Saturday, May 04, 2019

He leaned onto her and gave her a deep kiss.

It was a lovely taste, a wonderful feeling; she could almost felt herself melting away. But she pulled away, and staring into his deep ocean green eyes, said, "Please don't make me fall in love with you."

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But I've loved you all these times.

I never realised it was you. I always thought it was Rose whom I loved, even after she was long gone.

But I know now.

I loved Rose because she was just like you. But unlike you, she didn't put a wall up. She let her vulnerability show like an open scar, pleading me to save her. You hide everything. She let everything out.

And I couldn't save her.

She couldn't save her.

But I know now.

We can save each other. I will love you the way he didn't. I can give you everything he couldn't. He didn't know how to carry you away from the pain. He waited for you to pick up your broken pieces even though you didn't know how. So you ignored them and walked around them, careful not to hurt yourself again because there isn't much left to break anyway.

I can help you pick up your broken pieces and mend them. One by one by one. And you can help me do the same when I needed it.

They were both mountains we had to climb over so that we would reach here.

Here. To this exact moment of realization.

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"Why would I do that? Just thought the audience could do with a new delicious gossip."

He turned around and blended into the crowd once again.

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There was a pang of sharp pain in her chest. She didn't think it would hurt to hear that, since she expected that response. Typical of him.