───𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘.

Pure [Eret]

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

It was quite funny, really; in a strange sort of way.

An unknown warmth had overtaken his senses, a mellow warmth that had seemed to have grown in him; flourished into emotions he couldn't properly decipher. Just a miscellany of emotions he hadn't yet fully pieced together himself. Emotions that were there like an infallible obstacle, constantly reminding him of their existence.

He didn't much mind that, though. For the emotion was a good feeling

It was ike a cozy fire that awaited him after frigid winter days that chilled his being to the very core. Like a warm mug of hot cocoa on stormy wintry nights wherein the snow would build up relentlessly, creating a barrier of snow that encased him inside the warm walls of his house. It was like the heat of the sun had been trapped in his soul, it was all things good and pure.

Clinging to his soul with every movement he made. Not even the most furious of storms could dim the incandescent candle that was flickering brightly inside him, a signal of hope amidst a sea storm. A beacon of light and hope on the rocky waters that sometimes would carry him far away from safety.

Even in the dullest of days, when the sun was had retreated behind the clouds, refusing to come out. When the clouds opened up to cry a solemn song, pouring down dense tears from above that would definitely drench him, soak through every bandage that was wrapped around his solitary body. Even then, his soul couldn't be darkened, the light refused to be put out. An incandescent light that burned ever brighter with each interaction.

Each connection he'd make with you.

When your hands would brush one another, each embrace and kiss. Even the connection of eye-contact, wherein he'd stare into your eyes. The most beautiful mixture of colours he'd ever laid his eyes on, an explosion of (E/C) colours that had been locked into your eyes, stars and constellations hiding in those very eyes.

The sweetest pair of eyes he'd ever seen.

It was a feeling that transcended everything and anything, an unconditional sort of emotion that had consistently lead him through darkened tunnels to the refulgence that stood at the end of said tunnel.

"Eret.."

Blinking, he turned to you, a small smile tugging at his lips at the very sight of you. Everything about you seemed so... right to him. Each smile that spread across your lips, causing your eyes to crinkle up with satisfaction and contentment. Every word that left your lips like a precious melody, one that he wanted to memorise with all his soul.

"Hey, [name]" There was a smile resting on his own face as he spoke, pushing his chair away from the desk and crumpling the piece of paper that he'd been scrawling. Attempting to piece together the puzzle of emotions that had invaded his soul, emotions that only grew brighter every time you walked into the room.

You were like the most soothing of remedies, gently healing all the wounds he'd accumulated over the years with soft words that he felt he didn't deserve. You'd graced his life with your mere presence, and for that he was eternally grateful.

"What are you writing?"

He casually slid the piece of paper into his pocket, no longer bothering to focus on the logic behind the emotion. How it'd got there, whether it'd stay there forever. Some things didn't require logic to work, they just ambled into people's lives unprecedentedly. Unexpected.

Yet that didn't mean it was unwanted.

"Oh, just an... equation I can't quite work out."

It was true, for the most part. How he and you had ever crossed paths, had ever become a team of sorts. How had he , ever been blessed enough to come to know you? He did not know.

But he never once regretted meeting you.

"Oh... don't stress too much, though. Okay?"

He almost laughed at that statement, at the thought of being stressed in your presence. For whenever he was with you, even in the most stressful of situations, he'd always felt a sense of calmness wash over him that pierced his mind with astonishing clarity. Stress didn't seem to be a word in his vocabulary when it came to you. Just tranquility and serenity.

"You know what, [name]" he asked.

Your eyes flickered up to him, those exquisite eyes even more radiant in the glimmer of the sun that broke through the window, focusing its rays on you like a spotlight.

That strange feeling stirred up inside him again, a warm feeling that he wanted to sink into, to possess his soul with that eternal warmth that had taken up residence in his body. There were no other words to describe this emotion sans for the word 'love'. A compassionate love. Nothing else.

"I think... I love you,"

There was no other way of describing it.

Just love; pure, unadulterated love.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

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