#lames

lily: 初めに、神は天と地を創造され ました。

james: what the...?

lily: 地球は形もなく虚無であり、暗 間が深海の面を覆いました。..

james: is that actually the bible??

lily: .そして神の霊が水面の上に浮 かんでいました。

james: and you stopped breathing too???

lily: そして神は「光あれ」と言われ ました。

but i also love the quieter versions of jily getting together. the kind of slow burn that takes root once they’ve found their way to true friendship. there’s something really beautiful about the unspoken decision they both make, and the way they fall into each other. after all the back and forth, the pushing and pulling, it’s almost a relief to simply be in each other’s presence—to finally understand one another. it's not about any grand romantic gesture.

instead it’s about the small, everyday moments. the subtle ways they come to trust and care for one another. it’s in the way james adds just the right amount of sugar to her tea or the way lily straightens his glasses when they’ve slipped slightly askew. it’s in the way their fingers reach out without hesitation to guide the other through the corridor—hands still intertwined long after the crowd has thinned. it’s in the way a shoulder brush leads to her head resting against his chest and his arms wrapped around her, as if it's the most natural thing in the world. a steady, almost imperceptible shift.

until one day, it’s no longer a question what they are to each other. it’s just the way they fit, the way they complement each other in the smallest, most honest ways. and somewhere along the way, it becomes impossible to imagine a world where they’re not tangled up in each other. impossible to imagine a world where they don’t choose one another over and over again.