Carrie sat alone at the head of the bed, curled up with her arms


    wrapped around her knees and her head buried between them,


    motionless.


    Ryan took off his ck fur coat and put it over the sofa, afraid of


    bringing the chill to her. He walked to the bed with light steps and sat


    down on the edge of the bed.


    “Carrie… Does it still hurt?” Ryan ced hisrge hand on her head


    and stroked her soft hair gently.


    Carrie shook her head slightly..


    “Then, shall we go to sleep?” Ryan asked thoughtlessly.


    Right after he said that, he regretted it.


    Shit… It just made him look like he only wanted to sleep with her,


    that was not what he meant.


    “I’m not sleepy.”


    Carrie finally said weakly, “I just want to sit here quietly for a while.”


    “Alright, I’ll sit with you then.”


    Ryan’s hand slid downward to lovingly rub the back of her warm neck,


    his eyes overflowing with tenderness. “I won’t sleep if you don’t. If you think I’m annoying, I’ll just sit


    here with you, and I won’t make a


    sound. If you get thirsty or hungry, you need someone to order


    around, don’t you?”


    “What if I stay up all night?”


    “I’ll stay up all night too.”


    “That’s okay… You should go to sleep.” Carrie urged him softly, never


    looking up.


    A bitterness welled up in Ryan’s heart, and his breath hitched. “Alright.


    I’ll leave if you don’t want me here.”


    As he said this, he moved to leave.


    Right then, Carrie suddenly reached out to grab his arm, breathing


    harder as her grip tightened.


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    “Carrie?” Ryan was surprised.


    “Don’t go, Ryan… Don’t go!”


    Carrie slowly looked up, her lips trembling. Her pink face was covered


    in tears. “I lied… I’m sorry… I want you to stay with me. Ryan, I want you here with me!”


    Ryan choked up at this, and he gently wiped her tears away with his finger. “I won’t go. I never intended


    to. I was just teasing you.”


    Carrie looked at him tearily as she kneeled on the bed, looking like a pitiful yet charming kitten.


    “Ryan… Please hug me.”


    Ryan’s eyes instantly reddened. It was hard for him to suppress his love for her. His heart felt like it was


    about to explode as he pulled her


    soft body into his arms.


    He breathed in deeply as he hugged her tightly.


    “I’m hugging you now.”


    “Tighter…”


    Ryan hummed in acknowledgment as he pressed his chin into the crook of her neck, his thin lips


    rubbing against her red earlobe.


    “A little tighter, please?”


    “Okay.”


    Ryan tightened his arms once more, stroking her trembling back with hisrge palm. “I wish I could


    bury you in me, Carrie. I really wish I


    could.”


    Under the light, the pair embraced each other tightly, as if they wished


    they could be one.