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For RYuji the kiss was death the very death in love he’s always dreamed of. The softness of her lips, her mouth so crimson in the darkness he could see it with closed eyes. In the dark rapture of all this was something directly linked to death. He was perfectly aware he would leave her in a day yet he was ready to die happily for her sake. Death roused inside him, stirred.

Easily my favourite passage in a book.