Pallid
everybody told me
"Rhys?" Celeste mumbles one summer night a few weeks later, legs on my hips, hand on my chest, face on my neck. "Hey, Rhys?"
"Yeah?"
"I wanna tell you something."
"I'm listening," I reply quietly.
"I know I don't say this often, and I guess I should, 'cause it's not like I don't, 'cause I think I really do, even if I don't act like it sometimes or whatever. I'm really mean to you and you shouldn't put up with it and no one asks you to, but you do it anyway. I don't know why."
"Okay...?" I half ask, frowning a little.
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love you."
My eyes fly open and I look down at her, because I don't expect her to say things like that ever.
She's just full of surprises.
"What?"
"I love you, dummy." She kisses me, rubbing her nose against mine. "You're really stupid sometimes, you know that?"
"Yeah?"
"I wanna tell you something."
"I'm listening," I reply quietly.
"I know I don't say this often, and I guess I should, 'cause it's not like I don't, 'cause I think I really do, even if I don't act like it sometimes or whatever. I'm really mean to you and you shouldn't put up with it and no one asks you to, but you do it anyway. I don't know why."
"Okay...?" I half ask, frowning a little.
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love you."
My eyes fly open and I look down at her, because I don't expect her to say things like that ever.
She's just full of surprises.
"What?"
"I love you, dummy." She kisses me, rubbing her nose against mine. "You're really stupid sometimes, you know that?"
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one more to go you guys! ~~TEARS~~