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The two of them walked along the lakeside, creating conversations that happy people wouldn't be able to make up.

They walked side by side while keeping a reasonable distance from each other. And for some reason, he kept trying to reach for her hand, brushing his rough-skinned hand along her soft one.

He didn't know why he kept doing that but he did. He just wanted to hold her in his arms, keep her safe from anything that could possibly harm her.

“Pretty?” He called for her, making her turn to him with a smile in her face. She raised her brows, an indication that she was listening. “Can you promise me something?”

They both stopped walking and faced each other.

She only smiled, “Sure, what kind of promise?”

“Actually, no. Let me rephrase that.” He said, he was nervously fidgeting with his fingers. He was unsure if he had the right to say it but he did anyway. “Let's make a promise to each other.”

“Okay.”

His smile widened at her response, his lips curving up from ear to ear. “None of us dies.” His voice had a great amount of tremor but he tried his best to control it.

“Why is that?” She chuckled, shocked by his sudden proposal. She pursed her lips. Although she would love it if he didn't die, she was unsure as of why he didn't want her to die.

He bit his lips, anxiousness taking over him. He honestly didn't know why either. But he felt like if she were to pass away, he was going to die as well.

It took him a while before he could assess his true feelings and emotions but he eventually did. Now he knew exactly why he felt this those things. He knew why he didn't want her to go. The presence of the female being has grew on him.

His gaze roamed around her two eyes and the dark circles around them, her puffy and rosy cheeks and the purplish hue on it, her soft and pink lips and the small cut.

She laughed, making him snap back into reality. “I'm sorry if I made you nervous.” She said those words even though she, herself, was nervous as well.

He shook his head, unaware of what has just happened. He was staring at her and she didn't really mind. She loved being the center of attention, even if it was just from him.

“I promise.”

He lifted his right hand, his pinky was raised. She watched as he hovered his hand at chest level. “Pinky promise?”

“Are you serious?” She chuckled in disbelief. She found it extremely strange that a seemingly grown man would still do those things, but extremely cute at the same time. “A pinky promise?”

“Pretty, please?” He pouted, making her heart melt. She felt something weird inside her stomach, was this what butterflies felt like? Or was an entire zoo having a party in her solar plexus?

She rolled her eyes before hooking her own pinky with his. Her smile widened even more. “Fine.”

They both felt ecstatic. They've made a promise to each other. But..

One of them couldn't keep it.