I don't have to tell him that I love him anymore. I don't need to. Because I know that he understands everything I've just told him. I know that he knows that I'm telling the truth. And I know that he wants to make me feel better. He wants to give me what I'm asking for. A chance to show him that I'm okay with him wanting to stay here. To live with me.

After a while, I lift my head up from his shoulder again. I place my lips over his and he kisses me back. He wraps his arm around me once more and pulls me towards him...