Yasamura leaned close and kissed him on the cheek.
“That, you will have to discover for yourself.” He turned and looked at Konomi, who had an odd expression on her face. “Coming, cousin?”
“Yes, I suppose.” Konomi hesitated, then kissed Shin roughly on his other cheek. Shin blinked, shocked.
She was always affectionate, but there was something different about this kiss – almost possessive.
To her credit, Konomi looked somewhat shocked herself.
“Oh,” she murmured.
“That, you will have to discover for yourself.” He turned and looked at Konomi, who had an odd expression on her face. “Coming, cousin?”
“Yes, I suppose.” Konomi hesitated, then kissed Shin roughly on his other cheek. Shin blinked, shocked.
She was always affectionate, but there was something different about this kiss – almost possessive.
To her credit, Konomi looked somewhat shocked herself.
“Oh,” she murmured.
— The Flower Path, by Josh Reynolds
"Shut up! You don’t understand a damn thing about me! So, what if I’m jealous? Do you really think I would hurt Orihime over a stupid reason like that? Yeah, I do find myself wondering where do I belong inside her heart? Is there even a place for me? And sure, there was a part of me wishing she never met Ichigo, imagining what it would be like if she never even knew his name. Lately, my mind has been plagued by thoughts about her and Ichigo...and about me. Seeing her with another man drives me mad, almost to the point of insanity. It hurts. When it comes between Orihime and Ichigo, where am I in the picture? I agonized over it so much inside me, my heart was beginning to burst. A burning, nauseating feeling in the pit of my stomach began to stir up. It’s unbearable and too devastating to watch or to even think about. My chest tightens so much it becomes hard to breathe sometimes. In that illusion back there, the one you say that brings out our heart’s innermost darkest and despairing fears, when I saw her and Ichigo together, the only thing my mind could think of was that ‘Orihime has been taken away from me’. When it comes to Ichigo, there’s no place for me. I realized, at that moment, what that pain in my heart meant. ...I’m jealous. But it wasn’t any ordinary jealousy. This one stung at the core of my being like a white-hot vice unwilling to let go. I’m jealous of the bond her and Ichigo share. It hurts so much! And I don’t know if this pain would ever go away. Seeing her with someone else… I don’t want it. I don't want her with anyone else! Hehe. Maybe I am just hurt and petty and bitter like you said. Guess, men are just naturally possessive. Or it could be just me. Yes, it hurts. It hurts seeing them together like that. Even if it was just my fears playing with my mind. But what hurts more is the thought of doing anything to make Orihime cry. So let me fucking tell you something, you bitch! If you ever lay a finger on Orihime, I will obliterate you! I will protect her! That’s a promise!"
Edward Elric, The Flower Princess and the Alchemist
"I think we should date."
No laughter now. Silence and the sound of a person thinking, if that's a sound at all. I can hear it over the running water, in my state.
"…what?"
"I don't ever want you to see that girl again. I want to be your girlfriend and I want us to date. I think we should do that," I swallow, ashamed that I didn't have the courage to do this face-to-face.
No laughter now. Silence and the sound of a person thinking, if that's a sound at all. I can hear it over the running water, in my state.
"…what?"
"I don't ever want you to see that girl again. I want to be your girlfriend and I want us to date. I think we should do that," I swallow, ashamed that I didn't have the courage to do this face-to-face.
