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TITLE: Intents and Purposes
SERIES: My Otome
AUTHOR: Dreiser
EMAIL: dreiser7@yahoo.com
YAHOO ID: dreiser7
MY WEBSITE: http://www.dreiser.org/
CONTENT: F/F romance. F/F sex. Haruka/Yukino.
SUMMARY: Haruka Armitage and Yukino Chrysant have done everything in their lives for a common purpose with a shared intent.
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but my plans to write angst.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The end. It's short but honestly, I didn't have anything else to write. I should have combined chapters.
Intents and Purposes
By: Dreiser
Thirteen
The night of the Presidential election, Haruka remained at Xavier's side as the President hid himself away in a small room in the back of his campaign headquarters. He dismissed his advisors and the only people in the room were close relatives. His only child, Jun, his mother and father, his two brothers and their wives. The family of his deceased wife, Tsukiko, were there also. Her parents and older sister, lending support for the man she loved, the man that some of them thought would never recover from her death.
Things began well for the President as he won by a landslide in the state of Mar, where he had once been Governor, but that was the bright spot of the evening. Haruka repressed the urge to smile, the pride on her expression, as she watched Yukino win first Iso then Sol and state after state followed, the final count was Yukino winning five out of the seven states, and with it the Presidential election.
A happy sort of shock was the only way to describe Haruka's reaction. She wanted this, she wanted it so very badly, but she couldn't let herself hope it would happen only to find herself disappointed like she had been before but now… Yukino had done it, she had won, she was going to be the President of Aries and Haruka would finally be her Otome. They would finally be together. Haruka wanted to shout her happiness, to yell and run and hug, to go to Yukino right this moment but she couldn't because she still had her duty. Until the transition occurred and Xavier was out of office, she was his Otome, and Haruka moved her eyes to his features, sad and withdrawn, watching his daughter hug him.
His dark eyes lifted to meet hers and there was a sardonic humor in his gaze as he said, "Maybe Chrysant wasn't the only one who thought I was obsessed, Haruka. The evidence says that the voters agreed with her."
"President," Haruka said quietly, a frown tugging on her lips, not sure what to say, how to comfort in this moment.
"I told you," drawled Xavier, rising to his feet and wiping the tears away from his daughter's face, smiling at her fondly. "To call me Kenzo when we're in private. Besides," he tilted his head to one side. "It seems I won't be the President for much longer." His eyes drifted over the rest of his family and he offered them another smile. "Thank all of you for your help, for your defense of me, I'll never be able to say how much it truly meant to me. Knowing that no matter how unpopular I became that I always had my family in my corner. It helped, in the harder times."
One by one his family gathered around him for hugs and consolations, then Xavier moved from the room, Haruka at his side, to give his concession speech. She watched him silence the boos from his loyal supporters when Yukino's name was mentioned, telling them that despite their best efforts this election had created divisions in their country, divisions that had to heal under the support of their new President. When the speech was over, Haruka felt her eyes start to water, because these things he said, the way he was now, this was the reason why she was so proud to serve as his Otome for the past four years. He was a good man, honestly, he was. It was just how he went about solving the problem of the constant terrorist attacks on Aries wasn't the wisest and he either couldn't see it or couldn't admit it.
Something that cost him this election and while Haruka would never admit it aloud, part of her was glad he didn't have the ability to learn from his mistakes, because that was why Yukino had won the election. Following after Xavier, watching him listening absently to his rambling advisors and aides, she wondered what it was like at Yukino's campaign headquarters. An enormous party, she was sure, people laughing and cheering, hugging one another, and her face momentarily darkened, picturing them hanging onto Yukino, looking at her with that familiar admiring gleam in their eyes. None of that mattered though. Yukino had won and they would be together as soon as the transition occurred.
Three months until that day, three months until she could be with Yukino again, three months until their dream, their plans, finally came true. It was strange, Haruka realized, that years had passed with them apart but somehow those three months seemed longer than all of those years put together and she was sure they would be far more torturous in the end.
---
Being proven wrong had never been a happier instance for Haruka. Once the transition process began a week after the election she was suddenly seeing Yukino almost every day as she took meetings with Xavier and members of his cabinet and in a way it was almost like she was working with Yukino already. They didn't have chances to be alone but they were together and Haruka was happy, so extraordinarily happy to have this time with the brunette, almost as happy as she was to see Xavier and Yukino making a tentative peace in their meetings.
Xavier's discussions of his military actions became more honest and open, showing Yukino all the data they gathered, and in these meetings Haruka saw more and more of the two politicians beginning to understand one another. The military campaign slowed, almost to a halt, out of Xavier's desire to respect Yukino's wishes as the incoming President, and slowly Haruka witnessed a visible change in The Hexagon.
There had always been a strange air of being on edge, a constant suspicion, a feeling of waiting for something horrible to happen, almost a state of perpetual fear. Since Yukino's victory and the start of the transition, there was a lighter feeling, people were smiling, joking, and there was a genuine look of hope and happiness on their features and Haruka felt herself swell with pride that it was all because these people knew in just a month Yukino would be their President and their country would be moving in a vastly different direction.
Having that time together made the days go faster and Haruka was certain if she didn't have it those three months would've been a torture and could have seemed longer than all their years apart but she didn't have to suffer through that. She was able to be with Yukino, see her every day, speak with her, sometimes even touch her, and it was enough to make those three months fly by as if they were three days after all the time she had gone without having these simple things on a daily basis.
The day that the official transfer of power took place, Natsuki was present along with Shizuru. As representatives of Garderobe they were needed to officiate the change from Xavier to Yukino as the Master of the Continental Orb Topaz. Their ceremony was a short one and when it was done with, Haruka did her best to contain her smile, her overwhelming happiness, out of respect for Xavier but the moment he left, she allowed it to show on her features, laughing happily, returning Yukino's smile.
Everything else she wanted to do had to wait. There were meetings, a press conference, endless things that Yukino simply couldn't avoid her first day in office as the President and those things had to take precedence. Haruka longed to be alone with the other woman but it was enough to be by her side, to know this was her place from now on, that wherever Yukino went, she would be with her and there wasn't anything that could keep them apart. She didn't know if her happiness was evident but she could feel that change in The Hexagon spreading the more they traveled throughout the day. There was an anticipation building that only ceased the moment they were alone in Yukino's Presidential quarters which had been recently redecorated to suit her less lavish tastes.
"Haruka-chan," Yukino breathed her name more than said it, reaching up to hold Haruka's face in her hands. Their foreheads rested together and they wore matching smiles that soon turned into laughter. "We did it."
"You did it," corrected Haruka, stroking Yukino's cheek. "I just watched and waited."
Yukino wanted to protest, to argue this, to say Haruka was her inspiration, her reason for never giving up or giving in, but she was overwhelmed with the reality of this moment. Knowing they were together and they would be together tomorrow and the day after that and all she could do was laugh again, shaking her head, before rising up to capture Haruka's lips in a kiss. Haruka responded eagerly, moving into Yukino, wrapping her arms around the brunette's waist but Yukino retained control of the kiss, the pace and the pressure, sighing as she slipped her tongue into Haruka's mouth, tasting from her deep as they moved into the bedroom.
"I want to undress you," whispered Yukino in Haruka's ear, kissing her cheek, sliding around to stand behind Haruka. Pushing her wavy hair aside, kissing the back of her neck as she unzipped the blonde's dress, slowly pulling it down until it pooled around Haruka's feet. Soon her bra followed and Yukino moved to stand in front of Haruka, cupping her breasts in her hands, kissing her long and slow and sweet, playing with her nipples, delighting in how they hardened from her touch, then sliding down, kissing the blonde's neck, collarbone, and chest until she was kneeling, pulling her panties down and taking off the high black boots. Haruka was naked before her, trembling, fingers tangled through her hair, the weight of them lightly pressing down and she heard her name sounded in a low, needy, utterance and that was when Yukino placed her hands firmly on Haruka's hips, pulling her forward until she was eye level with the Otome's pussy. Her name again, just a mutter, a plea and Yukino parted the folds, taking pleasure in how wet Haruka already was, in the taste and the smell of her, and it seemed like so long since she had done this, she had this, and to know she wouldn't have to leave, that they were staying together, it created a greater urgency somehow. She sucked on Haruka's clit and thrust her fingers inside, moving at first in a gradual pace, but increasing to meet Haruka's hips which rose to match her, demanding more and Yukino was helpless but to give into her. When Haruka came, it was hard and fast and the blonde could barely stand, her body was shaking so, she had never felt so weak but Yukino held her up, her embrace strong and sure as she rose to her feet, pulling Haruka against her, kissing her again as she murmured, "I love you."
Moving to the bed, Haruka made quick work of Yukino's clothing, tossing them carelessly onto the floor. They lay naked together on the bed, Haruka pressing her body down onto Yukino's, kissing her with focused intent, sucking on her tongue and moving her hands over the brunette's body, enjoying the curves. They had spent so much time apart but she knew every inch of the other woman, she had it memorized, and she almost never thought this day would come that she knew they could be together the next day and the day after that. How long had it been? Since they were children? Haruka hadn't had that reassurance in so very long and it intensified her feelings, and when Yukino gave a desperate plea, telling Haruka she wanted to feel the other woman inside her, she acquiesced, slipping her fingers past the folds of her pussy, her thumb circling Yukino's clit, plunging her fingers in and out at an almost furious pace. There was a frantic energy that hadn't been there before, almost as if they couldn't quite believe they could take their time to enjoy one another, still afraid that maybe this wasn't real, that they would wake up tomorrow and be in separate beds. Yukino's toes curled into the sheets and she released a cry, clinging to Haruka when she had her orgasm, holding the blonde as close as possible. This was just the start of their evening together though.
While they couldn't entirely believe it and move past the wonder of being together again, logically they knew they had time now. They had hours to be together and they took advantage of each and every one of them. Once they fell asleep, exhausted from their efforts, there was only three hours until their alarm woke them and Haruka hit the machine with a curse as it rang, causing it to go crashing onto the floor. She rubbed at her eyes with her hand and looked down, smiling to see Yukino curled up on her chest, still sound asleep.
Running her fingers through Yukino's hair, somehow made messier during the night, Haruka smiled. Kissing the crown of her head and breathing the scent of the other woman in, she murmured, "I can't believe you're really here."
A mumble then a slight shift and Yukino was opening green eyes blearily, blinking at Haruka, and smiling on recognizing the blonde. "Haruka-chan," she sighed, reaching up to kiss the Otome. "You're here."
Haruka chuckled at this and on seeing Yukino's sleepy confusion, she explained, "I just said the same thing."
"It's been so long since I knew we could see each other, since we wouldn't have to be apart," said Yukino quietly, a wistful tone to her voice as she ran her fingertips lightly over Haruka's cheek. "I almost forgot what it felt like."
"Me too," Haruka revealed, holding Yukino close and kissing her softly. "I was afraid all of yesterday that it wasn't relapse."
"Real," Yukino corrected Haruka fondly, laughing when the blonde grumbled and rolled her eyes. "I missed that," she admitted, tucking her face into the crook of Haruka's neck. "It's strange, isn't it? Missing that but I did. Especially when I watched you on the news, sometimes I would correct your mistakes automatically and my staff would give the strangest looks but I did it anyway."
"Force of habit," remarked Haruka with a smirk. "I missed it too though. You doing that for me. Everybody but Sara and Shizuru is afraid to." Her eyes moved to the alarm clock she knocked onto the floor and Haruka grimaced at the time. "We better get moving. Didn't you say yesterday something about a breakfast meeting? That should be starting in about an hour."
Groaning at this, Yukino hid her face in Haruka's chest, causing the blonde to smile and run her fingers through messy brown hair. Yukino peered up at Haruka as she said, "It's a tradition I started with my staff after I became a Senator. We have breakfast every day during the work week and have a casual discussion about the progress of our weekly agenda. I wanted to carry on the tradition after I became President but now the meeting is going to be a lot bigger considering how the size of my staff has tripled."
Minutes passed and they remained in bed, content where they were, and finally Haruka looked to Yukino with a crooked smile. Quirking an eyebrow as she observed, "We should get going."
"We should," Yukino agreed, remaining exactly where she was, tucked against Haruka and held in her arms.
Another few moments passed and neither woman made any effort to move until Haruka gave into her sense of duty, not wanting Yukino to be late for her first meeting of the day and she slipped out of bed, smiling at Yukino's groan of protest. Laughing at this, Haruka reached out with her hands, pulling Yukino out of bed and cradling the brunette in her arms. Walking into the shower, she placed Yukino carefully onto the floor and grinned at the older woman, cupping her face in her hands.
"The President shouldn't be late," Haruka murmured, giving her a kiss before moving to turn on the shower.
"I think the President can do whatever the President likes," responded Yukino teasingly, running her fingers down Haruka's spine and smiling at the shiver the blonde produced at this gesture. "Why else be the President?"
"To help people?" suggested Haruka, a twinkle in her eyes, knowing this was the real reason the brunette wanted the position.
"There is that," conceded Yukino, laughing when Haruka wrapped both arms around her waist and pulled her close. Walking them into the shower and Yukino sighed as the hot water fell down on their heads. "We haven't done this before."
"Stupid of us," Haruka noted, a dollop of shampoo in her palm, working it into Yukino's hair, smiling at the noise of pleasure Yukino released at this gesture. "Although, we don't have time to have fun in here if we want to make sure you're not late to your meeting."
"Shame," said Yukino. Her eyes darkened as she took in the sight of Haruka's body, wet and gleaming underneath the spray of the water, suddenly feeling altogether tempted and wondering why exactly punctuality was such an important matter.
They lingered as long as they could in the shower, drying each other off with towels, and Yukino couldn't help but smile on watching Haruka dig through the drawers, presenting Yukino with the clothing she knew she would want to wear for the day. Standing behind the blonde, Yukino held her close, pressing her face into the blonde hair that was slowly drying as she murmured, "This is perfect. Having you here, the two of us together. I don't care what people might think or say, Haruka-chan. I want you to live with me, I want every day to start like this."
"Yukino," Haruka's voice cracked as she said her name. She was consumed by emotion as she turned in Yukino's arms and kissed her passionately. When they parted, she muttered, "I want that too. It's all I ever wanted, to be with you always."
"We'll have that from now on," promised Yukino, cupping Haruka's face in her hands and smiling sweetly.
This had been said so many times and each time it would break Haruka's heart just a little because while she believed it she didn't know when it would ever happen but now it finally occurred. They were together and nothing would ever keep them apart. Haruka knew this, she knew it and she believed it, and she was truly happy for the first time in years. Truly and spectacularly happy and nothing could take that away because at last she had what she wanted since she was a child and that was being an Otome with Yukino as her Master. It had been their dream and it came true, maybe not in the way they would have wanted, having spent so much time apart, but it came true nonetheless.
Walking through the halls of The Hexagon, at Yukino's side, towards the breakfast meeting, Haruka realized that while they had started their life together years ago, as children, this was the beginning of a new phase. From this day forward, they wouldn't ever be apart. They would remain together, working to make Aries a better country, a safer country, where all of their citizens were happy. Walking to the meeting and pushing open the door for Yukino, taking in her bright eyes and easy smile, Haruka knew that this was what they were meant to do.
And together, nothing could stop them.
END
SERIES: My Otome
AUTHOR: Dreiser
EMAIL: dreiser7@yahoo.com
YAHOO ID: dreiser7
MY WEBSITE: http://www.dreiser.org/
CONTENT: F/F romance. F/F sex. Haruka/Yukino.
SUMMARY: Haruka Armitage and Yukino Chrysant have done everything in their lives for a common purpose with a shared intent.
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but my plans to write angst.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The end. It's short but honestly, I didn't have anything else to write. I should have combined chapters.
Intents and Purposes
By: Dreiser
Thirteen
The night of the Presidential election, Haruka remained at Xavier's side as the President hid himself away in a small room in the back of his campaign headquarters. He dismissed his advisors and the only people in the room were close relatives. His only child, Jun, his mother and father, his two brothers and their wives. The family of his deceased wife, Tsukiko, were there also. Her parents and older sister, lending support for the man she loved, the man that some of them thought would never recover from her death.
Things began well for the President as he won by a landslide in the state of Mar, where he had once been Governor, but that was the bright spot of the evening. Haruka repressed the urge to smile, the pride on her expression, as she watched Yukino win first Iso then Sol and state after state followed, the final count was Yukino winning five out of the seven states, and with it the Presidential election.
A happy sort of shock was the only way to describe Haruka's reaction. She wanted this, she wanted it so very badly, but she couldn't let herself hope it would happen only to find herself disappointed like she had been before but now… Yukino had done it, she had won, she was going to be the President of Aries and Haruka would finally be her Otome. They would finally be together. Haruka wanted to shout her happiness, to yell and run and hug, to go to Yukino right this moment but she couldn't because she still had her duty. Until the transition occurred and Xavier was out of office, she was his Otome, and Haruka moved her eyes to his features, sad and withdrawn, watching his daughter hug him.
His dark eyes lifted to meet hers and there was a sardonic humor in his gaze as he said, "Maybe Chrysant wasn't the only one who thought I was obsessed, Haruka. The evidence says that the voters agreed with her."
"President," Haruka said quietly, a frown tugging on her lips, not sure what to say, how to comfort in this moment.
"I told you," drawled Xavier, rising to his feet and wiping the tears away from his daughter's face, smiling at her fondly. "To call me Kenzo when we're in private. Besides," he tilted his head to one side. "It seems I won't be the President for much longer." His eyes drifted over the rest of his family and he offered them another smile. "Thank all of you for your help, for your defense of me, I'll never be able to say how much it truly meant to me. Knowing that no matter how unpopular I became that I always had my family in my corner. It helped, in the harder times."
One by one his family gathered around him for hugs and consolations, then Xavier moved from the room, Haruka at his side, to give his concession speech. She watched him silence the boos from his loyal supporters when Yukino's name was mentioned, telling them that despite their best efforts this election had created divisions in their country, divisions that had to heal under the support of their new President. When the speech was over, Haruka felt her eyes start to water, because these things he said, the way he was now, this was the reason why she was so proud to serve as his Otome for the past four years. He was a good man, honestly, he was. It was just how he went about solving the problem of the constant terrorist attacks on Aries wasn't the wisest and he either couldn't see it or couldn't admit it.
Something that cost him this election and while Haruka would never admit it aloud, part of her was glad he didn't have the ability to learn from his mistakes, because that was why Yukino had won the election. Following after Xavier, watching him listening absently to his rambling advisors and aides, she wondered what it was like at Yukino's campaign headquarters. An enormous party, she was sure, people laughing and cheering, hugging one another, and her face momentarily darkened, picturing them hanging onto Yukino, looking at her with that familiar admiring gleam in their eyes. None of that mattered though. Yukino had won and they would be together as soon as the transition occurred.
Three months until that day, three months until she could be with Yukino again, three months until their dream, their plans, finally came true. It was strange, Haruka realized, that years had passed with them apart but somehow those three months seemed longer than all of those years put together and she was sure they would be far more torturous in the end.
---
Being proven wrong had never been a happier instance for Haruka. Once the transition process began a week after the election she was suddenly seeing Yukino almost every day as she took meetings with Xavier and members of his cabinet and in a way it was almost like she was working with Yukino already. They didn't have chances to be alone but they were together and Haruka was happy, so extraordinarily happy to have this time with the brunette, almost as happy as she was to see Xavier and Yukino making a tentative peace in their meetings.
Xavier's discussions of his military actions became more honest and open, showing Yukino all the data they gathered, and in these meetings Haruka saw more and more of the two politicians beginning to understand one another. The military campaign slowed, almost to a halt, out of Xavier's desire to respect Yukino's wishes as the incoming President, and slowly Haruka witnessed a visible change in The Hexagon.
There had always been a strange air of being on edge, a constant suspicion, a feeling of waiting for something horrible to happen, almost a state of perpetual fear. Since Yukino's victory and the start of the transition, there was a lighter feeling, people were smiling, joking, and there was a genuine look of hope and happiness on their features and Haruka felt herself swell with pride that it was all because these people knew in just a month Yukino would be their President and their country would be moving in a vastly different direction.
Having that time together made the days go faster and Haruka was certain if she didn't have it those three months would've been a torture and could have seemed longer than all their years apart but she didn't have to suffer through that. She was able to be with Yukino, see her every day, speak with her, sometimes even touch her, and it was enough to make those three months fly by as if they were three days after all the time she had gone without having these simple things on a daily basis.
The day that the official transfer of power took place, Natsuki was present along with Shizuru. As representatives of Garderobe they were needed to officiate the change from Xavier to Yukino as the Master of the Continental Orb Topaz. Their ceremony was a short one and when it was done with, Haruka did her best to contain her smile, her overwhelming happiness, out of respect for Xavier but the moment he left, she allowed it to show on her features, laughing happily, returning Yukino's smile.
Everything else she wanted to do had to wait. There were meetings, a press conference, endless things that Yukino simply couldn't avoid her first day in office as the President and those things had to take precedence. Haruka longed to be alone with the other woman but it was enough to be by her side, to know this was her place from now on, that wherever Yukino went, she would be with her and there wasn't anything that could keep them apart. She didn't know if her happiness was evident but she could feel that change in The Hexagon spreading the more they traveled throughout the day. There was an anticipation building that only ceased the moment they were alone in Yukino's Presidential quarters which had been recently redecorated to suit her less lavish tastes.
"Haruka-chan," Yukino breathed her name more than said it, reaching up to hold Haruka's face in her hands. Their foreheads rested together and they wore matching smiles that soon turned into laughter. "We did it."
"You did it," corrected Haruka, stroking Yukino's cheek. "I just watched and waited."
Yukino wanted to protest, to argue this, to say Haruka was her inspiration, her reason for never giving up or giving in, but she was overwhelmed with the reality of this moment. Knowing they were together and they would be together tomorrow and the day after that and all she could do was laugh again, shaking her head, before rising up to capture Haruka's lips in a kiss. Haruka responded eagerly, moving into Yukino, wrapping her arms around the brunette's waist but Yukino retained control of the kiss, the pace and the pressure, sighing as she slipped her tongue into Haruka's mouth, tasting from her deep as they moved into the bedroom.
"I want to undress you," whispered Yukino in Haruka's ear, kissing her cheek, sliding around to stand behind Haruka. Pushing her wavy hair aside, kissing the back of her neck as she unzipped the blonde's dress, slowly pulling it down until it pooled around Haruka's feet. Soon her bra followed and Yukino moved to stand in front of Haruka, cupping her breasts in her hands, kissing her long and slow and sweet, playing with her nipples, delighting in how they hardened from her touch, then sliding down, kissing the blonde's neck, collarbone, and chest until she was kneeling, pulling her panties down and taking off the high black boots. Haruka was naked before her, trembling, fingers tangled through her hair, the weight of them lightly pressing down and she heard her name sounded in a low, needy, utterance and that was when Yukino placed her hands firmly on Haruka's hips, pulling her forward until she was eye level with the Otome's pussy. Her name again, just a mutter, a plea and Yukino parted the folds, taking pleasure in how wet Haruka already was, in the taste and the smell of her, and it seemed like so long since she had done this, she had this, and to know she wouldn't have to leave, that they were staying together, it created a greater urgency somehow. She sucked on Haruka's clit and thrust her fingers inside, moving at first in a gradual pace, but increasing to meet Haruka's hips which rose to match her, demanding more and Yukino was helpless but to give into her. When Haruka came, it was hard and fast and the blonde could barely stand, her body was shaking so, she had never felt so weak but Yukino held her up, her embrace strong and sure as she rose to her feet, pulling Haruka against her, kissing her again as she murmured, "I love you."
Moving to the bed, Haruka made quick work of Yukino's clothing, tossing them carelessly onto the floor. They lay naked together on the bed, Haruka pressing her body down onto Yukino's, kissing her with focused intent, sucking on her tongue and moving her hands over the brunette's body, enjoying the curves. They had spent so much time apart but she knew every inch of the other woman, she had it memorized, and she almost never thought this day would come that she knew they could be together the next day and the day after that. How long had it been? Since they were children? Haruka hadn't had that reassurance in so very long and it intensified her feelings, and when Yukino gave a desperate plea, telling Haruka she wanted to feel the other woman inside her, she acquiesced, slipping her fingers past the folds of her pussy, her thumb circling Yukino's clit, plunging her fingers in and out at an almost furious pace. There was a frantic energy that hadn't been there before, almost as if they couldn't quite believe they could take their time to enjoy one another, still afraid that maybe this wasn't real, that they would wake up tomorrow and be in separate beds. Yukino's toes curled into the sheets and she released a cry, clinging to Haruka when she had her orgasm, holding the blonde as close as possible. This was just the start of their evening together though.
While they couldn't entirely believe it and move past the wonder of being together again, logically they knew they had time now. They had hours to be together and they took advantage of each and every one of them. Once they fell asleep, exhausted from their efforts, there was only three hours until their alarm woke them and Haruka hit the machine with a curse as it rang, causing it to go crashing onto the floor. She rubbed at her eyes with her hand and looked down, smiling to see Yukino curled up on her chest, still sound asleep.
Running her fingers through Yukino's hair, somehow made messier during the night, Haruka smiled. Kissing the crown of her head and breathing the scent of the other woman in, she murmured, "I can't believe you're really here."
A mumble then a slight shift and Yukino was opening green eyes blearily, blinking at Haruka, and smiling on recognizing the blonde. "Haruka-chan," she sighed, reaching up to kiss the Otome. "You're here."
Haruka chuckled at this and on seeing Yukino's sleepy confusion, she explained, "I just said the same thing."
"It's been so long since I knew we could see each other, since we wouldn't have to be apart," said Yukino quietly, a wistful tone to her voice as she ran her fingertips lightly over Haruka's cheek. "I almost forgot what it felt like."
"Me too," Haruka revealed, holding Yukino close and kissing her softly. "I was afraid all of yesterday that it wasn't relapse."
"Real," Yukino corrected Haruka fondly, laughing when the blonde grumbled and rolled her eyes. "I missed that," she admitted, tucking her face into the crook of Haruka's neck. "It's strange, isn't it? Missing that but I did. Especially when I watched you on the news, sometimes I would correct your mistakes automatically and my staff would give the strangest looks but I did it anyway."
"Force of habit," remarked Haruka with a smirk. "I missed it too though. You doing that for me. Everybody but Sara and Shizuru is afraid to." Her eyes moved to the alarm clock she knocked onto the floor and Haruka grimaced at the time. "We better get moving. Didn't you say yesterday something about a breakfast meeting? That should be starting in about an hour."
Groaning at this, Yukino hid her face in Haruka's chest, causing the blonde to smile and run her fingers through messy brown hair. Yukino peered up at Haruka as she said, "It's a tradition I started with my staff after I became a Senator. We have breakfast every day during the work week and have a casual discussion about the progress of our weekly agenda. I wanted to carry on the tradition after I became President but now the meeting is going to be a lot bigger considering how the size of my staff has tripled."
Minutes passed and they remained in bed, content where they were, and finally Haruka looked to Yukino with a crooked smile. Quirking an eyebrow as she observed, "We should get going."
"We should," Yukino agreed, remaining exactly where she was, tucked against Haruka and held in her arms.
Another few moments passed and neither woman made any effort to move until Haruka gave into her sense of duty, not wanting Yukino to be late for her first meeting of the day and she slipped out of bed, smiling at Yukino's groan of protest. Laughing at this, Haruka reached out with her hands, pulling Yukino out of bed and cradling the brunette in her arms. Walking into the shower, she placed Yukino carefully onto the floor and grinned at the older woman, cupping her face in her hands.
"The President shouldn't be late," Haruka murmured, giving her a kiss before moving to turn on the shower.
"I think the President can do whatever the President likes," responded Yukino teasingly, running her fingers down Haruka's spine and smiling at the shiver the blonde produced at this gesture. "Why else be the President?"
"To help people?" suggested Haruka, a twinkle in her eyes, knowing this was the real reason the brunette wanted the position.
"There is that," conceded Yukino, laughing when Haruka wrapped both arms around her waist and pulled her close. Walking them into the shower and Yukino sighed as the hot water fell down on their heads. "We haven't done this before."
"Stupid of us," Haruka noted, a dollop of shampoo in her palm, working it into Yukino's hair, smiling at the noise of pleasure Yukino released at this gesture. "Although, we don't have time to have fun in here if we want to make sure you're not late to your meeting."
"Shame," said Yukino. Her eyes darkened as she took in the sight of Haruka's body, wet and gleaming underneath the spray of the water, suddenly feeling altogether tempted and wondering why exactly punctuality was such an important matter.
They lingered as long as they could in the shower, drying each other off with towels, and Yukino couldn't help but smile on watching Haruka dig through the drawers, presenting Yukino with the clothing she knew she would want to wear for the day. Standing behind the blonde, Yukino held her close, pressing her face into the blonde hair that was slowly drying as she murmured, "This is perfect. Having you here, the two of us together. I don't care what people might think or say, Haruka-chan. I want you to live with me, I want every day to start like this."
"Yukino," Haruka's voice cracked as she said her name. She was consumed by emotion as she turned in Yukino's arms and kissed her passionately. When they parted, she muttered, "I want that too. It's all I ever wanted, to be with you always."
"We'll have that from now on," promised Yukino, cupping Haruka's face in her hands and smiling sweetly.
This had been said so many times and each time it would break Haruka's heart just a little because while she believed it she didn't know when it would ever happen but now it finally occurred. They were together and nothing would ever keep them apart. Haruka knew this, she knew it and she believed it, and she was truly happy for the first time in years. Truly and spectacularly happy and nothing could take that away because at last she had what she wanted since she was a child and that was being an Otome with Yukino as her Master. It had been their dream and it came true, maybe not in the way they would have wanted, having spent so much time apart, but it came true nonetheless.
Walking through the halls of The Hexagon, at Yukino's side, towards the breakfast meeting, Haruka realized that while they had started their life together years ago, as children, this was the beginning of a new phase. From this day forward, they wouldn't ever be apart. They would remain together, working to make Aries a better country, a safer country, where all of their citizens were happy. Walking to the meeting and pushing open the door for Yukino, taking in her bright eyes and easy smile, Haruka knew that this was what they were meant to do.
And together, nothing could stop them.
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