βIf anything happened to youβ I couldnβtβ¦β
βPromise me. Promise me youβll stay.β
βTell me what happened.β
βYouβre not breathing. Breathe.β
βYouβre safe with me, now.β
βI wonβt let anything happen to you.β
βNo matter what, I will always come after you.β
βTake my handβ and stay close.β
βYouβre shaking. Here, come closer.β
βSorry, when I didnβt didnβt see you, I got worried.β
βYou look exhausted. Come here.β
βRest now. Iβll be here when you wake.β
[touches forehead] βYouβre burning up!β
βAre you sure youβll be alright?β
βYou always do that. Pull away when I get close. What are you afraid of?β
βFor once, will you just look at me?β
βI canβt stay here with youβ I just, when Iβm around you, I canβt think. You make me dizzyβ¦ you make me weak.β
[traces fingers over scars, sitting in the firelight, watching the flames jump and bend to the music of the wind]
βIβve never noticed this scar before.β
βWhen you touch me, itβs like I canβt breathe.β
βI just love being near you.β
βWait! Pleaseβ Iβm sorry, justβ wait.β
βThereβs something about you that makes me smile.β
βIβve never felt like this before. It only happens when Iβm with you.β
βHere. Sit next to me.β
βWhere are you goin? I saved you a spot.β
βAre you feeling okay? Your face is looking a little red.β
[leaning close, knees almost touching]
βHey, youβve got something on your face. Here, hold stillβ¦ β
βWill you stay with me? Tonight? I justβ Iβd feel better knowing youβre near.β
βIβve never felt weak. Until I met you.β
βHere, take my handβ donβt look.β
βIβve got youβ¦ just breathe, okay? I know it hurts. Weβre almost done.β
βIf you go, I go too.β
[catching the other staring when they think theyβre not looking]
βIβll never get over hearing you say my name.β
βDo you have any idea how beautiful you are?β
[takes hand, puts it over heart] βThis is what I feel when Iβm with you. And Iβm powerless to stop it.β
βJust hearing the sound of your voice is enough to make me smile.β
βNever will they hurt you. As long as Iβm alive.β
βIf you keep doing that, Iβm going to screamβ stop smiling, I mean it!β
βPlease. Just let me hold you.β
βI never thought I could miss a person as much as Iβve missed you.β
βYou make me ache in ways I never felt possible.β
βYou donβt get it do you? How can you be so blind! Donβt you understand how much I care about you?β
[grabbing wrist, pulling person behind them, sensing danger]
[wiping tears from the others face]
[that one hand squeeze just before letting go]
βStay still. Youβve been wounded.β
βNever. Never will I stop loving you.β
βMy gut does the weirdest things around youβ acrobatic things.β
βYou look pale. Are you sure youβre feeling alright?β
βWhenβs the last time you ate?β
βI thought you might be hungry, so I brought you this.β
βWhy are you looking at me like that?β
βWhatβs wrong? Is there something on my face?β
βI canβt stand the thought of seeing you hurt.β
βThis is nice. You and me. Against the world.β
βI choose youβ canβt you see? I will always choose you.β
[pulls head on lap, running fingers through hair]
βRelax. Iβm here now.β
βTill death do us part. And forever until the end of eternity.β
βDo you mind if I come in?β
βIf it werenβt for you, I may have lived my whole life thinking I was happy. But now I know the truth.β
βWake up. Come on, thereβs something I want to show you.β
βTalk to meβ¦ Iβm worried.β
βWait, are those-? Are those bruises?β
[pulling other person close, feeling them breathe a sigh of relief]
βYouβve done the unthinkable, you know. Youβve made me fall in love.β