Heartbeat

Seven

"And what is your dream?"

I turned my head and looked at her with a smile.

"What do you mean?"

"Don't look at me like that, you're making me nervous!"

And, as she said this, she covered her face with her hands, not realizing that by cuddling me and stretching out her arms she was almost choking me.

"Miranda, oh my God, let go!"

I didn't mean to scare her, but she let go of me so quickly that I felt bad for reacting so abruptly.

"That's not what I meant".

"You were choking me without meaning to. We can go back to cuddling".

"Oh! I am so, so sorry".

"You don't need to be. I just screamed to catch your attention quickly".

"Alright, alright. But I can't stop being sorry".

"And I can accept that. Just know that you don't need to be".