[008 ☿] Cliff-Diving

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[There's a gorgeous view from up here: a rocky cliff face overlooking the sea. The breeze plays with her hair as Ami waits at the very highest point, right on the edge. She looks down, an angle likely to give vertigo but she only grins broader.

She's going to jump.

She lets go, and her body suddenly looks so small against the backdrop of open sky as she plummets towards the water and sinks beneath the waves. The movement is a thrilling rush and the moment she's immersed, she smiles. She lets herself stay there, savoring the feeling, and she rises to the surface only reluctantly and belatedly.]

(ooc: not necessarily theme, but I'm open to theme antics as well if anyone wanted to catch her here for them; let me know)

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[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Are you saying you're laughing at it?

[She keeps a straight face. Somehow.]

Come on. We should go to shore.

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

Not in the least.

[Serious here. She complies, though, swimming slowly back to the shore.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Ami emerges from the water, which rolls down toned legs to drip back into the sea. She heads towards a small pile of neatly-folded towels, each of them thick and fluffy. (Were they there before?)]

There's food, if you want.

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

[Don't mind Yui exchanging her soaked blouse for a fluffy towel, hugging herself with a shiver.]

Is there? That would be nice.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Ami nods and, whether it was there before or not, there is also now a picnic basket right on the ground by a large rock, right in the direction she indicates.

She acts as if this isn't unusual, and towels her hair.]

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

[Yui, drier than she should be for the circumstances, pads over to the rock and kneels, opening the basket curiously.]

So is it you putting all of my favorites here, or just the dream?

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

It's me. [Whether it is or not, of course she'd take the credit.]

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

Then I'll thank you. Come here.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[She quirks an eyebrow but, indulgently, plays along today. She steps closer to Yui quite boldly, expectant.]

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

[Yui runs her fingertips down Ami's arms and pulls her close for a quick kiss. She is indeed being a tease, and she knows it, but it doesn't stop her from pulling away abruptly and collapsing onto the ground, where the picnic blanket is spread out--was it before? Hard to tell.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[There or not, it doesn't matter. Ami is just about to return the kiss when it vanishes. She tosses her head, and flops onto the blanket beside Yui.]

I want more than that.

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

Why?

[The question might come as sudden, but to Yui it feels methodical. Motives--questioned. Ever since Miaka, that's what she's been doing. Why is she wanted? Why does Ami want her? It's not enough to know that she does; Yui is selfish. She wants to know why.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

I told you before. [though she'll say it a thousand more times if asked]

When I want to be with someone, I won't let go. I don't want only half of them.

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

But why me?

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Because certain things for us, are the same.

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

[She can accept that. She relaxes.]

Okay.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Don't you already know it?

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

[She gives Ami a smirk--even if it's a little forced. She's done being vulnerable.]

I may or may not enjoy hearing it.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[You should be stronger, Yui. You shouldn't need sweet words.

Ami needs them, too.]

Let's go back and dive again.

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

[She's not strong, Ami. Not yet--maybe not ever. She's spoiled rotten.]

Okay.

[Yui pushes to her feet and starts heading towards the incline.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Planning to dive this time? [Light and almost coy, the invitation is a challenge.]

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

You'll see.

[Her pace doesn't change and she looks almost as carefree as Ami does, except that she honestly has no idea what she's going to do.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Ami, however, certainly plans to dive. She approaches the peak with no fear, but excitement instead. She takes her place.]

[seiryuusmartie.livejournal.com]

[Yui comes up behind her.]

Are you going to go first or should I?

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

I'll go of course. [She tosses her head, and heads straight to the edge, where she jumps again as if it doesn't even matter how high this is, what she's jumping into.]