5.

"Promise to let me know when you do," you had said, standing up on your feet, and helping me stand up too.

I realised that you were much, much taller than me; your figure loomed over me, toweringly, but I didn't feel even slightly intimidated.

Perhaps it was the fact that your eyes had that kindness, or the sweet smile, or just the general feeling of safety you radiated.

I had smiled at your words; something I hadn't done in a long, long time. The feeling of my cheeks stretching upwards felt strangely foreign. It felt uncomfortable.

But that was okay, because that action made you smile wider.

And that just made you look even more handsome than you already were.

How was that fair? How could such perfect beings like you even exist? How were you real, living around lower-than-average people like me? It felt like a disgrace to you and your beauty.

"Don't cry alone next time," you had said, "call me, and cry with me, so that it would hurt less."

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