“I know you have the biggest heart, because in another story, I would’ve wanted you to be my ending.” Takeshi didn’t speak for the longest time. The old Khalani would’ve regretted those words the moment they left her mouth, but she didn’t. Her feelings reminded her that she was still human. And like a candle flickering in the dark, Takeshi let his bleeding heart spill on the floor next to hers. “In another story, you would’ve been my beginning.”
