As his arms had started to blanket around me, I unexpectedly pushed him away but wasn't very successful due to his larger physique. "You can't just come back here and expect things to be the way they were! And then like any other tragic love story, you hug me, and kiss me, and try to feed me bullshit by saying that everything is going to be-" I cut myself off as I soon began to choke on my tears and the rain. He only ignored my words and wrapped me up in his arms as yet another boom of thunder erupted around us. Even if his shirt and his jacket were soaked in rain, I was amazed by how warm he still was while I continued to freeze my ass off during this shitty weather. Eventually I had begun to lose the feeling in my hands after holding onto his jacket for so long as I started to sob into his chest. He had remained silent since giving me that sincere, but confusing speech, but he did occasionally hold me tighter and rub my back while I cried for him and because of him. "Jasmine, I-" I had only shook my head which made him stop speaking of the words he was going to say. The words I thought I never would've heard since he had spoken them. And now the words I was always afraid to not just say, but also hear from anyone.. not even myself. "Please.. don't say it. I can't let you do it, let alone say it, at least not to me. Plus you never did, anyway." I told him. "But, why?" He asked, already sounding like he was choked up as well. "You know why," "Why can't I- Why won't you let me?" "Because.." I first said as I tried to sober up from my crying spree but would accidentally slip up. "I'm afraid.." I decided to murmur before my eyes averted to the ground. Soon his hand gently laid against my cheek before he had made me look up at him, meeting those same emeralds I had missed for what felt like decades, though it seemed like they were half the shade they used to be. It wasn't until he finally whispered, "Don't be..."