Her thoughts broke off when Haruka stopped walking. "Haru--""Were here now."
Lila glances up at the night sky and saw a gorgeous stary night sky.
"Wow! It"s so beautiful! It"s amazing. The milky way?"
"Yeah, and something extra."
Something extra? Lila turns to him, and she blushes when he takes something out from the corner. Oh, it"s his guitar. Uhh...is he going to? "Um, wait Haruka, I told you it"s too embarra.s.sing whenever you do that."
But he didn"t listen. This is the second time she"s seen such an earnest expression on his face, and yet, she still can"t get used to it. A torrent of sounds, unlike anything she"s ever heard before. This is the music of someone who has not just been doing it for fun but has practiced seriously for many years.
Her favourite sound. It draws her in, draws her surroundings, and pulls them towards him and only him. Ahh, but he"s not fair at all. He is usually so quiet with words, but he says so much when it comes to playing any instrument. His sound says how deeply he cares for her. How much he loves her.
The mere thought of it made her so embarra.s.sed. She wants to crawl into a hole and hide somewhere. But even more importantly, it feels like the sky"s natural stars responded to Haruka"s song. It created such a beautiful light around him. The stars in the sky that were s.h.i.+ning brightly before seem to s.h.i.+ne even more now. They"re connected. Haruka pulls her to his lap and sighs deeply.
"Do you understand? Even the natural stars only start off with a small amount of radiance. It"s only when they hear and feel peoples overflowing emotions do they s.h.i.+ne brightest."
Haruka loves her this much? Lila felt the tears she held back this entire time fall from her eyes. She did not think that Haruka cared this much. She always thought it was her; she thought she was the only one who cared. But it turns out she has underestimated the feelings this person has for her. How much does the man named Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka love her?
"Mmm, the stars trust me better than you. It"s fine, Lila when you step out on to the stage. You"ll know what to do."
"Okay, I understand, Haruka."
She understands. . .his feelings, her own, and everyone else"s. What she thought was missing but is right beside her. It was right beside her this entire time.
"This is a great opportunity to make up for our date loss."
"Wah! A date? This is a date. Okay!!"
"Pfft, you"re so cute. Mmm," he lightly kisses her lips. "I love you."
Oops so much for not acting childish around him anymore. It is difficult to do that since she likes it when somebody spoils her. Haruka just told her he loved her, and also, she watched as he grabbed hold of her hand and dropped a light kiss on the back of it.
"Uh, what are you doing?"
"From now on, you intend to do more dangerous things, right?"
Lila looked away when she heard those words. "You do realize that I can"t just ignore the current situation. I understand how you feel towards Zane, Haruka. But from my point of view, that man will continue to destroy everything precious to us. So what will his prize be? Me?" She shook her head. "Even if Zane gets his way, he will never be able to touch me."
That"s right because her body is unusual. It rejects those with malicious intentions and only allows those with good intentions near her. A strange power that she cannot control, at first, she a.s.sumed it was a tease. But it seems like that is not the case here. If it were merely a disease, then it would not bother protecting those dear to her.
The reason why she is more sensitive than others is because of this peculiar ability. Harukas warmth, Kiryus warmth - the reason she can tell the difference is its peculiar ability.
"All Zane will get is a doll in a cage. If that is what he wants, then so be it."
Haruka pulled her towards him. "No." His voice trembled due to the fear. "You don"t understand Lila; he has found a way. Otherwise, why else do you think he is acting up now? Indeed, I betrayed him, but why would he act simply act up because of me?"
Lila looked down. "I considered that possibility too. But if that were the case.." She stopped in mid-sentence.
If that were the case, she could just end her life. For some reason, Lila could not say it. As a hanyou purebred, this is one of the things the society taught her. If she were to get captured by somebody so powerful, the best thing to do was end her life.
Haruka lowered his face and kissed her softly. "I won"t let you die."
She hit him, but Haruka grabbed hold of her hands. "You told me before that married couples do everything together. If something happens to you, I will follow you."
"No," Lila muttered. "Please, no. I don"t want you to get hurt, Haruka." This entire time Lila held back her feelings on this. No matter what Haruka said or did. But hearing that he would die for her.
She won"t allow it. Haruka is not like her; he can still pull away and lead a normal life. From the very start, he never concerned himself with matters regarding the hanyou world or underworld society. Unlike her, this person is still pure.
It is ironic for her to speak like that considering how their relations.h.i.+p started. At the start, Haruka said things like this; it was her husband who kept belittling himself. To think she would end up behaving the same way eventually. The world works mysteriously. But this is exactly the reason why people live, why they still fight.
Lila sighed and brushed their forehead against one another.
For a moment n.o.body spoke, but Lila noticed Haruka playing with her hands. He kept mumbling, loving words in her ear too. Ever since she met Haruka, she has felt happiness that she did not think was possible for somebody like her.
Back then, she genuinely believed that love was for people like her mother and not somebody like her. She did not think she could fall into a deep love.