You look good when you smile, you know.

You don't do it very often, I admit, but when you do, its rarity only makes it even better.

People tell me constantly that I'm so energetic and bright that I light up the entire room, but it's only when you smile, when your mouth curves, when your eyes lighten even the teeniest bit, that I can start to believe them.

People say that I work miracles of any kind- mental, spiritual, heart. Just from my attitude, they tell me happily. I smile and I sing and I bring inspiration around the country to homes I don't know to places I might never go to. That makes me very happy; the only other reason that I sing besides my love for belting out lyrics is because I hope I can help somebody else. I hope that someone at their last straw will listen to my songs and think, yeah, alright, one more shot maybe.

People say that, but...

But sometimes I just can't believe them. Not when I come home and you sit there, indifferent to everything I work for. You may not understand yet, but a lot of the things I do, I do for you.

If I told you that, you'd probably scoff and wonder what was in it for myself. You just can't grasp the fact that seeing you happy, seeing you better off than how you were before makes it all the worthwhile. I don't need money or sex or lyrics from you.

I don't even need your smile, no matter how pretty it is, because if you didn't smile, that'd be alright. I fell in love with you the way you were and if it just wasn't in your heart to smile, then that would still be the heart that I fell in love with. I don't need anything from you, so long as I can stay in your life.

And when you do smile, it almost seems as if you're happy, happy even with me. And that makes me happy.

I don't need your smile, Yuki, really. But I like it, you look good, you know?

-blinks- Well that was a bit weird. I've always wanted to try one of these kinds of fics. First Gravi (probably out of many; I'm addicted to this, I swear) fic, so, um, no setting my computer on fire with your flames, ne?

Soo... anyone want to be a beta?