Love Endures All

SparrowKai sat in his room, eyes fixed on the sketching sitting on the easel in front of him. The drawing was a pencil sketch of a woman. He sighed softly to himself, tenderly brushing a finger over the face in the portrait. She was exquisitely beautiful in his eyes. He adored her with every fiber of his being, but could not bring himself to tell her. He looked through his paints, hunting for the right colors to finish the portrait in. He frowned, unsurprised, as all of his shades of one particular color were gone again. He then left to go find what he needed.

Arania knocked on the partially open bedroom door, before opening it the rest of the way, hoping to talk to the occupant.

"Sparrow, are you in here? I need...." She froze midstep as she saw the picture on the easel. She stepped closer, taking in the details of her own face on paper. It was almost like looking in a mirror. Sighing softly, she nodded to herself and left the room. She walked back to her own room, so lost in her thoughts, she didn't even notice almost being bowled over by Blue and Jewel as they ran by. MusiKai found her in the same state hours later.

"Arania, love, is there something bothering you?" He asked as he took her hands and sat with her on their bed.

"Mus, you know how much I love you, but, I want to be with someone else too. I love him also, but not the same way as I love you. You are my first, and will always hold a spot in my heart that no other person could ever touch."

Mus rubbed his eyes, sighing deep within. He had been afraid of something like this happening. He was jealous, he could admit that freely, he was dead yes, but this dead man did feel. But, in the end, his desire for her to be happy won out over it a thousand times over, it was the most important thing in the universe to him.

"Arania, I love you more than anything in this world, or any other. If it is something you truly desire, and will make you happy, " His voice softened as he looked into her white eyes, "then as hard as it may be for me, I will try to accept it. But I will tell you this, if he ever even thinks of doing something that will cause you pain, I will kill him dead-dead."

She smiled gently and wrapped her arms around him, kissing him with as much love and passion as their first night together. Thanking him with her body, over and over until the time came for them to join everyone else at dinner.