notes: omg. you are all terrible. why did you not tell me that I actually reposted the same drabble twice!

Well. Now that that's all fixed.


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He finally found her.


It's recognition at first sight.

Not as elegant as love, but just as warm.

Her hair shines with the same shade of violet he has last seen on her scales and even though he can't believe that she's grown two limbs, two legs, he can not deny the way the color stirs his heart.

He steps forward, but Jellal places a firm hand on his right shoulder, holds him back. The other man gives him a look, warns him to not place his hopes too high but—fuck him—he isn't taking advice from someone that shames himself from loving his scarlet.

"Cu-Cubelios!" he exclaims, even though he's sure that that isn't her name…her human name.

She turns around anyway, and he feels his eyes widen when—

he sees the blank in her face, the empty of her eyes, and the realization fully hits him—the sudden awareness that maybe he's been looking too hard for someone that isn't there any longer.

It stops him in his tracks. His legs are lead and the corners of his mouth weigh as heavy as his heart.

"I'm sorry," she apologizes with a bashful smile strewn over her lips. "I don't think I recognize you. Who are you?"

It's recognition at first sight.

Not as warm as familiarity, but just as clear.

"Sorry," he says. He looks down. The sight is too much to see.

"I thought you were someone else."


end notes: I know. You can ask. Is the title a reference to Taylor Swift? Maybe. Is it out of context from the original? Completely.

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