The Measure of Happiness, a gakuen alice fanfic

This is drabble-ish, and I feel quite ashamed of posting this instead of a short story I originally promised for a friend's birthday. Siigh, well I still hope you guys like this one. It's quite short, really. And yes, it is my first time to publish something like this, so please do go easy on me, lol. Ah, and I am slowly recovering from my writer's block so I'm quite happy to be posting stuff again. :)

The Measure of Happiness

by foxtrotelly

~ For missyJuliette's birthday ~

Belated happy birthday, imouto~ This wasn't the original one I promised, and I'm still finishing that one (I'll still post it though, promise!) I just love you too much to leave you gift-less for our birthday, siigh.

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The measure of happiness was in the number of times she said, "No."

It was in the moments she openly rejected me with all her honest words and irrevocable modesty. It was when she reminded me that we could never be together—a truth that never was. And it was in that one snowstorm when I found her that I chanced upon the utmost measure; when she told me that no matter what, her heart would always and only belong to him.

These reasons were my happiness, simply allowing me more cause to stay by her side.

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The measure of happiness is how she makes me hurt all over.

I feel it when she punches my arm none too gently, whilst laughing about how weak I was. It is there with the black and blue spots she gives me and those Snoopy band-aids she uses to cover up wounds she inflicted herself. And it shows itself when she makes my head ache and heart throb at the thought of her—just the slightest thought of her.

All this pain is my happiness, constantly reminding me that she is worth it.

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The measure of happiness will always be her warmth.

It will always be how she managed to get to me despite the many walls I've carefully built around me all these years. It will always be in the way she makes me feel when she studies me with those searching brown eyes—how they almost seem to look right through my soul. And it will always be in that smile of hers that could wash away every fear and doubt, like there never was any.

Despite this cruel world, I will always find happiness at how she can make the sun shine brighter just by being there.

Guess the characters! Guess the characters! :"D :"D :"D

To missyJuliette:Sorry if this came out a day late. Even then, ILY! Have a great time being fourteen. (:

Btw, got this title from a story in our textbook entitled Ang Sukatan ng Ligaya [The Measure of Happiness].Just so you guys know.

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