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Through the tears, he watched her, falling once again into silence. When he finally did speak, his voice came quiet and unsteady. "I never...want to give you up."
Something akin to shame and worthlessness had his head dipping and his eyes finding the ground, a furrow running across his brow. "I just...don't want to hold you back, in your life, in any way. Thought....thought maybe you would find someone better. Someone that wouldn't...hurt you so much." Someone that wouldn't make her cry. He hated making her cry.
A small part of her was relieved to hear that he wasn't letting her go, that he wouldn't let her go. Though it wasn't enough to stop the tears or make the pain go away. Her own voice, while quiet, still held all the pain she was feeling.
"There's no one better than you... no one that even comes close." She still couldn't look at him, couldn't lift her head off her knees as a small frown crossed her forlorn features. A weak shrug rolled off her shoulders.
"You don't always hurt me you know, you mostly make me happy, and that's why I love being with you.... why I love being yours." It was possible she loved
him too, but now wasn't the time to admit that.