Character: Andromeda Shun
Word: Tedious
You observed him, watching with great interest. His hands moved with silent grace, entrapping you in a suspenseful silence.
You nervously bit your lip. Your heart seemed to skip a beat as your lover carefully reached next to him.
“Shun!” The name escaped from your lips before you could stop it. The saint acknowledged you with a glance before returning to the issue at hand.
“You won’t beat me,” you whispered. It was more to reassure yourself. Shun could handle a tedious task such as this one. So it was only natural for you to feel this way.
“Oh!” The soft gasp quickly replaced your nerves with curiosity. At first you weren’t sure what was happening, but then a small breeze brushed against your skin and made you smile. Yes!
Another gasp, except this one was held for a second longer than the previous one. Out of the corner of your eye you saw the pale curtains ripple slowly in the air, and then…
Down came the house of cards Shun had been building.
“Yes!” You cheered, louder than you had intended to. “Yes! I win!”
Shun pouted at you slightly. “That’s not fair. The windows weren’t open during your turn.”
“You wanted to open the windows. I warned you that this could happen.”
“It wasn’t windy when I started.” Shun’s excuses only made your grin grow wider.
“Doesn’t matter! I won our tower of cards competition since I built the taller tower. Sooo…” You gave him a sly smile.
“Where’s my prize?” You two hadn’t really established whether or not a prize would be given to the winner, but still. You figured you might be able to convince your boyfriend to buy you something small. As a reward.
Shun gave you a blank look, then smiled slowly. “Close your eyes.”
Although taken by surprise, you obediently shut your eyes. You hadn’t really been expecting to be given a prize, especially since you two had decided to have the competition about an hour ago, during which Shun would have had no time to buy anything before starting.
You didn’t even wait five seconds before feeling a pair of soft and gentle lips meet yours. It was a quick kiss, but it was full of love and kindness. As the kiss ended, you opened your eyes, in time to see Shun settling back into his place on the carpeted floor. Suddenly shy, you smiled. “What a nice prize.”
A gentle smile was given to you in return. “A nice price for an even nicer person.”
All the competitiveness in the room disappeared, replaced by an air of tenderness. You were about to suggest cleaning up the mess of cards when Shun said, “I’ll buy you something too. Next time we go out.”
Well, another prize couldn’t hurt.
