119 The Sun and His Sunflower (2/2)
Oftentimes, all it took was a single, fiery spark to set the forest aflame…
And Lu'um, by Heaven and Earth, was a prodigious firestarter.
So spirited and unrestrained was she a character that at one point, a certain prince had once referred to her as a \”spicy pepper\” in jest…
Reed took her hand off of his mouth and said, \”W-Why are you always so…!\”
Damn cute! I can't even…! She's too much; I can't win against her…!
Lu'um buried herself in his chest and said, \”I trust you, silly. That's why I know we'll get past this too, just as we've done with everything else…\”
\”As long as we're in this together, I'm sure we'll triumph anything that life throws at us. Maybe we'll stumble here and there and perhaps sometimes things might get bleak, but in time it'll all pass like it always does.\”
\”Eventually, the stormy clouds will part away and the sun will shine down on us. I'm sure of it.\”
Her strong amber eyes held within them a conviction that was rarely seen. She truly was of the belief that they could overcome any obstacle as long as they put their mind to the task.
It was only natural for someone like Lu'um, who possessed a strong and vibrant personality, to be so inwardly resolute in what she believed.
\”…You're like the incarnation of a sunflower rather than that of the moon,\” said Reed, \”…But I won't deny that you're just as beautiful the moon though…\”
In his mind, there was no better to describe her.
She's just like a sunflower — vibrant and strong like the shining sun; gentle and timelessly beautiful like a flower.
A smile bloomed her face and she softly said, \”…That makes perfect sense because you're my sun… Without you, I'd wilt and die just like a sunflower…\”
She slowly closed in on her prey and then, well… a fiery love blossomed.
…It was game of give and take between them, much like an actual sunflower and the sun.
The sunflowers would only bloom when under the light of the sun and nothing else. In return, the sun enjoyed a special privilege that one else had — it was the only one that would ever receive the smile of a sunflower.
Her brilliant smile belonged only to him and no one else.
His warmth and light belonged only to her and no one else.
Neither could live without the other anymore, for they were one.
Such a profound bond was only seen in fanciful stories about pure love — fantasies for naive, starry-eyed fools — and yet, they had accomplished the impossible.
Were they abnormal people or was what'd happened a fluke, a miracle of some sort?
It was neither.
Truth be told, they were both normal as could be, no different than anyone else. The only difference between them and other couples was they understood truly one another all the way.
What they possessed was intimate knowledge and understanding of the other person's feelings, desires, and thoughts — everything that made them tick.
That was why their relationship was akin to an unbreakable, glittering diamond. Both of them had shown to each other that they were invested in the other's bliss and not just their own. They were genuinely interested in what the other sought in life and actively supported each other.
Love was love. An exchange of lives and at the same, a mysterious event where two incomplete lives blended into a complete whole.
…Perhaps they'd chanced on that important little pearl of wisdom a little sooner than most, but what did it matter? As far as they were concerned, they absolutely delighted that they'd skipped the painful process of learning about love — the heartbreak of failed relationships.
Normal people would learn what they realized — the secret to true love — over the course of numerous relationships until it dawned on them, if at all. There were some souls that would never realize the truth, bless them.
Those people would never experience the pure, sublime joy living with someone they truly loved…
But not them; they'd be just fine.
Diamonds were everlasting, after all…