Prompt: "Would you truly unmake the entire universe for me?"
"Would you truly unmake the entire universe for me?"
Riley's voice was light and airy, like the idea was insane and wild to her. But, as she wrapped her tiny arms around my waist and rested her head on my right shoulder, I knew she was just joking with me. My heart felt like it was in my throat as she nudged her head forward, her breathe just tickling my neck.
I don't think she realized what she was doing to me. She probably just thought she was being playful. That fox.
I smiled at her, turning my head to stare into her brown eyes. It was a thin-lipped, forced smile, one with my teeth still hidden behind my lips and my eyes blank and emotionless. It was hard to act calm and fun with her this close to me. I miss when she didn't effect me like this. I miss when we could be close without me feeling like I was going to throw up. I miss when I wasn't in love with her.
"Of course," I finally whispered back to her firmly. There was no playfulness in my voice now. I was a hundred percent serious. I would do anything to make her happy. I would unmake the universe and build it back from scratch, just to see her smile.
Riley grinned at me, a full-toothed smile, one that split across her entire pretty face and left her eyes twinkling. She scooted a bit closer to me on the little blue window seat and buried her face into my shoulder. I could still feel her beaming into the crook of my neck as she spoke. "I love you, Maya," she muttered to me softly, her voice a bit muffled by my t-shirt.
I still heard her clearly, though, muffled and all, and I could feel my heart pound a bit faster.
"I love you too, Peaches," I muttered back. I loved her more than I could ever say. More than she would ever love me. But I accepted that. I would do anything to make her happy.
I would unmake the universe and build it back from scratch, just to see her smile.
So, yeah, this is a collection of one-shots/drabbles I'm going to be doing about Rilaya, since there isn't nearly enough fanfiction about the two. I'm mostly doing it to brush up on my writing skills, so if you have any comments or critiques, I'd love it for you to tell me in the reviews! I'm using sentence prompts from writeworld, and I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it. I'm pretty proud of this one. Tell me what you thought.
Madi