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Deniiz Just as Joćo expected her to kiss him back--
WHAT?!
She had acted way to fast for him to react this time, and it took him a few seconds to process what she had just done, supported with her words.
She had first smacked him on the chest which did hurt and caused him to wince, and then she hugged him. It was quite lucky for them that there was barely anyone around to see this scene. Though, right now, he hardly cared. His only focus was on her words, and the real meaning behind them.
"I--" that he would not leave her? He knew in one stage of his life or another he would. It hadn't been this year, but there was a good possibility it would be the next. He wasn't going to promise in vain, not to her. "Why should I do that, Louisa?" And that was all his answer. No love sentences, no promises; just, questioning her reasoning.
Because only that was free of any lie and incertainty.
Moving her hands away from his neck only to wrap them around his torso.. or well, not totally wrapping but in a way that she could feel his presence and lean against him. Looking up at him, trying so hard to keep her eyelids as open as possible, Louisa explained in a far away voice, "
I don't know. I thought you had enough of me during the summer and that your father had to leave and took you with him." Yawning, she closed her eyes and smiled dreamily again, "
But you didn't leave. You're not gone. You're here." One of her hands squeezed his shirt to feel the realness of him.
"
Promise that you won't leave me alone." She was still not opening her eyes, her body was starting to feel heavy against him, "
I want you always around." YEP.