[She considers his face as he closes his eyes and she is left looking up at him. He's still the same in so many ways. Guizhong could not mistake this man anywhere or for anyone else, and yet... he has grown so much, too. Without her, even if so much of it was because of her.
Her hands slip free of his as she silently hopes that he has not grown so much as to outgrow her.
Guizhong places her hands on his shoulders, gently coaxing him to bend down while she pushes herself up onto her toes. One of her hands shifts to cup the side of his face, her thumb lightly stroking across his cheek before she closes the scant distance left between them to fit her mouth against his.
She couldn't, back then. It was too dangerous, there was too much to worry about, and she had not wanted to be a distraction in a war that Rex Lapis had to win. Right now, though..? Right now, she can distract him as much as she likes, and she has decided that she fully intends to do just that.]
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Her hands slip free of his as she silently hopes that he has not grown so much as to outgrow her.
Guizhong places her hands on his shoulders, gently coaxing him to bend down while she pushes herself up onto her toes. One of her hands shifts to cup the side of his face, her thumb lightly stroking across his cheek before she closes the scant distance left between them to fit her mouth against his.
She couldn't, back then. It was too dangerous, there was too much to worry about, and she had not wanted to be a distraction in a war that Rex Lapis had to win. Right now, though..? Right now, she can distract him as much as she likes, and she has decided that she fully intends to do just that.]