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"Love is always bestowed as a gift- freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't upendo to be loved; we upendo to love." ~ Leo Buscaglia

Her lilac hair gently fell in front of her eyes. He brushed away a strand with his finger. She blushed a tinge a red and stared into his crimson eyes. He held her and stared back,smiling at her. She touched his face with her fingertips, taking in his scent. He rested his chin atop her head, breathing slowly and pressing her against his chest. She sighed, feeling at total peace in her lover's arms. He placed a finger underneath her chin,lifting her head to...

He walked inside his house and put the paper aside his cell phone. Weeks later Mina and Shadow had been seeing each other often. They would make plans to have lunch together au stroll in the park where they had met but Shadow wanted to be so much zaidi than friends. He had felt a special bond between them that he had never exsperienced before. He was tired of the little lunches they had together so he decided he would take her out for a late dinner, out of his own wallet. He did not care for exspenses. He only wanted what was best for her. Shadow walks in his bedroom to look for something suitable...

The view form the Lapiz building, as they called it, held many eyes captive all mwaka round with it's wonderful maoni of the village. The view outside was especially great because of the snow silently falling and the glimmer of krisimasi lights showering the white ground with color.

Not that Rouge had anytime to think about that. She was hard at work at one of the empty cubicles, tossing paperwork one kwa one in separate piles while the bags under her eyes grew heavy. She just wanted to sleep, just one dakika of resting her eyes. Instead she shifted her gaze at her papers again and sighed.

It wasn't...

Chapter 3 Walk Down the Creative Lane

"I can't believe we're stumped on what to get the guys?!" Rouge groaned, followed kwa heavy sighs from the other three girls. They were walking around the Knothole marketplace; looking for ideas for presents.

"I wouldn't say that," Amy sighed, "YOU know what you're making Knux."

"Really?" Cream chimed in.

"Tell us!" Mina added.

"Well," Rouge said, sheepishly "I figured the best way to get to a man's moyo is through his stomach. So, I thought I'd make him cookies."

"Wow! What a great idea!" Cream said, smiling.

"Too bad Rouge doesn't know how to cook." Amy said,...