[his name. his name, which he had not heard for so long, which he had forgotten himself.

it's impossible not to think of when he was openly using that name - when he first met this strange cat-eared man and fell instantly in love with him. the gulf of time that had separated him from those feelings seems like it's barely even there.

without hesitating, without letting himself stop to think, he closes what distance there is between them and kisses ahrun'ya.]