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2021-11-15 19:51:55As the car drove away from the hotel Iori sat back her head spinning. Jun’s kiss had effectively shut her mind off and rendered her thoughtless. She sighed realizing that she was too far gone for her to have rational thoughts anyway. She loved him…
Her heart sped at the confession she made between her and herself. She’d known it for a while now, but, she hadn’t been ready to voice it in her head until now.
She loved him…
And she Just let him go in there to meet with his worst nightmare alone. She remembered the vulnerable smile he gave her, the soft kisses and the hugs that squeezed her so much but gave her so much warmth. Jun wasn’t as confident as he may have sounded, he was afraid, as anyone would be of meeting with the people who caused such a tragedy by their foolishness.
But she doubted that he was afraid of the two. He was probably more afraid of himself. Of the reaction he had done back then, and of what those
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