I exhaled, fighting off all the adrenaline, butterflies and...happiness.
"Stop with this. You know I have--"
"I know you have made your decision."
He cut me off, suppressing a sigh.
That one sigh felt heavier than the solar system.
So he knew.
Tears ran down my cheeks right infront of him, exposing him to all my fear insecurities.
I wiped it away with the other hand, but it didn't help.
"Callie.."
He whispered in a silver lining, tracing his thumb across my tears in a glowing layer of warm fuzziness.
"Look at me."
He demanded. I slowly pulled my eyes up at his face --- his jaw, chin and forehead softening.
He closed his eyes, nodding, as if to say it's okay, but for whatever reason he wasn't able to form those words.
He held our little solar system down, his icy eyes moulding sweet and soft, like an icy apocalypse overcome by a gentle season of winds in an aftermath.
He said it. He said it out loud. The words I never thought I will hear from his mouth.
"It's okay if you think I shouldn't be alive."
I shook my head, numbness grappling my senses as he continued,
"I will respect your decision...i respect you..like I always did."
My lips drew in, holding back a floodgate of emotions as tears dropped on the polished floor of the elevator.
He stood helpless, wiping them off as they came...all he could do.
He knew it was all upto me. He knew neither of us could do anything more.
But I wanted to fight it.
"Don...why did you do it? I need to know."
A heavy silence sank between as my question scraped off the air.
My heart sank as I waited for him to speak up, say anything, but minutes passed and no words came.
My chest tightened as i glanced at his back facing the elevator door. He held his waist, going through the buttons.
I stepped up closer, tapping on his shoulders, hoping he wouldn't leave me hanging.
"Don...."
I mumbled, my heart sinking.
"Don!?"
He turned around, catching me off guard.
"Because of you Callie...because of you!"
He snapped, his voice prickling the air in tiny bits and pieces.
It felt like everything split open right then and there like an open wound bleeding off his chest.
My body curled into a ball, with not even a slightest idea what he meant. My chest squeezed in my ribcage in a crack.
I could feel my voice drifting away.
"What--what do you mean!?"
His face had shrivelled off like a rotten leaf, making me more and more anxious by the second.
"because of you."
He looked me in the eye, making my heart fumble.
"But how...?"
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Can I Kill You? (COMPLETED)
RomanceI looked at the table. The bowl was there in the same spot, but there was no sign of the fork. Where the heck did the fork go!? All this while, he was looking right at me like a wolf ripping off a human's flesh, which made matters even worse. I felt...
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