Chapter Text
Love comes to Lumine like the changing of the seasons.
Like how the sun gets a bit more intense as spring days passes, and one knows summer has arrived when they seek a cold refreshment every now and then.
Like how the summer sky mixes more shades of red in its sunset each day, until one finds themselves embezzled by the flaming autumn sky.
Like how the leaves of the trees seek the ground one by one in the fall, making place for winter one fine day, when one looks up and find that the branches have already gone dry.
Like how flowers take roots with quiet perserverance each second beneath the freezing snow, and once spring arrives, they had completed their endeavors through the darkness and bloomed in full glory.
Not a moment of heart suddenly beating fast, or her face burning bright with exhillaration.
Just the lingering thoughts, and how naturally the words came to her mind.
"Oh, Xiao. This is why I love you."