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The sea of stars shone brightly against the vast black cloth wrapping as far as the eye could see. A pair of not so bright eyes mindlessly watched them, losing themselves in the endless immensity of the sky.
“I knew I'd find you here.”
The small voice startled the man immersed in the stars. It was a voice well known by him however. The voice forever carved into his heart, the one that he would recognise even after a million years of not hearing it.
“What are you doing here” Thace didn't turn to face the man coming in his direction.
“I could ask you the same thing” Ulaz walked up to him, stopping by his side, brushing their arms together.
“Shouldn’t you be doing something else, like planting bombs” his voice was just for the two of them.
“Shouldn’t you be working instead of watching the stars” Ulaz looked up to the stars like the smaller man, pressing their arms together a little more, earning a sigh in response.
“What are you doing here”
“I just wanted to kiss you again.”
Took Thace two seconds to swallow the knot that formed on his throat before replying.
“No one can see us together, remember?”
“If anyone see us, I'm taking you with me”
“You can't. I must stay here-”
“-for the mission. I know.” Ulaz completed with a sigh and a fall of his gaze. “So, can I get a last kiss before I go explode some sentries?”
Thace turned to Ulaz, who promptly wrapped his arms around his waist, already knowing that this would be the answer he would get. They gazed into each other's eyes for a second that felt like ten thousand years. Ulaz dragged one of his hand up, placing it in the crook of Thace's neck, gently pulling him closer and locking their lips. For a moment they became unaware of their surroundings. War, bombs, secrets, everything seemed to disappear. In the next moment, a salty taste made itself known.
“Don't cry” Ulaz pulled away, just enough for him to look at his lover. Thace had his eyes closed and tears streamed down his face freely.
“How can I not”
“I don't want to remember our last kiss by this, I don't want to remember you crying”
“Then come back to me and kiss me again and make this one just another kiss among millions” Thace let out exasperated and opened his eyes to face Ulaz, losing themselves in each other's eyes again, trying to find something else than sadness and pain.
Ulaz bent over, brushing his cheek against Thace's, while the smaller man fit in the crook of the other's neck, nuzzling his jawline. They were a perfect match, their heights allowed them to nicely fit in each other and get the closest possible. And so they did. Ulaz grip on Thace's waist tightened, and Thace wrapped his arms around him, closing off any distance between them.
“Do you remember it,” Thace whispered, resting his head on the base of Ulaz's neck, “Do you remember our first kiss?”
“How could I forget,” Ulaz chuckled softly, “It was my first kiss”
“It was my first kiss too”
“I was so nervous that I would do it wrong and you would hate me” Thace let out a small laugh and Ulaz paused.
“And you smiled at me.”
“You smiled at me. Instead of kissing me back, you smiled. I could feel it.” There was a smile on Ulaz's voice that Thace could clearly feel, too.
Thace untangled himself from the arms that held him so firm and looked up. Ulaz knew what his eyes wanted to say and touched their foreheads together.
“Stay alive. And next time we kiss, I will smile at you again”
“For this to happen you also ought to stay alive”
“I will.”
“Good.”
They tilted their heads and locked their lips once again. They couldn't tell who dropped the first tears, or who pulled away first, as they struggled to let go of one another and carry on with their own duties.
The first time they shared a kiss, two young innocent boys full of hope and dreams of winning a war. The last time they shared a kiss, two grown lived men full of grief for winning a war and losing one another.