Venus and Kunzite lay in his bed tangled in white sheets sans their clothing. Her arms were wrapped around his chest while her head rested against his left side, her head on his shoulder. His left arm was draped around her back and he gently kissed the top of her head. “I want you to stay with me,” he mumbled into her hair, inhaling the sweet fragrance.
“I want to stay with you, but I can’t,” she looked up at him, bringing her chin to rest on his chest. “You can return with me.”
“I can’t do that either,” he replied reaching out with his right hand to run his fingers through her hair.
“You were right about us,” she said sadly. “We were better off as we were before. I don’t think I can be without you now that I’ve had you.”
“It wasn’t worth it?”
“No,” she answered quickly. “I would never do anything to take this moment back. It’s just hard to know that we can never be together. My responsibilities to Serenity are eternal. Even when my time as a Senshi has finally passed, you will have been long gone from this world.”
“I’ll never be gone, Minako.” Both of his arms wrapped around her and he held her tightly. “I love you.”
Her eyes widened at his words and she quickly jumped up into a sitting position. “You do?”
He sat up leaning back on his left arm and intertwining their fingers with his right hand. “I do. Should I not?”
“No! I just never thought that you would say those words.” She leaned forward enveloping her arms around his neck and kissed him as they fell back against the bed. He rolled her so that he laid on top of her, tangling their bodies even more so in the linens. “I love you too,” she said breathily, kissing him again.
His hands cupped her face, holding her close to him. Suddenly he felt a pang in his chest and for a moment felt dizzy as if the wind had been knocked out of him. He pulled back from her and looked into her eyes. “What just happened?”
“A piece of me is in you, and a piece of you is in me. Now you will be eternal like I am.”
