"I do love you, but I will not let you take advantage of that," I was unwavering in my objection. "Would you stop mentioning this unnecessary scuttlebutt? I have stated it a hundred times. Time is running out for us. If you took longer to realise your feelings for me, you might get subjected to bitter regrets. In all honesty, I don't think I'd even make it out of the next game alive. Hence, we only have these small fractions of time. I am willing to spend it with you. Do you still feel that I don't love you?" he overwhelmed me with his opinions. Without sparing him the same tenderness that I offered him in the past, I told him, "Whenever you try to prove you love me, you end up getting away from me. Why is that?" "It is because you never listen to me," he placed his hands around my wa