The fire war renaissance

Chapter 59: Tai Mori and Suo, part two

Good Morrow fair readers.

Here's part two to Toph and Yuexi's big problem. It's pretty much a "the plot thickens" kind of thing.

Chapter Fifty-Nine: Tai Mori and Suo, Part Two

It pained Toph to feel his heart beat skip, his whole frame shake, and his eyes squeeze tightly shut while he stumbled to keep his balance on his own two feet.

"Yuexi…" she trailed, her voice broke and she wanted to slap herself for feeling to vulnerable at the moment, but she kicked it aside. Back when her motivation to figure out her feelings for Yuexi was still fresh, Toph mentally told herself that she had to learn that she didn't have to put up all four emotional walls when around Yuexi. She could relax and tell him whatever was needed to be told.

She supposed now was the test, but, as usual, it wasn't the way she wanted it to happen.

"T-Toph," Yuexi coughed, his voice dry and horse, making Toph squint in discomfort. She could feel his chest cramping even though he was all the way across the room at that point. She slowly took steps towards him, speaking softly as she strode.

"I'm so sorry, Yuexi." She whispered. "I never meant for any of this to happen." Her blankly forward eyes drifted downcast, the lower range of her eye movements seeming even darker than the usual darkness she had grown so familiar with. "But it's out of my control…." She sighed. "I mean, my parents are being irrational and this is in no possible way fair, but….I would never want this for you, or me….for us…."

"I guess there won't be an us anymore, huh?" Yuexi mentioned darkly, Toph could feel his muscles still twitching at alarming rates, and when she finally came close enough to touch him, she reached to cup his cheek, moving downwards to his neck. It was sweating.

"I just can't give up all that we had, Yuexi." Toph mumbled. Speak louder, Toph, she chastised herself. He needs to know how much you care about him.

"You don't have a choice." Yuexi sighed but made no small effort to hide that fact that her touch relaxed him, he leaned into her hand while moved it in rhythmic motions from his cheek and down to his neck.

"I just don't want you to think that I want this. Because I don't."

"What do you want, Toph?" Yuexi perked up his body a bit, looking at her deeply enough so that she knew he was staring straight at her, even if she couldn't see the intensity in his eyes, Yuexi knew that she could feel every bone in his body stiffen and his murderous shake with the want, the need to know how she felt.

"I want to stay with you!" She yelled, surprising herself with her sudden volume change. "…And be with you," she said, quieter that time.

"Then I guess we have some work ahead of us…" Yuexi sighed. His lips were tight and unmoving when Toph bent to kiss him goodnight, sighing, as well, against him and slumping her body over his shoulder.

"This is terrible." She voiced.

"Yeah, it pretty much is." Yuexi held her, it was a light touch. One that Toph absolutely hated. She wanted him to hold her so tightly that she would gasp for breath, but instead he just loosely encircled her back, patting her every second or so for his weird ways of reassurance. "Stay here." He asked her, regardless of his scared hold of her, his hands trembled with want, and it was getting harder to resist him.