"No!" I held my chest and with all my might I let go of his grip on my two shoulders and backed away until I could feel the table in the back. I parted the sticky hair on my wet face and forced myself to finish everything. "I want you to know that ... y-you've been so important to me, everything you've done and taught me. With everything that's happened these past ... days. Levi, thank you." It was like a tendon that broke his patience and he approached me. His whole built frame embraced my tiny body and violently hit my head on his chest. My two feet were almost lifted off the ground by the tightness of his embrace with me. His hand is on my lower back while the other is on the back of my shoulders. My sobs could be heard throughout the room. I couldn’t recognize my

