Thoughts.

Ugh, that stupid pixie. You can't just say that without an explanation then just leave! I don't get what she means by 'you love him too much'. I love him too much? I love him too much that I accompanied him to inazuma for a vacation?

...

Oh.

~~~~Time skip~~~~

Today Aether and Paimon had dragged me along for a walk around Inazuma to show me some places and also to have a picnic. It was a nice distraction from my thoughts after yesterday but sadly, it wasn't long enough of a distraction. I soon got too lost in thought that I had been ignoring Aether for a while. What brought me out of my thoughts was Paimon slapping my head with a lot of force that it actually hurt.

"Paimon! There was no need to slap him." Aether scolded the pixie.

"What was that for?" I inquired as I rubbed my head where she had wacked me.

"You were ignoring Aether!" Paimon screeched.

"Oh, I'm sorry I had ignored you, Aether." I apologised.

"Are you alright, Xiao? I've been trying to talk to you for some time now and you have been blanking me." Aether said worriedly and placing his hand on my shoulder gently.

"I apologise for that. I was too lost in thought that i hadn't heard you. I am fine, no need to worry."

"If you say so. Would you want to talk about your thoughts? It seems like they're bothering you." He smiled softly and removing his hand from my shoulder.

"There is no need. I'm fine, Aether." I spoke calmly.

"Yeah, I bet he's fine! Let's not get all down. We are on vacation remember! Let's have funnnn!" Paimon giggled and swirled in the air.

Aether shook his head at her then went back to making a flower thing for Paimon. Paimon continued to giggle as she went back to stuffing her face with anything she could find in the basket.

Love is a weird emotion. It is very confusing and I can't understand it. I don't know whether what I feel towards Aether is love or not. I had always thought it was affection, but now I'm not sure. Maybe it is love? Why am I even thinking about this. He's a mortal and I'm an adeptus. It'll never work even if I did love him.