[D12, ME] - a stroll by the river, expecting

[Agasha Yuna]

She nodded.

"I like that. Real boats rock."

"I want our relationship to be real. A place we can be honest with each other. You never have to pretend to me that a situation is better than it is. Or hide a worry. 'Two can brave what one cannot.' Let's face the moments of boat rocking together, side by side, hand in hand, eyes wide open."

[Shiba Ryusei]

Hand in hand

It was a brief thing. A plausible accident.

But he brushed the back of her hand with the back of his as he moved toward the water's edge.

"We'll only succeed if we're honest with each other. Which is to say... I agree wholeheartedly."

[Agasha Yuna]

She nodded. Pleased by the sentiment. Thrilled by the touch.

She turned away from him, long enough to pull a letter from her sleeve, and finish its origami.

She turned back to him with the letter - a little blue wave - resting on her palm.
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Inside, it read:

I try to picture
The island’s beaches, surf, wave.
Isora waiting
For Suitengu’s brushing touch.
She longs. He can’t stay away.
They are wed and bound
Forever re-uniting.
At home when they touch.

[Shiba Ryusei]

Every time, every time I think she has struck my heart as closely as possible, she finds a way closer.

He didn't bother hiding his expression as he read the poem. The promise.

"Someone has been reading up on Fortunism."

He smiled.

"Whatever else lies ahead... 'When something is meant to be, it is obvious to all but the foolish.' And you and I, we were meant to be. I have no idea what I did in a past incarnation to deserve you in my life, but... home for me is where you are, wherever that is. And as surely as waves find the shore, I will my way back to you, however we are parted, and however long it takes."