Zavien
Never regret anything that made you smile
The question was different than he'd expected. His mind followed along her words, his own fork lowering to his plate as he considered them. 'If we ignore the rest of the world.' 'If we pretend that it was just us.' He hadn't let himself think like that because it wasn't true, it wasn't the reality of the world. Other people did exist, and it hurt to think he might have lost them while giving in to his own selfishness.
But Zavien took the question seriously, refusing to run from the truth that was becoming more and more apparent in the morning sunlight. "I'd want - " His eyes flicked to her, nervous but too serious for a blush to truly take hold as he started with the simplest of confessions. "I'd want to have you in my arms right now." He shifted in his seat, taking in her half-eaten plate. "I'd want to spoil you with better breakfasts." But he knew that wasn't all of it, and he took a deep breath, pushing past the reservations he had for what might come next, truth punctuated slowly with every syllable. "I'd want a million days like yesterday. I'd want to give you everything and I'd want to take whatever you were willing to give me."
He was on the cusp of it, the part he'd been trying to bury all morning. As much as he wanted to deny that he'd acted on those feelings, that he'd been selfish and impulsive for the first time in years, Zavien looked to Soh as he said the words that strained against his heart. "If you'd let me... I'd want you." He paused, his voice lowering to a whisper as he watched for her reaction, the admission heavy as he added, "In whatever capacity you'd have me."
But Zavien took the question seriously, refusing to run from the truth that was becoming more and more apparent in the morning sunlight. "I'd want - " His eyes flicked to her, nervous but too serious for a blush to truly take hold as he started with the simplest of confessions. "I'd want to have you in my arms right now." He shifted in his seat, taking in her half-eaten plate. "I'd want to spoil you with better breakfasts." But he knew that wasn't all of it, and he took a deep breath, pushing past the reservations he had for what might come next, truth punctuated slowly with every syllable. "I'd want a million days like yesterday. I'd want to give you everything and I'd want to take whatever you were willing to give me."
He was on the cusp of it, the part he'd been trying to bury all morning. As much as he wanted to deny that he'd acted on those feelings, that he'd been selfish and impulsive for the first time in years, Zavien looked to Soh as he said the words that strained against his heart. "If you'd let me... I'd want you." He paused, his voice lowering to a whisper as he watched for her reaction, the admission heavy as he added, "In whatever capacity you'd have me."
