Stars in Your Eyes

The Hill

Frail an gracious...
Small and fragile...
That's what I saw when I was looking into Toph's grey and empty eyes. Pain and hurtful memories...
When I looked into Katara's eyes, I saw joy and hope, into these sparkling blue pupils.
But I didn't need these diamonds...
I needed something else...
I needed someone who could understand me perfectly, and no in this maternal and overprotective kind of way.

I feel like I have been hiding something from myself, or denying something that has been obvious all along. Feelings that I had... For someone.. Someone really close to me... She taught me everything.
Whenever I'm around her, I feel like I need to protect her, cover her, support her and make we know that I'll always be there !

Just give her all the attention he wants ! But then I realized... That is exactly what she's been trying to flee : attention.... And love. Her parents gave her too much of these things, and overprotected her constantly. They expected nothing from her than being an immobile and obedient doll. She felt stuck and needed to escape.

Something brave that I admire about her. She never talks about her past, but I know it is a huge part of her.... It is somewhere out there, in her mind. And I know that to manage to gain he heart, I will have to slightly quote her past, to make her mine.
I know how it feels to try to run away from our past, and try to hide our feelings, and deny them to make them inexistent.

I know that someday, I will real her scallop, and succeed to gain her trust. One day, she'll finally feel secure inside my arms, and she'll be... Happy.

She will laugh because of the security she finally gained, and she will trust me at last. I know this moment will happen one day. I don't know how, or when.

But I will make it happen.
And I will cherish this moment, as much as I cherish her.

Something I love about her... She is admitting her flaws and weaknesses so easily. Even though I can hear in her voice that it hurts a lot in the inside.
I can hear her throat being tangled with tears.

" Sometimes, when people naively hand me pieces of paper to read it, I am faking to read it, just because I don't have the strength to tell them that I am blind anymore...
I am just.... I feel like I am..."

I was afraid of the rest of her sentence, so I immediately grabbed her hand, and smoothly made her shush. I could see her blush, under the moonlight.
We stayed in this position for about ten, or fifteen minutes.

How much would I have given to make this moment last for a lifetime... To feel her hand holding mine more and more tightly... To hear her almost inaudible and satisfied laugh. To see her cheeks turn red with shyness...

She broke the silence by asking :
" Aang ?"
" Yes, Toph ?" I answered, a little bit surprised not to hear her call me by my nickname.
" Could you... Describe the stars to me..? "
I swallowed a big sip of saliva out of fear with my eyes wide opened.

Describe something to someone who's blind ? That is clearly impossible ! Does she want me to die from a high amount of awkwardness..?
" Um.. Toph... I'd really love to. But... I'm afraid it's impossible ! Indescribable ! You'd only picture something blurry, or, let's admit it, nothing at all ! I am really bad when it comes to describing, I would just ruin something that is already ruined..."

She laughed at my stammering words. "Haha I'm just messing with you, Twinkletoes."
I began to breathe normally by hearing that, and my usual nickname. I really wasn't used to hear her being serious, or getting emotional and soft...!
But I guessed we had crossed that line... This was more than good news to me. She again, broke my thoughts by saying :

" I just wanted to know, at least once, how did everything looked like.... Just, for once, contemplate the beauty everyone has told me about since I was born. The beauty and the Miracle of Nature."

Enough ! The woman I loved was being tortured by he own handicap. She was feeling down because of having one less sense than everybody else, and she currently and temporarily didn't have the strength to realize she didn't new to see to be extraordinary... I needed to interfere.

" Alright Toph. I'm going to try this, for you. When I look up, and face the sky, I only see darkness. Basically what you've been seeing all your life until the BadgerMoles made you able to see.
And stars are supposed to be the total opposite of that. Imagine the Light, amazing everybody else, split within uncountable little fragments.

But when I look up, I am not amazed. I only see a banal light sky, with little dots and spots supposed to shine.
And when I look into Your Eyes...
Toph, I can see these sparkling stars. I feel like I can see the sky I've been looking for all my life.
A night sky with comforting stars, watching over me, to make me feel like I'm not alone anymore.

People might say your look is empty and grey, but I disagree : your Eyes are full of Stars and Hope. And I wish I could make them mine to watch them during the rest of my life.
Just sit and watch,

✨ The Stars In Your Eyes 🌟

You made me discover what real love was. You made me a different man, just with your Eyes.
Like I have been blind all my life, and your Eyes gave me sight...
You made me realize... How I truly feel about you."

She was scared and speechless.
I could see her shocked expression, and she slowly let go of my hand. I just realized, these were too much words and informations ! I said too much ! I went too far ! She must be thinking I'm a fool ! So I slowly stood up, and tried to leave.

But she stopped me by grabbing my hand and made me sit back.
We sat next to each other silently for a moment, until she broke the silence again :
" So... From what I heard... You- you love me, Aang ...?"
I put myself even deeper in the Lion's jaws by insisting :
" Yes. Yes, Toph. I love you. Wether how hard I have been trying to hide from everybody, including you and myself, I love you, more than anything in the World. And all the battles and the world saving I have achieved so far, I have done it... Somehow for you...."

And like I didn't have control over myself anymore, I rushed my lips over to kiss her. With all my Love, and all my Passion.
When we were done kissing and we faced again, I saw an amazing transformation. I watched we eyes leave that sorrowful grey and turn into a sparkling emerald.

I saw her smile shining like the moon, while her tiny arms were hugging me and her sweet laugh was going along the nightly birds.
I laughed along while holding we frail body close to me, and savored the Moment I've been waiting for so long.

She was finally feeling safe into my arms. Secured and loved.
I was about to take care of her for the rest of my Life.
Toph I'm never letting you go.
And whenever I'll feel down,
I'll just look into your eyes,
And watch

✨ The Stars In Your Eyes 🌟