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001. First kiss
Flynn sat beside one of the canals that ran through the streets in the Lower Quarter, his little legs dangling over the side. He was barefoot and his pants had been rolled up to his knees, which were scraped up after a day of roughhousing with Yuri. Really, the blond boy didn’t mind that Yuri often got a little rough when play fighting with him. Yuri was usually the one to end up with more injuries anyways. Even though Flynn always won, Yuri seemed to just get more and more determined to beat him in a fight.
Currently, the black haired boy was busy sulking because of the outcome of their last fight. At the end of one of their fights, Flynn would ask him “are you alright Yuri?”, which always seemed to bother Yuri for some reason. Even so, Flynn found that he instinctively asked the question whenever he saw that Yuri was hurt. After this particular fight, Yuri had stormed off with the declaration that he was never going to speak to Flynn again. Flynn wasn’t worried though. Yuri had threatened the same thing before, but in the end he always came back as if nothing had ever happened.
Hearing footsteps from behind him, Flynn glanced over his shoulder to see Yuri running up to him, looking excited. Yuri stopped beside Flynn and sat down beside him, grinning from ear to ear. It was unusual for Yuri to get over a loss so easily, so Flynn couldn’t help but wonder what it was that had happened to put Yuri in such a good mood.
“Hey Flynn! I found out how to be adults!”
Flynn looked blankly at Yuri for a moment. He didn’t have the faintest idea what Yuri was talking about. Then he remembered telling Yuri that they wouldn’t be able to join the knights until they were adults, so he wanted to become an adult quickly. Apparently, Yuri had taken it upon himself to find out how they could do this.
“Really? How did you find out?” Flynn asked.
“Well, I was taking a walk around near the inn when I saw two people give each other a kiss like they do in that book of fairy tales that you have,” Yuri explained as he kicked off his shoes and dipped his feet into the water alongside Flynn’s. “I asked the lady at the inn why they were doing that, and she told me ‘it’s because they’re adults’. So if we kiss, then that’ll make us adults too.”
Yuri was watching Flynn intently, clearly expecting him to be just as excited about it as he was. Flynn didn’t think that kissing would turn them into adults, but he didn’t want to disappoint Yuri by saying so.
“Maybe, but you’re only supposed to kiss the person you love,” Flynn pointed out.
“Oh? But that shouldn’t be a problem, right?” Yuri asked, smiling innocently at Flynn.
“Um... I guess not,” Flynn replied, returning the smile. “I suppose it’d be ok.”
Yuri grinned broadly, his gray eyes lighting up and shining happily as he scooted a little closer to Flynn. This was the only warning Flynn had before he felt Yuri’s lips against his own. Yuri’s lips felt soft, and Flynn felt as if his heart was about to leap out of his chest it was pounding so hard. As suddenly as it happened, it was over. Yuri licked his lips thoughtfully, his brows furrowing slightly in concentration.
“Are we adults? I don’t really feel any different,” he remarked. Yuri turned and looked curiously at Flynn. “Hey, are you ok? Your face is all red.”
“I... think it’s fine if things stay the way they are a little longer...” Flynn said quietly, turning his face away to hide the blush that had crept onto his cheeks.