“I never believed in destiny Heili. In a world I saw filled with hate and deception, destiny seemed like the kind of talk the wicked would use to pray upon the just, to blind them of their choices, chain them, abuse them. And yet I was still chained by my other demons…my wrath, arrogance, naivety, fear and desperation. choking himself trying not to cry Life made me fight since I was a foal, sometimes with fist, sometimes with soul, as if I didn’t have permission to cry, laugh, sing. Yet life never relented. It seemed to me that the only way to escape all this was to…die…kill what made me, myself. Kill my hopes, ideals, passion, love…my fire. All in hopes that my inert soul would be swept away by time, and finally grant me the relief I craved..” As Ruhig started to shed a few tears.
 
Heilen embraced Ruhig. “Oh Rui, I know how you felt. Life has its ways to get to you. I grew in fortune, yet I felt like I had nothing of my own. Surrounded by ponies who only saw in me what THEY wanted me to be. A perfect pupil, a symbol of their wealth and prosperity, a fcking ornament for them to show off to their peers. They all made me feel like I wasn’t born to be happy, to be myself….no” As Heilen suddenly raised her voice. “They all saw me as a commodity, to be displayed and envied! And when I’d refuse to give in, refuse to submit my will, my ambitions and strength, those ponies would rather break me, for if they couldn’t own me, no one should, not even myself.” She cries as Ruhig embraces her.
 
“You…remember that night we first met?”
 
“Yeah….but part of me wishes I didn’t….”
 
“It was a terrible night, for both of us….”
 
“I…can’t help but sometimes wonder….what would’ve happened if we never met? If I was taken down another alley, if you decided to fly instead of walking…”
 
“Can’t imagine Heili…but I bet nothing good.”
 
“Why did you ask that in the first place?”
 
“I remembered our first chat, and I remember how we both felt while eating that cheap cake…..” Ruhig told as he sighed.
 
“Both broken…broken toys. You know how I want to help others, but at the time, I felt powerless…” Heilen replied.
 
“But see, that’s exactly the point! I can’t ever find the right words Heili but that night…..I met the bravest, kindest, most powerful pony in my entire life. I might have saved you from that cum-stain, but you saved so much more of me. You fought for who you are and who YOU want to be, and I have endless respect for that. But also, you healed my cuts, and soul. You were the first who….listened to it.”
 
Heilen kept looking Ruhig in the eyes, silently.
 
Ruhig continued. “And from that moment on, every single time I look in your eyes of emerald, I see an angel, a powerful spirit of unparalleled compassion and mercy….I see all the beauty, passion and hope in this world that I was blind to before. I see that, for lack of a better word, I have a place in this world the way I am. As he smiled while barely containing his weeping.
 
“Rui….” Heilen smiles while caressing his mane. “You too showed me something that I was bling to before! When you first saw you fighting in that alleyway, for a second I thought I saw an Enenra. Dark, overshadowing, with piercing big eyes red as blood. Yet where that, err…other pony I never want to mention again fled at your sight in cowardice, there was no malevolence in you, no anger. I only felt…peace. I was but a stranger to you, yet you offered help, and maybe fate itself compelled me to accept it. As intimidating as you might’ve seen to him, you lifted me up, and took care of me despite not owing me anything. And when we were warming up with tea and that cheap cake…” As she smirks just a bit “you listened to me, to who I truly was. At my lowest, you made me feel…complete. For the first time, I felt like I didn’t need money, or my family name, status or etiquette for somepony to see the me that I truly am. And to allow me to be the self that I WANT to be! You were the first. As I saw your gentle side, you saw the whole me, that others wished to lock up.”
 
“And who you are is perfection in every single way! Wanting to control, or to change you in any single way would be sacrilegious.” Ruhig leaned in a bit whispering in Heilen’s ear. “And don’t you let anypony ever make you feel otherwise Heili.” As he gently looks into Heilen’s eyes.
 
“Thank you Rui!” As she smiled.
 
“You are my angel Heili. You are the fuel that keeps my flame of my soul going. I cherish every single moment spent at your side!”
 
“And you are mine! You gave me wings to fly. You are the condition that makes my heart skip a beat…and I would never want to fix that!”
 
They both cry while smiling and embracing each other.
 
Both saying in unison. “I love you.” And those three words were told gently, like a small stream flowing through a forest. They both knew the world didn’t care much about their love, as the world didn’t have to. But through their love, they both made a world of their own, where a single whisper could part seas, or raise mountains. And there was no other pony each of them would ever whisper to.
 
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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!  
It’s cheesy, but no matter of how you spend this day, please do know that you are all loved, by someone, somewhere ^_
 
I kind of failed to compose the image properly, but hey, I’m still new at drawing, so it’s ok )  
Ruhig and Heilen spend some quality time together, reminiscing their first meeting, and how much they both mean to each other.
 
Hope you guys like it ^_