an attempted tutoring session turned thinly veiled study date bc 1) ichiya is actually concerned about yuemi’s grades 2) he kinda got a slight brain fart while asking her out to the not-study date bc he forgot he’s asking her to study with him 3) yuemi is absolutely taking advantage of this opportunity and considering it a study date
me trying to warm up for comms by writing one part that came to mind as im outlining this one yuechiya fic (that is not the comm or fic i should be writing ghfsjfksd)
faust cups her cheeks with one hand, thumb and finger squeezing her face together that her lips pucker up and jut out like a child’s. y’uemi whines, playful and childish, and faust gently bumps his forehead against her, eyes closed and eyelashes long against his star speckled cheeks.
“to our future together.” he tells her when he opens his eyes.
“are you aware of the weight of your words?” y’uemi giggles, voice light and betraying the way her heart climbs up the steep slopes of anticipation.
but he keeps his eyes on hers, his gaze sure and steadfast. when before he’d regard her testing his innocent promises with shock, with surprised confusion and a shallow realization of things that should not be said and things he can’t understand– this time, faustmarch doesn’t falter. eyes like the dark skies of limsa just before a storm clears, just as the cieldalaes waters find peace in its waves, eyes that find her and look at her with the conviction of something true.
y’uemi realizes then that something has changed, that a future beyond here and now is crashing into the shores of her present, with all too familiar but all too new waters to wade in and indulge in at her comfort and leisure. like home, except it’s with him now, an island sanctuary rooted in the depths of her heart.
when he kisses her knuckles, gentler than it’s ever felt in all the times he’s done it, y’uemi feels wave after wave of affections so overwhelming, she almost feels like drowning. he couldn’t have affirmed it in any better way.
“to that future,” faust starts again, eyes drifting back to hers like tides being pulled in by the moon, “and to our nows, with you.”