05-18-2004, 04:01 AM
Alright, here's the final piece of the story. After this, it's OVER! MWAHAHAH!
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When it clicked, she pounced him.
They laughed together, Tai trying--not too hard--to keep Kari from crushing him with hugs, Kari with her arms flailing and her fingers clutching at his shirt, unintentionally tickling him and making him squirm and giggle. He let his own fingers waggle in her armpits--and Kari's whole body curled up on itself, and she kicked him, and he pushed her away and they both fell off the bed.
The drop to the floor seemed to knock the sense back into both of them, and when they got back onto the bed they were just a little more serious.
Kari looked at Tai. Tai looked at Kari.
Kari slid onto Tai's lap and hugged him around the neck. Tai slid an arm around her waist and placed his other hand on her knee. Kari's head dropped onto Tai's chest, and Tai's chin settled in her hair.
They closed their eyes as one, and held one another. Both could feel all the pressure of the last few days evaporate away, leaving them lighthearted and lightheaded. Giddiness overtook them, and they smiled. At that moment, all of Tokyo could have gone up in flames, and neither of them would've cared.
Because they were *happy*.
They sat like that for several minutes, basking in each other's bliss, which seemed to radiate from their bodies like heat. Nothing could be sweeter.
*Nothing*.
***
Kari's eyes slowly opened, and gazed at the room, which was splashed with blue-white moonlight. She blinked a couple times, squinched her eyes closed, and looked up at her brother--who looked back down at her with a smile on his lips.
She smiled back. "I love you, Tai."
"I love you, too, Kari." He grinned. "Dunno what that means anymore, but I know it's what I feel."
Kari giggled. "Same here."
A bit of silence--but a good silence, full of warmth.
"You know, we can't take this too far. There are...you know...some things that...y'know, some things that we can't do...*you* know..." He looked at her with a sheepish grin on his face. "Catch my drift?"
Kari rolled her eyes. "You mean sex, right?" She laughed when her brother's whole body stiffened--everything but a very specific, very special part, which remained limp. "I know we can't do *that*. That'd be *silly*."
Tai relaxed. "Just, you know, just making sure. Can't be too careful." He was blushing, Kari could see it, and he knew she knew. "Besides, that kiss you gave me was kinda...I don't know, suspicious. Kinda." His eyes traveled away from his sister's--
--and were promptly brought back by her fingers gripping his nose. His eyes rolled around, focused on his nose, and crossed. Then he looked up at Kari, blinking slowly.
"Woulb you blease led go ub my nobe?"
She gave him an impish smile. "Only if you'll forget that I kissed you."
Tai's forehead wrinkled with confusion. "Forgeb aboud id? Why?"
"Because I shouldn't have done it."
"Bud..." He looked at her a little longer, then nodded. "Alrighd. I'll forgeb aboud id. Now can you blease led go? It's starting to hurb."
She let go--and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you."
Tai gave her a Look, then shook his head. "You're confusing."
"Nuh-uh."
"Uh-huh."
"Nuh-uh."
"Uh-huh."
"Meanie."
"Brat."
"Snot."
"Idiot."
"Silly little girl."
"Stupid old man."
"I'm not old!"
She stuck her tongue out at him--and he grabbed it.
"Listen, Kari--hey, stop struggling, I'm trying to talk here!" He poked her nose with a finger, then waggled it in her face. She stopped trying to free her tongue from his hand and just sat their and listened--albeit grudgingly. "Kari, there's only so far we can go with this. You know? And...and eventually it'll have to end." There. He'd said it. He hadn't wanted to, but he had, because it was important. Now, for the terrible and destructive backlash--
--which didn't come.
Kari pried his fingers off her tongue, spat a few times, then gave him an impatient look. "Let's not think about that, okay, Tai? Let's just try to do this as long as we can, okay?" She gave him another hug, and he could *feel* the happiness pulsing through his body. "I just want to be happy..."
Tai smiled, and placed his hand on her head. "Alright. Just so you know--oh! Get up a sec, I gotta get something for you." He waited until Kari had pulled away before rolling over to his pillow and dragging the bear out into the air.
Kari's eyes widened. "You...you found it?"
Tai nodded. "Went back to the park yesterday and got it. I had to wash the dirt out, and it's a bit scruffy now, but--oof!" He bent over, the force of Kari's glomp having knocked the air out of him.
"Tai, you're so *sweet*!" She unlocked her arms and carefully drew the bear from his hands--then crushed it in a hug. "I can't believe you remembered it! I thought it was gone for good!" She gave him another hug, this time with only one arm (the other was full of stuffed bear). "You're the greatest!"
Tai's sense of self worth: 177% and rising. He hugged her back--
--just as he caught sight of his clock. '11:02' was displayed in bright green liquid crystal. His eyes widened.
"Kari...it's almost midnight. We should get to bed."
Kari pouted. "But I wanna stay up and--" Her next word was cut off by a massive yawn; exhaustion was quickly catching up with her. When she came back out of the yawn, her eyelids were drooping. She gave Tai a tired smile. "I guess it'll have to wait 'til tomorrooooooow..." She fought the yawn back down and took her brother's hand. "C'mon, let's sleep together tonight. We haven't done that since I was..." She closed one eye and stuck her tongue between her teeth as she thought. "...four, or five, or somethiiiiiii..." She let the yawn run its course while Tai slid under the covers. "...ing. Scoot over a little." She rolled across the mattress until her back came to rest against Tai's chest. She snuggled up against him, and his arms slid around her almost automatically.
Five minutes later Kari was snoring and Tai was on the brink of sleep. He didn't want to go just yet, though; his brain was only now catching up with what had happened in the last hour.
*Kari and I are...* The words "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" came to mind, but were promptly deemed unsuitable and banished. *We're closer. We love each other very much. We...* Sleep pulled at him, and his eyelids fluttered. *We started something new today. I don't think either of us know what we're in for, or what we're doing, but I know that, no matter what, we'll always love each other.*
*Because that's what brothers and sisters do.*
Sleep swept him away, and he drifted into dreamland with a smile on his face.
~~ * ~~
~The End~
~~ * ~~
Anybody have any thoughts? Hm? Any? Anything? Hm?
agz, slightly hyper ('cause he finally finiiiiiiished this...)
~~~~
When it clicked, she pounced him.
They laughed together, Tai trying--not too hard--to keep Kari from crushing him with hugs, Kari with her arms flailing and her fingers clutching at his shirt, unintentionally tickling him and making him squirm and giggle. He let his own fingers waggle in her armpits--and Kari's whole body curled up on itself, and she kicked him, and he pushed her away and they both fell off the bed.
The drop to the floor seemed to knock the sense back into both of them, and when they got back onto the bed they were just a little more serious.
Kari looked at Tai. Tai looked at Kari.
Kari slid onto Tai's lap and hugged him around the neck. Tai slid an arm around her waist and placed his other hand on her knee. Kari's head dropped onto Tai's chest, and Tai's chin settled in her hair.
They closed their eyes as one, and held one another. Both could feel all the pressure of the last few days evaporate away, leaving them lighthearted and lightheaded. Giddiness overtook them, and they smiled. At that moment, all of Tokyo could have gone up in flames, and neither of them would've cared.
Because they were *happy*.
They sat like that for several minutes, basking in each other's bliss, which seemed to radiate from their bodies like heat. Nothing could be sweeter.
*Nothing*.
***
Kari's eyes slowly opened, and gazed at the room, which was splashed with blue-white moonlight. She blinked a couple times, squinched her eyes closed, and looked up at her brother--who looked back down at her with a smile on his lips.
She smiled back. "I love you, Tai."
"I love you, too, Kari." He grinned. "Dunno what that means anymore, but I know it's what I feel."
Kari giggled. "Same here."
A bit of silence--but a good silence, full of warmth.
"You know, we can't take this too far. There are...you know...some things that...y'know, some things that we can't do...*you* know..." He looked at her with a sheepish grin on his face. "Catch my drift?"
Kari rolled her eyes. "You mean sex, right?" She laughed when her brother's whole body stiffened--everything but a very specific, very special part, which remained limp. "I know we can't do *that*. That'd be *silly*."
Tai relaxed. "Just, you know, just making sure. Can't be too careful." He was blushing, Kari could see it, and he knew she knew. "Besides, that kiss you gave me was kinda...I don't know, suspicious. Kinda." His eyes traveled away from his sister's--
--and were promptly brought back by her fingers gripping his nose. His eyes rolled around, focused on his nose, and crossed. Then he looked up at Kari, blinking slowly.
"Woulb you blease led go ub my nobe?"
She gave him an impish smile. "Only if you'll forget that I kissed you."
Tai's forehead wrinkled with confusion. "Forgeb aboud id? Why?"
"Because I shouldn't have done it."
"Bud..." He looked at her a little longer, then nodded. "Alrighd. I'll forgeb aboud id. Now can you blease led go? It's starting to hurb."
She let go--and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you."
Tai gave her a Look, then shook his head. "You're confusing."
"Nuh-uh."
"Uh-huh."
"Nuh-uh."
"Uh-huh."
"Meanie."
"Brat."
"Snot."
"Idiot."
"Silly little girl."
"Stupid old man."
"I'm not old!"
She stuck her tongue out at him--and he grabbed it.
"Listen, Kari--hey, stop struggling, I'm trying to talk here!" He poked her nose with a finger, then waggled it in her face. She stopped trying to free her tongue from his hand and just sat their and listened--albeit grudgingly. "Kari, there's only so far we can go with this. You know? And...and eventually it'll have to end." There. He'd said it. He hadn't wanted to, but he had, because it was important. Now, for the terrible and destructive backlash--
--which didn't come.
Kari pried his fingers off her tongue, spat a few times, then gave him an impatient look. "Let's not think about that, okay, Tai? Let's just try to do this as long as we can, okay?" She gave him another hug, and he could *feel* the happiness pulsing through his body. "I just want to be happy..."
Tai smiled, and placed his hand on her head. "Alright. Just so you know--oh! Get up a sec, I gotta get something for you." He waited until Kari had pulled away before rolling over to his pillow and dragging the bear out into the air.
Kari's eyes widened. "You...you found it?"
Tai nodded. "Went back to the park yesterday and got it. I had to wash the dirt out, and it's a bit scruffy now, but--oof!" He bent over, the force of Kari's glomp having knocked the air out of him.
"Tai, you're so *sweet*!" She unlocked her arms and carefully drew the bear from his hands--then crushed it in a hug. "I can't believe you remembered it! I thought it was gone for good!" She gave him another hug, this time with only one arm (the other was full of stuffed bear). "You're the greatest!"
Tai's sense of self worth: 177% and rising. He hugged her back--
--just as he caught sight of his clock. '11:02' was displayed in bright green liquid crystal. His eyes widened.
"Kari...it's almost midnight. We should get to bed."
Kari pouted. "But I wanna stay up and--" Her next word was cut off by a massive yawn; exhaustion was quickly catching up with her. When she came back out of the yawn, her eyelids were drooping. She gave Tai a tired smile. "I guess it'll have to wait 'til tomorrooooooow..." She fought the yawn back down and took her brother's hand. "C'mon, let's sleep together tonight. We haven't done that since I was..." She closed one eye and stuck her tongue between her teeth as she thought. "...four, or five, or somethiiiiiii..." She let the yawn run its course while Tai slid under the covers. "...ing. Scoot over a little." She rolled across the mattress until her back came to rest against Tai's chest. She snuggled up against him, and his arms slid around her almost automatically.
Five minutes later Kari was snoring and Tai was on the brink of sleep. He didn't want to go just yet, though; his brain was only now catching up with what had happened in the last hour.
*Kari and I are...* The words "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" came to mind, but were promptly deemed unsuitable and banished. *We're closer. We love each other very much. We...* Sleep pulled at him, and his eyelids fluttered. *We started something new today. I don't think either of us know what we're in for, or what we're doing, but I know that, no matter what, we'll always love each other.*
*Because that's what brothers and sisters do.*
Sleep swept him away, and he drifted into dreamland with a smile on his face.
~~ * ~~
~The End~
~~ * ~~
Anybody have any thoughts? Hm? Any? Anything? Hm?
agz, slightly hyper ('cause he finally finiiiiiiished this...)