Keigo Takami ᦠHawks x Reader
[FYI]: Youāre whisper-singing this to each other ^^
Temptation, enchantment, stars dancing against a backdrop of liquid goldā¦those eyes belied his humanity. How could such perfection be constrained to the land and sky below the heavens?
āYou know I want youā¦
Itās not a secret I try to hide.
So donāt keep sayinā our hands are tied.ā
Call it a tryst, a forbidden partnershipā¦a gaping wound in the fabric of society, in which sin will fester forever. Call it dangerous, deem it disgraceful, but a wordās significance falls victim to fluctuation - to desperate and direful minds. Their guise of concern remained unheeded; Keigo embodied beauty and wit beyond all comprehension.
āYou claim itās not in the cards,
And fate is pullinā you miles away,
And out of reach from meā
Another life, a dream, a fairy-taleā¦a faraway kingdom, a teahouse nestled between the realms of mortal and fae, or perhaps something entirely unremarkableā¦but together, you planned to venture. The lyrics of your song whispered a love so sempiternal, ghosting across lips and conjuring sleepy smiles, as you swayed to the rhythm of a single heartbeat.
āBut youāre here in my heart,
So who can stop me if I decide
That youāre my destiny?ā
The sun served as Keigoās sole rival, but little competition was ever presented. A lifetime draped in darkness delighted in its infinite superiority to a lifetime without your beloved. The latter would be courtesy of a nightmare - never of a waking wish. The opportunity for doubt and regret had sailed by in the twilight. To it, neither of you had borne witness; a romantic entanglement of limbs and gentle breaths had sounded far too appealing. Every moment spent in the absence of a feathery embrace was torture, every reflection of the past - your pastā¦interconnected, and now cherished so dearly - was bliss.
āWhat if we rewrite the stars?
Say you were made to be mine.
Nothing could keep us apart.
Youād be the one I was meant to findā¦ā
Yetā¦you both understood the world for its acrimonyā¦its frostbitten core. You werenāt made for each other - not in the truest sense, by instinct or divinity. His arms werenāt supposed to be your sanctuaryā¦his wings werenāt supposed to grant asylum to your battle-weary bodyā¦his love wasnāt supposed to rain down upon you, echoing the sentiment that burrowed inside your heart. The mere suggestion of accord between yourselves and this world was likely a false and cruel jest, though it torched your embers until they burned beyond control.
What ifā¦what if it was possibleā¦?
āItās up to you, and itās up to me.
No one can say what we get to beā¦
So why donāt we rewrite the stars?
Maybe the world could be ours,
Noā¦it was a folly, entirely divorced from reason.
Nothing material dissuaded those whose hearts greyed at the edges, and yetā¦your pursuit was forbidden. But āsurrenderā was another word to which you paid no due regard. Villainā¦heroā¦who would care upon your deathbeds?ā¦When you died at loveās behest?
āYou think itās easyā¦
You think I donāt wanna run to you,
But there are mountainsā¦
And there are doors that we canāt walk through.ā
It carries such detriment, but on some odd ground, it became the epitome of joy. The spilling of the confessional waterfall became the greatest-worst mistake of the epoch. Intertwining fingers, lips that joined in a graceful tangoā¦a mutual love - devotionā¦it was devotion, perhaps even worship.
āI know youāre wondering why because weāre able to be
Just you and me within these wallsā¦
But when we go outside, youāre gonna wake up and see
That it was hopeless after allā¦ā
The Adonis to your Aphrodite, master of the hunt and incomparably gorgeous, Keigoās worth far exceeded your own. His birdbrained wiles reduced your legs to jelly, and your mind to mush. Your Keigo, your knight in faux furā¦your warm and welcoming saviour - he who insisted that lovers, regardless of dynamics, should never live apartā¦.
āNo one can rewrite the starsā¦
How can you say youāll be mine?
Everything keeps us apart,
And Iām not the one you were meant to findā¦ā
This love was prone to squalor, doomed to failure, but oh so delectable.
When everyone tells us what we can beā¦
How can we rewrite the stars?
Say that the world can be ours,
The vestigial traces of hair that peppered his chin, the memories queueing on his tongue, just waiting to be recalled, the glimmer of mischief behind every glance, whether fleeting or eternalā¦you took inventory of these each morning and each night, praying that he never allowed sadness to spirit his smile away.
āAll I want is to fly with you,
All I want is to fall with you,
So just give me all of you!ā
But society, conventionsā¦life, fought against this union. It felt impossible. Keigo disagreed.
āIt feels impossibleā¦
Say that itās possible!ā
āWeāre together because we need to be, angel. To Hell with anyone who thinks this is wrongā¦Iāve never been more sure of anything.ā It didnāt arise from an argument, but frayed nerves and half-broken hearts. Four years later, and you loved more fiercely than any wedlock twain.
āHow do we rewrite the stars?
Say you were made to be mine?
Nothing can keep us apart,
'Cause you are the one I was meant to find!ā
The very nature of yourā¦'occupationā, resisted Keigoās dream of marriage. Perhaps it was silly, or even childish, to wish for a domestic life, without the complication of heroics or beck-and-calls, butā¦he wanted to call you his own. Officially.
No one can say what we get to be!
And why donāt we rewrite the stars?
Changing the world to be oursā¦ā
āTakami (Y/n), has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?ā The futility of such a question had crushed his soul, but persistence usually paid offā¦right?
āC'mon pretty bird, we could get married in secret or something? Iām sure I could find somewhereā¦someone to officiate it? I just wanna be with you, so badly. Pleaseā¦if itās impossibleā¦please take my last name anyway? C'mon, Iām begging you, (Y/n)ā¦be my wife?ā
āYou know I want youā¦
Itās not a secret I try to hide.
But I canāt have youā¦
Weāre bound to break and my hands are tiedā¦ā
Butā¦it was such a hopeless plight.