Zavien might have disagreed that Soh shouldn't be sharing these feelings, because as much as it hurt for him to hear her doubts, he'd rather she told him than kept it in to fester and taint their relationship. He wasn't looking for an apology. It wasn't about being fair to him. It was about why that had been her reason.
His head shook, reaching a gentle hand to place it over hers. He didn't need to touch the pendant to feel like he was holding her heart. When he looked deep into her eyes, he knew her, and knew that she meant her words - but she'd also meant the ones before.
Brushing a thumb across the back of her hand, he whispered a soft plea. "Then trust me." Zavien tightened his hand like it was their relationship in his grasp, refusing to weaken or back down when faced with hardship. "This is serious dating, remember? You're not going to lose me or scare me off by being the person I love - by being you."
He let the words sink in, wanting to wipe away the bit of tears gathering in her eyes, wanting to smooth the dimple that had formed on her chin, wanting to reassure her that he wasn't so easily deterred, wanting her to open up to him. His voice when it came again was the soft light on a dark horizon, inviting the sun to peak above so it could cast away the night, open and welcoming in how it would reveal what lay in the shadows. "What do you think is going to scare me away?"
His head shook, reaching a gentle hand to place it over hers. He didn't need to touch the pendant to feel like he was holding her heart. When he looked deep into her eyes, he knew her, and knew that she meant her words - but she'd also meant the ones before.
Brushing a thumb across the back of her hand, he whispered a soft plea. "Then trust me." Zavien tightened his hand like it was their relationship in his grasp, refusing to weaken or back down when faced with hardship. "This is serious dating, remember? You're not going to lose me or scare me off by being the person I love - by being you."
He let the words sink in, wanting to wipe away the bit of tears gathering in her eyes, wanting to smooth the dimple that had formed on her chin, wanting to reassure her that he wasn't so easily deterred, wanting her to open up to him. His voice when it came again was the soft light on a dark horizon, inviting the sun to peak above so it could cast away the night, open and welcoming in how it would reveal what lay in the shadows. "What do you think is going to scare me away?"
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