What Am I Hiding? [2]

You know what's truly cruel?

Standing in front of someone who opens their heart to you, and not being able to return that same feeling.

It's not just heartbreaking… it's a betrayal of trust.

They shared their truth with you, their fears, their vulnerabilities.

So to respond with silence, or half-truths, would be nothing short of disrespect.

If someone trusts you enough to hand you their heart… Then the least you can do is hold it with honesty.

Even if your feelings are complicated.

Even if your past is all messy.

They deserve the truth—don't they?

Ruby was someone I trusted the most in this world, even more than myself.

She was my anchor, the light that pulls me back when the world starts to go dark. So in that sense, it's only natural that I wants to protect her.

Keeping her far away from all those chaos, the gods, the Authority holders, the secrets that even I wasn't unaware of.