Confession - HuskyxNana

After so many years of travelling together, our favorite +Anima have finally settled down, living in a small house together. Now that they were adults, their anima have all left them by now, as they knew they would, except for Senri of course. Finally they were living as normal people. They had their own small farming field where they grew cotton and potatoes, and they even had some apple trees. The boys tended to and picked the cotton for Nana, who would use it to make clothes to sell in the nearby village. They also sold their potatoes and apples, that is the apples that Cooro didn’t eat right away. They lived happily together, exactly the way Nana had imagined. After the boys’ busy day in the field, she would always be outside the front door calling them in for dinner. And since they had a house now, Nana could sleep much easier. With a candle of course.

One night, as Husky came in to blow out her candle as he always did, he paused for a moment to gaze upon her sleeping form and blushed, also like he always did. But this time he lingered on for a bit. Husky and Nana were both 16 now, Cooro just a year older. Senri was much older, but hadn’t seemed to change. But the other 3 had grown considerably. Cooro’s hair had gotten longer and both he and Husky had grown close to Senri’s height. Husky’s build was an obvious change, since he used to be so skinny before. He was fuller, but not bulky, and his lean muscles were always exposed with his favorite sleeveless shirt sewn by Nana.

But Nana went through the biggest change. Her hair was still the same, but she was a woman now. Husky had always had trouble keeping his eyes on Nana while they were children, but now it was near impossible. Only at night when he blew out her candle could he let his eyes fix onto her. When did he stop seeing her as a stupid girl, and started seeing her as Nana, a precious person to him that he didn’t want to live without? Of course, he felt the same about Cooro and Senri. He could’ve returned to his life of royal luxury, but he chose to stay with them in this simple life. But why did his heart pound and his face flush at only Nana? Was it because she was a girl?

       But didn’t he hate girls?

       He did. But Nana was different.

       “Mmmn.. Husky…” she said quietly.

       “Oh crap! Does she know I’m here?!” Husky panicked, but soon realized she was still asleep. “She’s… dreaming about me…?”

He continued to stare in an intense daze, inching closer, his face completely flushed in the darkness. The candle was blown out, but the faint moon light was shining through the window, illuminating Nana’s body. Her sleeping face was angelic, and the light seemed to hit her flowing curves under the blanket perfectly. Even when he had embarrassingly held Nana in the woods, protecting her and helping her sleep through the scary nights, watching her fall asleep in his arms; Even when he had gazed upon her night by night when he blew out her candle, he could never feel less than awe at her beautiful sleeping face.

       This sneaking around couldn’t go on forever. He wasn’t dense. He knew exactly how he felt about her. When his feelings had changed didn’t matter. The fact is they had changed.

He quietly walked towards her, sitting carefully at her bedside. She didn’t move. He gently moved some loose strands of honey hair away from her face and caressed her cheek.

What was he doing? This was so unlike him! But it was too late now. Stupid hormones. By his light touch, Nana stirred awake. She slowly opened her sleepy eyes, thinking she was still dreaming. “Husky..?”

When it finally registered that he was real, she shot up and grabbed the blanket to cover herself. “Hey!! What are you doing here??!” She shouted angrily.

“Shh!” Husky shushed her and quickly put a hand over her mouth. “Cooro and Senri are sleeping.”

“What are you doing here?” She repeated, in an agitated whisper this time.

“I’m not really… sure…” Husky said with a troubled expression, looking down and away to hide his crimson cheeks. He fought the urge to walk away and say this was too awkward like he always did in their moments alone.

Noticing his expression, Nana finally softened up. “Husky… What’s wrong?” She asked, reaching out cautiously to put a hand on his arm, a little worried.

Her soft touch was like a jolt of electricity that sent goosebumps down his whole body. He’d always secretly longed for her touch and now he couldn’t help but want more. Without thinking any further, he gripped her hand tightly and swiftly moved forward to meet her lips in a still, yet passionate kiss.

When it was over, his breathing was labored as he slowly pulled away and opened his eyes to look up at Nana’s shocked, red face.

This was it. He had gone too far to run away now. He had to be true to his feelings. “I love you, Nana..” he said through his crimson red face. Nana’s face went into even more shock as she gripped her necklace- her precious necklace that he gave her.

“Husky… I… I…” After a moment, her shocked expression died down, as tears streamed down her cheeks. She blushed even more and closed her eyes, slowly moving her face towards his again. “…I love you , too…” She said right before softly kissing him again, as he closed his intense eyes and ran his fingers through her hair…

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       “Husky! Nana! The apples are great this morning!” Cooro waved from the top of an apple tree with a giant smile, with Senri down below with a basket.

       Husky and Nana were outside the front door step. Husky’s hands were in his pockets and Nana’s arm was linked around his. “That baka, honestly..” said Husky.

       “He’s full of energy today, as usual,” Nana said with a warm smile. “Think they will figure us out?”

       Cooro looked at Husky and Nana’s linked arms with a big dumb smile, and Senri looked clueless. “…?”

       Husky sweatdropped. “…They’ll figure it out eventually… maybe.”