So we forgive each other?” The crooked smile climbs up one more time. “Again?”And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say.”Always,” I say to him. “Every time.
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His noise is getting quieter, but I can still see it there still-See how he feels the skin of my hand against his, see how he wants to take it and press it against his mouth, how he wants to breathe in the smell of me and how beautiful I look to him, how strong after all that illness, and how he wants to just lightly touch my neck, just there, and how he wants to take me in his arms and-“Oh, God,” he says, looking away suddenly. “Viola, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean-“But I just put my hand to the back of his neck-And he says, “Viola-?”And I pull myself towards him-And I kiss him.And it feels like, finally.