red = Lina's POV
navy = Zel's POV
I stand on the edge,
Forever looking downward.
She looked around her, all this trying to hide her feelings was wearing on her soul. It was slowly driving her crazy. How could she live like this much longer? So close to the one she had given her heart to without a single word, yet ever so far? Gods! She was Lina Inverse, she could do anything!
Poised on the brink,
I feel the weight upon my soul.
He looked at her, what was going on in her mind? She seemed restless lately, eager for the next adventure, but never content with it. He wanted to find some way to comfort her, but he didn't dare do more than try and start a casual conversation. If only he knew a way to calm her...
I long for freedom,
To let myself fall into insanity.
She should be strong, try and tell him. But no, she couldn't stand it if he didn't return her feelings. If only she could tell him, if he returned her feelings, but it was impossible. He'd never let someone near him, not when he's so convinced he's a monster. Can't he see she loves him? That she cares for him?
Somethings really bothering her, he realized. Gods what he'd give to be able to hold her close and drive off her problems with just his presence. 'Lina,' he longed to say. He turned away, unable to stand seeing her troubled so. He wanted to leave, to get away.
But one thing holds me,
Where I stand unable to stray.
But he couldn't. He needed to know Lina was safe. That's all that mattered. His turmoil, his sorrow, his pain, that was nothing compared to knowing that she was safe. How could he live with himslef if he left and then something happened to her, something he could have prevented?
But one thing staves off,
The terrifying insanity that threatens.
Zel. He'd become her reason to continue living, although he tried to surround himself with his wall of ice he'd become the brightest, warmes thing in her existance. He turned away. That settled it, she was going to tell him what he meant to her. She walked up to him. "Zel..."
So I stare down that cliff,
Unable to fall even if I wished to.
What did she want, to come to talk to him? Gods, what if it was... no... he couldn't stan even thinking that thought. He looked at her, her firey gaze showing the slightest hesitence. What was it that troubled her so?
Bound by something,
Ever so stronger than I.
"Lina, what is it?" he asked her, his icy blue eyes melting her resolve. For a moment they just stared, but then he looked away from her. How could he do that to her? She loved him, didn't he at least care for her as a friend.
"Zel," she said again. She wished he did love her. She shut her eyes and but a tear still escaped.
By that undescribable thing,
That needs only one word.
"Zel, I... I... I love you," she told him. How could she love him? But she did. Gods she did! He suddenly embraced her, kissing her deeply, unable to say anything but wanting her to know he loved her as well. And how he did love her!
As he kissed her she knew he loved her as well. She sank into his embrace, returning his kiss as well. Finaly they broke for air and just smiled lovingly at eachother, their gaze telling the other far more effectivly than word what they felt.
But for me,
Is two.
Love, it kept them together when they thought it could never be. Love, it drew them together. Love, a word that they'd now see in another. Those words being the other's name.