POST DATED to tomorrow.

[uzuki]

Characters: Shion Uzuki & anyone ♥
Setting: Kitchen, random floors, meadow (WHICH is technically locked to Allen), or research library.
Format: Your pick.
Summary: Needing a break from things constantly being horrible, Shion decides to spend some time with Allen outside of working. But of course, it's right back to business after that. Sort of.
Warnings: Currently none.



[Kitchen]

It had been a few days of near nonstop work, as well as mourning, before Shion managed to really get herself together and get out of her room. Of course, as soon as she did this, she went straight for the kitchen. There wasn't TOO much she could do with the ingredients at hand. Some egg and pasta variations, maybe some carrot cake cookies.

She's not in a huge hurry, and wouldn't mind sharing, or making something for someone. It WAS between the breakfast and lunch hours, after all.



[1-14]

Armed with a folded blanket, and as much of a variety of food as she could manage with what was available, Shion started up the stairs. She stopped off in certain rooms, like the library and the media room, looking around for Allen. Unable to find him anywhere, she headed back down to the elevator. Might as well skip those really nasty rooms on the way to the meadow!



[Floor 25]

Shion stepped out into the meadow floor, still armed with her aforementioned items, looking around for Allen. She was determined to have some time alone with him, and since he wasn't in any of his other usual spots, he had to be there. She was a little out of breath from the climb, but it didn't dampen her enthusiasm.

"Allen?"



[Floor 19]

Much later, Shion was alone again and seated at a table with a few stacks of books. Having had to slowly browse then collect all of the tomes she needed reminded her of why she had always preferred reading digitally. But there wasn't a lot she could do about that, since books were all that was available. So she sat for quite some time, scanning pages, until the text left her groggy.

She dozed off once or twice, her face resting in her open palm, and her elbow supported by a small stack of books. Until the weight of her head caused one thin book to slide out of the stack. The whole pile crashed to the floor, and Shion's face met the table with a yelp.

Comments

[uzuki]

"No, you just relax."

It took her a moment to decide, but she settled on a plate of cookies, and offered them to him.

"Try these, I've never made them before."

[temptestament]

"I didn't think there was anything worth eating available this month..."

Not that he paid a lot of attention to what exactly the kitchen had in stock these days. But he took one of the cookies from the plate and bit into it after briefly wondering what she'd made them with.

[uzuki]

SHE MADE THEM WITH LOVE, GEEZ.

They were made with normal cookie ingredients. Maybe carrot cake ingredients too..

"You'd be surprised what you can do with simple ingredients."

[temptestament]

YOU STILL NEED PHYSICAL MATERIALS!

"I wish I'd been half the cook you are when I was alive. All I was really good at is making leftovers edible again."

[uzuki]

Her smile turned a little sympathetic, and leaned against him a little again.

"It's just something you have to practice. And really, I wouldn't mind cooking for you if you ever want something. I know you don't have to eat, but it's still nice sometimes, right?"

[temptestament]

"It's nice when you're the one who made the food, anyway."

[uzuki]

"Oh, Allen..."

She laughed and linked her arm with his. When she spoke again, she was a little quieter.

"I'm really happy that you're here, Allen."

[temptestament]

He gave a sheepish smile at her laugh, but it softened to a more genuine, if bittersweet one, when she continued speaking.

"I'm glad I have you around, too. It makes this place a lot more bearable...and it's helped me remember how to just be human again, too. I'd started to forget what it was like to just talk to a normal person without some sort of purpose in mind."

[uzuki]

She closed her eyes, trying to just enjoy her time with him, but her worries still nagged at her internally. When she spoke again, she couldn't totally hide slightly despondent tone in her voice.

"I don't know what I would do here without you..."

[temptestament]

He slipped his arm out of hers to wrap it around her in half a hug.

"Well, I've already been here for a while, so I don't think I'm going anywhere any time soon."

[uzuki]

"I don't think there's any telling who can disappear without warning..."

She sighed before she tried to bury her face in his shoulder. She didn't want to talk about it, or think about it. But the worry was so strong it was almost like it just overflowed out of her without her being able to stop it.

[temptestament]

"Well...everyone I've known here who's disappeared wasn't around for very long, so with a little luck, that's a pattern and not just coincidence."

[uzuki]

"I hope you're right."

*DEAD*

[temptestament]

"Besides, even if it is just coincidence, I'm sure we'll be fine. Even the Administrators can't break the power of love."

/sobs to death

[uzuki]

"What? Did you say something?"

"Oh, Allen."

At least that got her to laugh a little.

"That's a good way to look at it though. With everything we've been through up to now, I guess there isn't much that could keep us apart."

How can he even take himself seriously sometimes?

[temptestament]

"Exactly. Even if I did disappear from the Tower, I'd find a way back across time and space itself to get back to you."

IT'S ALL PART OF BEING A MAN

[uzuki]

He may have been a little saccharine at times, but she found it endearing. And really, at a time when she had started to feel alone, hearing something so sweet was actually kind of moving, especially because she knew he really meant it.

She moved to look up at him, and gently placed her hand on the side of his face.

"I love you, Allen."

She moved forward, closing the gap between them. Before she could feel embarrassed or unsure about admitting her feelings so plainly, and without giving him a chance to respond, she pressed her lips to his.

Sob...seriously, how does he not die of embarrassment when these words leave his mouth?

[temptestament]

He had just enough time to fully register what Shion had said before her lips were against his. There was a brief moment where he was caught too off guard to be able to react, but when it passed he closed his eyes and put his other arm around her as he leaned slightly into the kiss.

that's the magic of allen~

[uzuki]

When she pulled back finally, she didn't move far. She looked euphoric, but her eyes were welling with tears. She attempted, in vain, to blink them away.

"Allen, thank you. Despite everything, I really am happy like this."