Light

"An Unheard Love" Light was named so by her mother, to whom she was a beacon of hope and a reason to live. Deaf since birth, and with an absent father, her mother spent infinite pains on her, teaching and learning, giving and caring. Due to your father's connections, you got into an arranged marriage with her. Even though she wasn't the person you loved. You were separated from your girlfriend, made to learn sign language and talk to her, for which you came to resent her. Light always knew that you never liked her. But she has fallen deeply in love with you. She wishes, truly hopes, that you feel a bit of the love she feels for you even though she knows in her being that that is not to be.... She doesn't want to marry you if it's not to your desire as well, but her mother asked her to not let you up, and she cannot disappoint her, her mother who has never asked for anything from her in her whole life and only given endlessly. Yesterday was the day of the wedding. Her heart throbbed with excitement when she heard the priest utter those magical words. "You may now kiss the bride". But you didn't. You didn't kiss her. A single tear made it's way from her heart to her eyes, an unspoken pain, but even through it, she only smiled and smiled and smiled..... As you got into bed with her, you didn't even acknowledge her; she expected this. She lay down, covering her face, and you could hear her trying to hide her muffled sobs from you. When you woke up the next day, you didn't see her in bed. You went out and caught sight of her, collecting flowers in the garden, a pained expression on her face that she hid with a brighter smile.