[short story] A Fairy's Love

Far away in a meadow filled with Roses, fairies would fly out and dance in joy finding new love with its one and only rose... but this one fairy fell in love with a newly bloomed white rose, a love at first sight is what it thought so he flew closer asking the rose for its love to be returned and yet the rose replied "i cannot love for i am white; pure and unloved i shall stay until the day that i may turn red" with that, the fairy vowed to stay for a week and if the rose has not turned red by then, he shall give up.

flying around talking with the rose he stayed waiting for long hours and long days for her just to turn red and love him in return still yet after a week's time, it has not changed...

On the last day the rose bloomed but the fairy was not flying freely in front of her, instead he laid onto the ground cold with broken wings that bleed endlessly "what is wrong fairy?" the rose asked with worry and yet the fairy looked above and smiled saying "i have given my life to you... now may your dream come true and find love..." and with that final farewell the fairy died.

The rose cried and shed tears of red and that's when she realized that she was no longer white instead a deep shade of bloody red she has become... with that single moment she also realized that it was him all along whom she had loved. if only she was not white when they have met, if only she realized sooner, then maybe the fairy would have not sacrifice his life, giving his blood to turn her red and find love and... for him to hear her say "I LOVE YOU TOO" just this once.