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“I thought you had me?” Her eyes flutter in a way that makes me wonder how to get her to do it again. “Do I?” I swallow, forcing the feeble words from my mouth. “So long as you’ll take me.”
If darkness is the absence of light, then that is what I am when she is not around. And I wonder how I’ve stumbled this long without her to guide me.
He does something then. Something far more intimate than any kiss or touch so far. No, he pulls back far enough to let me see him smile. It’s big and bright and beautifully his. “For me?” I ask breathlessly, staring at his smile. “Every single one,” he murmurs. I kiss him fiercely. I kiss him the way I’ve fantasized kissing someone my whole life.
“I’m tripping into you, Mak.” His thumb brushes across my cheek. “Tripping into me?” I nod, breath shaky. “I don’t fall for someone. I trip uncontrollably toward them before inevitably hitting the ground.” He smiles softly, the action delicate atop his stern features. His eyes wander over my face while his fingers tuck unruly hair behind my ear. “Well, I would catch you, Dena, but it seems we’re going down together.”
