The Pearls of Catharsis Times Issue 03, Feb 2017 | Page 62

When you were sixteen and I was eighteen , you told me you liked me and you wanted to be friends . Heck , I could never not remember that day when you greeted me with a meek ' hello , a grin plastered on that reddest face of yours , your eyes coy with gaiety . Your hair was as brown as ever , dark and lustrous , had a sheen like fine hardwood . It wasn ' t entirely fair either ; hardwood never swished so very gently like yours did , swaying with the words that came out of your flawless lips . I had been thrilled to see you every day of my life , every day , to see the stunning shape of your hunched up nose , the way your cheeks flared pink when you rambled about something passionately . I kept looking at you through the corner of my eyes , hearing your silvery voice while you kept talking . Sometimes I caught you looking at me but I thought it was just a dream .
The sun grew in size ; it illuminated the sky enthralling every cell of my body and brought me brand new hope every day . I thought that maybe we could be more than friends one day .
Night and day , I loved you with more vigour , each day my heart swelled at the sight of yours ; I kept yearning that you would one day be mine to hold . Maybe I was hysterically craving for affection , that one day someone would look into my eyes and find everything they ever needed , I longed for the day when someone would want me as much as I wanted them .
Yet I cursed myself for remembering that unforgettable day . It was during the initiation test , when Tyra claimed you as a fireball and everything fell out of place .
You were fire and I was ice .
I had to fight you the next day . It was the second phase of our initiation , where we earned our grades in battles with a person who had powers opposite to you . So we were selected to spar and I was not ready . I knew you could burn me when you touched my skin and I could petrify you when I touched yours . Nothing in my life had ever felt so terrifying .
We fought that day and we were both equally brought down by each other . My whole body burned and yours was numb . We were nursed and brought back to health in a few

Fire and ice

When you were sixteen and I was eighteen , you told me you liked me and you wanted to be friends . Heck , I could never not remember that day when you greeted me with a meek ' hello , a grin plastered on that reddest face of yours , your eyes coy with gaiety . Your hair was as brown as ever , dark and lustrous , had a sheen like fine hardwood . It wasn ' t entirely fair either ; hardwood never swished so very gently like yours did , swaying with the words that came out of your flawless lips . I had been thrilled to see you every day of my life , every day , to see the stunning shape of your hunched up nose , the way your cheeks flared pink when you rambled about something passionately . I kept looking at you through the corner of my eyes , hearing your silvery voice while you kept talking . Sometimes I caught you looking at me but I thought it was just a dream .
The sun grew in size ; it illuminated the sky enthralling every cell of my body and brought me brand new hope every day . I thought that maybe we could be more than friends one day .
Night and day , I loved you with more vigour , each day my heart swelled at the sight of yours ; I kept yearning that you would one day be mine to hold . Maybe I was hysterically craving for affection , that one day someone would look into my eyes and find everything they ever needed , I longed for the day when someone would want me as much as I wanted them .
Yet I cursed myself for remembering that unforgettable day . It was during the initiation test , when Tyra claimed you as a fireball and everything fell out of place .
You were fire and I was ice .
I had to fight you the next day . It was the second phase of our initiation , where we earned our grades in battles with a person who had powers opposite to you . So we were selected to spar and I was not ready . I knew you could burn me when you touched my skin and I could petrify you when I touched yours . Nothing in my life had ever felt so terrifying .
We fought that day and we were both equally brought down by each other . My whole body burned and yours was numb . We were nursed and brought back to health in a few
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When you were sixteen and I was eighteen, you told me you liked me and you wanted to be friends. Heck, I could never not remember that day when you greeted me with a meek 'hello, a grin plastered on that reddest face of yours, your eyes coy with gaiety. Your hair was as brown as ever, dark and lustrous, had a sheen like fine hardwood. It wasn't entirely fair either; hardwood never swished so very gently like yours did, swaying with the words that came out of your flawless lips. I had been thrilled to see you every day of my life, every day, to see the stunning shape of your hunched up nose, the way your cheeks flared pink when you rambled about something passionately. I kept looking at you through the corner of my eyes, hearing your silvery voice while you kept talking. Sometimes I caught you looking at me but I thought it was just a dream. The sun grew in size; it illuminated the sky enthralling every cell of my body and brought me brand new hope every day. I thought that maybe we could be more than friends one day. Night and day, I loved you with more vigour, each day my heart swelled at the sight of yours; I kept yearning that you would one day be mine to hold. Maybe I was hysterically craving for affection, that one day someone would look into my eyes and find everything they ever needed, I longed for the day when someone would want me as much as I wanted them. Yet I cursed myself for remembering that unforgettable day. It was during the initiation test, when Tyra claimed you as a fireball and everything fell out of place. You were fire and I was ice. I had to fight you the next day. It was the second phase of our initiation, where we earned our grades in battles with a person who had powers opposite to you. So we were selected to spar and I was not ready. I knew you could burn me when you touched my skin and I could petrify you when I touched yours. Nothing in my life had ever felt so terrifying. We fought that day and we were both equally brought down by each other. My whole body burned and yours was numb. We were nursed and brought back to health in a few

Fire and Ice