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It is not a choice to be stupid, though I gave my best efforts to be sympathetic.
It’s like the more I learn, the less I know. I hate it,”
I would not allow him to disturb me in my limited time of peace. With careful pursuit, I let the axe slide off my shoulder. Thwap! The blade smacked into the wood of the wall next to his head as I turned the corner. His eyes were wide. I might have actually caught the elusive Creature off guard. He glanced at the axe and then back at my face. Genuine surprise. “Marry me,” he breathed. “Get out!” I yelled, yanking the blade out of the wall and sending splinters scattering across the floor. “Not when you flirt with me like that.”
“I want to taste every venomous word performed by your lips until you have to invent new ones just for me.”
“I love your eyes, even when they’re red from tears.” He placed his hand on the side of my face. “I have never seen someone look at something as wretched as me only to be left in awe,” he whispered as he rested his forehead against mine. “For that reason, your eyes will always be precious to me, in any form. I want nothing more than to climb inside your skull and see the world as you do.”
“Why do all of your confessions sound like threats?”
He wrapped his arms around her in a hug, a smirk on his face as he looked at me from over her shoulder. I will cut that smug look off your face and wear it at your funeral.