User blog:Redknight910/WWYD Gandharva ChiangLu

Prompt:Weeping Memories

The gandharva has a kind smile on her face. It almost brought me to tears, but I fought through it to answer. I told her about my ex, about what she did, and how she treated me. The gandharva stood and listened, letting me vent my pain and frustrations about her.

After I finished, she was still smiling, and started strumming her lute. The tune was far slower, more melancholic. At first I couldn't bring myself to do anything, then I pulled my guitar up and joined in, pouring the melody out of my heart. I felt something from her, a sensation from the melodies pouring from her instrument that made my eyes tear up, but my hands wouldn't stop moving.

The more we played the better I felt, and niether of us missed a single string. When we finished the sun was gone, and I felt exhausted. It felt like I'd poured everthing in me into the music, and I'd been left empty. I looked up at the gandharva, and she looked drained as well.

"You really must have felt something for her. It was truly a pleasure playing with you." She put a hand on my shoulder and gave me another smile, with a hint of sadness underneath, before turning to walk away. As I lost sight of her face, something inside me cried out to see it again. It wasn't until she turned around that I realised something outside of myself had called out for her too.

"Um... would you like to get something to eat?" Her smile brightened, and she nodded.

"That would be lovely. I'm famished." And with that we walked away towards the nearest inn. We stepped inside and made our orders, sat at a table and started talking.

"So, may I ask about her?" I look up at her thinking for some time.

"She was beautiful. I knew her for a few months before we started going out, but then things started going south." I thought I might start tearing, but I was still feeling drained from the music. "I actually had a nice amount of money, but she always needed it for something. Silk dresses, fancy food, jewlery, anything she could convince me to get. When my money ran out, so did she." I'm looking down as I finish the story, and don't notice the feathered arm coming around to comfort me.

"It's okay, you'll find someone. Someone nice, who'll love you and your music." I look up at her, that kind smile back on her face, and I can't resist the urge to kiss her. I lean in, and she follows suit. We meet in the middle, lips locking together and before I knew it we were wrapping our arms around each other.

"Um... your food's ready." A waitress forced us apart and placed two plates of food on the table. We thanked her for the food and started eating. We ate in silence, but it was nice. Once the food was gone, she looked at me for a few long moments.

"I should have asked this before, but, what's you're name? Mine's Galla."

"Aaron." She nodded, reaching out with a wing. She smiled, and I felt something warm inside me, something sparking. I'd felt it before, for her, and it kicked something in me that brought back the good memories, the times she comforted me after a bad day, laying in bed and cuddling, all the warm, happy moments I'd spent with her. But the rest of it, the money, the betrayal, even her leaving me, never entered my mind.

"How do you do this?" I asked, looking at Galla. "How can you bring all this back, without the painful parts?" She laughed a musical laugh, and smiled.

"Because all the pain was brought out by our music. I can't draw it out of you, but I can make you feel better." I look at her for a long time, then sigh.

"Would you like to play together again sometime?" She nodded.

<p style="font-weight:400;">"Without question. It will be a pleasure to play with you again." She looked away for a moment, then back to me. "Would you... would you feel comfortable sharing a night with me? Istill feel drained after our performance." I accepted the offer without hesitation.

<p style="font-weight:400;">She took me through the streets to her room, a small room in a cozy inn. The bed was barely large enough for her body, let alone mine, but when she laid down, she opened her wings and I laid down, covered in soft, warm feathers, with her lush body comforting me.

<p style="font-weight:400;">Throughout the night I felt safer than ever before, and the bond I'd felt with Galla only strengthened. I woke to see her, looking at me with that warm smile she did so well. I smiled back and leaned up to kiss her. She kissed back, and our close position in the bed swiftly progressed the kiss into something more intense.

<p style="font-weight:400;">Once it was over we just lay in her bed, content and happy.

<p style="font-weight:400;">"Thank you." I said, nuzzling into her.

<p style="font-weight:400;">"It's nothing. We gandharva try our hardest to make people happy, and that's what I've done here."

<p style="font-weight:400;">"I... I'd like if you stayed here. It would make me happier." She looked at me for a few long seconds, then smiled broadly.

<p style="font-weight:400;">"That would make me happy too." She kissed me, and with that one kiss, a single thought went through my head. That I'd already forgotten her name.