[ She says it. She says it so easily and without thought, and 9S knows that 2B is never one for lip service. Lying by omission, yes. But any question he's ever asked or request he's made has always somehow, eventually, been made for him. How can he feel hatred and doubt in his gut when feelings of love are so strong for him? 9S meets her gaze without protest or pulling when she ushers him to look at her.
He doesn't want to cry. It hurts. All of this hurts and he wants to just be happy that he's with her but he can't be for some reason. 9S looks into her gaze as if he'll find his way out of this and he doesn't. But he immediately clings to even the modicum of comfort he gets from her cradling his face. She wipes away his tears, but once those words fall from her lips? More pour freely. 9S inhales sharply as if the words strike him like a brick, and he clings to her harder. 9S tangles his legs with hers, keen on losing sight of where he starts and she ends. Getting lost in her even if they aren't making love because something has to give when it isn't happening.
She loves him.
She loves him. ]
Ah--
[ 9S sobs, his tears becoming hot, heavy, his chest heaving when he essentially loses control of his composure and holds onto her tight. 9S shuts his eyes, expression distorted into pain and need. ]
I... I love you, too. I love you so much, 2B, I can't--
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He doesn't want to cry. It hurts. All of this hurts and he wants to just be happy that he's with her but he can't be for some reason. 9S looks into her gaze as if he'll find his way out of this and he doesn't. But he immediately clings to even the modicum of comfort he gets from her cradling his face. She wipes away his tears, but once those words fall from her lips? More pour freely. 9S inhales sharply as if the words strike him like a brick, and he clings to her harder. 9S tangles his legs with hers, keen on losing sight of where he starts and she ends. Getting lost in her even if they aren't making love because something has to give when it isn't happening.
She loves him.
She loves him. ]
Ah--
[ 9S sobs, his tears becoming hot, heavy, his chest heaving when he essentially loses control of his composure and holds onto her tight. 9S shuts his eyes, expression distorted into pain and need. ]
I... I love you, too. I love you so much, 2B, I can't--