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Louisa raised her head with his hand supporting her chin, but she kept her eyes gazing downward a bit shyly. His words, however, made her look up into his face instantly and forcing her mouth into a nervous smile. No more tears, that was going to be hard because she still had a lot of things to cry over. Strangely too, it wasn't like crying in front of Kurumi, Paulie or even Joao. Here she didn't feel weak or pathetic, she felt... normal. "Okay..." sniffing and almost wiping her face if he didn't lean in.
The seventeen years old's cheek burnt at the touch of his lips, and her throat went dry... or drier to be more accurate. When he hugged her again and said those three words, her eyes stared forward at the wall behind him. She swallowed, blinked the leftover tears in her eyes and spoke slowly, "I... love you.. too." As soon as they were out she felt the sincerity behind them and leaned her head down into his neck. "I don't want to lose you at all, Adam. I'm so sorry I did this to you. I don't know why I did it. It meant nothing, I swear. It just destroyed relationships..." sniff sniff. "I hate myself."
Adam help onto Louisa, giving her a squeeze as she said that she loved him as well. Adam knew how hard that must have been for Louisa, because saying you loved someone was a sign of serious trust and Adam knew how hard it was for Louisa to trust people in general, and especially in matters of the heart. Adam listened as she apologized again, still holding onto her as she leaned her head into his neck.
"You aren't going to lose me Louisa," Adam said once she had finished talking.
"And I accept your apology." All it did was destroy relationships?
"It didn't destroy them Louisa, it just...changed them is all. And yeah there was a lot of hurt on everyone's end , particularly mine, but we can't go back and change the past so I think it's best to just focus on moving forward." And Adam wanted both Paulie and Louisa in that forward.