The End Has Begun (A Ticci Toby Romance)

Chapter 8 - "I have to tell him."

Sorry guys. Blame standardized testing for my lateness. Love you guys. Now on with the story. Soon we will rule the world, My Amethyst Army.

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Lilia's POV

I walked in and sat next to Toby. I smiled. "I have to tell him. I have to." I thought to myself, butterflies in my stomach.

"Toby? I........um......I think I'm......" was all I could say before Toby cut me off, by kissing me. As soon as I went to kiss him back, he pulled away and twitched. "Toby?"

"I'm sorry. I...I...I sh...sh...shouldn't h...h...have d...done t...t...that." He slid away from me. I grabbed his hand and smiled.

"Toby. I was saying that I think I'm in love with you. So, that's perfectly fine. I actually enjoyed it." Toby slid back next to me.

"R...r...really?" I nodded, smiling. He leaned in to kiss me again, but he pulled away at the last second. I looked at him, worried and scared. "You shouldn't love me Lilia." He got up and stood across the room from me.

"Toby? Why not?" I was worried that I said 'I love you' too soon, or that he didn't love me back.

"You don't know the horrible things I've done......things I've done...." He mumbled the last part so I couldn't hear it.

"Toby, I don't care what you've done in your past." I got up and walked towards him.

"I KILLED YOUR SISTER LILIA!" He screamed, tears streamed from the sides of his orange goggles. "I KILLED HER!"

I wrapped my arms around him. "I knew the moment I saw you that you were the man who killed my sister. I don't care. It's in the past." He pushed me away.

"I took the only good thing in your life away. Why don't you care? Why do you continue to love me?" Toby must have been confused, and he must hate himself for hurting me like that.

"Toby, love conquers all. You may have taken my sister from me, but you took me away from the hell I lived without her." I smiled, and pulled my bangs back.

"This scar..." I sighed, pointing to the ugly mark on my face. "I tried to kill myself with my father's gun when I was ten. I missed and it grazed my head, leaving this in it's place." I sighed, and let my hair fall in my face.

"It's a permanent reminder of my failed attempt to be with my sister. I know she'd want me to live and now I accept that. Please don't live in the past Toby. Move on, with me." I hold my hand out to him. "I care about you, Toby. Please, don't make me move on without you."

He took my hand and pulled me into a hug. "I'm sorry Lilia. I.....I love you too." He said that and kissed my scar. "I didn't know." I smiled and moved his goggles to the top of his head, wiped his tears away and kissed him gently.

He kissed back, ran his hands through my hair and leaned too far back, making us both fall to the floor. We both laughed and continued our little makeout session, until we heard footsteps.

We both sat on the floor, slightly away from each other, as a guy stood in the doorway. He had a smile carved in his face and before me or Toby could say anything, he was on top of me and had a knife to my throat.

"Go to sleep." The man said, as he dug the knife into my neck. Everything went black and I passed out. I heard Toby yell but that was it.