You're pretty, and sweet, and I think you've been hurt more than anyone deserves to be.
Even so, you shouldn't throw yourself away.
[At him, especially - but for once it's not a sentiment against himself so much as it is for her.]
Not because you don't care. It should be because you do care.
[Which is kind of a lot for him to ask - he really isn't sure he can expect her to genuinely care - but anything less would feel like taking advantage. He couldn't do that.]
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[What other reason could he have?]
You're pretty, and sweet, and I think you've been hurt more than anyone deserves to be.
Even so, you shouldn't throw yourself away.
[At him, especially - but for once it's not a sentiment against himself so much as it is for her.]
Not because you don't care. It should be because you do care.
[Which is kind of a lot for him to ask - he really isn't sure he can expect her to genuinely care - but anything less would feel like taking advantage. He couldn't do that.]