Breach of Agreement (Niles/Takumi)
Takumi was aware this would come to an end. For both Niles’ and his sakes, they agreed that whatever they had here would only last until Anankos’ defeat then they would go their separate paths. Takumi, whoever, wasn’t very conscious that all could be over in the bat of an eye. That should’ve been obvious from the beginning, the assassination of Scarlet when they arrived on Valla should’ve served everyone as a reminder. And yet, it only felt more real to him when Niles almost gets killed.
“Hey, are you planning to let me go someday?”
“No,” comes Takumi’s muffled response. The first thing he does after seeing Niles again is hold him as if to never let go, burying his face in his chest and breathing in his essence to reassure himself that the other was still here, alive.
“Ow, you couldn’t have missed me that much, I was only gone for a day or so.”
But he could have been forever. Takumi knew this was looking less and less like what they originally agreed on, but he couldn’t bring himself not to care for Niles anymore. He says nothing more, he only moves to catch Niles’ lips by surprise, kissing him slowly, tasting his lips, trying to save the memory to his mind.
“Okay, I get it, I get it, you missed me,” Niles says once they separate, looking at him with a gentle smile.
And Niles expected him not to fall in love like that.
Takumi buries his head in the outlaw’s chest again. “Of course, I did, you idiot.”