Riku took a deep breath as he rolled over onto his back to better look at the Prince. Something inside him wanted to grab the Prince and just hold him against his body as tightly as possible, but he didn't dare, not knowing where that might lead them.
"Our story, Beloved?" Riku whispered reaching up to slide his hands across the Prince's cheeks. "What a beautiful story it is. But I never want to get to the end." He never wanted to have his story not involve the Prince anymore.
"Happily ever for the rest of their lives is only the ending of the first chapter." Which they were still a summer away from seeing. "Let us close this reading of today with a kiss, and close every night with one."