BASOREXIA; AN OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO KISS
THERE’S A PANIC SURGING through his body, feet hitting the pavement in rapid succession and soft swears falling from parted lips between harsh pants. It’s a mess, the city alive with the sound of pure terror, screams and vain shouts of rebellion echoing from every street, every alleyway, over top the cacophony that is flames and crumbling buildings and with every body that crumples in his peripheral vision does his heart beat faster —– not Shun, not Ruri, don’t let them be tally marks on a mass body count that’s rising every minute.
( Someone shrieks from nearby and he drowns it out, grits his teeth; gotta find them, gotta find them. )
❛ SHUN! RURI! ❜ HE’S SCREAMING over the discordant noise around him, praying to whatever Gods that may be listening that he doesn’t attract the eye of a duel soldier in doing so ( he could take one, surely, but could he take five? ten? twenty? ) & they appear to be listening, as he’s spared from such a consequence —– though, then again, perhaps they're not as he fails to receive an answer either. Another corner turned, lungs protesting his prolonged sprint though they lose out to adrenaline pumping through him, shiver running down spine as he hears another duel disc beep somewhere, signifying someone has hit a solid ZERO with their life points. He’s not one to cry, never has been, but he can feel the angry, scared tears swelling up in his eyes ( don’t let them fall, don’t let them fall, you don’t even know if they're hurt yet – ) and his mouth opens to scream again, the dangers of such be damned —– then he feels someone grab him, body forcibly tugged sideways into a small space between buildings.
FEAR IS THE FIRST THING he feels, a booming thought that shakes him to his very core being the idea that he’s been caught, captured, that he’ll be forced to fight ( or worse ) just to attempt survival, and immediately he's squirming in the grip that holds him, wheezes of ’let me go, let me go, let me GO’ leaving him that only stop when a familiar voice growls at him to stop. Breathe in, breathe out, head turns —– Shun, he registers, Ruri too, and for the first time since this Hell began does he feel himself start to calm, however marginally it may be. They’re okay. They’re really okay.
SHUN SAYS SOMETHING ELSE as his grip loosens, then drops, but Yūto isn’t listening, wide eyes staring blankly at the taller male, slowly processing that Shun really could have been dead. He could have, and he’s not, he could have been, but he’s standing right here in front of him, he could have been, but thank fucking god he isn’t and he’s not usually one to act on impulse but damn it all if he cares right now because Shun isn’t dead and there’s not a force on this Earth that’s going to stop him from kissing this lovely, alive, asshole.
❛ —– and we should get moving before —– ❜ ❛ You’re not dead. ❜
THAT’S ABOUT ALL THE WARNING Shun gets before Yūto is all but leaping at him ( he’s too short for anything else, impatiently waiting on a growth spurt ) arms wrapping around his neck and legs around his waist to keep from falling, immediately crashing his lips against Shun’s own. He can feel the shock, the way Shun’s muscles tense under him but he doesn't care, —– just throw him off if you don’t like it —– not in the slightest, though it’s a flood of relief when he feels Shun’s lips move to return the kiss, just as passionately once initial surprise has worn off, arms wrapping about the smaller boy to assist in holding him up. He thinks Ruri says something ( & he’ll owe her an apology for this scene he’s created, later ) but he doesn’t catch what it is, a bit occupied with Shun’s tongue down his throat and the way his lips are bruising.
Unfortunately, Shun heard whatever she had to say, and Yūto hears himself whine when Shun pulls away.
IT'S FOR THE BEST, HE KNOWS, now not really the time nor place for such a thing though it doesn't stop the dull pang of disappointed that echoes in his chest when he's put down, the noise of a city's destruction that had been drowned out fading back in to full volume. They have to move, and he nods, agreeing, as much as he'd rather stay here and pretend this is not happening.
He feels a familiar hand grab his own, and he sucks in a breath; they're gonna be fine, he thinks, & then they're moving again.