it outside, what's so different about out in the ocean—if she felt that bold, anyway.]

[starshower]

[Maybe she's not feeling that bold, so she clears her throat, feeling her face growing warmer and redder again.]

... Maybe an inn would be better? You know, so we could get some proper rest, too?

[Ahem.]

[flamekthunder]

[There's a quiet chuckle at that before his smile softens a bit.]

Sure, we can do that.

[And he'll sneak a kiss, his lips lightly brushing against hers.]

💛❤️ fin.

[starshower]

[She feels her cheeks flush violently, the heat that rises up over her skin almost unbearable even in the water as he brushes her lips with his, and she can sense the silent promise upon them, as well as upon her own. She would be lying if she said she wasn't a little curious... though she would never admit it. They had done things before in this form, but never... anything more than getting tangled in each other. This... this would be different, and her face only heats further as she tries to shake away the thought.

Though he can probably sense it by now.

The swim back to the inn feels much longer than it is as this strange sense of tension seems to follow after them. She becomes aware of every brush of his hand, every touch, every little breath that either one of them takes until they arrive at the inn. Then and only then, once they are in the privacy of a room, will she let that tension unfurl, albeit slowly at first. She feels a little shy, a little self-conscious, especially with these new tails of theirs. She's not quite sure what to think... so she tries not to think at all as they experiment and explore one another and this newness and unfamiliarity of it all.

And he'll find that she quite likes what it is he manages to do, especially with that tail of his...

Of course, what happens behind that door will stay there, secrets only for them to know and never speak of again... That is, until he inevitably teases her about it later—]