Vows Above the Clouds - Vocaloid 神威がくぽx巡音ルカ

💜💗💜💗💜 Story 💗💜💗💜💗 The night in the heavens was even more tranquil than the day. The vast sea of clouds shimmered silver-white beneath the moonlight, and distant stars pierced the thin mist, adorning the boundless firmament like an exquisite scroll painting. The sacred halls were bathed in a soft radiance, crystal pillars reflected the starlight, and now and then a few pure white feathers drifted past on the wind, spinning slowly through the air before finally settling into the soft layers of cloud. On the observation deck, Kamui Gakupo and Megurine Luka still had not left. They had already been there for a long while, watching from the setting of the sun, through the gradual lighting of the human world's lamps, until the moon quietly rose into the night sky. For seraphim blessed with long lives, time never needed to be chased. Rather than hurrying toward the next destination, they cherished these moments when they could stop and keep each other company. Luka leaned against the railing, her long pink hair lifted slightly by the evening breeze. The three pairs of pristine white wings behind her were spread naturally, the outermost pair swaying gently now and then, their tips glowing with a faint silver light. Gakupo stood beside her, his long purple hair stirring softly in the wind. He was in no hurry to speak, simply keeping her company in silence, until Luka slowly turned and let her gaze rest on his face. "Gakupo." "Mm?" "It feels like we haven't properly talked about the future in a long time." He was momentarily taken aback, then turned toward her. "What would you like to talk about?" Luka didn't answer right away. She glanced at the starry sky in the distance, then returned her gaze to his eyes. Those deep blue eyes held his reflection, carrying both a familiar tenderness and a rare seriousness. "Not where we'll go tomorrow, or what we'll do together next time." She smiled lightly. "I want to know what you think our future will look like." Gakupo listened quietly. Luka wasn't feeling uncertain about their love. On the contrary, precisely because this love was so precious to her, she wanted to hear his thoughts from his own lips. They were sacred seraphim of the heavens, possessed of the power to protect countless lives, and bearers of responsibilities that could not easily be set down. They would meet many different lives, witness all manner of joys and sorrows, and over the long years experience many things that could not be foreseen. Yet no matter what the future held, she had always hoped that she and he could stand together. "I want to know," Luka asked softly, "will you always stay by my side?" Gakupo looked at her, his gaze gradually softening. He didn't brush the question aside with a pretty line of sweet talk. Instead, he held out his hand to her. "Luka, will you give me your hand?" She hesitated for a moment, then placed her hand in his palm. Gakupo held it tenderly, without gripping hard, yet without letting go. His palm carried a reassuring warmth, and his fingertips slowly interlaced with hers, as though this gesture had long since become the most natural habit between them. Then he took a small step forward, so that the two of them stood face to face. "Will you look at me?" Luka raised her eyes. Violet and deep blue met beneath the moonlight. In that moment, the sound of the wind seemed to grow even gentler. The six wings behind each of them unfurled over the sea of clouds, the pristine white feathers lit by starlight, and sacred radiance flowed slowly around them. Gakupo looked at her and began to speak. "I cannot know every future event in advance, and I cannot promise that we will never meet hardship. But there is one thing I can tell you clearly, right now." He gently tightened his fingers, holding her hand more steadily. "No matter how many paths appear before us, I want to walk on together with you." Luka's eyes trembled slightly. "Even if sometimes I worry myself sick over the affairs of the human world?" "I'll worry alongside you." "Even if sometimes I care so much about one life that I forget to look after myself?" "I'll remind you, and when you forget to rest, I'll stop and rest with you." "Even if one day, we have to face a very difficult choice?" Gakupo did not look away. "Then we'll think it through together and bear it together. You don't have to find the answer alone every time, nor keep everything bottled up inside just so I won't worry." He lifted their clasped hands slightly, his thumb lightly stroking the back of hers. "I want to be someone you can lean on, not someone who is only by your side when everything goes smoothly." Luka's lips parted slightly, but for a moment she couldn't speak. She had thought she merely wanted to hear a promise of forever. It was only when she heard his answer that she realized what moved her most was not how beautifully he spoke, but that he was willing to include those unknown hardships in their future together. He had not promised a road that would forever be smooth. What he promised was that even if the road were rugged, he would not easily let go of her hand. "Gakupo..." She softly called his name, a tender smile surfacing in her eyes. "I want to walk on with you, too." She tightened her grip on his hand in return and moved a little closer to him. "I hope that every time I see a beautiful view in the future, you'll be the first person I want to share it with. I hope that when I come across something I don't understand, I can turn and ask you, and that when you're tired, you'll let me stay by your side." Luka's voice was gentle yet firm. "I don't want to be only the one you protect. I want to protect you, too, to understand you, and to face together with you the things that trouble you." A faint smile rose in Gakupo's eyes. "Then I'll be counting on your care from now on." "And I on yours." "What if I'm sometimes not good at expressing how I feel?" "I'll listen to you slowly." "What if sometimes I'm so busy worrying about you that I forget to tell you I need rest, too?" Luka held his hand, deliberately putting on a serious expression. "Then I'll take your hand and rest together with you." Gakupo couldn't help laughing. "It sounds like I'll never get the chance to slack off again." "Of course not," she answered with a smile. "Because I'm going to be with you for a very, very long time." He lowered his head and touched his forehead to hers. Neither of them spoke again. They simply leaned quietly together, feeling each other's breath and warmth. This intimacy needed no ornate embellishment, for through countless days spent together, they had already learned how to understand each other, and how to let the other know, even when no words were needed, that they were always there. After a while, Gakupo asked softly, "Luka, may I make you a promise?" She drew back slightly and looked into his eyes. "What kind of promise?" "From now on, wherever we are in the heavens, whatever mission we're carrying out, whenever we have the chance to return to each other's side, let's not forget to truly look at one another." Luka's eyes widened slightly. Gakupo continued, "Let's not assume there's no need to express our feelings just because we've been together so long, and let's not forget to tell each other simply because we already know we love each other." A gentle smile played at his lips. "I want you to always know how important you are to me." Luka's eyes grew a little moist, though not from sorrow, but from joy so deeply stirred that she couldn't fully hide it. She nodded. "All right, I promise." Then she laid her other hand over their clasped hands. "And my promise is that no matter how many years pass, I'll keep getting to know you." Gakupo was momentarily taken aback. Luka smiled and explained, "Because I don't want to only remember the you of right now. I also want to know what you'll like in the future, what new thoughts you'll have, whether you'll notice things you never noticed before. I want to change slowly alongside you, and I want you to see every different side of me, too." She tilted her head slightly, strands of pink hair falling lightly onto her shoulders. "Even though we've been together for so long, I still want to understand you a little more every day." Gakupo gazed at her, the tenderness in his eyes nearly overflowing. "Luka, do you know something?" "What?" "I used to think that being able to meet you and love you was already the luckiest thing in my entire life." He gently raised her hand and pressed a kiss to her knuckles. "But now I find there is something luckier still." "What is it?" "That you're willing to look forward to the future with me." Luka laughed, then opened her arms wide of her own accord. Gakupo did not make her wait, and gently drew her into his embrace. Her cheek rested against his chest, her arms wrapped around his waist. He placed one hand lightly on her back, while the other remained clasped with hers, unwilling to let go so easily even for an embrace. The six wings behind them overlapped, forming a warm shelter of pristine white feathers beneath the moonlight. Luka lifted her head slightly. "Gakupo." "I'm here." "We promised, okay?" "Mm, we promised." "To walk on together." "To walk on together." She looked into his eyes, earnestly seeking confirmation. "Not just today, and not just tomorrow." Gakupo softly stroked her long hair and gave her the gentlest, most steadfast answer. "Every day to come. As long as you're willing to hold my hand, I'll hold yours, and we'll walk toward our future together." Luka smiled and closed her eyes, nodding gently in his arms. "Then you'd better keep holding on tight." "I will." He lowered his head and left a tender kiss on her forehead. "But if one day you want to lead me in a new direction, please don't forget to keep hold of me." Luka opened her eyes and looked at him for a moment, then gripped his hand tightly once more. "Of course. Because it's the future of the two of us." In the distance, the bells rang slowly across the sea of clouds. The starlight of the heavens was as bright as ever, and the lamps of the human world still twinkled on the faraway earth. What tomorrow would bring, they did not yet know; how many new encounters and trials the future held, no one could say in advance. Yet at this moment, they were in no hurry to find all the answers. They simply held hands, gazing at each other face to face, tucking their shared promise deep into their hearts. For the two sacred seraphim, eternity might be a span of years too long to imagine. But what they truly wished to treasure had never been the distant word "eternity." It was that as the years flowed on, they would still be willing to stop and seek each other's gaze; still be willing to reach out a hand and wait for the other to gently take it; still be willing, in every new tomorrow, to choose once more to keep each other company. Gakupo and Luka smiled at each other. Then, hand in hand, they walked slowly forward along the long white corridor above the sea of clouds. Six pairs of pristine white wings spread lightly behind them, and their shadows overlapped beneath the moonlight, stretching in the same direction. This time, they had not only promised to watch the human world together again tomorrow. They had also promised that, no matter how many unknown landscapes lay ahead, they would walk on together, hand in hand.