Yuri was too close to Rosetta. But at that moment, Yuri didn’t feel anything that would make him turn away from her. Instead, the urge to hold on to her was too strong. However, he couldn’t bring himself to touch her. He was afraid she would reject him, and it would hurt him even more.
He slowly pulled away while holding her eyes, never letting them go. Like a frozen thing, she stayed in her place. He could see her eyes slowly blink while holding her breath.
“Moy tsvetochek, can you please don’t do this? I swear with my own life that I never lied and I’ll never ever lie to you or cheat on you, even if you say you don’t like me now. I’ll try my best to make you like me later.”
Their gazes held for a long moment, both heaving as though they were on a chase.
“Y-Yuri…” she softly whispered
