I wish I could be stronger, that I could fight these feelings. It's not like I haven't tried...I told them so from the minute things heated up. I liked having two guys I'd only just met pining after me, it was flattering, really. Unfortunately, when it came right down to it I could only be with one of them. Dating a Dianitee was unthinkable in my homeland, but having one flirt with me wasn't that bad, was it? I didn't think so, and so I let the games continue.
I told him outright that there was no way we could be together. The look he gave me, though, suggested something different and I found myself curious as to what thoughts he held in those devious eyes. To be honest...I did enjoy his company more than Sparklez. Syn had the same destructively surprising nature of true pirate, while his rival had the passive nature one would expect from Lady Ianite herself, and I felt a stronger kinship with Syn than with my fellow Ianitee. I wanted more than anything else to leave this island of Gods before I made a mistake I knew I'd regret, but our ship was wrecked and we were forced to stay.
Skipper RedBeard wanted me to be with Sparklez, he probably thought it would be good for me to stop rushing into danger headfirst and settle down with a sweet lad instead. I realized this when the Boatswain started gifting me with some of my favorite items, ones that only my brother knew I loved. But Sparklez naïve nature just didn't fit with my sea-roughened heart, and I couldn't bring myself to pretend like I was in love for the sake of a simpler relationship.
So instead, when I found myself face to face with Syn, with him whispering urgently to meet him at the Dianite temple, I took a chance. My Lady wouldn't be able to witness what took place in the Nether, so I felt confident that I could at least see what Syn wanted without serious consequence. Besides, part of me insisted, with my home land in ruins there would be nowhere to kick me from if I was found out.
When I arrived at the massive temple in the Nether, Syn was already there. He was awkwardly silent at first, like he wasn't quite sure of what he was about to say, but then when he did speak it tumbled out like a river breaking it's dam. He said aloud the feelings I was trying so hard to fight and suddenly I felt my iron will draining away. Then he proposed an idea to me; it was simple, really. We could be together, if we met here and only here. Lady Ianite would be none the wiser, he insisted. I believed him completely and I agreed with joy in my heart, the guilt of what I had just promised hiding away at the back of my mind.
It was stupid of me to think things would be that simple.
AN: As a personal rule, I hate leaving forbidden couples happy. They need to end tragically, because forbidden things are forbidden for a reason. So, I do have a second chapter for this, and if this gets a few reviews I'll probably post that.