Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)

by Tahereh Mafi

“What the hell is wrong with you, man? I thought we were cool.” “We were,” Warner says icily. “Until you touched my hair.” “You asked me to give you a haircut—” “I said nothing of the sort! I asked you to trim the edges!” “And that’s what I did.” “This,” Warner says, spinning around so I might inspect the damage, “is not trimming the edges, you incompetent moron—”

Omg this is it also love that Aaron still didn't curse

This, needless to say, makes him the polar opposite of Kenji, who loves to eat everything, all the time, and who later told me that watching Warner eat a cookie made him want to cry.

Dad got shot. Mom got shot trying to make it stop. I was seven.” “You were there?” I gasp. He nods. “Saw the whole thing go down.”

Kenjiiiii my baby my girly popppp

“Who says you can’t be cute and kick ass at the same time?” Kenji winks at me. “I do it every day.”

Dang straight

He has a sister,” I say, but I say it robotically. “Well, I don’t know about his sister,” she says.

Yessss

“The world tried to crush you,” I say, gently now, “and you refused to be shattered.

“But how?” she says, her voice breaking on the word. “How do I get them out of my head?” “Set them on fire.” Her eyes go wide. “In your mind,” I say, attempting a smile. “Let them fuel the fire that keeps you striving.” I reach out, touch my fingers to her cheek. “Idiots are highly flammable, love. Let them all burn in hell.”

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh burn them he said!!!!!!

“Those who do not understand you,” I say softly, “will always doubt you.”

👏🏼👏🏼

“Like a hummingbird?” says Kenji. “So, is she, like, a fast talker?” “No,” says Warner. “She’s usually very quiet.” “Hmm. Okay, well, I’m glad she’s not here,” Kenji says. “Sounds boring.”

This sounds like Nazeera im so excited I love the dynamic

“Ani zeyn, shukran.” I nod at the table. “Please, have a seat.” “Sure, sure,” he says, and looks around. “Wenha Nazeera . . . ?”

YESSS YESS YESSSSSSSS side note: Aaron speaking in another language 🤭

“What the hell is wrong with you?” and Kenji grabs my arm, goes weak in the knees, and says, “Oh my God, J, I think I’m in love.” I ignore him. “No, seriously,” he says, “like, is this what that is? Because I’ve never been in love before, so I don’t know if this is love or if I just have, like, food poisoning?”

I'm so happy for him. he needs someone

“If I ever catch you putting your hands on him again, I will tear open your chest,” she says, “and rip out your heart.” Haider’s eyebrows fly up his forehead. He blinks. Hesitates. And then: “I didn’t realize that was something you could do.” “For you,” she says, “I’d do it with pleasure.”

Yesssss MOTHER

I love that the girl who blushes so easily in my arms is the same one who would kill a man for hurting me.

Um #womaninmenfields

I look up, feeling broken and brand-new, eyes cold and unfeeling as I blink slowly and say,

Villain arc vibes??