"Please... Don't..." DG began softly. "It's breaking my heart..."
Glitch jumped and dropped his hands from his face, thoroughly embarrassed at his flagrant show of pain. "DG-" He couldn't pull any color into his flushed out pallor. While he tried to think of what to say, he listened to the music floating in from the hall.
"Look- let's forget about all of this for now and go have a good time." DG suggested.
"Right, forget. Just pick something you assume I'm good at because I do it all the time!" He snipped, then scrubbed his face with his hands and sighed. "I- I'm sorry. That was uncalled for."
"You're right. You are sorry. But..." DG's lips began to redden and fill, an onslaught of her own tears trudging toward the ducts, but she fought them. "I just wanna dance with you." Her chin trembled a little and she stood up, frustrated. "I'll be out there if you make up your mind." He moved out of her way and let her get to the door to leave.
Glitch watched her leave the room. He closed his eyes as soon as he heard the door latch and let his mind replay it for him. An odd form of self-abuse, to be sure. He truly wanted to dance with her... but what if it was all for naught? What if he got up, straightened his "tuxedo", put on a strong face and went out there to find that all she wanted was a dance? Ever again?
His head could forget it, most likely, but it would ulimately singe itself into his heart. A lump sat squarely in his throat. Soon he stood, very soon in fact, and swallowed hard, trying to push away his pride. He took a breath or two, straightened his tuxedo, put on a strong face and went out to the dance hall.
He walked in long, confident strides much like Ambrose would. His sites were set on DG who stood in the middle of the dance floor. He couldn't help giving her at least a once over (or two). There was just something about a blue dress.
I know it's hard to tell how mixed up you feel
Hoping what you need is behind every door
Each time you get hurt, I don't want you to change
Because everyone has hopes, you're human after all
He stepped into her presence, overwhelmed for a moment when both his cufflinks and her earrings and necklace began to glow. His entire body tingled as he offered her his arm. She took it, stepped forward, and put her own arms around his neck, closing her eyes when his arms wrapped around her waist. They took no notice of how everyone else danced. The emeralds demanded their close proximity. Energy created a dome around the both of them that they could only feel and that nobody could see with the naked eye.
The feeling sometimes, wishing you were someone else
Feeling as though you never belong
This feeling is not sadness, this feeling is not joy
I truly understand. Please, don't cry now
As the song played through the first verse, DG got even closer to Glitch, setting her head against his shoulder, her face tipped upward, her lips nearly grazing his earlobe. "Where do we go from here?" She whispered to him.
"Hm?" He replied, distracted by the feel of her breath against his neck. "Where do you want to go from here?" His heart almost shuddered with fear at the thought of the reply.
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you
Through his mind as he waited patiently for her answer, he thought of her... he thought of their mutual friends. He thought of everything they had been through and how he had let curiosity shake their love loose from its firm foundation. The murderer of the innocense of everything they had known together was on trial right now... and the consequense of solitude was very real.
Being like you are
Well this is something else, who would comprehend?
But some they do, lay claim that
Divine purpose blesses them
That's not what i believe. It doesn't matter anyway.
DG took her hair down from its loose french twist and let it fall over her shoulders.
Glitch was suddenly energetically awakened by the lovely, floral scent of her hair. He let the moment take him and he began to dance freely with her, letting the odd, soothing sounds free his feet from their spot where they had been nearly frozen to the floor but for a shuffle. DG's chin trembled. "You never told me..." She marveled almost tearfully at this beautiful new facet of him. Her heart swelled almost painfully and she clung to him as they moved together to the song.
"DG-" He whispered to her as they continued to move. "I can't imagine life..."
DG shook her head. "I'm sorry." The tears now fully dripped down her face and she held him so close. So close, in fact, that they could feel each other's hearts pounding against one another.
Glitch took a few hard, ragged breaths. "So... this is it?"
A part of your soul ties you to the next world
Or maybe to the last, I'm still not sure
What i do know is, to us the world is different
As we are to the world but, i guess you would know that
DG fervently shook her head again, locking into an emotional, warm, thunderous kiss. "Don't ever hurt me again." She whispered as she pulled away from the kiss. They both shook against each other, the emeralds drawing their wounded souls toward each other, healing them both, fusing them as one.
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to change for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion always trying to change you...