Drabbles: First Kiss
I have done nothing, glorious nothing, all weekend. (Not quite true. I did some token cleaning, bought a trackball, and worked a bit on a story. But mostly, nothing.)
And there is yet another day of weekend before me. O joy, o rapture, o I wonder if I'll get off my ass and do laundry.
For now: first kiss drabble roundup. Some spoilers, may be slightly iffy for work.
FFXII
For regicidaldwarf, Balthier/Fran
The street performers' show ended with a passionate, if perhaps not all that well-acted, kiss, to polite applause. "Those always end with a kiss," Fran said as they strode away. "Your people put such emphasis on the gesture..."
"Yours don't?"
She gave a little shake of her head, hair switching. "The touching of mouths has no more or less importance than any other gesture of affection or sexual play."
"It's difficult to explain - " Balthier began. She stopped, put both hands on his shoulders, and kissed him. Her mouth moved firm and warm.
"Then do not explain," she said, after.
***
For mariagoner, Drace/Vayne
"They mocked me that I have not kissed a woman," Vayne said.
Drace had been his mentor long enough to know his pride. "Your brothers were tupping the serving girls when they were two years younger than you are now."
"Pfeh." He pushed his tactical reference aside. "I would not have a woman who was my lesser."
"Then you will have a hard time of it, I think, my lord," she said mildly. "No practice for you before someday you are betrothed?"
"Then teach me yourself," he said, and leaned in to kiss her, thin height and lean teenage bones.
***
For mithrigil, Basch/Vossler
Vossler wanted to say something, to do something while on maneuvers - but that would have been unwise indeed: there was never enough privacy, and soldiers were worse gossips than washerwomen. Still, it was a difficult thing to wait, and wonder.
Once home, however, he did not know how to begin. He could ply sweet words to a woman, but how to a man? He would look a fool complimenting Basch's eyes.
He was yet debating when Basch solved his dilemma by catching lightly at his collar and pulling him in for a kiss as hard as the wait had been.
***
For laylah, Basch/Vaan
"You are too young - too young by half," Basch said, as gently as he could, though he knew Vaan would not appreciate it.
"I'm not." Vaan squared his shoulders, and oh, the ways he tried to make himself look worldly... "I'm not as young as I seem."
You are, Basch thought, the more you protest you are not. But he had been alone so long, had lost his finer sense for the line between kindness and self-interest and cruelty, and so did not push Vaan away when he approached again, or turn his face from the warmth of Vaan's mouth.
***
For shunka_shuutou, Vaan/Penelo
They banged noses first, then mouths -- and even when they got the angle right, it was a little bit... weird. Penelo tried to move her lips, wound up getting one caught between the ridge of her teeth and his, which pinched when he moved closer to her. She pulled back and said, "Ow," and then giggled. "Vaan."
He looked half-defensive and half-imploring. "It wasn't that bad, was it?"
"No," she said, and leaned in to kiss him again. This time it was him that said, "Ouch," when her teeth banged against his.
Third time was the charm.
***
FFVII
For puella_nerdii, Tseng/Elena
It didn't surprise Elena at all that Tseng kissed very well, not only like he knew how but also like he meant it, warm and hungry and slow. Nor was she surprised that it should happen carefully with sunset in the windows rather than desperate at the end of a mission, because she was the one who acted impulsively - Tseng gave everything due consideration.
What had surprised her was the way he had paused, close enough that he could have meant nothing else but to kiss her, the tips of his fingers light against her hair, and asked, "May I?"
***
For kawanee, Rude/Reno
"Waste of fucking money," Reno said, picking up Rude's whiskey glass and sniffing the contents.
Rude retrieved it. "Didn't ask you."
"S'why I swear by Silver Cactaur. Gets you just as drunk at a tenth the price."
"Do you ever shut your mouth?" Rude asked. He knew he was following a script, but the whiskey had him too mellow to care.
"If you make me," Reno said, on cue.
Rude yanked his ponytail and pulled him in for a hard kiss that tasted like... really good tequila. "...Doesn't taste like Silver Cactaur."
Reno smirked. "Well, yeah. I'm also a liar."
***
For the_flowergirl, Cloud/Aeris
Cloud didn't even remember how it happened, or who did what - one moment they were washing out the cookpot and bowls in the stream, with the sunlight bright on the water and Aeris hair not yet up in its braid - she smelled of flowers, as usual, and she was laughing and teasing him and then they were kissing. Her mouth was soft. He couldn't remember if he'd ever kissed anyone before.
Afterward he stuttered and he could feel himself turning pink, heat starting at the ears and working down. "Um," he said.
"You're cute," she replied, and kissed his nose.
***
For elanor_pam, Cloud/Tifa
Her hair was bright in the ruddy light of the end of the world. She folded her arms across her chest, and said, "I always did like you, you know, even - "
"I know," he said. "I do. Teef - " There was a right thing to say here, but he didn't know what it was.
"I'm not scared of dying," she said softly. "I promised I wouldn't ever be scared of that, when I started training."
"I know," he said again, and held her when she flung her arms around him, and kissed the salt from her cheeks and lips.
***
Kingdom Hearts 2
For qara_isuke, Lexaeus/Zexion
It was by Zexion's will, at first - although he could only manage the kiss with Lexaeus' help, with the difference in size between them. He knotted his hands in the front of Lexaeus' cloak and pulled him down, until their mouths could meet. It seemed to him as though it should have been more momentous than it was, that he had waited so long; but still it was good.
When it was done, he said, "You should have let me do that when we had hearts," half-accusatory.
Lexaeus shrugged like an earthquake, and looked away, his eyes distant and opaque.
***
For reversedhymnal, Roxas/Axel
Axel tasted of fire, and ashes, and darkness, and though he was a great deal taller than Roxas he was thin like dry twigs, like things made to burn - his arms around Roxas' shoulders like a cage, holding tight, long fingers clenching on fabric and Roxas knew he could break free easily but did not, did not, did not. At the end of the kiss Axel exhaled and whispered, "Roxas," against his lips, his breath hot and dry and crazy-making as a wind off the desert.
Roxas did not really understand, but thought that perhaps it was better that way.
***
For harukami, Larxene/Marluxia
"Flowers?" Larxene demanded, dragging her mouth off his: amused and derisive all at once.
"What did you expect?" Marluxia asked. It was a certainty that she would be mocking; it was just as certain that he would be unfazed. "You taste of ozone."
She wiped her mouth on the back of her hand. "Still. Roses. Could you be any more - "
"Any more what?" He massaged her neck until she glared at him for making her purr.
"Forget it," she said, and then hiked up her cloak to her hips, utterly without shame. "Come see what else I taste like."
And there is yet another day of weekend before me. O joy, o rapture, o I wonder if I'll get off my ass and do laundry.
For now: first kiss drabble roundup. Some spoilers, may be slightly iffy for work.
FFXII
For regicidaldwarf, Balthier/Fran
The street performers' show ended with a passionate, if perhaps not all that well-acted, kiss, to polite applause. "Those always end with a kiss," Fran said as they strode away. "Your people put such emphasis on the gesture..."
"Yours don't?"
She gave a little shake of her head, hair switching. "The touching of mouths has no more or less importance than any other gesture of affection or sexual play."
"It's difficult to explain - " Balthier began. She stopped, put both hands on his shoulders, and kissed him. Her mouth moved firm and warm.
"Then do not explain," she said, after.
***
For mariagoner, Drace/Vayne
"They mocked me that I have not kissed a woman," Vayne said.
Drace had been his mentor long enough to know his pride. "Your brothers were tupping the serving girls when they were two years younger than you are now."
"Pfeh." He pushed his tactical reference aside. "I would not have a woman who was my lesser."
"Then you will have a hard time of it, I think, my lord," she said mildly. "No practice for you before someday you are betrothed?"
"Then teach me yourself," he said, and leaned in to kiss her, thin height and lean teenage bones.
***
For mithrigil, Basch/Vossler
Vossler wanted to say something, to do something while on maneuvers - but that would have been unwise indeed: there was never enough privacy, and soldiers were worse gossips than washerwomen. Still, it was a difficult thing to wait, and wonder.
Once home, however, he did not know how to begin. He could ply sweet words to a woman, but how to a man? He would look a fool complimenting Basch's eyes.
He was yet debating when Basch solved his dilemma by catching lightly at his collar and pulling him in for a kiss as hard as the wait had been.
***
For laylah, Basch/Vaan
"You are too young - too young by half," Basch said, as gently as he could, though he knew Vaan would not appreciate it.
"I'm not." Vaan squared his shoulders, and oh, the ways he tried to make himself look worldly... "I'm not as young as I seem."
You are, Basch thought, the more you protest you are not. But he had been alone so long, had lost his finer sense for the line between kindness and self-interest and cruelty, and so did not push Vaan away when he approached again, or turn his face from the warmth of Vaan's mouth.
***
For shunka_shuutou, Vaan/Penelo
They banged noses first, then mouths -- and even when they got the angle right, it was a little bit... weird. Penelo tried to move her lips, wound up getting one caught between the ridge of her teeth and his, which pinched when he moved closer to her. She pulled back and said, "Ow," and then giggled. "Vaan."
He looked half-defensive and half-imploring. "It wasn't that bad, was it?"
"No," she said, and leaned in to kiss him again. This time it was him that said, "Ouch," when her teeth banged against his.
Third time was the charm.
***
FFVII
For puella_nerdii, Tseng/Elena
It didn't surprise Elena at all that Tseng kissed very well, not only like he knew how but also like he meant it, warm and hungry and slow. Nor was she surprised that it should happen carefully with sunset in the windows rather than desperate at the end of a mission, because she was the one who acted impulsively - Tseng gave everything due consideration.
What had surprised her was the way he had paused, close enough that he could have meant nothing else but to kiss her, the tips of his fingers light against her hair, and asked, "May I?"
***
For kawanee, Rude/Reno
"Waste of fucking money," Reno said, picking up Rude's whiskey glass and sniffing the contents.
Rude retrieved it. "Didn't ask you."
"S'why I swear by Silver Cactaur. Gets you just as drunk at a tenth the price."
"Do you ever shut your mouth?" Rude asked. He knew he was following a script, but the whiskey had him too mellow to care.
"If you make me," Reno said, on cue.
Rude yanked his ponytail and pulled him in for a hard kiss that tasted like... really good tequila. "...Doesn't taste like Silver Cactaur."
Reno smirked. "Well, yeah. I'm also a liar."
***
For the_flowergirl, Cloud/Aeris
Cloud didn't even remember how it happened, or who did what - one moment they were washing out the cookpot and bowls in the stream, with the sunlight bright on the water and Aeris hair not yet up in its braid - she smelled of flowers, as usual, and she was laughing and teasing him and then they were kissing. Her mouth was soft. He couldn't remember if he'd ever kissed anyone before.
Afterward he stuttered and he could feel himself turning pink, heat starting at the ears and working down. "Um," he said.
"You're cute," she replied, and kissed his nose.
***
For elanor_pam, Cloud/Tifa
Her hair was bright in the ruddy light of the end of the world. She folded her arms across her chest, and said, "I always did like you, you know, even - "
"I know," he said. "I do. Teef - " There was a right thing to say here, but he didn't know what it was.
"I'm not scared of dying," she said softly. "I promised I wouldn't ever be scared of that, when I started training."
"I know," he said again, and held her when she flung her arms around him, and kissed the salt from her cheeks and lips.
***
Kingdom Hearts 2
For qara_isuke, Lexaeus/Zexion
It was by Zexion's will, at first - although he could only manage the kiss with Lexaeus' help, with the difference in size between them. He knotted his hands in the front of Lexaeus' cloak and pulled him down, until their mouths could meet. It seemed to him as though it should have been more momentous than it was, that he had waited so long; but still it was good.
When it was done, he said, "You should have let me do that when we had hearts," half-accusatory.
Lexaeus shrugged like an earthquake, and looked away, his eyes distant and opaque.
***
For reversedhymnal, Roxas/Axel
Axel tasted of fire, and ashes, and darkness, and though he was a great deal taller than Roxas he was thin like dry twigs, like things made to burn - his arms around Roxas' shoulders like a cage, holding tight, long fingers clenching on fabric and Roxas knew he could break free easily but did not, did not, did not. At the end of the kiss Axel exhaled and whispered, "Roxas," against his lips, his breath hot and dry and crazy-making as a wind off the desert.
Roxas did not really understand, but thought that perhaps it was better that way.
***
For harukami, Larxene/Marluxia
"Flowers?" Larxene demanded, dragging her mouth off his: amused and derisive all at once.
"What did you expect?" Marluxia asked. It was a certainty that she would be mocking; it was just as certain that he would be unfazed. "You taste of ozone."
She wiped her mouth on the back of her hand. "Still. Roses. Could you be any more - "
"Any more what?" He massaged her neck until she glared at him for making her purr.
"Forget it," she said, and then hiked up her cloak to her hips, utterly without shame. "Come see what else I taste like."