Ai's fingers were still laced with mine, our hands pinned gently above her head, her palm warm against mine. The soft silver of moonlight poured through the curtains, casting her flushed cheeks in a dreamy glow. Her chest rose and fell in a slow rhythm, her breath warm on my skin, and her lashes fluttered, catching the light like fragile wings.
I didn't even realize how long I'd been watching her—my gaze couldn't leave her. Not when she looked so... full of life and love.
She blinked at me, her eyes drowsy but glittering. "...You're staring again," she whispered, a sweet pout forming on her lips.
I smiled, brushing my thumb gently across her cheek. "Yeah. I know. I can't help it. You're... everything."
Her fingers tightened slightly around mine, and she glanced away with a shy smile. Her body, soft and warm beneath me, was still trembling slightly from before. But even that gentle shyness of hers, even in her dazed state, made my heart squeeze.
