When Sabrina wriggled her fingers out of his hands, she roughly tugged his hair again like a little kid, “Alright, be good now.” he chided her, flicking her forehead.
“Be good? I can’t. Being good destroys people.” she blurted out, pushing him off and walking away from him. He felt his heart race in panic at her retreating back. She was within arms’ reach, but he felt scared she would suddenly disappear without any reason.
The sight of her small and lonely back leaving him had made him terrified that he wouldn’t be able to close the distance between them.
He stared at the way her long hair swayed as she started walking away, and the way she didn’t look back at him.
Their relationship had just improved, and he was scared that she would once again close herself off emotionally. He walked
