July 30th, 2010

It had all begun when Sharp and Mikhail had joined North Triston's Armed forces back in 2007, with two quite similar objectives in mind - each of them wanted to escape and leave their lives behind. Sharp wanted to leave behind her previous life of working for Caesia's Yakuza and the fifteen murders she'd committed in this time, five of which as her personal revenge for her uncle's slaying in 1998. Mikhail, having emigrated to North Triston in 1992, wanted a break from the music industry after eleven years of playing the lead guitars for two Death Metal bands, from 1993 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2007. As a pair of Privates, they had each been engaged in basic training exercises in their first year, from learning how to handle heavy weaponry to employing the strategies of war.

In 2008, their divisions had merged, and with it came a day that both Sharp and Mikhail remembered as though it was yesterday. They didn't know it at first, and they didn't know whether what they felt was reciprocated, but both of them had fallen deeply in love with each other almost from the very first time they met. But yet they remained too shy to approach one another, too nervous to speak to each other, too fearful of what might happen should they even lock eyes. They were often completely silent around each other, and in the times they did speak, they could rarely bring themselves to carry on a conversation. And every time they parted from each other, they could feel their hearts tearing into two, as though somebody was trying to rip it out of their chests.

It would not be until just before April Fool's Day of 2009 that they would finally find the courage to open out around each other, when their divisions were deployed to Crez. They'd quickly become totally in thrall to each other, as though they were two links of a chain, and it had spelt the beginning of something they regarded as among the most beautiful things the world had to offer - even if their species did have an unflattering reputation due to their spray. And even as they departed from the military the year after, their love remained as strong as ever.

By the time their next date came, everything was going according to plan. Every last minute they spent with each other felt as though they were living a dream, and every minute parted from each other was like entering the gates of Hell. Sharp had offered to take him to her favourite restaurant after her first day at her new job that day, which she hoped would make a good first impression. When he arrived, they raced towards each other, with Mikhail leaping legs first into her arms.

"Oh, Mickey," she smiled, nuzzling against his cheek, "I've missed you, baby."

"Hehe, well," grinned Mikhail, "it's only been two hours, Sharp."

"I know," she said wistfully, "but it felt like two years."

"It did for me too." he admitted, reaching up for her and kissing her on the cheek, to which she responded by doing the same. "You ready?"

"Am I ever!" she beamed as she put him down, before the two linked hand paws and tails as they began their walk. "If I know you by now...I think you might like this place."

"I think I might too, sweetheart." crooned Mikhail, before the two shared another peck. What a night this would be, if their love remained as strong as the forces that held the Solar System together. There would be only one way to define the night's progress, and it was a way they both desired greatly. Love knew no boundaries or limits once it began to flow.

This little piece was composed by vashy_wings, and shows my two most prominent skunk characters as they finally open out around each other. I rather like the variations from their usual clothing here, but what I like most of all is how sweet they each look. ^^

Original image: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8293665/