Derisive Thunder (Ei[Raiden Shogun] X Fem Reader)

Chapter 18: Tangled Destinies

[Ei's PoV]

On the Plane of Euthymia, I didn't want to think about her anymore, but I couldn't shake away the feeling that she was close by. It was a dangerous feeling. She was my enemy, yet I couldn't help but wish to have her close by.

The kiss was supposed to be only a tease to Y/n, nothing more. To let myself irritate Y/n so that we could battle once more, but it somehow took different turns when I suddenly fell on top of her and submerged myself in kissing her that I couldn't hold my moan back then.

I tried to ignore these painful thoughts, these confusing desires. I pushed all my hopes and dreams away in favor of doing what is right. For eternity, for my people, and for Inazuma.

A few days had passed, and I could not escape the feeling that I was still with her, even when she was not.

And for that, I blamed myself too, for having these feelings. I hated myself for it.

The memory kept coming back to me.

I tried to push these thoughts away, to try to find happiness in being alone, without Y/n. But I just couldn't get her out of my head.

"It was supposed to lure her in, but it seems that I was the one who got caught... How foolish of me..."

The temptation was too strong. A kiss between enemies in a battle, that was enough to reawaken the feelings within me.

The feelings that should had long be forgotten.

"Now, it seems to me that my feelings for you from thousand of years ago are reigniting once again..."

I sighed dreadfully.

I remembered how I once saw Y/n traveling to Narukami Island centuries ago and I couldn't help but only watched her since I was too afraid to talk to her back then.

I didn't know any of her backgrounds nor anything about her, but something was pulling me towards her, and I was simply intrigued to talk to her in person.

Then, a memory flashes inside of my head.

That dreaded battle...

I was about to finish her off. A single cut from the Musou no Hitotachi would've taken her life. My sword was ready. I even stood face-to-face with her. All I had to do was swing.

...But I just couldn't do it. Something was holding me back and my heart felt heavy.

I just couldn't finish her off.

She had almost killed me, I knew I would've been killed if not for that chance mistake of hers. But how could I kill her when I still had those strong feelings for her?

Even after that battle, she still had that same enchanting presence... It was my weakness to blame.

I couldn't help but think back to the time I had met her. Those same, alluring eyes. Those full lips, gently smiling. That sweet and enchanting voice of hers.

Maybe, just maybe, fate decided to let our paths cross once more, just like those many longs years...

It's ironic, is it not? It's almost like fate is telling me that my love for her is something I shouldn't deny.