Realization

Why did her face feel hot? It was nearly winter now and they had been inside for hours, she had no reason to be warm at all. Yet as she sat there at the kitchen table she couldn't help but realize the heat of her cheek as she rested her face in a hand. No matter the warmth she continued to stare, how easily the brunette rifled through those photographs. They had been sitting there for hours telling stories and exchanging names of the people in the photos. She smiled and made comments here and there but mostly just watched. One large curl fell from the haphazard bun down in front of Ki's eyes and she watched as Ki lifted a slender wrist to push the curl back behind her ear, the bracelet at her wrist making a light ling as she lifted the hand. Her earrings glinted in the light as she continued to sift through the proof of their memories. She pushed a photo towards Cho asking a question the black haired girl never heard. Her eyes were more concerned with caressing ever inch of her face. The soft turn of her cheek and the pale dimple that was only on one side of her mouth. How slowly her nose fell just below the faded smudges of leftover makeup. Her eyelashes still had some semblance of mascara on them although the eye shadow from her lids had completely disappeared. Those eyes stared back at her curiously, there mix of green and blue shifting to and fro. She sat up a little straighter as she asked what was wrong, the ample curve of her lips parting in a way that was nearly intoxicating. She couldn't help but stare as they remained parted even after her words ended. Cho was the one to smile then, her dark eyes melting into the swirl of her companion's. "I love you." She merely blinked in response before returning her words. Cho shook her head as she moved her chair closer to the other girl. She reached out to those slender wrists and held those seemingly delicate hands in her own. "No, I really love you Ki." There was silent then, lingering between them. Ki smiled, in a gentle way that belonged only to her. She laced her finger's between Cho's and softly squeezed them. "I love you too." She leaned forward until their foreheads touched, barely a graze and just a breath from kissing. Cho smiled in a way that made her heart, no her whole body fill with a warm light. That's what it was. That's what this is. Love.