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Palm to palm. Their hands had never been this close before. His hand was so gentle and warm. Albafica’s looks softened. Had there ever been anything that warmed his heart so much before? No. There had never been anything that wonderful like this moment before.

They were like two different stars but in between there was a harmony. They were face to face. And saw each other eye to eye. A perfect harmony. Why would anyone even try to change a thing? Please not tonight. Albafica pleaded. Please don’t make him leave tonight. Let us have at least one night in peace. Without any worried. Without being scared of what will wait for us…
It wasn’t the time to be sad. Here and now there was happiness waiting for them.

Shiryu became the shining star that pulled him out of the darkness, out of the solitude he had chosen for himself, to protect what would be. Despite his young age he showed him his own world with such an grace, such an careful and gentle manner. Everything he did was graceful and simply beautiful.

They chose to walk in an slow pace, enough to move forward, not to fast to rush anything. Just perfect to enjoy what was there, here and now. Holding hands, sharing the warmth of their hands as they walked into the chambers of the Pisces Temple.

What was this feeling inside his chest? It was warm and felt so wonderful. Was it what he had hidden deep inside his heart for so long? Why did he hide it? It felt so nice, so right in this very moment. Was Shiryu feeling the same? Albafica wondered and a faint shade of red graced his cheeks. 

“Aren’t you feeling cold, Shiryu? You still haven’t put on your shirt.”

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                                                                                           ^{Being able to do this; to hold his hand} LIKE THIS, ^{Shiryu half expected Albafica to be taken aback by such a thing. He almost expected the other to} SNATCH ^{his hand away & apologize for a such a thing. Those were things he} EXPECTED. ^{However, the hand stayed in his own. Albafica didn’t take the hand away & that alone made his mouth} SMILE ^{& his heart} SOAR ^{so high.}

                                                                                          ^{They took slow strides in an attempt to} DRAG THIS OUT ^{for as long as they could together. There was no way to tell when something like this would happen again (there was no way to tell if he was going to be here come the dawn). WIth such a} CLOUD ^{hanging over his head;} DARK & DEPRESSING ^{in its make up, Shiryu found a JOY he didn’t know he needed when it came to holding the saint’s hand. For being} OLDER, ^{his hand was a bit SMALLER; THINNER EVEN compared to his own. D E L I C A T E for that of a saint for there was nothing} DELICATE ^{about their lifestyle. Yet again, another RARITY that made up Albafica.}

                                                                                          ^{Being this close almost} SHRINKED ^{his shoulders in embarrassment. Seeing the look in his eyes almost caused Shiryu’s face to take on such a shade of} SCARLET. ^{But what almost caused the younger saint to} LOSE HIS BREATH ^{was his smile. It was always soft; Albafica’s face never wrinkled with any amount of age whenever he did. Every part of his face remained SMOOTH & UNTOUCHED by both} TIME & FATIGUE ^{& it showed in his smile. Had luck found him & wished to bestow upon him such a gift in exchange for his ticket home? Would it be} UNCHARACTERISTIC ^{for him to take this instead? Would it be WRONG of him to want to witness such a sight for} DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS, EVEN YEARS TO COME?

                                                                                            ^{Shiryu snapped out of his thoughts when Albafica addressed him again. His eyes finally turned down to notice that he was telling the truth; yet another reason to turn} SCARLET. ^{He had completely forgotten! So caught up in his thoughts & too busy swimming in his unprecedented EMOTIONS to take notice of himself. He was indeed, still shirtless.} UNCOUTH WAS HE! ^{The dragon rubbed the back of his head & turned his head down in such embarrassment Oh what a night!}

                                                                                          ^{❛ Ah! How improper of me, Alba-kun! I was caught up with the ROSES & our CONVERSATION that this completely left me. How odd this must’ve been. Forgive me, I will dress myself properly. ❜ Could he crawl & hide underneath a rock now? Because that’s how he felt at this moment.}