It never gets old

Helping May as she was washing the diseases, and me helping her as I wipe the washed dishes with the cloth, keeping back up in the dish stand.

"Both of you are beautiful couples," May said looking towards her as she was already looking back at me giving her a small smile. Turning away, look down as I tug the stand of my hair behind my ear.

"So cute when you are blushing the youthful love is truly so pure" She giggles like a teenage girl. Well, true new love is, but not taking care of adult duckling loves to be naked and standing in front of me. I need some bleach for my eyes. My every brain cells need to wash up with holy water.

"You know our family didn't accept our love, so we ran away from our home too, just like you both away from all," which made me pause, looking back towards her as she continued to do her dishes.

"Want to hear our story?" she asked as I nodded my head in response.

"As it was a small village and my father the mayor of the village and I was the only daughter of his along with 7 brothers of mine and well Victor was an orphanage," She pauses, looking in front of her smile on her face.

"So it all started with my father one day I was mad at my father a small quarrel you say as I ran away from home to get some fresh air in the forest there was a small lake in the middle of it. As I made my way there I could hear the beautiful music reaches my ear."

Turning around as she faces me, a beautiful smile spread across her face," it was the most beautiful tune I had ever heard. From that day I used to seek off by my house every day at night just to hear it. But one day he caught me. That old man knew I was to watch in secret but still was pretending not to notice my presence,"

Walking upstairs as we made our way towards the storeroom to keep bottles of bears downstairs.

"After that, we started meeting secretly especially at night, he always has been a wonderful cook. When he was in the orphanage there he used to cook for the kids. It was his dream to open a hotel, even if its small food is the one which takes you to the man's heart through the stomach here. This guy made his place to a women's heart." placing the tray of beer bottles down even taking from my hand placing on top of it.

"Don't take it in the wrong way I'm terrible at cooking even tho I tried to cook I know I will end up burning or cutting myself or the entire house. Still, I used to make something too. He used to complain about this, that you added this more than this should have been less. At the last he used to end up eating it all," she smirks tugging the stand of her hair behind her ear making me giggle in response.

I just remember how things used to get worse and worst when I was a maid. Then end up working in the stable. Taking care of them and all and cleaning up their-a shiver passes through me just thinking about it.

"Meeting every night as he plays his flute for me beside the late. He always used to bring cooked food made by his own hands. Especially the sweets as it is my favourite and the chocolate peanut butter cookies." May licks her lips as if she can still taste the cookies.

"They were the most favourite ones of mine. From there I got my name, buttercups." She smiles with that as we made our way upstairs finally reaching as she closes the door behind her locking it putting back the key into her pocket.

"One night out of the blue that old man said he loves me and wanted to spend his entire life with me. Start a new life with his dreams along with me. What I did was the most stupid thing I ever could have done."

May laughed playing with her fingers looking down at her hands as if remember the past? Making me raise my bow.

"I ran away I got scared. How could I spend my entire life with him, leaving my family and my friends in my town where I grew up?" she signs in response.

"I didn't know what to do just like the novels I used to read became my reality. I didn't even look back just I just ran as fast as I could on my way back home. Burring myself into the pillow I can feel my cheeks were on fire my hear-my heart was just," she covers her face making me laugh just thinking about it what must have happened.

"That time I realized I'm in love with this old man, I was so in love that I can't live without I wanted to spend my enter life with him forever. We wanted to spend our life together, but-". The smile disappears from her face.

"But the day I was going to say that I too wanted me to spend my entire life with him. The same day my parents came to know about it, I used to seek at night and meet Victor. This was the worst thing that ever happened to me when they locked me in my room." A smile spread across her face.

"That old man uses to wait for me every day at night for me to come. But I never did, as one day I overheard my father said he is going me marry me off to another guy, someone with an influential position."

"I didn't want to marry someone I didn't love, love… I just-" she whispered, looking up towards the sky as we were sitting on the terrace in the big swing chair. Cold air blowing as the moonlight falling upon us making her look more beautiful eyes shining a smile across her face.

"I ran away that day, it was the hardest to seek, but as I became an expert, it was just a cloud of dust for me." She smirks, looking back at me.

"When I reached our meeting spot just to see he wasn't there, I thought he-he thought I rejected him and must have already left the village for his dreams. But soon the sweet melody of flute reaches my ears. Just to see him leaning against the tree waiting for me, playing the flute for me. But still playing the flute for Me." the tears fell from her eyes, but still, the smile never left her face.

A jacket placed on her shoulder, with a pair of arms around her. To see Victor gave a peck on her cheeks, making her turn all red.

"Victor!!" May gasps, looking away as she plays with her fingers.

"How would I have not waited for the women I love most of all. I was ready to spend my entire life waiting for you forever, even if you have returned with grey hair and wrinkles all over your face. Just as long as I breathe, playing the flute for the women who accepted me the way I'm making me feel how important I'm."

"Victor" May smiles giving a small peek on his lips making me turn my head away as the heat rises on my cheeks.

A pair of arms itself wraps around me making me jump out of my skin, as a pair of lips kisses on my cheeks making me froze in the spot. Turning away just to see merman looking deep into my eyes, still with a small smile on his face.

I would have surely pushed him away if it wasn't for keeping my act together. What things is he learning from humans, well is it just an act, or is he even learning about the feelings too?

Looking away from him, I can feel the heat rising on my cheeks, closing my eyes tight as I take a deep breath to calm myself down. Opening my eyes back just to see Victor and May already looking back at us smiling with that, Victor continued taking a deep breath.

"That night we ran away from there, from one place to another barely we hand anything. But we had each other as a sweet old lady who owned this hotel took us in and offered us our basic needs. That's when we worked hard, even we also used to fight and even went through the toughest times. But we just used to end up together," a smile spread across my face looking at them.

" That's why looking at you both it reminded our love life, the young runaway love in the search for a new start of their life" May smiled looking at us as the smile disappears from my face just to replace with a fake one now. Deep inside I can feel how wrong it was to lie to them, the feeling of guilt within me.

"Just remember, even if life gives you the hard time, be with the one you love. Everything can end but not the genuine love as it ever gets old," Victor added, looking back towards the sky, his chin resting on the top on Mays's head.

"It's not like one can fall in love again and again right"

"No, they can fall in love with anyone Buttercup" May looks up at Victor who was staring deep into her eyes. Making a small smile appear on my face by just looking at them.

"What?"

"With the person, you love the most, the yesterday, the today and the tomorrow falling in love more and more than the sign of our love our-"

"You-"

"What about me?!!"

"Shuu the kids are here stop it, you old man"

"Now I'm an old man? What about the handsome, charming se-"

"Stop it!!" May hits Victor making me giggle in response. As they continued to argue with each other, just like small kids. Turning back, looking towards the moon, merman's arms still around me as I rest my head back in his arms.

'Love, it never gets old huh?' merman arms still around me as I look up towards the sky I don't know why but as if something was tugging in my chest. It hurts just thinking about the word love. But why?

'Is there love for me into these pages of books at it turns?'