by Hopeflower » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:54 pm
Uzuri froze, her eyes very wide. Her heart skipped a beat and started pounding against her ribs. "R-really?" she stammered, turning to look at Nguvu again. Her gaze searched his almost desperately, looking for any hint that this was just a cruel joke. "I-I thought...since you'd known her longer..." She fell silent, amazed, both at his confession and at the strength of emotion she felt in response; surprise, happiness, worry over Amani's reaction, and at the core of it all, a warm glow of love for him that she'd been denying to herself existed in the first place.
"Gotta have a little sadness once in a while so you know when the good times come."
"Talent is a pursued interest. In other words, anything that you're willing to practice, you can do." ~ Bob Ross
"The future is always uncertain and painful but it must be lived." ~ Unknown