"You know what, Zari? You should smile more" Nathaniel spoke with in-depth emotions, deeply wanting her to smile more.

'What was wrong with my simple request?' He questioned his own self.

'Why has it turned out to be the only unfulfilled desire of mine?'

"Why?" She asked, the crushed rose in her hands drew blood but It never affected her and unaware she remains ignorant that he lives in her eyes.

Smiling purely, she confessed what meant nothing to her but everything to him back then... or even now? Who knows?

"Because your smile provides me solace."

***

He was in bed, all alone, hands stretched out. Coming back from...