219 Sacrificing someones (2/2)

Luna nodded her head in a troubled manner. ”I think I do. I don't know if it can still be considered love if I'm constantly thinking about someone else.”

”How did you get to know this other person?”

”...He was with me when I was ill,” Luna answered. ”He provided me with comfort and aid. It was in large part due to him that I was able to make it through. In my dreams, when I would occasionally dream of what if I was never cured, it was him that is there and not my boyfriend.”

”Hmm...” I paused as I formulated a solution in my mind.

I don't know who this person Luna is talking about, but...sadly, I will have to sacrifice him. It is a necessary sacrifice so that more people could be happy.

”Are you sure that it's not just gratitude?” I glanced over at her from the corner of my eye.

What I had said seemed to have attracted Luna's attention as she looked over at me with her eyes fixed on me.

”When someone helped you out when you're in difficult times,” I continued. ”It's only natural for you to keep them in your mind. But...” I paused and took a deep breath. ”don't let that gratitude be confused with love. They are similar in the feelings that they cause, but they're different. One fades away given time, and the other is everlasting.”

”...” Luna remained silent so I looked over at her. ”Is that so...”

On her face was a relieved smile. She seemed to have made a decision, but I am unsure as to how much my words had affected it. However, whatever the case maybe, she seemed to be in a better mood now.

”Thank you, Alevian,” she smiled as she rose to her full height. ”I'm feeling better now. If you say that it's simply just a misconception from gratitude, then it must be that.”

”I don't know though,” I said as I got up. ”I don't have any experience on this—”

”No,” She interrupted me. ”You're right...Cause you said it yourself.”

She looked over at me, smiling one last time in that reminiscing and sad manner. Her eyes were bright as they seemed to be finally rid of the clouds that had obscured them. She had made her decision, so that is why. There is no more of that might cause her to have a dilemma. My words made her realize, maybe, that her attraction towards whoever she was thinking of to be a sense of gratitude that will eventually fade away with time.

I do not know the exact consequences of my actions, but I believe it is for the best. It will make the most people happy, with the only person being sacrificed being whoever she was thinking of. I do feel quite sorry to that person since I might've just killed his chance at a relationship, but whatever. I do not know who she is talking about, and since it's not me, there's not much I would worry about. This faint feeling of guilt I am feeling right now...it'll go away sooner or later.

”The others should be back now,” Luna said as she gazed at the setting sun once again, bringing up a hand to the left side of her face to keep her hair out of her eyes as they fluttered and danced elegantly in the wind. ”We should head back.”

”Right,” I muttered as I watched her determined back standing with her back straight and gazing out at the sun.

Even though I believe I made the right decision, there's still a faint feeling of worry in my mind. But whatever that feeling maybe, it'll die off sooner or later.