Hey y'all! This just waltzed into my head yesterday, so I had to write it. It's my first ever Sheelos fic, so it might not be very good. But just try reading okay? 3

Disclaimer: I don't have any money, so how could I own ToS? And there's no point suing me! …Please don't sue me.

What's so great about talking? Oh sure, you can tell people things, but how do you know it's real? How can you believe someone when they tell you tell love you? Silence speaks louder than words. What you do speaks so loud I cannot here what you say. That's how I feel about him. About the one man who's stolen my heart so forcefully, who refuses to give it back. And I can't even ask if I can have his. He asks for the world, all I ask for is his love, or just some sign that it's worth it to keep trying to get him to notice me.

Please, just give me that.

"Want to dance, my voluptuous hunny?" Zelos's arm is held out to me, and he grins down at me, sitting at the end of this table, as far away from the dance floor as I could get. I don't care if everyone knows I'd rather be writing reports about the lifecycle of a worm than be here with these snobs. No one noticed me anyway, as they're all too busy enjoying themselves.

Except for the great Chosen Zelos Wilder, of course he'd find me here. And of course he'd remember that as Mizuho's emissary, I'd promised the king I'd dance with him. It wasn't as if I'd enjoy having Zelos holding onto me, acting as though no one else mattered, smiling down at me with love in his eyes… I sighed. Well, at least I wouldn't enjoy the perverted comments that came out his mouth.

"It's not like I have a choice." I grumbled, standing up and taking the arm. "If I had a choice, I'd be far away from this ball and you." I glared at him but he just laughed, the cheery sound I'd fallen in love with. "Be away from me? But how could you admire my masculine sexiness then, my violent demonic banshee?" He grinned again, taunting me. He knew I couldn't hit him here, and he was going to take advantage of it. Stupid Chosen.

"I definitely wouldn't want to admire you." I retorted, even as the blush crept up my face. There was no way I'd admit that so far, I had spent the whole time here watching him dancing and talking to all the other stuck up nobles. All the stupid perverted rich boys…and his stupid adoring hunnies.

Zelos hadn't been paying attention to them though, I'd noticed that. He'd spent the whole time looking around, trying to find something…or someone. I could feel a surge of jealousy every time he sighed in disappointment, every time he couldn't find whoever it was in this stuffy group he cared about so much.

His eyes sparkled happily "Yes, Sheena hunny, you would." He teased, leading me onto the floor as a slower song started. I was never very good with dancing, especially slow ones. Orochi had tried to teach me, but while I had plenty of grace on the battlefield, I still managed to stomp around like an elephant once I was dancing.

He wrapped his arms around me, and slowly moved in time to the music. It was all I could do to keep time with him, so I didn't end up knocking anything over. After a few seconds, I realized I was enjoying this, that I was actually dancing without stepping on his toes or anything.

I was almost so happy I didn't hear the comment one of the noble bastards made. "Hey Chosen, how much does she cost?" He was grinning like the ass he was, proud of what he'd just said. Probably extremely drunk too. I clung to Zelos's sleeves, willing myself not to cry. Of course they'd all laugh, Zelos included. "More than any of you can afford" He said cheerfully, but his eyes had turned to ice, and he held me closer than before, protecting me.

He never says what he means. Whenever I've yelled at him for being a philanderer, he didn't mean it. It was just his way of hiding who he was. I never noticed until he betrayed us, until I saw the spite that sometimes lived in his heart, and then after, the sadness locked in his crystal blue eyes. Blue like the tears he must cry sometimes, and hair red like his fiery spirit, always cheering everyone up. And his clothes were pink, for…his heart, beating right now so close to me I can hear it. Pink for the love everyone rains down on him…even me. "Thank you"

"For what?" He looked down, surprise written all over his face.

"Oh, nothing" For protecting me from that ass, for letting me hope you might really care about me, for laughing away all my doubts and fears. For letting me love you.

"Zelos…I…um…" I couldn't say it. What if he rejected me? How could I say it to him, when all he would do is laugh? No, I couldn't. All I could do was hold on to him and dance, just like he danced into my heart. "Never mind" I'm sure I'll get another chance to tell you that I…I…

Zelos, I love you.

…Well that's it. For now It's gonna be a one-shot, unless someone likes it enough for it to get longer…maybe a two-shot? Please review! PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEEEEEASE! There, I said it.