The room was silent. It had only been moments since she said those three words, those three overused yet unexplainably breathtaking words.
”I love you.”
I bowed my head. I never really expected this from her. To me she was an unreachable star, so magnificent, so beautiful, and so true. Yet she had already loved another. I smiled then and lived my life, found love for myself. Yet we stayed friends.
“You seem quiet.”
I was pulled from my flashback as I felt her hands wrap around me. Those soft limbs that I once longed to hold and caress were now slowly wrapping themselves around me. I let her grasp my arms as I looked around the room. It was a cozy enough place. The walls held an assortment of racks that contained trophies and awards. I spotted a small wooden desk and a chair, which lay on the far side of the room. Then I noticed where I—we were; A soft bed laden with pillows and stuffed animals.
No, this was not where I thought we would meet.
I felt a soft warm feeling on my left cheek and realized that she had kissed me. “Hello?” she said as she giggled. “Are you there?”
”Yeah.” I said, still bewildered.
You see, she had already loved someone else. Someone whom I thought loved her more than I did. She seemed happy and I was content just as long as she was. So I did what I thought was right. I lived my life.
I did find someone I thought who loved me. Someone I thought who really cared, but I was proven wrong. It was nothing but a shallow façade of love conducted by enraged hormones, nothing more. Although I can’t say that I was unaffected. My world died when she left me. Thankfully, I had found a way to live despite that.
Curiously, she had found me once more just as I had begun living again. I had learned that she herself had suffered the same misfortune that I had, she had been alone for a while and she sought company. Seeing her as a friend in dire need I consented and begun to console her. She did not know my problem, I never told her. But comforting her helped me move on somehow.
In time she asked me to accompany her. She had told me that It would be a surprise, that we were going some place ‘special’. I assumed it would be someplace where she had taken her love once.
I never imagined it to be here.
The room was dark now, She had turned off the lights for a while back, the only illumination left was the small lamp on the far table. She placed her head on my shoulder and hugged me from behind as she murmured soft, unintelligible words.
I felt a cold drop of sweat on the back of my head. It contrasted to her warm body, which was softly entangling mine.
“Are you sure about this?” It was all I could say.
Her answer came in the morning. As I felt the heat of the sun arrive, I slowly opened my eyes to find her lying on top of me. Her face showed a calm happiness that afflicted me.
”I love you too,” I whispered.
Currently listening to: Don't Get Lost In Heaven ~ Gorillaz
Reading: Harry Potter 6
Bored by: House
Is Obviously: Inexplicable