#❝ ⌜° ✧ — the PLANETS bend between US && a hundred MILLION suns && STARS. ( ᵗᵃᵏᵃˢʰⁱ ˢʰⁱʳᵒᵍᵃⁿᵉ && ᵏᵉⁱᵗʰ ᵏᵒᵍᵃⁿᵉ )

[starwreathed]

◜✧◞  --  Soul Marked. 

✧ * .ﾟ。━ It's with the impact of a sucker punch and a dawn so blinding he could still see stars that the reality of the moment clicks into existence. A perfect image mirrored through the intricacies of a soul down to the flourishing blush of skin. Their marks unequivocally made for the other. After an existence dictated by a to-do list longer than the space between training and trophies there, blazing in consequence to universal destiny lays his other half in the embodiment of fire.

Of course. Of course, it is. After all, what is fire without a breath of life? When you strike a match or will fire into a blaze, it's coaxed, willed into existence with slow, steady breath. Likewise, the fastest way to extinguish was to deprive oxygen of the blaze. An elegant metaphor woven by fate itself. It was only fitting, wasn't it? Ebony emphasizing crimson. Mercurial hues found violet as relief clenched fast in breathlessness. A soul mate. Dictated by legend that only the most valiant and steadfast would gain another half destined to chase one throughout the space between now and eternity.

But for one, perfect moment he stood tall at his side. In the chaos and miasmic war of the present, standing still was a gift in and of itself. Though, riddled and rotten with imperfections he was, rust and corrosion evident in every crack and crevice of war that etched itself on to alabaster, a list of regrets twice as long as accomplishments there was little to aspire to or desire about him. 

If one truth existed for Takashi Shirogane though, it was his pure and complete trust in the man on his immediate right. As radiant as fire and twice as hypnotic, their souls called one to the other like proverbial magnets. It was unfortunate, but if Keith wanted it, Shiro would rip stars from alignment to lay them at his feet.

It's with an incredulous gape that follows Keith's words. His heart hammering at the speed of sound as he turns to meet his gaze. His words slip from his lips in a breathless gasp. ❝ ...Of course, I do...❞ He shakes his head quickly, soft locks quaking in consequence to the action.   ❝ ...There's never been a time where I didn't, Keith. ❞ notthatideserveit.  It's with a reddening pallor that he clears his throat at the blunt honesty behind such simple words.  ❝ Whatever way you want this...is your choice.❞

( @cosmicdvst )