He calmly stopped in the middle of his sentence, as his eyes fixed on those of his dear friend. He was being pulled, controlled by those few, yet powerful words of the mysterious anon. But, was this really the case? He thought that perhaps this feeling that he felt was true. Perhaps he really did like Franz.
Using the last bit of self control that remained, Chopin asked one last question before it was too late. “Franz… Do you really love me?”
[He can’t say for himself right now, but he knows what he will say next.]
Do you love me, Frédéric?
[He expects the anon’s magic spell to force them together, but now that he has yielded in full, perhaps whatever magic binds them has sensed it has no need for coercion. Slowly, quietly, with the touch of a gentle glissando, he presses his lips to Chopin’s. At first he only brushes those lips, intending to withdraw—but they are soft, surprisingly soft, almost like a woman’s. So he lets himself lean in, lean deep, embrace the release as his hands slide around Frédéric’s waist—
The spell snaps. He pulls away and gasps. But still he feels something there, something alive, a seedling that had just sprung into light. His arms are still fixed in place, half-afraid to let it grow.]