And as she predicted, she can feel the heat crawling up her neck, warming her cheeks. Her only defense for the first second is swiftly shaking her head, hands raising to find one of his to squeeze.
"Stop. You don't have to say all of this if all it's going to do is hurt you."
“Well, in that case…-
I always wished I could do more. Just— to lighten your load. Sometimes I just don’t know what to say. To do.
But I want to so badly. Being loved by you is the greatest feeling, but it hurts all the more when you get distant.”