The years in between; Garmau

Secrets Revealed

I'm sorry in advance, I am way too obsessed with this song ATM......

Garroth's POV (I said it was mostly in Aph's perspective, not all the time, so don't go ham plz!):

I looked at myself in the mirror, my sky blue sweatshirt complementing my eyes, and my jeans, well, were just jeans. I had dark blue socks on, since I didn't feel the need to have them on while seeing Aph, I then ran over to my dresser that I was temporarily using, as I didn't live here, and picked up the bouquet of flowers that I had picked from the many gardens of the castle. I took one last glance in the mirror, then walked out of my room, and down the hall to Aphmau's. I wanted to see her, since I knew she had hurt herself, and I felt bad that I hadn't seen her yet; something in me made me want to protect her, but I didn't know what it was yet.

I knocked on her door, "Hello?" I held my breath, until I herd an exited squeal from the inside, and the mahogany door opened to a smiling Aph, her hazel eyes sparkling like a million stars. I could hear a popy, and fun song playing inside her room, and she grabbed my wrist and pulled me into her world. "Garroth! Where have you been, I've been lonely with no one to play with, Katelyn doesn't talk, and all of the rest of my friends are either constantly patrolling, or doing something......" She trailed off as her gaze drifted down to the rainbow of wild flowers in my hand, "What is this I see, did Garroth Ro'maeve bring me flowers?" The music complemented her every word, as we suddenly stopped in the center of the room. A smile filled her face, her eyes glowing with laughter and happiness. I was snapped out of my thoughts, and I suddenly passed the flowers to her, "Oh, well I knew that you were recovering from something, so...." I gazed around her room, as she walked over to her bedside table, and set her flowers in a vase.

Her vanity was purple, and it had child hood photos all surrounding the mirrors. It was stacked on either side with books, and drawings, and the middle was filled with things she used in the morning. On one side of her bed, there was a larger space with a small carpet, a small couch, and a TV, and all of the other things in a living room, but shrunken down to fit the space. On the other side, she had large French doors that led to a balcony, where you could see the ocean, the village, and the forest. A thought struck my mind, and I smiled, "Two things," I said, and she turned towards me, "One, you sound like a little kid when you say you have no one to play with," she pouted proving my point even more, which made my smile bigger, as I continued, "And, two, how could you miss me, when we barely know anything about each other."

Aph was wearing a purple Phoenix Drop Academy baggy sweatshirt, grey sweat pants, and she had fuzzy lilac socks. She slid towards me, and pulled my wrists towards her, "Well, if you don't remember this," she said, as she planted her lips on mine, then pulled away. The music kicked in for the first chorus in the background, "Move at the top speed of sound," (I might have the first part of the words memorized... T-T... don't judge... okay you can... I suggest playing the music from that part here, it fits perfectly) there was a smile on her face, a deep blush on mine, "Then let's start getting to know each other now." She span us around in a circle holding hands, as the music went to the chorus, "Running to another day," she let go of my hands, "I wanna break away and take the leap," She slid away from me, the lamplight lighting up her laughter-filled face, "As you're stuck on yesterday," I ran towards her, picked her up, and slung her over my shoulder, her laughter filling the room, "No sun to rise would be okay with me," I let her down onto the couch, and she flopped over, exhausted, and I sat down on one end of the couch, now it was my turn to laugh, "Every day, every day is okay..." (End the section where I use the music, but I suggest still playing it, it is such a good song! I obviously am playing it... again, too obsessed..)

Aph's face was still red when she sat up, and she playfully punched me in the arm, "What was that for?" I shrugged, a smile still plastered on my face, "I was having fun, you seemed to." The redness on her face deepened, as she blushed, "Well," She sighed, and turned to me, sitting criss-cross, "What is there to know about you, Ro'maeve?" I gazed over into her beautiful hazel eyes, no matter what mood she was in, they sparkled like every star in the galaxy combined, "Well, my father is horrible, my brother is, just gone down the complete wrong path in life, and me, my mom, and Vlad are the only sane ones in my family." She giggled, then her expression dropped, and she looked concerned, "How horrible, are your brother, and father?" I looked down at this one, I didn't want to reply, but, if I looked at her... I just couldn't lie to her. I took a deep breath and prepared for her reaction, "He tortures people, him and Zane simply behead anyone, who gets in their way, without a question of what they are doing, and they never look back, and the cycle just repeats, and repeats...."

When I looked up, I could see her face struck with shock, then, she suddenly shook her head, as if getting out of a trance, and scooted across the couch, just so she could hug my neck the best she could, "I don't know what I would do if I lived with them," she pulled away from the hug, and I was startled when she leaned her head on my shoulder, curling up next to me;

It sent the weirdest shivers down my spine.

It naturally came to me, to wrap my arm around her, my hand landing close to her waist. I blushed fiercer than before at this motion, "I-I d-don't know h-how I l-l-live with them myself, I-" She giggled, increasing the warmth that suddenly flowed through my finger tips, "You stutter? How cute!" I couldn't believe my ears.

My hand felt like it was on fire.

I had to change the subject before I literally melted, "So what secrets (almost wrote 'sexrets'... that would've been bad XD) do you have?" She pretended to stroke her chin seriously, which made me laugh, "Well," she started, "I do know that we were friends when we were kids, now," she shrugged, then her face lit up in realization, "I've never told anyone this," she said, standing up, "Not even Katelyn knows," my jaw dropped at this last notation; they were the best of friends, I thought nothing got unsaid between them, yet here I was, learning a secret from the girl, I had barely met, was about to marry, and, I suddenly realized,

The girl I love.

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Author's Note:

Hey! Sorry it's taken me at bit to upload, I know I said I would upload yesterday, but I had to go to an unexpected Sox game, and didn't get back till 11:30, even at the seventh inning stretch, I couldn't get home in enough time to update. If it makes you guys feel better, it took me about 1:30 minutes to write this, it is over 1300 words, and for my writers out there, you know how much that is. I am honestly spazing right now, bc/ I am going to Aph's meetup before Pax East tomorrow, and I am a nervous wreck. I quickly pulled together something for her to autograph, and some fanart, because this was so last minute, and then I'm also skipping some of my school to go and see her? WTF IS HAPPENING TO MY LIFE?! IS SENPU~ NOTICING ME? Ah well, hope you are just as in love with that song as I am!

Cya when I do!

-TheCrystalGem