If we Could

Word Count: 114

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Lying there next to him, I can't help but think that I should say it. Three words couldn't hurt, right? But I know what would happen if I said it. He'd scold me and say "You don't because you can't." I still try to tell him he's wrong; that we've been wrong the whole time. I mean, I know I feel something.

"If we could," he begins before I can say anything. "I suppose I'd love you, Marluxia."

I stared at him in disbelief, but something in those cold emerald eyes told me I could trust him, and I found myself grinning like an idiot and whispering a gentle "I'd love you, too, Vexen."