They laid together, still, bodies interlaced and entwined, two personages becoming one entity. Blankets and sheets weaved through their legs, covering bits and pieces of ivory and olive skin. Their heartbeats were a symphony, melody and harmony flowing naturally. He gently brushed her hair out of her face. Her heart fluttered.
"You're absolutely perfect," he whispered.
She looked into those kind, hazelnut eyes, only to close her own when his lips met hers. His arms wrapped around her, cradling her body, keeping her warm, as she laid her head on his chest and closed her eyes while listening to the rhythmic heartbeat. His eyes remained wide open. Thoughts raced and roamed, complications and worries burdening his mind.
"Why are you going back? Why can't you stay here?"
She lifted her head and looked back into his chocolate eyes. They stared back into her own intensely, as if searching for something.
"It's my home. As much as I would want to stay with you, I don't belong here."
He smiled slightly. "I know. I'm just being silly." It had been too good of a day. He didn't want to ruin it now. Just enjoy the precious and limited time that he did have with her. They softly kissed once more.
She laid her head back down, just in time to miss that single tear silently slide out of the corner of his eye into her tangled mane of curly, dark tresses.
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