Mikan
by Michalyn
Fandom: Harutoki
Pairings: Tomomasa + Takamichi, Tomomasa POV
Warnings: None?
Summary: What I really wanted to do was write a long,lemon between these two but I couldn’t get the balance quite right so I ended up with this little ficlet instead.
The mikan blossom–
supplying the passing breeze
with burning fragrance. [1]
Stay with me in this hollow grove and let the trees close us round with mikan blossoms.
The meal is laid out and I have spread the blanket over the grass. You are munching on a slice of watermelon, collecting the polished seeds in your palm. To plant or to hoard? Which way will your mood move you? I have discovered that you have a penchant for collecting odds and ends, a myriad of discarded things: snatches of poetry, forgotten books….
And disillusioned generals.
Last night I found a scrap of silk beneath your pillow. Why did you put it there, I wonder? Perhaps you wanted to soar in your dreams like the patterned crane, endlessly gliding, never having to alight.
Last night I dreamed I was flying, yet not once did I see the clouds. I have only memories of your tangled hair and your body next to mine.
Come closer and lie with me under the fragrant shade. Yes … you can rest your head there. There is no need to worry; no one will interrupt our retreat. I have closed off every entrance, taken every care.
You shiver as I part your yukata.
Pungent scent on a summer breeze and the heat staining your cheeks with color. The blossoms are cool, their petals pale as you are pale, but you are warm beneath my touch. Do not think, or if you must, think of me as the bee, sipping delicately at the flower. Seeing that look on your face, the way you arch—
Do my words embarrass you? Then close your eyes.
Dream of the patterned crane and tumbling endlessly through the clouds.
These long summer days are meant to be spent like this:
Perfumed with the scent of blossoms and with your body next to mine.
End
Notes
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[1] Seishi Yamaguch
Tags: Harutoki, romance, tomomasa x takamichi