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What I will say is that I know I’m not easy to love.
sometimes I say things that really hurt you
Through everything life and time threw at them, they always had each other to hold on to.
“I can’t read your mind. If you’re not okay with something, you need to tell me. It’s,”
“important to me that you trust me to be there for you like I’ve always been. That’s my job. He can’t have it. And I need you to be there for me.
No one can calm me the way you do. Not even Ryan. You help...
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Being alone with her thoughts was not a fun time to be had.
it wasn’t about repayment. It was about balance.
What she wanted was to practice her people skills. Greeting everyone, making eye contact, remembering names; doling out compliments
She knew how to make a person feel like the universe revolved around them within seconds—her dad called it her charm magic.
God, did Alice want to kiss him. She had always liked kisses, small ones here and there.
“I remember what you said,” he said softly. “I don’t know if it’s something I could give up.”
wanting to hear it, wanting to run, wanting, wanting, always waiting and wanting.
think about you all the time. If I’m not with you, I’m counting the seconds until I get to see you. I want to be with you, too, so I’ve been reading everything that I could, and I’m sorry, but I don’t completely understand. I’ve been afraid to ask for help.”
I want to understand. You like me, but you’re not sexually attracted to me, but that doesn’t necessarily have to mean you don’t want to have sex with me, right? You could, but you don’t want to because you don’t care, is that right?”
now wasn’t nearly long enough.
Until he grew tired, until he moved on, until he left her because of something she had no control over.
thought of pretending, of faking her way through whatever kind of relationship ...
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She had to be the one to ...
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“I like you,” she said, voice cold but strong. “A lot. More than I ever thought possible. You snuck into my heart and...
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I should’ve asked and not assumed that you’d be okay with me as is.”
“You know I care about you, right?”
Takumi had crawled into her soul, too,
and she had to continue pretending that he hadn’t. She was a bubble of raw emotion,
She didn’t want to be rescued from her sorrow. This pain meant ...
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Her feelings for him ...
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Because he missed her. (But one day soon, he would stop trying.)
We want you to make a difference.
you would exist. You would be exceptional.
She was Black, female, and queer.
There weren’t many spaces left for her to feel safe online,
Change the system from the inside out—she knew that plan.
just want to be happy. I’m not trying to be difficult or upset anyone.
You’re going to be really proud of me again. I promise.”
“Don’t tell your mom.” He laughed. It was such a Dad sound.
Something is always in the way.” “I think that’s called life.”
It matters to him enough that the only thing he could say to me was that he cares,
I can’t stop crying, because I’m pretty sure my heart’s breaking in there.
I really, really like him, he knows everything, and he couldn’t answer me, because it matters enough to make him pause. Just that one stupid, small thing.”
“I know what you’re doing, but I don’t think we can be friends anymore.
I’m sorry, but I can’t be your friend, because I like you too much and I enjoy not being in pain.
I don’t think we can be friends either.”
as soon as I saw you that I was doomed. I could say that I fell in love with you the morning after you fell asleep in my guest room and we got into a pillow fight when I tried to wake you up.
when I was sick and you took care of me, almost asking you to marry me sounded like the greatest idea I’d ever had.
every day I don’t talk to you, I feel like I’m dying a slow, ...
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“You didn’t ask first.” “I realized that. I’m sorry,” he whispered back, words tickling her skin. “I’d like to kiss you again.” “I’d like that, too. Yeah.”
She kissed him with everything she had and borrowed what she didn’t.
She wanted him to feel what she felt. She wanted him to understand that this was different,
It’s like I instinctively knew what to say, what to do. It was easy.
It was just … everything felt right.”
