Kyou's breathing had already become erratic when he heard her words. That had been the closest he’d ever come to lying to himself… he would have stopped her if she’d ever agreed to leave and not come back. He could feel her body under him and he would not let this go.
He moved his lips to hover above hers only a hairs’ breath away. "Don't you know by now Kyoko? It is you that I love and you leaving is no longer an option… it never was."
Kyoko had wanted him to say those words… but hearing them was like a silent earthquake. He wasn't moving. She didn't think he was even breathing as he waited on her reaction. She raised that hairs’ breath to whisper across his lips the words she hoped would shatter any remaining ice around his heart.
"Kyou, I love you too." She pressed a soft smile again
