The Absence of Heart
Prologue

This is a Dark/Riku-
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What is love?

Many philosophers have tried to find the answer, but none agree to what the word actually means. It is one of those things that you can't study from reading a book, yet it is one of those life lessons that mean the most. Some people believe that it's when a person finds another who makes them feel happy about themselves. Perhaps this is what they mean when they say love is selfish. But most believe that it is something that cannot be ignored.

However, I believe that the word "love" is a petty excuse for what it is trying to define. One word cannot describe the myriad of emotions that run through the human heart. Let me try and make it simple for you- love is a word trying to say all the things that words cannot.

How could I define what love really means to you without degrading its value? I will do my best to explain.

I believe that it is a mixture of all of the emotions, twisted together in a bottomless enigma. It's a limitless to being happy, a multitude of emotions that rage inside the heart that blinds the mind so easily. Yes, it causes pain. In a way, that's what makes it so beautiful.

It's like trying to explain to a blind person the color of blue. It's beautiful but they cannot begin to imagine. Love is when you find that person who you would die for, because it's them that make your life worth living. It's not that person who will catch you when you fall; it's the person who would have made sure you wouldn't have fallen at all. It's when you're willing to give someone your heart, even if theirs is never yours to have.

Perhaps you are confused, because I am not good at this type of thing. Honestly I don't understand it at all either… but I have no regrets. I have felt something like love before, and if it isn't, then hell, screw love... because this feeling is something that most people will never experience in their entire lifetime.

Riku Harada