Mairi Prompts

I'll be here and that's enough

Love was undoubtedly in a person's life; regardless, if it was romantic or platonic. Love is everything to a person. It is warm. It makes people do foolish things. It's in those simple gestures you never think twice about; the gentle chiding, the jokes, the teasing tilt in a person's tone. It could be in those grand gestures of gift giving or smothering. Love could wrap you in a warm hug, hold you close, and never let you.

Love, could be painful.

Ah, yes.

They don't tell you that about love, do they?

No?

The funny thing about love is that it's preached by those who found it, you never hear a peep from those who were hurt by it, instead they suffer in silence. They hold their broken heart close, cupping it in their hands, and scream into a void. They cry and cry and cry—

Ah, well, love is many things.

Mattia's chin rested in the palm of his hand as he stared at the boy next to him who was animatedly chattering with their other friends. Gesturing, giggling, and being loud.

"Haha, Kairi, please!" A feminine voice giggled, causing Mattia's eyes to drift towards her.

Oh, how lucky, she was.

Mattia's eyes drifted back towards Kairi and he could see it, the love, never to be directed towards him.

Crack.

He inhaled softly. He could feel it, his heart breaking, yet he wouldn't show it. No, no matter how many times he'd sit here and watch them interact. He won't ruin their friendship by acting different.

"Okay, okay! Babe, chill."

Mattia gritted his teeth and looked away from the scene.

Kairi leaning in, nuzzling her cheek, giggling softly as he whispered something into her ear—

No.
No.
No.

His mind chanted and his heart ached. It ached so much that the boy he loved would never, ever, be his. Not now, not anytime soon.

Mattia's been with so many girls, yet, they left him feeling empty. They were nothing compared to Kairi. To Kairi's laugh, his giggle, his playful stare. The way he'd brush against him. Nothing compared.

Oh, how it will never compare.

Mattia inhaled sharply before exhaling softly before glancing back to his friends who were once more laughing and joking.

It's okay, he thought as he stared at his best friend's giggling expression, I'll be here and that's enough.