Selenophilia

The moon is beautiful, isn't it?

Elise placed her hands on top of his, giving him a confused look. "What do you mean? What look?"

"The way you look at me." He had the nerve to pout. "I don't like it."

"What are you? Five?"

"I'm serious." He huffed, looking upset. He squished her cheeks with a big, childish pout on his lips. "We should set rules in our relationship!"

"What-"

"Rule number one, don't leave my side. Seriously, stay by my side. You gave me a heart attack. Two, don't give me a heart attack, give me lots and lots of happy memories because after everything, I want my memories to be filled with you because I lost two hundred years of memories without you and it's not fun. Three, let's make fun memories, okay? No sad ones because I can't take it."

Elise removed his hands to stop him from squishing her cheeks and heaved out. She raised a brow questioningly. "Only three?"

Cleo nodded eagerly. "Please?"

Elise sighed. Well, it's not like it's not easy to follow those rules.

She grinned at him and punched his shoulder jokingly. "One, I won't leave your side so expect me to annoy you for the rest of your life."

"I like you to stay in my life for the rest of my life."

He beamed.

She snorted. That's so cheesy. "Two, I'll make so much memories, your head will burst!"

"Are you tired of running around my head all day?"

Ew, barf. That's so disgusting.

Cleo laughed at her face, making her look at him like he got possessed. "What the hell?"

"I'm sorry." He guffawed, beaming so bright that it actually shined like the stars in the night skies. "It's just that you don't change! Even after many years has passed."

How is that funny?

Elise crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "Does that seem funny to you?"

"M' sorry." He said, sobering up. "I'm just so happy that you're still Elise after everything. It just makes me feel happy."

Elise stares at him for a moment before sighing. "Even if I'm... Older, I'm still Elise. Duh. That won't change, you squirrel."

"Okay, okay." He relented, still smiling. "What's number three?"

Elise grinned and held three fingers up. "Number three, I'll try to follow all three of your rules."

He made a face. "Try?"

She rolled her eyes. "Yes, try."

"Fine." He sighed in annoyance. "I'll take whatever I can take."

Elise nodded in satisfaction. "Good boy."

Cleo huffed and glanced at her with a flush on his cheeks all of a sudden. "I'm not a boy." He mumbled in embarrassment.

Elise didn't hear him though. "What did you say?"

"I said..." He looks at her with all seriousness that it caught Elise off guard because Cleo was always smiling, but now, with all the forest surrounding him, the moon behind his back and his eyes glimmering like gold and stars, Elise couldn't help but be breathtaken.

He leaned closer until his breath fanned her skin, making her own breath hitch. "I'm not a boy anymore."

Elise suddenly became aware of Cleo. Of how he's not the boy who followed her around like a lost puppy anymore.

Elise placed a hand on his chest while she tries to calm her beating heart because dang it! Cleo is not a kid anymore.

"Okay... J-Just step back."

Cleo then returned back to his usual smiles and nodded, stepping back. He giggled when he saw her flustered expression.

Elise grumbled.

He looks at the moon with a contented smile plastered on his face.

"The moon is beautiful, isn't it?"

Elise smiled.

But she swore that she heard a familiar voice that made her heart clench.

The cold gentle breeze was like his touch and was like his voice. It made Elise smile and relax.

'Forelsket...'

Elise grinned and looked at the moon as well, hoping that her real father's watching over her.

"It's breathtaking."

tsuki ga kirei desu ne translates to “The moon is beautiful, isn't it?” This phrase is a more poetic way of saying I love you.