Tenellebria understood what pain was, unlike Luxanious, who thought more of what happened than what could be. Luxanious definitely lived in the moment and saw beauty in everything; though Tenellebria wasn’t corrupt, the curse she lived with was.
“Through darkness, there may never be love. Through love, there may never be darkness.”
She wasn’t entitled to love anyone, for whomever she felt love for would vanish into the abyss, never to be seen again; this frightened her. The fear of ceasing to exist never occurred to Luxanious, for he was madly in love with Tenellebria. Through her pain and her mistakes, he was insanely in love—she wasn’t perfect like him; she wasn’t everything good; she was simply Tenellebria. She’d always be crying in a deserted area, sobbing from the destruction she’d created, worrying her so much to the point of tears. When it was the world against her, Luxanious would be by her side. He’d embrace her tightly, calm her by kissing her brow, letting her emotions spill. And although she was mourning, having his strong arms snaked around her petite figure made her stone heart soften. She didn’t understand the emotion, but that didn’t matter; she just needed him. He’d always coo the same sentence: “I am in absolute love with you, for you are everything I may never be. Though flawed and imperfect, you prevail beauty.” The form she saw him as was human, flawed and beautiful, just like he wanted to be. And so, she’d always reply the same: “For I am all darkness, but through your light, I shall live. For when light shines, I am the shadow. The brighter you glow, the larger I reign. If I were to lose you to …show more content…
You are simply free will, and those imbeciles have been abusing it. You are simply giving the ability to create anything, but with that, they create destruction.”
Tenellebria clutched onto Luxanious, squeezing a fistful of fabric in determination to never let go. He gladly returned the favour, putting as much passion into the touch, letting everything else disappear. For that moment and that moment only, it would feel as if they were the only two in the universe.
Tenellebria slowly pulled away, smiling. Her heart had unknowingly started to beat faster, but she finally understood why.
Before she could react, Luxanious soon started to drift away, piece by piece. Before his lips disappeared, too, he reached in and whispered, “Alas, you do know how to love.” He smiled weakly until he fully vanished.
She was pulled back to her home from an emergency force they had created in case one went missing. But, he wasn’t missing. He had disappeared, and he could never come back. Tenellebria collapsed to the ground, more tears erupting from her swollen eyes. She started to thrash her arms on the ground, for she never got to say “goodbye” or “I love you.” She soon felt herself painfully vanishing