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1 First Kiss | |
2 by G. P. | |
3 A Sonomi and Nadesico Story | |
4 All characters are the property of Clamp. This work is in no way | |
5 meant to infringe upon their rights. | |
6 | |
7 I. | |
8 "He has to be strong. I want to be kissed by someone strong, who can | |
9 sweep me up in his arms, and protect me like a Princess from a fairy | |
10 tale. And not just strong outside, but inside, too. " | |
11 | |
12 Izumi glanced about the circle, and saw the other girls smiling in | |
13 agreement. Except for Nadesico, who was either distracted or deep in | |
14 thought; it was impossible to tell which. The rest concurred that | |
15 inner and outer strength was a must. The girls at the sleepover had | |
16 gathered in a circle on the floor, debating the necessarry qualities | |
17 of the boy who would give them their first kiss. After what seemed | |
18 hours of debate, Izumi had suggested that each girl state just one | |
19 quality, the one they thought most important. If the group agreed, | |
20 then there would be five characteristics by the end. This, it was | |
21 fervently hoped, would then help reveal to each the boy who would | |
22 bless them with their very first kiss. All eyes now fell on Mayu as | |
23 she distractedly played with a lock of her long, black hair. | |
24 | |
25 The girls treasured Mayu as a sweet and beautiful soul. She was | |
26 always there to comfort, to support, and to reassure when a friend | |
27 was hurt, or sad, or lonely. Her features were somewhat plain, and | |
28 she was sometimes teased for it by those did not know her well. But | |
29 every girl in the circle would trust her with her heart, or her very | |
30 life. She stared at the plush carpet, meditating quietly on the | |
31 difficult question. Finally, in soft voice she stated firmly, | |
32 | |
33 "He would have to be honest. How could you ever trust somebody who | |
34 wasn't?" | |
35 | |
36 The other girls nodded their heads sagely at Mayu's words. There was | |
37 no doubt that honesty and strength were essential. They waited now | |
38 for Sayaka to speak, but she sat silent, enveloped in a deep, crimson | |
39 blush. Izumi gently elbowed her and teased, | |
40 | |
41 "You're not getting kissed yet, Saya-chan. Come on, its your turn." | |
42 | |
43 Sayaka looked up with glistening blue eyes, fighting off the | |
44 embarrassment and struggling to speak. Though the first of their | |
45 circle to reach the age of 13, she seemed as naive and child-like as | |
46 ever. Endearing and exasperating in turn, they loved her dearly for | |
47 her gentle heart and naive innocence. Looking at the floor again, she | |
48 spoke in a feathery, halting whisper. | |
49 | |
50 "Handsome. I...I know it's silly, but I wouldn't want my first kiss | |
51 to be with someone who wasn't beautiful." | |
52 | |
53 Had anybody else said this, there would have been giggles and | |
54 smirks. But not with little Sayaka. Besides, the girl was right, for | |
55 all of them prayed for a first kiss with their own ideal of beauty. | |
56 All eyes now turned to Sonomi, who looked aside in embarrassment. She | |
57 was often impatient with games like this, and the others half- | |
58 expected some sarcastic comment on the foolishness of the night's | |
59 proceedings. Though obviously uncomfortable, she spoke with | |
60 surprisingly earnest passion, | |
61 | |
62 "They would have to be kind. Otherwise, I'd be too afraid." | |
63 | |
64 The other girls looked on in astonishment, for to them Sonomi was a | |
65 tower of strength. She seemed fearless and aloof, untouched by the | |
66 worries that haunted other girls in their daily lives at school. | |
67 Athletic prowess had earned her the nickname, "Diana", the proud | |
68 goddess of the hunt from the Western myths of long ago. That Sonomi | |
69 would so treasure kindness touched them deeply. And it was true. A | |
70 first kiss was a scary thing, and fragile hearts should only be | |
71 offered to those who would treat them gently. Izumi broke the warm | |
72 silence as she looked at the girl nestled next to Sonomi. | |
73 | |
74 "OK, Nadesico chan. It's your turn. Yo-ho!" | |
75 | |
76 Nadesico turned from gazing out the window, smiling as always. She | |
77 looked pleasantly baffled, but no more than usual. Gathering her | |
78 thoughts, she said, | |
79 | |
80 "Oh. it's my turn?" | |
81 | |
82 The others nodded. For many, the first impression of Nadesico was | |
83 that of a perfect airhead. Her absent-mindedness was legend at the | |
84 school, and nearly everyone had a favorite story to tell. Everyone, | |
85 of course, except her cousin Sonomi, who protected the perpetually | |
86 distracted girl with fierce devotion. Nobody, not the nastiest bully | |
87 or strictest sensei dared say anything about Nadesico in front of | |
88 her. Izumi half-kiddingly held that Nadesico was an angel who had | |
89 unwittingly stumbled onto Earth, "She spends all her time trying to | |
90 remember why she is here, and how to get back again." Izumi's little | |
91 joke rang true, because there was an angelic aura about the strange, | |
92 beautiful girl. And they all loved Nadesico inspite of, or perhaps | |
93 because of, her odd otherworldliness. She loved everyone she met with | |
94 the same effusive sweetness. Invariably all hearts yielded to her | |
95 insistent kindness, and the love she poured forth came back tenfold. | |
96 So the girls were eager and curious to hear her contribution. | |
97 Glancing about the circle of faces, she blinked her large green eyes | |
98 in puzzlement. Izumi suppresed a giggle and reminded her that they | |
99 were each stating the most important quality of the one with whom | |
100 they would share their all-important first kiss. At this, Nadesioco's | |
101 face lit up as she spoke in an excited tone, | |
102 | |
103 "Oh, yes, I remember, sorry, sorry. Umm, that person would have to | |
104 be special. A first kiss is very special, so it would have to be with | |
105 a special person." | |
106 | |
107 The girls looked at one another, and then laughed their agreement. | |
108 Nadesico's logic was unassailable. A first kiss happened once in a | |
109 lifetime, and was a precious gift as well as a golden moment to | |
110 remember forever. It could only happen with someone special. Mayu, | |
111 who had written down each quality, read them off her list, | |
112 | |
113 "So, the person has to be strong, honest, handsome, kind, and | |
114 special, yes? Everybody agrees?" | |
115 | |
116 All five heads nodded, so Mayu went on, "And that means, ummm, we, | |
117 ummm..." | |
118 | |
119 Izumi quickly interjected, | |
120 | |
121 "And that means now we have to tell who we want our first kiss to be | |
122 with. And since Nadesico chan was last before, this time she should | |
123 go first!" | |
124 | |
125 As always, Izumi had maneuvered skillfully. Someone else would have | |
126 to go first in revealing such an intimacy. The other girls were | |
127 inwardly relieved, but Nadesico seemed utterly unconcerned as she | |
128 cheerfully exclaimed, | |
129 | |
130 "Oh, that's easy. I knew the answer before we ever started. I want | |
131 my first kiss to be with Sonomi chan." | |
132 | |
133 For once, Izumi was speechless. Sayaka looked puzzled, unsure of | |
134 what Nadesico could possibly mean. Mayu stared down at her hands as | |
135 if they were the most interesting things in all the world. Sonomi | |
136 blushed a deep crimson and looked away in utter embarrassment. But | |
137 Nadesico simply smiled, oblivious to the pillow that sailed past her | |
138 head as Izumi laughed out, | |
139 | |
140 "Nadesico chan, you are such a weirdo!" | |
141 | |
142 Instantly Sonomi hurled her own pillow at Izumi, practically | |
143 knocking the cackling girl off balance. More pillows flew amid | |
144 squeels of laughter until one tore open and filled the room with a | |
145 blizzard of downy feathers. That brought Izumi’s parents in, and | |
146 resulted in lights out and everyone being tucked away. But it didn’t | |
147 end the whispers and the giggling that lasted far into the night. | |
148 | |
149 II. | |
150 Walking home from school, the two girls made a peculiar contrast. | |
151 Sonomi strode straight and steady in utter silence as if she were | |
152 struggling for words that didn’t exist. Nadesico, on the other hand, | |
153 meandered from flower to tree to interesting crack in the concrete | |
154 sidewalk, stopping here and hurrying there, engrossed in the luminous | |
155 miracles of the everyday world. Sonomi suddenly noticed that she was | |
156 quite alone, and turned to see her cousin sprawled in the grass, | |
157 smiling at some sort of bug. A yellow and black caterpillar was | |
158 threading it’s way through the grass. Nadesico let it crawl on her | |
159 finger and laughed softly as it tickled it’s way up her arm. Sonomi | |
160 rolled her eyes and stalked back, calling out with feigned impatience, | |
161 | |
162 “Nadesico chan, what on earth are you doing?” | |
163 | |
164 The girl looked up and smiled sweetly. Gently she put the | |
165 caterpillar down and then rose swiftly, dusting off her knees and | |
166 straightening her pleated skirt. Sometimes she looked gawky and | |
167 clumsy, a danger to herself and others that brought out a protective | |
168 spirit in her cousin. But at other times, like now, her movements | |
169 were as gracefully ethereal as a prima ballerina. It was only one of | |
170 the contradictions that left Sonomi utterly flustered, unable to | |
171 think straight, let alone voice her jumbled thoughts. For years she | |
172 had been her cousin’s best friend, delighting in her presence as the | |
173 two passed dreamily through childhood. Now her feelings were sharper | |
174 but sweeter, and so intense that some nights she tossed and turned | |
175 until the sun chased the moon away. Sometimes the very sight of | |
176 Nadesico set her heart racing wildly, and plunged her into a joyful | |
177 embarrassment. She looked at the beautiful, gray-haired girl and | |
178 suddenly blurted out the question that had obsessed her since the | |
179 night at Izumi’s, | |
180 | |
181 “Nadesico chan, why did you say what you did at the sleepover?” | |
182 | |
183 As soon as she said it, Sonomi felt regret. A hot crimson blush | |
184 spread over her neck and shoulders. But Nadesico blinked her lovely | |
185 blue eyes and asked in a puzzled voice, | |
186 | |
187 “What did I say?” | |
188 | |
189 Sonomi fought the urge to drop the entire matter, and with a steel | |
190 will forced out the words, | |
191 | |
192 “That you wanted your first kiss…to be with me.” | |
193 | |
194 Now poor Nadesico looked completely bewildered. She furrowed her | |
195 brow and looked at Sonomi helplessly, as if the question concerned | |
196 some arcane formulae of quantum physics. Perhaps repeating the | |
197 question would help, so she asked, | |
198 | |
199 “Why did I say it?” | |
200 | |
201 Sonomi nodded her head vigorously. Nadesico smiled and answered in a | |
202 matter-of-fact voice, | |
203 | |
204 “Because it’s true.” | |
205 | |
206 Sonomi gaped at her in silent wonder. Nadesico spoke earnestly in | |
207 her odd, sing song voice, | |
208 | |
209 “A first kiss should be special. That means it has to be with a | |
210 special person. No one is more special to me than Sonomi chan.” | |
211 | |
212 Breathing raggedly, Sonomi abruptly turned away and stared at the | |
213 horizon. She felt delighted and frightened by her cousin’s words. | |
214 Still looking into the distance, unable to face those shimmering | |
215 azure eyes, she whispered, | |
216 | |
217 “Nadsico chan, we’re both girls. We’re cousins.” | |
218 | |
219 “Um-hmm.” Nadesico replied distractedly, as if she were merely | |
220 confirming simple facts, which indeed she was. Sonomi realized that | |
221 such conventions as girls only kissing boys had simply never occurred | |
222 to Nadesico. Sonomi swallowed hard and managed to stammer out, | |
223 | |
224 “But when, where would we….” Her voice trailed off into silence. | |
225 Nadesico perked up, and started rummaging through her book bag. | |
226 Triumphantly she pulled out an astonishingly kawaii calendar book, | |
227 decorated with massive pink ribbons and plush red hearts. The pages | |
228 fluttered as she leafed through them. Finally, she announced in a | |
229 cheery voice, | |
230 | |
231 “Sunday after next is a full moon, and the sakuras should be in | |
232 bloom. How about at the Park, under the cherry trees? Can you come to | |
233 my house at 8:00 PM?” | |
234 | |
235 Sonomi could only nod her head yes. Suddenly Nadesico threw her arms | |
236 around her and hugged tightly. Then she picked up her book bag and | |
237 looked at Sonomi, all smiles. Still stunned, the red-haired girl | |
238 turned and started to walk home, but her cousin wandered over to a | |
239 hedge, enraptured by the stately progression of snails on the dark, | |
240 green leaves. | |
241 | |
242 III. | |
243 Sonomi rummaged through the contents of her closet one more time. | |
244 The pink dress was too much. The black skirt with a white silk blouse | |
245 was nice, but just so plain. In frustration, she slumped down on the | |
246 edge of the bed and thought, | |
247 | |
248 "I don't know what to wear for this. I don't have any idea. This is | |
249 just crazy. Nobody decides they will have their first kiss like this. | |
250 It's like being on....on a date or something." Suddenly inspired, | |
251 Sonomi exclaimed, | |
252 | |
253 "OK, that's it, I'll just wear what I would on a date!" | |
254 | |
255 But the girl had never been on a date, either, so this proved to be | |
256 of little help. She glanced at the clock on her dresser and grimaced. | |
257 Being a naturally punctual and organized person, she was rarely late | |
258 to anything. To be late for this was just not acceptable. With a | |
259 determined look she got up and stood in front of the rack of clothes | |
260 and began to think about what would be right. | |
261 | |
262 "It should be mature, but pretty. And it should match the sakura | |
263 blossoms." She placed her finger to her lips and squinted at the row | |
264 of clothing. Suddenly, her eyes caught the coral dress and she | |
265 snatched it from the rack and ran to the mirror, holding it in front | |
266 of herself. Perfect! Breathing a sigh of relief, she rushed for the | |
267 shower, quickly considering what shoes to wear. | |
268 | |
269 Walking to Nadesico's house, Sonomi struggled to sort out the | |
270 complex feelings she had for her cousin. They had been the closest of | |
271 friends ever since they were little girls. Normally high-strung, | |
272 Sonomi always felt perfect contentment in her presence, a calm, | |
273 peaceful sense that everything was all right. She felt safe with the | |
274 girl, confident enough to tell her anything without fear. Nadesico | |
275 was a gentle, sympathetic listener, and for all her flightiness | |
276 offered perceptive and insightful advice. So the red-haired girl | |
277 shared all her secrets, save one: her love. She had always loved | |
278 Nadesico, and her alone. But lately, that love had changed, | |
279 blossoming, from a cute little bud to a lush, sensuous, tropical | |
280 flower. All her friends had their crushes, their hidden passions and | |
281 desires. Most of it seemed silly to Sonomi, who scoffed at such | |
282 school girl melodramatics. But her own love mocked her. It shook her | |
283 skeptical heart and whispered, "Oh, so I'm not important, am I? | |
284 Something childish, that you'll soon outgrow, neh? We'll see, Sonomi- | |
285 chan, we'll see. Before I'm done, I'll set you on fire and break your | |
286 heart." | |
287 | |
288 And it was true. Recently love had become a passionate yearning she | |
289 could not still, a painfully sweet longing that distracted and | |
290 confused her. It was heaven, and it was hell. Sometimes, late at | |
291 night she lay in bed and whispered her name, over and over, just to | |
292 hear of the sound of it, "Nadesico.....Nadesico.....Nah-deh-shih-co." | |
293 She played ridiculous games like "She loves me, she loves me not". | |
294 She kept little treasures: notes passed in class, birthday cards, and | |
295 a garland of grass and flowers from years ago, now brown and dry but | |
296 still a crown fit for a princess because she had made it. In school, | |
297 her grades had slipped, worrying her parents. Sonomi couldn't | |
298 concentrate; she kept glancing towards the desk by her side, at the | |
299 beautiful, silver-haired girl who smiled back so sweetly. Nadesico | |
300 was all she thought about, cared for, wanted. In the last year it had | |
301 gotten even worse. It was as if her body was no longer hers, but some | |
302 alien presence with a will and a mind and desires all its own. Out of | |
303 nowhere she would cry for no discernable reason. One minute she was | |
304 hot and feverish, the next cold and shivering. Her body ached with | |
305 a helpless longing that terrified her. And now this. Now, she was | |
306 walking to see Nadesico, to kiss her. | |
307 | |
308 Unlike most of her friends, Sonomi had never thought much about a | |
309 future love life. Yes, she would no doubt marry, and have a family | |
310 like everybody else. But for the red-haired girl marriage was of | |
311 little interest, and certainly not the topic of ecstatic speculation | |
312 that obsessed other girls her age. But now, her feelings confronted | |
313 her with the question of just what to do. What if I love her, but she | |
314 doesn’t love me? She sensed that Nadesico did love her, but not in | |
315 the same way. Nadesico loved everybody and everything. Yet, she had | |
316 said Sonomi was special, words that set her spirit soaring even as | |
317 she blushed in embarrassment.. And why, if she does not love me like | |
318 that, does she want to kiss me? The more Sonomi thought about it, the | |
319 more confused she became. She would have to ask the girl. Tonight. | |
320 She had to know. Approaching the house, she breathed deeply and | |
321 clutched the pink sweater tightly around her body. She looked at her | |
322 watch: 8 PM exactly. Willing herself to knock, she quickly heard a | |
323 commotion inside as her cousin sang out, | |
324 | |
325 “I’ve got it! | |
326 | |
327 The door swung open, and there stood Nadesico. The warm light from | |
328 inside the house formed a glowing aura all around her. She was wore a | |
329 delicate, ankle length white dress with long sleeves. The collar and | |
330 waistline were embroidered with exquisite lacework, and the dress | |
331 flared out from the waist with narrow pleats. White petticoats and | |
332 slips gave the dress a full, flowing look. Around her slender neck | |
333 was a simple white ribbon worn as a choker. Her long, silver-black | |
334 hair was entwinned with white daisies, and cascaded over her | |
335 shoulders. Her pale face was framed by the dark, scenetd hair, and | |
336 her green eyes shone with gentle passion. Sonomi stood transfixed, | |
337 her breath stolen away by the dazzling vision. Nadesico bowed with | |
338 mock solemnity and cheerfully sang out, | |
339 | |
340 "Konbanha, Sonomi-chan" | |
341 | |
342 Sonomi felt herself dragged from a dream, and spoke haltingly as she | |
343 returned the bow, | |
344 | |
345 "Konbanha, Nadesico-chan. You look...so beautiful." | |
346 | |
347 The girl took both of Sonomi's hands in her own and spoke in her | |
348 feathery voice, | |
349 | |
350 "Arigato, Sonomi-chan. You look so lovely, too. Shall we go?" | |
351 | |
352 Coloring crimson at her cousin's touch, Sonomi could only nod hr | |
353 head. Suddenly, the pale girl let out a little gasp and whirled | |
354 about, muttering half to herself, | |
355 | |
356 "I almost forget! The bentoubako....there it is" Giggling, she | |
357 grabbed the enormous lunchbox, her white Hello Kitty sweater, and | |
358 dashed out the door. Smiling at her startled cousin she announced, "I | |
359 thought we might like a little snack." Turning to the house she | |
360 shouted, "I'm going now!" | |
361 | |
362 Sonomi frowned, "That looks heavy. Let me carry it." | |
363 | |
364 Nadesico shook her head and smiled, holding the bundle tightly. With | |
365 that, the two began their walk to the park As usual, Nadesico was | |
366 fascinated by all that she could see. She walked erratically, | |
367 starting and stopping as one thing after another gained her | |
368 attention. The night was comfortably cool, and the stars shone bright | |
369 before moonrise. Sonomi moved in a daze, enraptured by the celestial | |
370 apparition beside her. Nadesico's dress make swishy sounds as she | |
371 walked, following the odd rythms of her perpetually distracted pace. | |
372 Finally they approached the park and turned into the entrance. With | |
373 the exception of a few couples, the walkway was deserted. Nadesico | |
374 led the way, though in her usual circuitous manner. Sonomi followed, | |
375 still entranced. Finally the dark-haired girl found a spot she liked | |
376 under the sakura trees, and busilly began unpacking the wrapping of | |
377 the lunch boxes. It was a beautiful pink and white silk, which she | |
378 carefully spread on the grass like a blanket. She knelt on both knees | |
379 and smiled as Sonomi sat down accross from her. Nadesico let out a | |
380 little sigh, and pointed to the horizon, where a great yellow moon | |
381 was slowly rising into the sky. Sonomi loked and nodded, feeling a | |
382 rush of emotions as she struggled to speak. But before she could, her | |
383 cousin chirrped, | |
384 | |
385 "Are you hungry? I wanted to make cookies, but they got sort of | |
386 burned. But I did make some rice balls, and there's pickles, oh, and | |
387 some fruit, too. Plums and grapes, I think. And tea, green tea. we | |
388 should have that while it's hot." In a flurry she produced the little | |
389 delicacies, plates, cups, and thermos. She laid the feast out | |
390 prettilly on the silken cloth, a heartfelt offering to her cousin. | |
391 Sonomi noticed that the rice balls were poorly shaped, and smiled as | |
392 she imagined the billowing smoke of the burning cookies. Like her | |
393 other home made presents, it was so typical of Nadesico. She was far | |
394 from talented as a cook or a homemaker. But what she made was imbued | |
395 with love and enthusiasm, and fortunate were those who received her | |
396 tender little gifts. Though not hungry in the least, Sonomi politely | |
397 nibbled as her eyes scanned the blossoming cherry trees above her. | |
398 Her cousin, crunching on a pickled daikon, looked up and smiled at | |
399 the sight of thousands of flowers. | |
400 | |
401 "Aren't they gorgeous, Sonomi-chan? I've always loved the | |
402 sakura.flowers. I love how they fall from the branch in full bloom, | |
403 never withering or growing old and sad on the trees. You know, if I | |
404 have a daughter, that's what I'll name her: Sakura." | |
405 | |
406 Sonomi smiled back at her cousin, but thought to herself that there | |
407 were flowers she liked better. There was something haunting about | |
408 cherry trees, about a beauty so ephemeral and fragile. For some | |
409 reason this thought bothered her, and she shifted uneasilly as | |
410 Nadesico gracefully poured the steaming, hot tea. Sonomi craddled the | |
411 little round cup in her hands and felt the warmth of it in the cool | |
412 night air. She sipped the pungent green tea, liquid sunshine brewed | |
413 just perfectly. She looked at Nadesico, who glanced up at the heavens | |
414 with child-like wonder. Sonomi trembled, but from the cold or the | |
415 sight of her beautiful cousin all clad in white she did not know. As | |
416 the stars persued their stately courses, the two girls talked on into | |
417 the night. Nadesico was bright and cheerful as always, wondering if | |
418 flowers slept when they closed their petals for the evening, or if | |
419 stars talked to one another to keep from being lonely. In a wistful | |
420 voice she said, | |
421 | |
422 "Sometimes I talk to the stars, but it's hard to hear them." | |
423 | |
424 Sonomi looked at the girl in wonder, then smiled. Only Nadesico | |
425 would ever say such a thing. But if the stars listened to anybody on | |
426 earth, it was probably her. Being with her was always such joy, her | |
427 very presence magical. But Sonomi felt terribly nervous, remembering | |
428 the purpose of this curious picnic in the dark. Finally she could | |
429 hold it in no more, and spoke to up in a quivering, earnest voice, | |
430 | |
431 "Nadesico-chan, may I ask you a question?" | |
432 | |
433 The girl smiled and nodded, and Sonomi went on, forcing the words | |
434 out in a rush, | |
435 | |
436 "Why do you want to kiss me?" | |
437 | |
438 Unable to face her saying this, she bowed her head and stared at the | |
439 little dishes on the billowing silk. Her eyes averted, she didn't see | |
440 Nadesico's tender smile as she replied, | |
441 | |
442 "Well, you know it's my first kiss, and that has to be with someone | |
443 special. Sonomi-chan is my most special person. But I told you that | |
444 already. So, should I tell you why you're special?" | |
445 | |
446 The red-haired girl was silent, so Nadesico continued, | |
447 | |
448 "Well, Sonomi-chan is the strongest person I know. She's never | |
449 afraid of anything. I always feel safe with her, and know she would | |
450 protect me from anything that would hurt me. | |
451 | |
452 And Sonomi-chan is honest. Sometimes other people are a puzzle, and | |
453 they say things they do not mean, or hide things they do not say. But | |
454 I always know Sonomi-chan's heart. I know that whatever she says is | |
455 true. | |
456 | |
457 Sonomi-chan is the kindest person I know. She is gentle, and caring, | |
458 and my heart feels cherished by her." | |
459 | |
460 "Sonomi-chan is all of these wonderful things, but she is also the | |
461 most beautiful person I have ever seen. Sometimes I think about those | |
462 green eyes and soft red hair and smooth, pale skin, and hanyaan! I | |
463 forget everything I am doing. Seeing her now in the moonlight just | |
464 now made me forget everything except how happy I am to be with her." | |
465 | |
466 At this Nadesico paused, and closed her eyes. | |
467 | |
468 "But I don't need silly games from a sleepover to know why I want my | |
469 first kiss to be with Sonomi-chan. I knew it a long time ago, maybe | |
470 even when I first saw her. I want to kiss her because I love her more | |
471 than anybody." | |
472 | |
473 Looking up, Sonomi saw Nadesico's azure eyes opening again, and the | |
474 startled look as she beheld her tears. A rare look of worry clouded | |
475 the dark-haired girl's face as she asked, | |
476 | |
477 "Sonomi-chan, are you all right? I'm so sorry, did I make you cry?" | |
478 | |
479 Sonomi peered through teary eyes and smiled radiently, | |
480 | |
481 "Baka. I'm not sad. I've never been so happy in all my life." | |
482 | |
483 Nadsico smiled again, and reached out, gently brushing away the hot | |
484 tears with delicate fingers. Her hand lingered on Sonomi's cheek, and | |
485 she gazed into her shimmering emerald eyes. Slowly, as if in a dream, | |
486 Nadesico leaned over, her body a delicate white arch bathed in the | |
487 moonlight. Sonomi breathed deeply as the girl's pale face came | |
488 closer, her eyes half-shut, her hair a cascading flood of liquid | |
489 silver. Their lips brushed ever so lightly, and Sonomi felt an | |
490 electric thrill streak through her shivering frame. Then their lips | |
491 met, gently at first, tenderly exploring, quivering with the soft | |
492 sensations that poured out from deep within. Sonomi tasted the | |
493 sweetest nectar as Nadesico's tongue playfully parted her yielding, | |
494 pink petals. The red-haired girl trembled, dizzy and breathless, | |
495 wracked by an indescribable ecstasy. They melted into one another in | |
496 a ravishing embrace, shuddering sweetly in each other's tender arms. | |
497 Suspended in an eternal moment, waves of passion swept over them like | |
498 an ocean storm, then slowly subsided as the ebbing tide. Finally they | |
499 parted, Sonomi breathing raggedly, her body still afire, shivering in | |
500 the chilly breeze that shook the trees and rained blossoms down upon | |
501 them in a delicate, pink monsoon. | |
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503 Sonomi felt floaty and wonderful, her body as delightfully | |
504 weightless as a feather in the wind. Her first kiss! She felt a giddy | |
505 whirl of emotions, the vibrant throbbing of her heart, and the dewy, | |
506 lingering presence of Nadesico's lips. She hugged herself tightly, | |
507 and sighed in sheer joy. She glanced up, and was startled to see | |
508 Nadesico sitting beside her. The dark-haired girl smiled | |
509 enigmatically as she ran her fingers through Sonomi's short silky, | |
510 hair. Sonomi's eyes grew wide as her cousin delicately traced the | |
511 outline of her still wet lips, then gently caressed her tear-stained | |
512 cheek. She caught the scent of sakuras as Nadesico leaned closer, her | |
513 lashes fluttering. Their lips met in a another rapturous kiss that | |
514 plunged Sonomi into sugar-sweet darkness. As moonlight trickled | |
515 through the branches, illumining the two lovers in an intimate glow, | |
516 Sonomi dimly realized that Nadesico wanted more with her cousin than | |
517 just a first kiss. Here under the cherry blossoms was a second kiss, | |
518 quickly followed by a third, and a fourth. And here, under the | |
519 delicate flowers, and in countless other places as well, there would | |
520 be many, many more. | |
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