He's going to try his best! Okay!!!

She tells him her desire to get to know him, the true him, even the ugly parts...but can he really show her that nasty side of him? The part of him that's willing to kill in her name for her sake? The part of him that finds pulling the trigger of a gun far too easy these days? Would she accept him then still? She wants to understand, she always wants to understand...and that's suddenly frightening to him. His heart is beating even quicker under her palms as he swallows, the lump in his throat hard to push down. Ah...but even someone as sweet as her wouldn't be able to stomach the darker side of him, would they?

And there will be no one to take you away from me.

Does she realize what she's just said? If anything, it's always been her being taken from him. Before he can realize it his lower lip is quivering, a palm reaching up to press against his own eyes now, still damp from having covered hers. Ah...he's crying again...how embarrassing.

"I-I don't want to leave your side...ever again. It's the only place I wish to be. N-Nowhere else, Princess Asseylum. I'd rather die."