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For lack of a better word, he was shocked. Ichi had gotten beyond drunk but still wanted to dance. Well there was no music anymore, but he was sure they didn't need any. He hoped not anyway. He hadn't yet really danced with Ichi and wasn't sure what she might do exactly. He led her out to the dance floor and took her as though to ballroom dance. That was the point was it not?

With a quick eye he noticed another come into the club. She had Red's aura around her, and her ears and tail said it better than anything else. She was a kitsune as well. One Red had met. She looked like quite a timid little thing and why she had come so late evaded him. If this girl was with Red, there was a reason, and he would probably never know it.

"Shall we love?"

"I'll make it my business to meet with you again." Still strictly business she sounded, it was the most casual she got with males these days it seemed. Still though, she was nothing but polite and bowed to him lightly. "It was a pleasure Sulochan."

She said nothing more. In fact she immediately made her way to the girl dressed elegantly in white. No one could see it from the angle, but her face a bit softer with one. She approached the child as though she were better than the young one, but she wasn't even that much older. The fact was though that this girl was hers and she had to maintain that air of dominance.

"Aasritha, dance with me and we'll go home, I promise." A hand reached out for the young lady, but it wasn't in request so much as it was in waiting, already knowing what would come of it. The music rose back up, though lighter than before. She had been waiting for this girl all night and she wouldn't go home without a dance.

"Red..." She looked up hopefully. She had thought she would be getting away with out dancing. She didn't enjoy it much anymore, not since... She smiled gently, "arigatou, Red." She stood up, gently supporting herself in Red's arms. She stood expectantly. Ready for her first and only dance with the only one she allowed herself to love since... him.

The man Red had been dancing with was suddenly gone. She hadn't even sensed his presence, but somehow knew he wouldn't be there anymore. Perhaps Red would tell her of him later...

She didn't respond to the girl as the music finally hit a note they could start on. He held the girl close to her, able to feel the air going through both sets of lungs, able to feel Aasritha's hear drum against her chest. This girl had only been in her life for two weeks and yet it seemed as though they had been together for some time. She was the reason, truth be told, Red had discovered her need for a spiritual rebirth. Expressing gratitude was still beyond her capabilities though.

Her right arm firmly on the girl's waist, left hand holding her right, she started into a two slow waltz. Perhaps it was too formal, but she wanted to see that dress flow in the air. She wanted to see this girl she held in her arms glow with a happiness that only dancing would produce for now. She felt something around this child, but it wasn't clear just yet what that was.

She felt so comforted, so warm in Red's arms. If only this moment could last. She felt tears coming to her eyes. She was so happy and she felt as if she belonged here. With Red and no one else. She held back her tears and smiled and kissed Red's cheek. No one was watching. She lay on Red's shoulder and felt herself fallling asleep.

The kiss stung her. It shocked her completely, her guard obviously down and unprepared for such an impact. The tears in her eyes, the desire to never stop this dance, the smile on this face. This was love the girl felt and Red almost melted at the thought. She didn't want it to be true, but she could feel the truth bearing down on her with each moment until she couldn't help but accept the truth.

She kissed the girl, so beautiful in white who had fallen asleep in her arms. Yes her body was still dancing, but her mind was in slumber. She held her in an embrace unlike that which any other would feel. A silent tear lost itself in Aasritha's hair before Red lifted her into her arms and carried her out of Orion to head back home.

They were alone, bodies swaying in the open space of an empty main floor. Keno and Ichi were the last couple standing, although they did technically cheat. No one would care though since there was no contest.

He could barely feel his own body though. It was as if he were floating in some sort of liquid on a swaying platform somewhere. He couldn't really see, and though he could hear, it was more like the idea of hearing something than the actual sound that brought him peace. It was only thanks to his wandering mind when idle that he realized he was asleep. His body was basically on auto-pilot.

The couple swayed to and fro as though there were no tomorrow, and he didn't have the heart to stop it. So rather than carry his lover upstairs, the two merely Drifted away and would arrive upstairs in her room, in her bed, holding one another close in a deep, peaceful sleep. That's the way it should be.