4.  love

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𝙂𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙖 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚

Makkari had ran around town to help me look for the 100th dress for this stupid wedding. Me being me, I waited last minute, and I forgot. SORRY! Sorry that Ive been fighting Deviants instead of looking for a dress.

"This is the last one." Makkari tosses the dress to me and lays on my bed. It was a pretty red dress with flowers as a design all over. This had to do. I took off my clothes and hopped in the dress, we're late,

"Come on!" Kingo walks in as I put up my hair. "Wow."

"Close your mouth Kingo, flies will get in." I patted his cheek as me and Makkari walked to the main room to see the others all dressed. Druig, he looks, adorable.

Druig eyes landed on Celeste as she walks in, he was mesmerized by the beauty. Wait, why is he thinking about that? Beauty? He gets all flustered whenever he thinks about her, but pushes those thoughts down but they always came back.

"May I?" Kingo steps in front of Celeste, her taking his arm and headed into town for the wedding. It left Druig frustrated, that should be him, not Kingo. Kingo!

It wasn't a surprise when Ikaris and Sersi got together. The looks they shared, the secret 'talking'. We all didn't care but we were happy for them. Even for me, the one person who doesn't like Ikaris, but I was happy for Sersi.

"How long is this going to take?" I rolled my head back, whispering. It had to be at least an hour just standing there. My legs are sore from standing and I just want to have fun already.

"Be patient my sweet Celeste." Druig whispers into my ear. "Cant rush love." I rolled my eyes and smiled. He was eating a pear, chewing loudly into my ear to mess with me. I pushed my arm back to hit him in the stomach to stop.

"I hate this." Sprite said as Ikaris and Sersi kissed, it was finally done, and now they're married. Ajak cries as she saw her 'children' be so in love. We all smiled at them, so proud and happy for the newlyweds.

"Congratulations." I smiled at the two and went for some fruit.

"My, my, you look beautiful." Druig stands behind me, again, whispering to me. I bit my lip and closed my eyes. How can his voice make me so...what the word? Ecstatic. Alive. The comments that he tells me, make me feel aroused. He makes me feel beautiful. "What are you thinking about?"

"Why won't you read my mind?" I tilted my head, nearly hitting it on his chest.

"I would never use my powers on you." I turned around and crossed my arms, he sounded serious. He was never serious, always playing around.

"Promise?" He nods his head.

"I dont want to hurt you." His hand touched mine. I felt this energy, this power rush through my veins. His fingers played with mine. It felt right, like his hands were meant to hold mine.

"Good." He dragged his finger down the bridge of my nose, landed it on my top lip. I gently placed a small kiss on his finger. He kept staring at my lips.

"Oh Celeste, what have you done to me."

"Nothing yet." I turned to look at the view, the room filled with flowers. "Isn't beautiful?"

"Very." He was looking at me, didn't even move his eyes. "I can look at it all day if I could." We heard footsteps and we let go. We awkwardly stood there, waited for whoever was going to walk in. It was Ikaris. Of course.

"Was I interrupting something?" He coughs. I never really like him. He seemed too high strong, too cocky. Supposedly he's the strongest Eternal, and he holds that title like a crown. Only if they knew what kinda power i held. Anyways, he just has something that I don't seem to like. He's hiding something. We get into arguments, Ajak always had to interfere, it was really bad. The other time we argued, I threw him to a mountain, leaving a hole where he crashed and I was grounded from fighting. He did start it first, I just wanted to finish it. Sersi tried to convince me to give him a chance but when I did, we scream at the top of our heads.

"Nothing special." I blurted. Those words shot me through my heart, I couldn't imagine what it felt for Druig. He looked away from me and left. I was about to leave but Ikaris grabbed my arm.

"Focus, he's not worth it. You dont need a distraction." He lets me go and I rubbed my hand from the harden grip he gave me. My eyes flashed green but I closed them. I decided not even deal with Ikaris because he wasn't worth it and now that he ruined my mood, I headed back to the Domo.

Ajak was standing in front of the window looking down at the small town. She turns to me and takes out her hand, telling me to come to her. I joined her and looked out again. The town was covered in beautiful orange and brighter flowers.

"Look what love brings." She sniffs. "It brings people together, never realizing how much that person loves someone."

"What is this about Ajak?" I softly chuckled to her.

"Druig." I gulped at the answer. "You can't tell me you haven't thought about being with him, at least once." I didn't want to say anything but it was Ajak, She's like a mother to me. Ajak noticed the chats and comments we made but we always said that we're playing around.

"I dont think it would be a great idea." I looked down.

"Why not? Tell me." She grabs my hands, making me face her.

"I dont like him." She tilted her head, knew that I was lying. "It'll ruin us." I shook my head. "Druig doesn't like me, believe me." To be honest, im scared to love him. What if something happens to one of us? I would be empty if Druig died, i would have nothing to live for.

"Dont say that. You never know." Ajak brushed my hair back. "Druig seems to only listen to you, calms down when he looks at you."

"Is it wrong that I like him?" I spat. I realized it just confessed my feeling for Druig. She smiles at me. I said it. I like Druig. It was good to say that I do. All those times I've been so confused about, my stomach, the way my cheeks burned red. It meant I was falling for him, but at the same time, I was terrified to love him.

"Its not wrong."

"I do see myself with him. The way he talks to me, the way he looks at me, i cant control this feeling." Ajak laughs.

"Thats love Celeste."

"But why am I scared to love him?" I told her, hoping she has the answer.

"Because you've been with him for so long, you don't know what will happen to you if you lose him." Lose myself? It sounded dangerous. What will happen if I did?

"Can we not tell the rest? I don't want them to pick on him, especially Kingo and Ikaris." She nods and I walked away and crashed into my bed and looked at the ceiling.

"You look lonely." I turned my head and saw Druig standing in the doorway. I prop myself up.

"Not anymore." I got out of bed and made my way to him, standing close to him. "Dru..." I whispered. I took a deep breath. Here I go. Im just going to say it. Get it all out. "Ive been thinking for a while, ive been ignoring the fact that Im in love with you. I want to spend all these years with you and I don't care how annoying you are, i want you." He smirks. "So?"

"Oh my dearest Celeste, I've thought the same thing." This couldn't be real. "Ive been in love with you." Just the look in his eyes made me want to kiss him. I moved up, planting a kiss on his lips but it didn't feel right. My eyes widen as I opened my eyes and saw his face not there. I backed up and Sprite was there.

"Sprite!" I yelled. She tricked me. I confessed my feelings for Druig to Sprite! She laughs. I was going to kill her.

"You're in love with Druig! I knew it!"

"You better not tell anyone one! Sprite!" I chased her around the Domo and stopped as Druig and Makkari came in.

"Whats going on here?" Makkari looks at us.

"Druig, Celeste wants to tell you something." She sings. I grabbed her by the sleeve and pulled her close to me. Druig stood there waiting for me to say something. I couldn't do it.

"It's stupid, its just pointless." It broke my heart. I realized that I couldn't even tell him and it shattered me. "Forget it." I let go of Sprite and cried on my bed. This wasn't easy. Love is just a gimmick. Im just going to push my feeling for Druig down and pretend like nothing changed. Damn it was hard, but I had to. Sprite really made me so bad about myself. I hate her for it.

"I got you cookies. Druig said you were upset." Gilgamesh comes in, placing the plate of cookies on the table. "Oh no, whats wrong?" He sat on my bed. I didn't look at him, just stared at the window. "Celeste, come on." I didn't budge. He kept shaking me, trying to make me crack. "I know sweet Celeste is in there somewhere." He pokes me. "The girl who...who loves to smile out of nowhere. Who tries to make everyones day better just by being here." I turned to him, giving him a small smile. "Ah, there she is."

"Gil?" He hums as a response. "Is it okay to keep your feelings from someone because you're scared of losing them?"

"What is this about?" i just shrugged so he wont ask more questions. He wasn't slow, he knew but didn't say anything about it or who. "I dont think its okay, but if you must. That feeling is going to come back up no matter how hard you try. Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know." I rested my head on his shoulder. "Believe me." He grabs a cookie and breaks it in have. He gave me one and he kept the other. I flashed a smile. "There she is." Gil and I stayed in my room all night chatting about everything. I love him, he's a caring guy. Always looking out for us, specially Thena.