"𝐉𝐚𝐲. 𝐔𝐡𝐦.."
"𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬?" 𝐘𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠 𝐤𝐨. 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚.
"𝐔𝐡𝐦, 𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐢. 𝐔𝐡𝐦 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮."
𝐌𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭, 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐲? 𝐈 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝. 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚.
"𝐔𝐡𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚 𝐤𝐨.
𝐁𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞? 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐨?" 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐢 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬. 𝐍𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐠 𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐤.
"𝐔𝐡𝐦 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐧." 𝐌𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐨. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞! 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞! 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐤𝐨? 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐳.
"𝐀𝐡. 𝐇𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚!" 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐧𝐢 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐤 𝐧𝐚.
"𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲."
"𝐃𝐢 𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐲 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢 𝐦𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐤𝐨. 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫. 𝐇𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚."
𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.
"𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬." 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐤 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬.
"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧." 𝐍𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐡𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧.
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