𝙨𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙖𝙙𝙚 - a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone who is distant, or something that has been loved and then lost; "the love that remains".
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"𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪...
"I held my breath, looking at the big starry sky. The night was filled with endless amounts of constellations, filling up the empty spaces. Pieces slowly connecting, falling together as if it was always meant to be. It wasn't. As well as sorrow was concerned, my mind was blank. Yet I held my breath, looking at the big starry sky."
The ink danced on my paper, like so. Every movement swifter than the other. My quill moved on its own, a thousand words to be expressed, yet nothing was enough. Nobody would ever listen, so I resorted to writing. My own notebooks know me better than any soul.
While writing, I was so caught up in my own thoughts, that I couldn't notice a strange presence, sly and quick witted, creeping up behind me.
"What are you doing--?"
"WAH!" I flinched, stumbling backwards and brutally falling off the rough wooden railing which I was earlier sitting on. "Ow, I'm sorry! Are you alright?! Do you need anything? Are you hurting anywhere?" I instantly sprung up, hasting to know of his well-being without a second thought.
"..Well, that's quite ironic. Shouldn't I be the one asking you this?" He snorted, his facial expression now contorting to that of a diverted one. The amusement seeping up onto his sharp features.
"No no, I'm fine!" There was a harmony of crackles as I stretched myself out, my breath hitching along with the slight pain in my bones. "..Do you need anything? I can only assume, that you didn't come here purely out of nothing." I eagerly raised my eyebrow, crossing my arms with a huff.
"I was only curious, of what you were up to. Speaking of which, what is it that you're doing?" He inched closer to me, tilting his head to the side.
"Careful, curiosity kills the cat." A smirk creeped up on to my lips, which I closed quickly after.
"Aha, mysterious, aren't you? Now I'm truly curious." He paused, his own lips now curling up to a smile as his gaze wandered around, stopping at my creation. "That IS a notebook, isn't it? Were you writing in it?"
"Yuuup, I guess so. There lies a ton of different stuff, drawings, poems. each of them with an unique and varying meaning. I usually leave the interpretation up to the reader, except I don't have any." I managed to look up at him, whom my eyes have been trying to avert as best as they can. "Oh..Oh! I am truly so sorry, I didn't wanna come off as rude or anything by chatting so much. Gosh, what happened to being mysterious?" I cursed my oblivion under my breath, quickly redirecting the conversation.
He only raised his eyebrows in stupefaction, shaking his head. "What are you apologizing for? Tell me more about this."
I raised my head yet again, being quick to look down as I gathered my thoughts. "I don't really have anything to tell you anymore! I'm not exactly considering showing you my poems at the moment, as they are quite personal. Maybe some day, in the future."
"..Quite personal? Hm, isn't that interesting. You're quite the alluring girl, your act leaves me puzzled. That being said, I can guarantee that I won't judge your writing. You can trust me." The enchanting look in his eyes made my knees go weak. I swallowed down my feelings and stepped back.
Trust him?
"Are you scared of me?" His tone suddenly lowered, I bit down on my tongue
"..Yes. I can't lie and say I'm not, it's obvious enough already. I know you're close with Akura-Ou, so I have stayed vigilant up until now." I finally spoke my mind, tugging on the seams of my clothing for a sense of relief.
"You saved me, for that, I am now deeply fond of you. For the past week, after we had met, you never slipped my mind. I would never do anything to you. Yes, I am a friend of Akura-Ou's, yet that does not make me agree with and follow his every move. I won't hurt you." A rouge hue creeped onto my cheeks, darkening with every word, followed by a genuine smile.
"I'm glad to have been of help to you.".
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GRSAHAJDN I'm soso sorry for the delay, thank you to those, who have supported me all this way! And I'm also sorry, that this chapter was kinda short, BUT I promise I'll make it up to you in the next chapter!! Until then, c:
