by Silver Wind
She's so beautiful...
Her golden brown eyes... her silky brown hair, soft
to touch and caress...
And her smile! Her smile alone can brighten the world!
Yes, it does sound very cliche... I realize it too.
But what else can I say? It /is/ the truth!
The way she says my name... With her gentle voice...
she always speaks as if she's questioning me something.
The soft tone... the sweet, sweet voice...
And then there are her touches! Her small, fragile
hands... her graceful fingers closing over my own hands.
Ah, the touch that speaks concern... and love.
Her appearance isn't what all there is, of course. Her
gentle nature. The innocent way she acts. Her naivete...
her blush when I kiss her! Ah, it all brings such an
indescribeable feeling inside me.
I was raised by my parents without love... that's why
I built a thick wall around my heart... I'm afraid of
being close to anyone. I'm afraid they will hurt me...
like how my own parents hurt me.
Hmm... I tried to be cold to her. I tried to ignore her.
But she just /didn't/ give up! She moved closer to me
fearlessly, she softened my heart. I guess I'm not
immune to that feeling called 'love', after all.
When has it begun, I wonder? Ever since we first met...
when she just threw herself to me with such abandon...
sobbing wildly against my chest, embracing me with
her frail arms... Well, it has begun ever since!
Then it has grown with full force since she carried
me in my weakened state over her small back... even
though I'd told her to leave me and run for her life!
She's very special... and not just for the fact that
she's the One who Awakens. Everyone who's met her
feels the same thing. She glows with something. There's
this... warmth... a radiance flowing from her. Oh,
even the forest spirit admitted it, didn't he?
It is quite funny, if I remember what has happened
between us. The very first time I felt like... there
was a fire burning me, when that boy was trying to
flirt with her. It made me want to slap him... then
I stopped, confused with myself. Why, she has the
rights to talk with /every/ man! Then why did I want
to hear her voice spoke only to me?
Then when she was kidnapped... I'd never been /that/
furious before! When I heard her screaming, something
in my heart broke loose... something which told me
that I would not want to lose her, ever! Then the
wild feeling made me changed again. I did not regret
that change, though. I was only thinking to save her,
and the other form was needed for it.
But... it's amazing. It's amazing how she touched
and embraced me lovingly, then suddenly I was... me.
The other form disappeared without a slightest trace,
leaving only my tattered clothes. Then when I stepped
outside, carrying her in my arms, all I could think
was... I would never let her go! I would never lose
her... I... I love her!
When she ran away from me, because she found out
the truth about our natures, saying that she wouldn't
bother me anymore... My heart ached... there was a
pain spreading from the root of my hair to the end
of my nerves. I just realized that I love her and
she left?! There was no way I would've let it happen!
I dropped down on my knees in front of her. The
intensity of my emotion left me weak and exhausted...
I told her that I love her. I need her. I asked her
not to leave me.
She put her arms around me, gentle as always, and
told me that she would always be by my side. And for
the first time in my life, I felt wetness in my eyes.
I cried.
I have found the other half of my soul. And I swear
I would hang on to her with my every strength. I would
protect her from every thing existed. And I don't care
even though she's not from my world. Somehow, someway,
we will always be together. This I vow!
Noriko...
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