KC

We were locked in an infinite dance, surrounded by the shining lights and the soaring music. As we spun in gradual circles, my dress fluttered like my heart - uncontrollably, yet gracefully all the same.

Was she feeling the same? As much as I wanted to be able to read her mind, I knew I had no such power, and even if I did, I never, for her sake, could've brought myself to use it.

The night pressed on, slowly, slowly, and shortly before its end, I gazed directly into her eyes.

Passion and contempt, love and war... the fire in my irides balanced out with the ice in hers...