'Love'… An abused emotion. To feel 'tender' and 'warm' towards another with one's entire heart…
No one can speak their mind; much less interpret their heart. The word 'love' is thrown about as if worthless.
I do not love him. I tell him such.
I will love him, soon. I will love him with my entire being and come to have him as my own. I warn him as such; even before the light of adoration flickers out of his eyes at my former statement and his smile disappears.
Onyx eyes alight again and his smile is larger than I have ever seen it. Nearly entirely blinding with how close I stand to him- so close, I breathe and he breathes and our breath bathes each other's lips.
I taste spicy things. And salty things.
I wipe away his tears with my thumb and he leans into my touch with a pleasant dusting of red across his cheeks.
Is he happy? I ask him this.
He nodded eccentrically, holding my hand in both of his against his cheek and kissing my fingertips. He is more than happy. He exclaims. He could not be more happy had Gai-sensei offered to buy him curry for his birthday.
I almost smile.
Then I am glad. I say this and he seems to know about my smile anyway.
He cries harder. He will be patient for my love, he nearly screams into my face. For now, though, I am already his most special person. He rubs at his eyes and kisses me softly.
I kiss him back.
I realized something today; in fanfics, we do toss around gaalee 'love' pretty easily. Even I do! We have them randomly come together, have sex, and then have them declare their love for each other. I finally decided to change that a bit.
Do I own Naruto or any of it's characters? Does Gaara kill anyone who mocks Lee? If the second is no (for now), than so is the first.