Golden Eyes

I was entering middle school, after the affair that was my previous school and the world around me ending once.

Didn't you know? I was already a knight to so many people and I was about to go on a long painful crusade. My heart was hardened and I was already long gone from love.

Then the sun lit up your eyes, amber and brown. Crowned by the morning light and gowned in soft tones of those around us.

I fell unknowning. It wasn't a heart skip like manga, nor the butterflies. It was a pull, a need.

I wanted to be your friend right then and there. I needed to be your best friend. Like a sugar high, I was rendered dizzy seeing you as I walked breathless to you. I smiled at you, the sweetest, brightest smile as I introduced myself. Holding out my hand as I wished to know your name.

It stuck like superglue. A curse. I wondered the halls for weeks trying to find you again, worry and curiosity filling me as I wanted to see you again.

Don't you know? I am usually the person who would try to run away from a horror movie senerio, but for you I was willing to befreind a ghost. I imagined people not seeing you and me looking crazy talking to air. I would normally be horrified, but then and there I giggled at the image like a personal joke.

It would be weeks until we met for the first time again. From a mutual friend whom claimed you as thier best friend first.

You know? I wanted to hurt him, and he was my friend. My anger was masked perfectly as I nodded looking to once again hear your name from your lips, praying you would be cursed by mine.

Even in the school lights, your eyes glowed a soft golden-amber spilled across brown.