yuujay 𓂃 jay ෆ itadori yuuji
EXT . LAKESIDE -- GOLDEN HOUR
weeping willow stoops over the water / the wind smells of warm grass and a faint mineral coolness of the lake beyond the banks / sunlight filters through leaves in shifting coins of gold / a gingham quilt is spread upon the earth.
the remnants of a picnic lie strewn between JAY and YUUJI. there’s a half-full bottle of wine sweating in the shade, two coupes, a wreath of wildflowers jay has been weaving and abandoning by turns. most significantly, a small cake with one candle already burnt to a stub. a ribbon-wrapped parcel rests forgotten near her elbow.
she reposes on her back with her head pillowed in her lover’s lap. one of her hands rests on her stomach, the other trailing lazily through the grass, plucking at clover. the hem of her sundress has ridden indolently up past her knee, though she’s not bothered to fix it.
yuuji sits with his back against the willow’s trunk, one knee drawn up, the other leg extended beneath her. his hand moves over her hair in slow, absent passes, fingers combing from her temple to the crown, smoothing then returning. he’s grinning down at her like he can't quite believe his luck.
YUUJI you’ve got a leaf in your hair.
JAY (eyes closed) leave it.
YUUJI yeah?
he plucks it out anyway. twirls it once between his fingers and raises it to his mouth to give it a kiss of sorts, before flicking it into the grass.
YUUJI (CONT’D) sorry. couldn’t help myself.
JAY (a coy smile) hm.
yuuji then reaches for the small punnet of strawberries beside him, plucking one in his fingers, inspecting it with faux solemnity.
YUUJI (CONT'D) okay, this one’s a good one! open up, baby.
she does, still without opening her eyes. he lowers the strawberry to her mouth, and she takes it from his fingers--lips closing around the fruit and grazing the pads of his fingertips in the same gesture.
at that, yuuji goes very still, his grin faltering at the edge.
YUUJI oh.
she chews and swallows. the visible bob of her neck makes him swallow thickly too.
JAY another, please?
YUUJI (recovering, that grin sliding back into place--a little crooked now) bossy.
he picks another, but this one he holds higher, makes her wait for it. his eyes glitters with mischief. when at last he lowers it, a bead of crimson juice wells at the stem and trails down his thumb.
as if sensing it, jay’s eyes open.
she catches his wrist and guides his hand back toward her, turning her face into his palm. her tongue, when it traces the path of the juice along his thumb, is languid. almost contemplative. her eyes do not leave his.
yuuji exhales, slow and uneven, the hand in her hair stilling entirely.
YUUJI (softly) that’s--okay, that’s not fair.
JAY (releasing his hand by degrees) what isn’t?
YUUJI you know what!
JAY (a pause, then smiling up at him with teeth, sun-drunk) happy birthday to me.
helpless and a little dazed, yuuji’s grin returns at twice the size and he shakes his head at her like she’s the most ridiculous, impossibly gorgeous thing he’s ever seen.
YUUJI (with no bite whatsoever) you’re trouble...
JAY (giggling) who, me?!
he cannot help but bend towards her in an unhurried descent, bracing one hand in the grass beside her head, cradling her jaw with the other. his thumb strokes loving lines along the corner of her mouth, where a faint stain of juice still lingers.
that’s where kisses her first. then he murmurs something against her skin that sounds suspiciously like "still not fair", and she’s still laughing softly when he kisses her properly, and she tastes of strawberries and wine.
when he draws back, it’s only by inches. his forehead rests against hers.
YUUJI (quietly, smiling) i didn’t even give you your present yet.
JAY (eyes closed again, smiling) didn’t you?
@itadoreyu a very special person was born on this day some years ago... i truly believe she is an angel sent to earth!!!!!! im forever grateful to be your friend, my jaypup my mrs itadori!!!! ໒꒰ྀི⸝⸝o̴̶̷̥᷅ ·̫ o̴̶̷̥᷅⸝⸝꒱ྀི১ ♡♡ happy birthday to the loveliest around, you are forever fluttering in my heart!! thank you for all the love and kindness you extend to all those around, you are truly our pocketful of sunshine hehe!!! i love you bunches & i hope all your wishes come true!!!!
