by zapdragon555 » 10/11/2018 5:03 AM
Eiji sat on his knees with a sigh through his nose, watching as Ash turned to leave. He glanced off at the horizon, beginning to pale with light, and he whistled to get the blonde's attention. "C'mon... if you're gonna take my dignity like that, at least stay and watch the sunrise with me," Eiji murmured in a joking tone, but there was a softness to his voice that suggested a real desire to just stay up there for a little while longer. Up there, they could pretend to just be two boys on a rooftop in the city, and not two boys in the absolute deepest shit that Eiji had never fathomed could possibly exist.
Ash didn't take very much convincing, for once. He climbed back onto the roof and picked up some slack on the blanket, carefully maneuvering so that he was sitting beside Eiji, wrapping the old red blanket around both of their shoulders. The dawn was beginning to claim the nighttime sky with a vengeance, peeking over rooftops and painting the concrete with strips of pale gold. Ash had settled against Eiji without a word, his bony shoulder pressed flush to Eiji's softer arm. Somehow or another, their hands found one another again.
Eiji's eyes were drawn to a streak of light that had alighted on Ash's straw-colored hair, his gaze tracing the blonde's profile in the new morning light. Conviction gripped him. Eiji leaned in and pecked a kiss on Ash's cheek, making the boy jump with a sharp intake of breath. Eiji opened his mouth to think of something witty to say, but the look of quiet, gentle surprise on Ash's face was enough to stun him into silence.
They sat, with Ash's head tucked neatly into the crook of Eiji's neck and shoulder, with Eiji's arm supporting the boy's back, with nothing around them but the sounds of the sleepless city putting on its best face for the morning.
For now, the moment was theirs.
But there will come a time
You'll see, with no more tears
And love will not break your heart
But dismiss your fears
Get over your hill and see
What you find there
With grace in your heart
And flowers in your hair
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