Agape, Eros

I could see myself reflected in Sara's crystal-clear eyes as she looked at me.

In those reflected eyes, something like a hazy shadow wavered in my own.

If I hadn't known, it would have been fine. But now that I did, I couldn't look her straight in the eye, so I quietly looked away and said.

"Love.... How romantic."

"I mean it!"

Sara looked at me with a sullen expression.

I chuckled at her puckered, disgruntled lips and shook my head.

"I know. How could I not, when you help us without asking anything in return, even staking your life on it?"

Right. It was something no one could do unless it was love.

Not even ordinary love could make someone do it...