I shouldn't laugh, but I know I'm a failure in your eyes
He nods, because he does understand. He doesn't like it - because who likes hurting others, especially when the other in question is a goddess? - but he does understand. "I wouldn't want you to," he murmurs, smiling back with equal sadness, though he does not manage it quite as exquisitely as Safrin. And so, drawing in a deep breath and straightening up, he does his best to rally in the face of this thing that will never be. Not unless dominos fall and people die and hearts are wounded.
"I think maybe you are right. And if that is the case, I want you to know that I do love you. My goddess, my lady of the stars. And I will make sure that others love you even more fiercely than I do. Because if you can't be first in my heart, then you will be first in theirs." And that may be the thing they are now. For now.
"I think maybe you are right. And if that is the case, I want you to know that I do love you. My goddess, my lady of the stars. And I will make sure that others love you even more fiercely than I do. Because if you can't be first in my heart, then you will be first in theirs." And that may be the thing they are now. For now.
RONIN
