Maybe with you? (Cynonari)

Why?

The next couple days were fairly unusual. Now that I had figured out my feelings towards Cyno it made me see him a whole lot differently.
Watching him sneak in to see Collei each morning and then following me around for the afternoon.
He was quite a curious person to be completely honest.
"You don't have to hide when you follow me-"
I spoke narrowing my eyes at the tree that he was hiding behind.
He popped his head around from the tree and started walking beside me.
"Where you goin?" He asked playfully smiling at me.
I rolled my eyes
"Just surveying the area" my ears flopping with annoyance.
Yes he was annoying but oddly charming and I didn't mind his company, and yes I had a crush on him so being around him always made all my senses more hightened.
We walked side by side through the green archways of the forest.
Light sun beaming through gaps in the trees illuminating their path along the river.
Just three days ago we shared a moment together in just this spot.
"Hey Nari." He spoke and giggled.
Oh sheet here we go.
"Yes Cyno.." I replied looking at him dis pleasingly.
"Hehe knock knock" he smiled trying not to laugh.
Ughhhh not this again.
"Whose there..." I looked away from him. "Lettuce"
I smacked my face with the notepad I was carrying and stopping in my tracks to face in. "Lettuce who..." I groaned.
"Lettuce in its cold"
he pulled the book down from my face and kissed my nose.
I flushed bright red and shrunk back.
"THATS SO CRINGE" I yelled hiding my face in my hands and spiralling.
He laughed and grabbed my hand from my face as we continued walking.
The sun was beginning to set and a soft sunset began to form over the horizon.
We stopped at a small hill and sat down together.
The grass was soft and most of Sumeru city could be seen.
He kept scooting closer to me and I shrank into the grass.
He was so close to me and it felt like I was on fire.
I felt his gaze on me as I looked up at him meeting with two crimson ruby's beaming at me.
His hair blew in the wind like the water that ran down the river.
Sparkling diamonds worthy of a king.
He picked up my hand that was resting on the grass next to me and put it to his cheek. Closing his eyes and smiling. Holy archons he was attractive.
He kissed my hand lightly and continued holding it to his face.
The sun lowered forming pink and orange streaks across the sky.
The rivers and hills tinted in the pale beautiful that is Sumeru.
I felt a movement next to me as he turned to face me.
Looking curiously at my face as I studied the landscape.
He brushed a strand of hair away from my face and rubbed my cheek gently.
My face was bright red at this point studying his calm movements.
I felt him grab my arm and shift me closer to him.
He stared directly into my eyes. My heart was beating so fast I couldn't breathe.
I was sitting in front of him at this point as he continued staring at me.
I felt him pull my face closer to his.
Oh my archons he's going to kiss me.
Holy sheet.
I didn't want to stop him I was frozen.
He was so close to me.
An inch apart.
I could see his lips inching closer and closer to mine.
Pulling my face closer to his.
Our lips almost touching.
"General there you are!" A loud voice yelled from the bottom of the hill.
We both jumped from our places.
My face was so hot and he looked embarrassed. "I should go" he says calmly.
Standing up from his place in the grass and nodding to the soldier that called him.
I watched him walk down the mountain. Disappointment and sadness overwhelmed me. I wanted to kiss him.
He wanted to kiss me.
Does this mean he loved me to?
He couldn't.
There was no way?
He's a general, I'm just me.
I couldn't decide.
Cyno has always been affectionate to me and only me.
Which I found rather strange.
I curled up into a ball and placed my face in my knees.
Small tears pricked to spill at the corner of my eyes.
How could that one moment be ruined. His lips looked so soft and it made me hurt knowing I could have kissed him in that one moment.
I began to cry quietly as the sun set over the mountains.
I felt a hand on my shoulder.
It was Cyno??
I felt him sit beside me again and pull me into his chest.
I wrapped my arms around him and continued to cry.
He seemed he knew why I was crying as he didn't ask me why.
He just held me gently and wiped my tears with his thumb.
"Why" he asked watching my face that was battered with emotions.
I thought about it again and more tears threatened to pool out of my eyes.
He noticed this and just pulled me tight. I dug my face into his chest and climbed into his lap. There was a long moment of silence between us.
"Why did you get called.."
I asked quietly being muffled since my face was squished into him.
"They needed my daily update that was all"
he spoke softly as he began to pat my head.
I felt silly at that moment.
He did have a life and he does get busy although I wanted him all to myself.
I'm so selfish.
I pulled him tighter, I didn't want him to leave again.
I wanted him to stay forever in this moment with just us.
"Cyno.." I ask quietly, "Why?".
He lifted my face up to his and his eyes began to dart as though searching for an answer that he couldn't find.
Once again we were an inch apart.
This time I wasn't going to let someone interrupt it.
I inched myself forward.
Closer and closer.
Only a couple centimetres kept us apart.
I wasn't going to let it happen again.

I leaned forward and met his lips on mine.