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I did not think my life would end so abruptly, nor did I imagine my beloved would search at the end of the world for a mere mortal such as I, I am not worth his devotion, but he deserves mine. I was told i was lucky to be born into such a wealthy and blessed family, blessed by lady Aphrodite herself, to bear the most beautiful children within 6 generations, I was the last and only child currently in my family, the "blessed one" told by my mother. Yet i never felt blessed, I felt like a vase, only to be shown for others to see, only an item to sell off. But when he saw me, i barely noticed him. By the moment i was born my father called me noticus, but people called me noctis. They say it suits me more, with my dark hair, dark skin and piercing gray eyes. I barely even noticed him, When he first came by, Apollo is not known on being quiet, even when he is angry he would cast plagues to warn other people to fear him and to always please him, He was intrigued by me in his words, and yet i still do not believe him.
When i first saw him, i did not realize, he was a god, he came closer to me. Introduced himself to me, "Hello, i am the god of music, health and plague, i am the god Apollo, and who might you be, mortal?" He asked me, i stuttered a comprehensivable answer, who wouldn't? So i answered "noticus, but you may call me noctis" "noctis?, but noticus is a lovely name, yes, i shall call you noticus" I was surprised, nobody ever called me by my real name, onky the name noctis, and for the first time in my life, i felt seen and i felt like me. Not some priceless heirloom, but an actual person, i did not think that was possible. "Why are you here lord Apollo? We did not forget a festival for you did we? " No, no you did'nt, i was merely bored and wished to explore earth". Was this what it felt like to be human, to just talk without being seen as an item?. We chatted sun up to sun down, i had a friend, a godly one, i never thought it would grow into something more in the future.
Days of him visiting my village, Days turn into weeks, weeks turned into three months. Three months of use just learning each other, then he told me his confession.
"I want you to be mine, dear noticus" he said staring at me eye-to-eye, i was stunned, speechless, i did not have the words to answer him, so i stumbled my words and he laughed, the kind of laughed peoples hearts stop for. I answered him clear after that "i would love to stay and be with you", i was foolish to think we were alone that day. I did not realize a person would notice his presence but me.
I should have seen it, i should have. Selyues has alway been, how do i say this gently, jealous? His whole family is actually. They argue and bicker constantly, because if it not for my lineage, their blood might have been the one who had gotten blessed by lady aphrodite. But that never came to be, it's no wonder why he had been watching me. I brushed it off as just, generational grudge, i was foolish. I even tried to befriend him once, left me with a nasty scar on my leg, never quite healed properly.