Well, now I've decided to write a series of drabbles on IonxEsther. They won't be really long, some might be longer, but most will be short. I'll try to add a new story every time I can. I'll try. I'll take requests for any IonxEsther stories you want added here as well. Now, on with the story…

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I. Shadows of Day

It was daytime. Another long dreaded day. How he, like most of his kind, wished that he could walk out freely into the sunlight like any Terran could.

But he could not.

Before Esther he was very different, his life was very different.

After Esther, he had changed. In many ways that he had never noticed, and, it was unlikely that anyone else would notice either.

He had changed so much since the day that they had met…he chucked weakly at that, remembering how she had him at gunpoint, and they just sort of….stared at each other.

After that, thought, she had been so kind to him, and they became friends. That's when he realized it. At first, he didn't completely understand these strange feelings of his, but after thinking about it for awhile, he finally figured it out.

He was in love with her.

As forbidden as it was, he couldn't help but feel this way. It had to be love, right? It was unlike anything he had ever felt before.

But no matter how much he longed for it, hoped for it…he knew deep down that they couldn't really be together. As much as he did truly care for her, it was forbidden for a Methuselah to love a Terran.

And, it was highly possible she still thought of him as no more than a friend.

The sun began to set over the horizon in the distance, he realized this was it, the shows of the day…where the sun cast shadows over everything, just as it was setting.

But someday, he silently vowed, someday he would tell her how he felt about her, and maybe, just maybe she felt the same.

All he could do for now was hope...for it was all he had to hold onto in these dark times.

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Well, that's that! 3 It was a ad bit angsty, I know. But, I'll try by making the next one much happier!

My stories collection will work like this: There will be two stories that are someone alike, connected, etc. And every other story will be a pattern of Ion's POV, then Esther's.

The next story will be called The Brilliance of Night and in Esther's POV. Except I promise to make it less angsty!

Well, that's all, please keep on reading and review!