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Goodbyes.

My face was buried into his chest, inhaling his scent.

His hands were tangled into my hair, both of us had tears silently streaming down our face.

Not a word was said, neither one of us wanted to do anything to break this peaceful sadness hanging around us.

I guess it was a good thing though. It gave us time to just, be .

A long moment passed before Fang pulled away slightly and moved his fingers slowly to underneath my chin and tilted my head up so that he could meet my eyes. His dark eyes held me still, almost like I was in a trance, and I hardly even felt his fingers as they trailed themselves up to my cheeks and softly wiped my tears away as if I was the most delicate thing the world.
That caused the corners of my lips to pull up slightly, and it caused Fang's lips to do likewise and his head tilted to the side a bit in confusion.

"What is it?" he asked softly.

"It's just that you've seen me beat up these mutant dog men and have multiple near death experiences, and now it seems like you're scared to break me." I replied, my smile widening.

"Yeah, but that's one of the things I'm worried about. I know you can take care of yourself Max, but you know you need me too." Fang said smirking. But his expression soon softened and he said quietly "Max I want to be there for you, to protect you, to comfort you when you have a brain attack, or when all this," his hands gestured to our surroundings, "gets too much for you. I want to hold you in my arms, see you everyday, and just be, Max. Right here with you." A moment of silence was shared between us as I took all of this in.

"God Max I'm gonna miss you so, so much." Fang breathed out, pulling me closer to him and wrapped his hands tightly around me, until there wasn't anymore space between us. He buried his face into my hair and his body shook a little from his silent crying.

And there we were, just like that. In each others arms underneath all of this sadness.

We finally broke apart and wiped our tears away, neither of us were very fond of showing any weakness, but I guess this was an exception for the both of us.
He tucked a loose strand of hair back behind my ear, and he put on a weak smile, just for us.

It was one of those moments where I was close enough to him to see those little specks of gold dancing in his eyes.

"I love you." He murmured.

"I love you too Fang." I said softly.

He planted a tender kiss onto my forehead, and then he pulled away fully and turned away. He ran further into the forest, his obsidian wings spread wide, and jumped into the air. With powerful strokes he gained height, he got further and further away from me as I just stood there and watched.

And that was the last I saw of Fang.