nilou is quite the friend.
it feels like running with your pinkies entwined through the forests of sumeru, the sunny weather and the muffled hustle of the city. it feels like the world centered around the two of you, giggling as the two of you ran around the shallow lake next to the waterfall.
nilou uses her vision to create. be it flowers blooming on the ground, bubbles in illusion for something even more beautiful—shes amazing when it comes to using her vision for the arts. and so, when the night comes on a hot sunny day, she manipulates the water around the lake to wrap around you.
it circles around you, translucent lotus’ blooming under her touch, her palm aligning with yours, and she smiles. the water droplets look like colors from the aurora, her fingers would dance gracefully to show you the wonders of water, the art in shaping it.
even if the two of you were only friends, nilou had hoped this moment atleast meant something to you, that her feelings would get across your oblivious personality—that when she twirls you around, you’d see how her hand would linger for far too long, that her attention would be focused on the way you moved.
your laughter haunts her on the quiet walk home, after she had brought you to yours. your eyes, oh, she had pretended it was so full of love towards her—not as a friend, but as a lover.
she had liked you longer than she could remember, and she had hoped that one day, maybe, you could reciprocate how she feels. endless, deep, and everflowing. that, is how she loves.
its just a shame that you’ll never know. to you, nilou is like that towards everyone. shes ever so the polite goody-two-shoes the people adore. she cares for the people—and so you had thought that she treated everyone like that.
but its a stupid way of thinking. not once has nilou snuck out of the theatre with someone in hand, just to show a specific spot she had kept hidden for everytime she practiced. nilou has only shown her safe haven to a few—and its just sweet how you, out of all the people she knows, she trusted you.