No Such Thing As Letting Go
For #55:
"Suppose we never fell in love, Suppose I never ever let you kiss me so sweet and so soft." –Fidelity by Regina Spektor
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Hey, it's me again. We need to talk. You don't have to say anything, though. I just want you to listen.
I think I'm ready to say goodbye. I know what you're thinking: "Oh Sokka! It took you forever! You're so slow!" Hey its okay, you don't have to admit it. I know that is what's going through your mind right about now.
But, I think it is time. I'm not saying I don't love you, because that's not true. I don't think I could ever stop loving you. The good thing is I don't have to. It's like Suki said, "when you lose someone you don't have to stop loving them to move on, you just have to realize there's enough room in your heart for someone else."
She's smart like that. I'm sure you'd really like her.
I've learned a lot from you. Even though we didn't exactly have the longest relationship, I still learned more from those few weeks we had than I had in most of my life.
With you, I had a taste of what love really was. In that small taste I found that love is everything they said it was. Love is worth fighting until there's nothing left, and then fighting your shadow. It's worth storming head first into a battle you know you might not make it out alive, scared to death but going on anyway.
Loving you was worth it all, Yue.
And that's why I'm saying goodbye. I can't keep holding back, and I can't keep being afraid. There is someone down here who needs me now. Someone who'll grow old with me, and show me the rest of love. Someone a lot like you.
I'll always love you, Yue. I just love someone else, too.
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For kolu-nerriungnerk-piarak who asked for a Sokka/Yue piece. Hope this works:P
The whole "love is worth" paragraph comes from a quote by Erica Jong. And, as a new thing I've decided. I'm putting random quotes from my collection down at the bottom of every story I write from now on. Maybe they'll brighten your day, make you think, or just make you laugh. Today's quote is the one that helped to inspire this piece:
"Love is everything it's cracked up to be…It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for."
-mcl