and the veil was lifted

Mortis returned his embrace, his strong arms suddenly around his shoulders as he buried his features into the ivory fur of his scruff. Hikaru closed his eyes and held on tight, knowing right now they should probably be dead. He didn’t know what had been after him, but ot was nothing normal. The whole experience shook both of them, Mortis revealed as he started to speak softly into the koi’s kohl lined ear. "Me too,” he whispered softly. Just as certain these were going to be their last moments together, Mort went on though, eventually losing his ability to put into words exactly what he felt.

Mortis whispered his name, the nickname he had become so familiar with. Hikaru looked up, his cheek caught by a warm dark paw as his own silver eyes met Mort’s deep oceanic gaze. The corners of his lips pulled back in a soft smile as Mort chased the fear away. With his name once more all words were lost as he leaned forward. Hikaru barely mumbled Mort’s name before their lips met. In a way that was unlike anything hed experienced before. A sudden reveal of everything he had rejected for so long. Best friends, but there was so much more beath the surface, beneath the lid that was finally opened.

Hikaru pressed against Mort’s lips with a similar affection, knowing but denying for so long that this was what he had wanted. This sweet kiss from the sweet man he had fallen in love with. Hika wrapped his arms around Mort’s neck and let his lips dance with the other boy’s, hints of the deep passionate feelings he had for him rolling along his affection as he closed his eyes and got lost there in the forest with Mortis.

"Speech"