"I like you."
"You don't know me," She whispered as he leaned in
"I want to though."
He smiles as she stares at his lips, they're moving but she can't hear anything that he's saying.
Hypnotised by the way he speaks, the way he smiles.
Everything about him, makes her fall deeper into the black hole.
She couldn't describe the emotion she felt.
Was it love?
Love?
A single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. That's what it is: an edge; a razor. It draws up through the center of your life, cutting everything in two. Before and afterm The rest of tue world falls away on either side.
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Him & Her
RomanceWhen I don't answer, he bends to catch my eyes. "Am I asking too many questions?" "It always takes me a while to put words together," I tell him. "It's not you." "No, no. Lie to me," he says, moving closer, his heart-stopping smile returning. "Let m...
