It felt as if her heart fell to the very pit of her stomach as her eyes were glued on the newlyweds. Leia's hands clenched and tugged at her cloak, making it feel like it would rip if she added more force behind her grip.
They were happy, he was smiling and laughing, so she should feel the same should she not? As her mind raced with such thoughts, she came to the conclusion that she felt miserable and jealous. If only she wasn't so shy, then maybe she would have been the one making him smile instead of the gorgeous pegasus knight, Cordelia.
Lon'qu's eyes spotted her across from the way, and Leia just stared; she refused to move in to greet them, however the tactician did give him a fake smile. He waved his hand and Cordelia followed suit, smiling widely at the heartbroken girl. All this did was add more to her shame and regret, tears forming in the corners of her eyes now.
Leia slightly waved her hand back then quickly dashed away, a subtle trail of tears following behind. She cursed herself for acting in such a childish way, but it couldn't be helped. After all, she loved the myrmidon in all his glory and now her hopes of him returning the feelings were squashed.
After stopping in the forest nearby the camp, the tactician looked behind her to make sure that no one ran to see what was wrong. After the coast was clear, her knees hit the damp ground and she repeated the words that she could no longer say to her crush, "I love you..."