Marcus Diestro
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Love
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I was getting Violet settled for bed one night when she suddenly asked a question, a simple one but one that I dreaded to explain, for it was a question about an emotion I have never felt for another human being. Care, yes, love... no.
She asked
Violet: "Marcus, what is love?"
I took a deep breath and sat down
"Love is... hard to explain, especially for me since I am aromantic, do you... know what that means?"
Violet: "Not quite."
"It means I feel little to no romantic attraction for... anyone, I can care for people and I can love them just... not romantically, but love is, at the end of the day, a chemical reaction that can make you do really stupid things for a really stupid reason."
Violet: "What do you mean?"
"When you fall in love with someone that love bends you, contorts you to its will, if the person you fell in love with told you to jump off a cliff, you would. This one, singular person has so much power over you that they don't even realize, they control your emotions, and in some cases some of your actions. This person becomes like a drug to you, you're addicted."
Violet: "So... I should avoid love then?"
"... No. No you shouldn't. It's okay to fall in love sweetie, in fact it's entirely normal and expected, you just... shouldn't let that love control you. Love is a wonderful, beautiful thing, just... don't let it turn ugly, mkay?"
Violet: "Okay."
"Now goodnight."
Violet: "One more question."
"What's that sweetie?"
Violet: "Do you love me?"
"... yes. Now goodnight."
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