i have NO idea if this is actually going to be canon, or even when in canon it would be, but I wrote a nikolex first kiss scene in my notes app at 1am and I feel like posting it here, so.. have fun??
Niko's hand was cool in mine as she pulled me towards the funfair ahead of us.
She turned, grinning, and any doubts I had had fell away. Her dark eyes glittered like a galaxy in the carnival lights, curls falling into her face as she smiled like a little kid.
"Don't you love it? I've never been to a real funfair before. I want to see everything!"
It was the first time I'd ever seen her smile like that - unafraid, unashamed. Free.
In that moment, I would have done anything for her. She could have asked me to run away with her, to leave behind New Deva and all of its mess, and I would have followed without question.
She was still staring at me, so I stuttered an agreement, left tongue-tied.
I was starstruck, dumbly watching as we bounced from attraction to attraction, Niko oohing and ahhing over everything we passed.
It was as if I had, just for the briefest moment, seen past everything else - her powers, her heroics, the protective shyness that kept others at bay - to the underneath.
And it was beautiful. Like a system of stars, only visible if you looked for it, but oh so gorgeous once you did.
The night passed in a blur, faint impressions the only thing I could remember.
I didn't take my eyes off her once, afraid that, if I did, she would slip through my fingers once again, just as night flees with the sunrise.
It was late, so late it was almost early again, and the last stragglers were just leaving the fair.
We sat on the grassy floor, sharing candyfloss and stories alike, giggling like schoolgirls as we talked.
Niko was speaking, gesturing wildly.
"And then, Victor finally passes out, and you know what Harper says? 'Oh well, better luck next time'! I mean, really, what did he..."
She trailed off as she looked at me, brow furrowed.
It was out before I could stop it.
The second I realised what I'd said, I clapped my hands over my mouth, but there was no taking the words back.
Niko flushed bright red, ears turning pink at the tips.
"Oh god, I'm so sorry, I didn't know what I was saying, I..."
Now, it was my turn to trail off. Niko was looking at me in a way I'd never seen on her before. She mumbled something, too fast for me to catch.
I hadn't thought it was possible, but she went an even deeper shade of red.
"... Did you mean it when you said.. that? Really?"
"I- Yes! Of course, I've wanted to since... well, since last night, I guess? I mean, I wanted to before that, but-"
"Last night? I thought... I thought I was being annoying. Dragging you through the fair like that.."
"Well then, I guess there's only one thing to ask, huh."
She looked up. There were no sparkling lights now, no spiralling galaxies in her eyes. They were like deep water, their dark brown pulling me down, down, down, and no less beautiful for that.
Her lips tasted like candyfloss, and popcorn, and soda, but most of all; they tasted like her.
It was everything I expected, everything I wanted and oh, so much more.
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