Maeve's eyes found Dermott and she lost the hope. He looked the same. Gin did cheat on her. However she was even too weak to be disappointed. She hardly could stand on her own.
"Are you ok? Maybe we should sit for a while?"
Sinbad's voice asked. She heard him for so many times hover this time he sounds somehow different. Their eyes met. As much as he looked the same as always, he looked different this time. Looking into his eyes was different.
"I am fine. But we can sit"
He gently helped her to move a little bit and they sat down on the grass. Not that she needed the help as she had just said. But his touch was different too.
Maeve fixed her gaze on the lake, so did Sinbad. Like they were scared to let their eyes meet again.
Sinbad was not able to name the feeling but felt somehow strange after what just had happened. Within a moment he cared more for her than even before.
Could not stand in this silence anymore, gently touching her hand he asked,
"Feeling any better?"
"Told you, I fine."
Normally he would play the same game as she did but some unknown force pushed him to behave totally different way.
"Maeve, you don't need to pretend – play stronger than you are." Grabbing her hand even stronger.
That surprised her. She turned her head and let their eyes to meet again. She gave vent to all the emotions and simply started to cry. It was like someone would have took off some burden from her. Letting pull herself into Sinbad's embrace her head rested at his shoulder.
"It is ok…" He tried to comfort her. Wanted to make her feel safe.
"That creature cheat on me…" She sobbed "… I hoped something will change…"
Deep inside they both felt that something did change.
"Maybe it did change…" he whispered.
He was not sure how to name the feeling and what had caused it but he was not able to pretend anymore.
He kissed her. Pulled her into big, long kiss, in the same time turning into this all his love to her. That love, that so long hidden one.
"I love you…" he whispered
Maeve was not able to describe her feelings. It was not even a surprise. It was like everything at once. But at the same time it mostly felt like harmony and happiness. Everything as it should be.
"I love you, too…"
They pulled into a kiss once again. Letting show all their feelings to each other.
They spent many minutes this way. Confessing their real feelings to each other. Sinbad repeated his promises to her that he will not rest until he help her defeat Rumina.
On their way back by the lake in the boat, they both tried to make up their minds.
"This was strange…" Sinbad started "The kiss – it was like …" he could not name it "…like doing it for the first time…"
Maeve smiled "When you say 'I love you' once, kiss never taste the same…"
Do you know what wish Gin fulfill?
