BELLO. I was in a hazy daze. One you step in knowingly, letting the world tilt to the side because you don't give a damn anymore. Because right now, if the world were to come to an end, you'd die a happy man. At least, I thought I would. For a second, I thought the hug would make everything better. That perhaps, it would mend my cracked edges. Only it cleaved me into tiny pieces, as a yearning so…consuming enveloped me. I needed more. Conri needed more. And a hug wasn't going to fix it. Wasn't going to fix…us. Maybe this was what happened when true feelings were involved. Maybe this was what happened when a tornado and a volcanic mountain came together. They…explode. They shatter. They trample every single thing in the way. I dragged in a deep breath, my chest expanding as I took in

