Kaider: Reunion
Written for TLC Shipweeks prompt Kaider and Renunion! Read more on fanfiction.net! I’ve got a number of TLC one-shots up there!
i. Eyes
Kai would be lying if he said he’d forgotten the exact shade of Cinder’s eyes. He’s seen her a thousand times on the NetScreen in his room, giving speeches or attending events all the way on Luna and the close-ups do show her eyes.
It’s just that they’re different up close.
The cameras, no matter how good, can’t capture the exact shade of her eyes in the sunlight, or the way the corners of her eyes crinkle when she’s genuinely happy.
The cameras don’t know that her eyes light up the moment she sees him, they don’t know that for an eternity neither of them look away, taking in as much of each other as they possibly can.
They don’t know that when she looks at him, Kai’s entire world stops. That just one look from Cinder can simultaneously save and destroy him.
ii. Hands
She doesn’t realise she’s reached out to him until her fingers brush against Kai’s knuckles. From the corner of her eye, she can see him tilt his head, acknowledging the touch.
He shuffles, close enough for the folds of his silk robes to brush against her gown.
Cinder’s not sure who reaches our first, whether it’s Kai, sticking his hand out for Cinder to take, or her own response to the fact that he’s standing closer.
Their hands touch, again, and in a flurry of movements their fingers are entwined and palms pressed together.
Kai glances at her, again, and this time Cinder dares to look at him too, a smile gracing her lips.
She squeezes his hand and Kai returns the gesture.
It’s been too long. Far too long.
iii. Lips
Cinder lets out a squeak of surprise, her heart hammering against her chest. She can feel his breath against her cheek, warm and chilling at the same time.
“Guess who,” he mutters in her ear, lips brushing against her skin and making Cinder’s heart die, literally.
She spins around, hands finding his chest, and without thinking through it, stands on the tips of her toes, pressing her lips to Kai’s.
He shifts, lodging one hand on her neck and wrapping the other around her waist, guiding her into the kiss, pulling her closer.
“Kai,” she whispers against his mouth, closing her eyes and listening to her heartbeat.
“Cinder.”
And then they’re kissing again, her back flush against the wall, her hands tangled in his hair, her tongue tentatively greeting his midway.
Fuck, she’s never going to leave him again.