“I love you.”
“He loved me too!” She blinked. “You love me?”
“I love you.” Hiiro nervously ran his hands through his hair. “Don’t ask me why. You’ve told me you hate me from day one. But I somehow… it’s you. Your strong attitude, your bravery to voice your opinions, the way you concentrate so completely on one thing at a time, the way you argued with me, and then the way you can turn around and fall asleep on your desk as innocently as possible. You’re beautiful, smart, and have a sharp tongue. I love you.”
“How can you love a killer?” She asked softly, eyes filled with wonder, confusion, and fear. And was that… longing he saw?
“I’m a killer too.” He reminded her gently.
“Sammy loved me too. Will you turn on me like he did?”
“No. I have control of my emotions.”
“So did he! You don’t see it my way! Hiiro, you’re a trained soldier, just like he was! You have strength and training, where as I am defenseless and weak. I would not be able to defend myself unless I had a weapon, and last time I held a knife as a weapon, look what happened. Sammy seemed normal, but he cracked. You could too! Then where would I be?”
“I already cracked. After the last Eve War, the battle with the Barton Foundation. Did you know I tried to kill Marimeia? I shot her. But the gun had no bullets. I already had my breakdown. And then I decided I needed to find my humanity. So I did. I left.”
“And did you find your humanity?”
“Not all of it. But I have to tell you, if I had not found some of it, I would not be talking with you right now, I would be grunting. It took me three years to make this much progress Serena. It takes people time to change. They can do it, but it takes time and effort.”
“Can I trust you that you’ll never have another breakdown again? Can I trust myself that I’ll never have breakdown?”
“I will never give you a reason to have a breakdown. And if you do, I will easily defend myself, and trust me, I will just as easily forgive you for having it.”
“Why?” She whispered.
“Because I love you. I tried to stay mad at you. I tried to ignore what I felt. But it didn’t work, so I stopped bothering to try and just went with it. I can’t stay mad at you.”
“But Hiiro-” He had had enough. Cutting her off abruptly, Hiiro gently grasped her jaw in his hand.
“Serena, I love you, and we are married. We can put everything behind us. You can forget your brother, and I can forget the war, and we can live normal lives. We can be a happily married couple if you let us be. It will take effort, yes, but isn’t it worth it? We can make this work.” She nodded.
“We can, can’t we?” She whispered. He smiled and ran his thumb over her lips.
“There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you.”
“Hmm?” She barely upturned the corners of her mouth in a sad smile.
“You’re beautiful.” When her faced flushed a deep rose color, he laughed for the first time all night. He meant it too. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, puffy eyes, tear stained cheeks, running mascara, watery eyes, and all.
“Serena?”
“Yes?”
“Can I show you something?” She nodded, and he leaned forward, letting go of her. She immediately felt the loss in warmth, and didn’t like it. Now that she had let everything go, gotten it off her chest, grieved and cried, she felt a release she had never known. And Hiiro had given it to her. How ironic that the very man she had claimed to ‘hate’ and had feared for so long could make her feel so euphorically happy.
“This is my list.” Hiiro told her; taking out the paper he had written the night he had had his humanity revelation. “When I was trying to find my humanity, I wrote this. It’s a list of everything I ever wanted in a normal life, everything I wanted to do. See, I decided that even though I had killed those people in the war, that I had done it for a reason, and that they had died for a cause they believed in. So I wasn’t going to waste their deaths by not living my life to it’s fullest. This list is as full as my life could get.” Hiiro handed her the list, and watched her azure eyes as she read the list.
“One: Get a nice apartment. Two: Get normal clothes. Three: Watch a real football game. Four: Eat five pounds of chocolate.” Serena began to giggle at the first couple of items on the list. They were things she had always take for granted. “Eight: Date. Nine: Get married. Hiiro, so far you’ve got everything done that’s on this list.”
“Read on.” He implored her.
“Ten: Have a first kiss. Hiiro, you’ve never kissed anyone?” Serena looked at him in shock.
“No.” He reddened. She laughed. She really and truly laughed and smiled brightly. His heart jumped into his throat. She was happy!
“Well, we can fix that rather easily.” He blinked, and before he knew it, her soft, full lips were pressed against his. It only took him a moment to realize what was going on and to completely give in to the whole goodness of her kiss. When she pressed against his lips harder, he began to press back with equal pressure, and his thoughts left his mind. All he could see was Serena. All he could feel were electrical shocks coursing through his veins, as if she were setting him on fire. His blood warmed instantly and his lips began to press harder against hers. So sweet, so soft, so warm, and so good.
Serena didn’t truly know what possessed her to kiss Hiiro in the first place, but the moment her lips met his, she knew she wanted more. As he began to respond to her, she gently pushed him harder, wanting him to release in her feelings she had never felt before. A floodgate of passion and absolute bliss surrounded and enveloped her. All she knew was Hiiro’s sweet mouth, pressing against hers. She could not reason or think, because she was so focused on how absolutely perfect he really was. When she felt his lips part slightly, she did the same, and soon their tongues began to mingle and dance as well.
Finally the two had to break for air. They sat, forehead to forehead, staring into each other’s eyes. Neither wanted to be the first to speak, the first to break the magic spell that had settled upon them. Finally Hiiro opened his mouth. Then he shut it quickly, and moved back in to kiss Serena again.
This time their hard passion had diminished to a softer, sweeter kiss that only last a few seconds. Pulling away from him, Serena kissed his lips with small butterfly kisses, then pulled away fully, smiling softly.
“That was an amazing first kiss.” Hiiro smirked.
“I have to admit- it was the best kiss I’ve ever had…” Serena blushed. “No one else ever made me feel so…”
“Like you were on fire?” She nodded blushing. “I felt the same.” This time he smiled a real smile. “I love you Serena Kennington.”
“Serena Yui if you don’t mind.” She told him gently. He smiled.
“Of course.” *
~~~Ok, be honest! How many of you knew I was going to put in a large twist like this? I only saw one review that noticed anything (2 Person Wide Coalition -lol)! But I hope you liked it. Actually, I was crying while writing this chapter. I must have been very emotional or something, it takes a lot to make me cry. PLEASE REVIEW! Much love, Vixen~~~