Proud

Exquisite, she looked absolutely beautiful. It was as if I was being visited by the goddess of beauty herself.

"Your eyes will pop out if you continue to stare at me like that Deimos," she said which completely brought me back to reality

"You look absolutely stunning Athena", those words came out unplanned

"Thank you" she responded as her cheeks turned red, was she blushing?

"Let me help you in," I said as I held out my hand which she took and we both entered the carriage and left for the ball I had been waiting for ever since our last meeting

"I missed you," I said as I looked at her with a smile, she looked at me and her pretty little face was filled with confusion, did she miss me too or was it one-sided?

"I missed you too," she said and smiled, a small smile started forming on my lips, was I dreaming or did she truly confess to missing me too?

"Say it again," I said to her hastily, I had to confirm whether she truly spoke those words or if I was letting my imagination get the best of me

"I said I missed you too Deimos," she said and chuckled as she blushed, that woman would be the death of me, why was she so sweet and innocent? She looked like she wouldn't be able to hurt even the tiniest ant if she wanted to and yet she looked like she could kill a bear if she had to. She was so mysterious, there were so many question marks around her and I was willing to wait a lifetime to have the answer to all of them

"Why are you staring at me like that?" she asked as she tilted her head a little down to see my face clearly, she was just too cute

"You're just too beautiful and your dress looks very beautiful and rare, may I please know the designer?" I answered and changed the topic, her dress truly was beautiful and special, it seemed like a dress I once dreamt about

"Oh this, I designed and made it myself" she answered and that shocked me very much, how can those fragile-looking hands manage to make something that takes so much effort to make, she must have worked day and night, my fiancée truly was surprising

"What you don't believe me?" she asked as she looked at me "No I believe you, I'm just shocked and proud of you" I explained and she just looked at me as tears came out of her eyes

"Athena, Athena, I'm sorry don't cry, I truly do believe you" I said as I moved closer to her and tapped her back smoothly. What did I do?

"I'm sorry, I should have answered you sooner, don't cry" I said as I made her lay on my shoulder and that made her cry even more. Did I just make my own fiancée cry?

"It's.. it's not you" she said barely getting her words out, if it wasn't me then who was it, I wanted to ask so badly, but I kept quiet and just consulted her until she stopped crying

"I'm sorry, that was uncalled for," she said as she whipped her tears

"It's okay, you can be yourself around me," I said and started whipping her tears with my hands, something I would have denied if you told me I would be doing so last week

"Now what is it my sweet butterfly?" I asked her calmly, I truly wanted to know, but I also didn't want her to think that I was forcing her to tell me

"It's just that, that was the first time someone ever told me that they were proud of me, it's true that I don't care what my family thinks about me anymore, but it hurts, it still hurts so much Deimos, if I am sick instead of asking me what's wrong my after asks me why I was asleep the whole day as if I have the freedom to do so, instead of telling me that he loves me and thanking me for being a gift my mother left for him, he curses me and beats me up whenever he thinks of her or hears her name, instead of listing to the goddess words about my red eyes, he chose to believe that they were a curse and instead of mourning for my mother and siblings that died, he laughs about it, thanks them for dying and curses them for not taking me with them. I am truly tired, it is all too much for me. I've had enough and all I want to do is make him feel my pain and more. I want him dead, but that pain of never being loved is there and it'll always be there so when you said you were proud of me I just naturally broke down. I truly am sorry for that and this" she said and she was tearing up again. How was she able to smile, how did she not kill him for a long time? Why would they do this to such a beautiful soul, what type of people were they? I was going to end them in the most painful way possible even if it meant making Athena hate me for changing her plans to kill them. I knew the burden of being responsible for killing a family member and I don't think I was able to let her experience that type of pain and suffering