Legacy of the Descendants VII: Airship in Peril

Twilight drew near, and the noise of the airship's engines had died down to a fairly quiet breezy sound, almost covered by the wind from this height. Jinsoku, Gale and Mizu walked down the long, slightly narrow corridor to the captain's cabin, also the pilot's booth. The had all left thier armour in thier own rooms (except Altair, Skylar and Makoto), they were tired, and everything felt heavy. Gale stopped, almost at the door.

"Aren't you going in?" Mizu asked.

"Yeah, I will, I just...need a moment. Go on, you two, I'll be fine." she said, smiling, turning away and beginning to wal again. Mizu ran off the other way to talk to the others, Jinsoku following much slower behind.

"Jin..." Gale beckoned him. Jinsoku pivoted the other way. Gale had stopped at the door to the pilot booth.

"Shinji's on the top deck. If you want to talk to her, you should go now," she said, opening the door and slipping inside. Jinsoku ran off the the top deck as fast as possible, fire in his eyes and a smile on his face.

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Shinji stood on the top deck, letting the breeze tug at hair wavy, blonde hair. She had kept her back pack, but all of her armour and weapons had been left in her room. She always liked the wind. Whenever she felt tired or sad, she would find somewhere where the wind blew, stand there and close her eyes. She heard the hollow sound of footsteps on metal. She turned around-it was just Jinsoku.

"Hey," Shinji called.

"Hey," he said back.

"What brings you up here? I thought you were afraid of heights," she chuckled. Jinsoku thought to himself for a few moments. Every memory of the time he had spent with Shinji since they had met sixteen years ago flashed before his eyes.

"I just wanted to say...that the only reason that we never wanted to take this further...is because we were too scared to try."

Jinsoku locked hands with the young woman slowly, brushing his fingers over hers. She looked into his eyes, like she knew what was going on but didn't quite understand it. But then, she realized, this wasn't something that could be understood.

"...I love you, Shinji."

Almost as soon as Jinsoku had gotten the words out of his mouth, she moved closer to him, thier foreheads almost touching. She smiled, waited a second, then closed the distance between her lips and his.

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(rest comes later)