My Ride or Die- Kiribaku Fantasy AU

One

Katsuki
I sighed and pulled Mina a bit further up on my back. She had gotten tired on our journey and insisted that I carry her instead of Eijirou, who was already in dragon form with Denki and Hanta sleeping over his back.
Eijirou chuckled. "How heavy is she?"
"Heavy." I groaned.
"Hey, at least you don't have to carry two of them." Eijirou gestured to Denki and Hanta with his tail.
"Poor you." I said. "A big strong dragon carrying two tiny humans."
"Hey, they weigh a lot!" Eijirou insisted.
"I'm sure they do." I laughed.
We walked together in silence for a few minutes, staring at the night sky over the desert that we passed through.
"I wonder..." Eijirou started talking, then shook his head. "Never mind. That was a stupid thought."
"Tell me." I judged him gently. "I'm sure it's not stupid."
"I just wonder if I'd ever be able to fly high enough to touch the stars." He sighed. "But that's ridiculous."
"It's not ridiculous." I insisted. "We wouldn't be human without dreams."
"I'm not human, Kat." Eijirou said. "But I know what you mean."
"You'll touch the stars one day, I promise." I laid a hand on his neck.
"It's just a stupid daydream. Who knows how high up they are." Eijirou's wings spread and flapped just a little, as if his body was ready to try and fly among the stars.
"Nothing's too high for you to reach." I said softly. "You're Kirishima Eijirou."
Eijirou smiled at me. "We'll see."
"It's been fun on this adventure so far." I said. "You're a great leader."
"Kat, we've been walking for two weeks straight with no discoveries." Eijirou shook his head. "Maybe someone else should lead the way."
"That's not true." I rolled my eyes. "We found that big river with the glowing fish, the tree that reverts to a sapling when it gets wet, and the nest of baby chimeras."
"The chimeras were cute." Eijirou admitted.
"And this is only the start." I added. "Who knows what we'll find next?"
"Hopefully something amazing." Eijirou turned his gaze from the sky to the empty sands in front of us.
We walked in silence for a little while, simply enjoying each other's presence with one of my hands resting on Eijirou's wing.
It was the pure kind of silence, where all you feel is love or adoration for the other person. All you know is that you're there with them and they aren't going away anytime soon. Fireflies flitted around us, floating past Eijirou's nose and hovering above my shoulders.
"Hey, Ei." I gently cupped a firefly in my hands. "We're walking in the stars. I told you so."
Eijirou smiled and waved his left wing towards a cluster of the glowing insects. "I guess you did."

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