"Being aloof is just the image I present to the outside world. All I want is to save all my tenderness and all my unexpected sides for the person I love."
"I want to stand at the summit and pave the way for you, letting you do what you want without holding you back. I don't want you to look back on your life someday and feel that you worked only to make a living, not because you loved it. How painful and regrettable that would be. So I climbed all this way just to stand at the top and clear the path for you."
Before he met her, he thought his life would remain dim and colorless forever. But after meeting her, everything seemed to change. She was like a ray of light, bringing color to his bleak life.
A youthful flutter of the heart, a love kept hidden, and in the end, a lifetime spent hand in hand with you.
With you by my side, the rest of life doesn't seem as long and arduous as people say. Instead, it's full of happiness and joy.
A short story, with no angst from beginning to end. This is a new author's attempt, so please be kind.