Title: 004 – Puppy Love

Author: schyra

Rating: ?

Pairings/Characters: Cattleya, Haru

Warnings: ...Vague.

Summary: It shouldn't have been surprising, he supposed.

Author's Note: Bahahahahha. Arghs. I HAD TO REWRITE THIS ONE GODDAMN IT. A

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004 – Puppy Love

It shouldn't have been surprising, he supposed.

His sister is his first crush.

It shouldn't have been surprising, he supposed. Cattleya was there from the start.

She was the crux of his world, and its band aid and security-blanket. She was the one he ran to when tired. She was the one he ran to when scared. She was the one who sang him to sleep, who woke him from nightmares. She was the one who held him, loved him, raised him. She was everything.

She was like sunlight to a newly-sprouted plant.

Everything that he set his eyes upon was filtered through the light refracted from her, like a mirror. Her words were gospel. She taught him everything he knew. She was the basis of reason. Because she said so, it was. She was meaning.

She was the one who held his hand in hers, who led him into the streets of town, through the walks of life. She was the one who set him down when he got tired, and stayed by his side. She was his everything.

It shouldn't have been surprising, he supposed. Admits, a little embarrassed. More than a little filled with wonder.

He wonders if it could ever have been anyone else.

When he was twelve, he gave her a kiss on the lips. Not completely intentional, but he does it while shedding some of his childishness.

She stops, blinks, stares.

Then she smiles sadly, warmly, and holds him tight.

She was his first crush, and neither suppose they'll ever forget that.

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