Green

She'd never thought of green as pretty, not really. Purple was pretty, gold and silver and sometimes bronze. Sapphire and rubies were lovely colors, but emeralds and peridots had been something she'd never been fond of. They reminded her of her eyes, eyes that were flat and hard and had seen too much.

Then she'd met Him. His hair was dark green, an odd color, but it worked for him. Soon after that, she'd started to steal more emeralds, going after the dark green stone and ignoring the rubies, which had been her favorite.

After the First Time, with capital letters because it had been so amazing, she's started buying green clothes. She hadn't meant to, but the first shirt she'd bought after that had been a rich forest green. She hadn't even noticed until he complimented her on the color, noting that it went well with her hair.

"It's my favorite color," She'd told him, smiling slightly as she'd uttered the true statement.