[littl3chocobo]

he looked up blankly. he did not register the words spoken instead he stood, leaving the book on the couch he came over to dark and cupping the boy's face in his long fingers gave him a chaste kiss. he stared hard into the boys eyes and did not let him turn away. the blush told him as much as a thousand books. 'you do not know it yet but you love me.' he read it clearly, the pages all spoke of it. 'and i love you' he dropped his hands to the others chest were his crystal still lay. 'i am meant to love you and noone else. even if i knew how i could not. i will never leave you' he smiled then, sadly. 'i was a fool not to see when it was put in front of me and i would be a fool not to see now that i know how to look.' he went to his knees then, as he had when his life reset and began to be lived for this one beautiful soul. he took his lord's hand and kissed it. three kisses three wishes and one meaning behind them. he understood now where he stood, where they stood. he understood everything now