A/N: Who is going to say "I love you" first, Corinna (Persephone) or Blake (Hades)?
Another couple I ship so hard
Once he had said it, she realized that he had spent every sentence he'd ever spoken to her trying to make her understand.
"Get in my car" was an "I love you." "Your sister's too protective" was an "I love you." "Gimme your hand" was an "I love you." "It's lonely when you're gone." "You never smile for me." "Your skin's so soft." "I love you. I love you. I love you."
Every single movement, she realized, had been imbued with that essence of "I love you."
When he lurched behind her in the hallways it was a plea for affection. When he showed up in front of her classes it was a confession of longing. When he grabbed her thin wrist in his thick and firm but gentle grip, when he whisked her away to his van, when he sped down to his apartment, when he grasped her trembling shoulders and brought her up the stairs for the first of many times, he was only trying to tell her the way he really felt.
And once he said it, she realized that she didn't need to fear him or his intentions or the strange feelings he dredged up inside of her, she realized that all she wanted was to tell him that she loved him back. She realized that she meant it.