Suddenly, her expression changed. She must have heard something that he didn't... and couldn't.
Pic's voice rang through Aventine's head. Their waltz was audible in the words and the background noise.
Well, I don't know how to word this, but I do know what I want to say, so let's hope it comes out okay. Ave, I love you so much. I love you more than any piece of music, or sound, or word, or note can express. I want you to be happy, free, and at peace. Though it sounds dissonant, I think we need to split up.
Her mouth dropped slightly, her eyes barely widening.
Our lives have drifted apart, and we only drift more as each day goes on. I want to let you love who you want to love, and I think that it is not me. If and when we do meet next, I will be thrilled. I will embrace you as one of the closest, if not the closest, friend I have had in a very long time. You are brave, smart, beautiful, and talented, and the man you choose to stick to like a harmony of thirds will be blessed beyond belief.
She looked down and put her hand over her mouth, shaking her head a little.
Your waltz will be at the top of my repertoire until we meet again, and I will sing it with you once more then.
I love you.
So... that was it? He was just ending it? The first person she'd loved in six years...
She thought to him, Pic, I.. I understand, but I also don't. I love you - so much - and I always will. But this... I understand that you feel... threatened, I suppose, in a way, by Elan, but as long as I had you, I would have stayed with you, because I do love you.
But... If this is what you want, I won't stop you. A tear rolled down her cheek, but she wiped it away.
You're amazing, Pic. I wouldn't be who I am now without you.
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