Keep the Faith part 26

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Nino blinked slowly as a hand moved over his stomach his whole body stiffening as he wondered just who he had brought back now. A soft warm breath rushed against his ear and a moan that sounded vaguely familiar followed. In a moment he was wrapped in warm strong arms and pulled up against a taut body lips pressing to his cheek before he was released again and allowed to pull his mind from the fog. The semi-light which came through the window told him clearly that he wasn’t in his apartment or even his grandparents’ home. A few more blinks at it all come back to him, his surroundings, the previous day, and the evening. Nervous he turned in the bed and found himself looking at his former friend current…Boyfriend. It seemed such an odd thing but he couldn’t deny that there was a whole host of butterflies dancing around in his stomach and his chest.

Grinning like a loon he turned back over and noticed that the ropes of semi-light was the sun trying hard to break through the veil of night and slowly and carefully he slipped out of bed. The dawn prayers were something that he hadn’t actually managed to get used to, even with his grandmother’s coaxing and promises that he would feel better for it. He had been adamant that he would feel better with the extra hour or two in bed and would be prepared to bet that even the goddess herself would understand that but now, now he was positively buzzing with the desire to say the first chant, to ask for the light to bless him and Jun and even Masaki.

Slipping out of the bed he tried hard not to wince at the slight chill which wrapped around his nude feet and he sighed with happiness when his toes were covered by the thick shag of the carpet. Tiptoeing across the room so he wouldn’t disturb either Jun or Masaki he made his way to Jun’s hallway. There was a small stained glass window which had only the top half bare. It reminded him of a similar window in his grandparent’s home though she had created it herself as a timer. Glad that nobody else was awake he knelt in front of it and closed his eyes letting his mind go completely blank before he whispered aloud;

“Thank-you o’mother for protecting me this night, for bringing back the dawn and returning to us the light…Thank-you for guiding me in my dreams, through the dark of the night and delivering me safely into a new day. I promise that, I will serve you the best that I can, to remember your name in this day just as I did in the last. As your light delivered us from the dark I will do my best to share my own light, to do your will…Thank-you…”

“There’s a lot of praying, ne?” Jun’s sleepy voice mumbled from behind him causing Nino to almost crack his neck as he turned to look at him his cheeks turning a mottled pink colour. “I don’t mind they’re actually pretty but isn’t it a lot to remember?”

“No-Not really…The prayers are the same at morning and night…Though…I’ve never really said the morning prayer that much…Grandma say’s I’m too lazy…” Nino grinned recovering quickly as he turned back to the window just as the first streams of real sunlight spilled in through the clear glass bathing his face in it “Thank-you, mother of light…”

“Thanks…” Jun grunted awkwardly as Nino jumped to his feet laughing a little as he rolled his eyes muttering;

“Hey I’m not saying you have to believe, okay? I’m just saying that I do…It’s comforting, but I won’t drag you to the meetings or anything…”

“Okay…Now…Back to bed?” Jun asked hopefully holding out his hand and Nino snorted with yet more laughed happiness that he had come to fetch him bubbling away inside his chest.

TBC
A/N: I hope that this is okay ^_^

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Jun is right, they're really pretty, I'm glad Nino held to something beautiful and hopeful that's fill with memories of his grands TwT