<div class="floatleft">(http://i40.tinypic.com/29288wl.jpg)</div><strong>Alexander d'Artagnan VII</strong><br/>With:<strong> Miya Nakashima</strong><br/><hr/><br/>And there she was. The beautiful girl that shook Alex's world and made it stable at the same time. The petite woman had long black hair that Alex loved to curl between his fingers whenever they were near. As she approached, he saw her blush as well as her soft smile. The young man returned her smile and then embraced her close to him, accepting her kiss on his cheek. He held onto her for a moment before responding, smelling the aroma of her hair and feeling the warmth that followed after a hug from Miya. Alex took a deep breath and finally spoke,<strong>"I've missed you, too."</strong><br/><br/><br/><br/>When the embrace ended, the young man put his hands on Miya's shoulders and chuckled,<strong> "I've taken up painting, you should see all the portraits I've made of you. There must be hundreds of them."</strong>Alex removed his hands from her shoulders and ran a hand through his hair, looking at the ground he continued,<strong> "I couldn't get you out of my head. Days got longer and longer, I felt like I would never see you again."</strong>He gave a light laughter and then looked at her,<strong>"I know, it probably sounds ridiculous, but the time I spent apart from you made me realize something. I <em>want</em> to be with you and, honestly, I don't care what other people think about us. All I care about is you and whether you are happy or not."</strong>Alex paused for a breath and placed a hand on Miya's cheek before continuing,<strong>"So, if you want our relationship to remain under covers, I'm fine with that. I just wanted you to know that I care about you."</strong>Alex looked into her eyes, trying to see if he could see what she was thinking or whether she was angry about bringing this topic to the surface. It's delicate for her, especially since she believed that she would be judged by everyone else. However, as long as Alex had his blade and his wand, anyone that would dare to try and hurt Miya would instead be hurt themselves.