The icy cold water sting against her skin but she couldn't help to care. The cool makes her forget for a brief moment all the insanity that was twirling in her life. Under the dark sky without starts where only the moon is shinning bright in the middle, she let herself drift away with the sound of solitude. She was fighting her memories, she was fighting not to cry and whisper his name because the moment she did all the emotions would take her completely and she needed to be strong.

She wanted to let the coolness of the air and water consume her. She needed to feel like everything that was happening was just a bad dream. That she was going to wake up with her love by her side. But it wasn't that way. The darkness in the sky was a reminder of the awful truth. Robin was gone.

A week passed since that night and 6 days since her last conversation with him. She confine herself in the wall of her big mansion in hopes of lessening the blow but it really didn't work and that is why she found herself in a lake in the middle of the forest, reaching for a peace that seems to evade her.

Her heart aches for his voice, her cold skin for his hot touch and her soul wished hard to resonate with his.

It seems like she was under the water fall for hours maybe that is why she didn't notice she was being watch by a pair of beautiful blue eyes. Eyes bewitched with her beauty and a heart drunk on love.

He hesitated on calling her name. It wasn't in his place to want to reach for her anymore. He chose honor over love but he felt jealous of the water that was running down her body. He wanted to be the water, touching every corner of her body, kissing her without restriction, without mercy. He felt like everything was about to burst inside of him and suddenly he did what he was trying hard not to do.

"REGINA." He yelled.

That voice shook every part of her, every fiber that was calling for him and suddenly she felt really small.

"What are you doing here?" she asked without turning around. She didn't want him to see her, not because she was ashamed of her body but because looking into his eyes would melt everything away.

Robin took a few steps closer to the lake unconsciously. The way the moon reflected on her skin was taking his breath away, he just wanted to know if she was real or not.

"I came for a walk to clear my mind." He gulled as she turned around. "I didn't think I would find you here." His eyes grew big at the sight of her. Completely bare and glowing in the moonlit sky.

A smirk crossed Regina's face to the sight of Robin's surprise.

"Like what you see?" She asked while getting out of the water and towards her clothes. When Regina walked passed him his hand instinctively grab her wrist. Regina got petrified in place taking in a shaky breath of her. His hand felt like hot lava and she felt burning but didn't seem to care.

"Very much." His husky voice gave chills throughout her body. Regina forgot how to breath. All that she wanted was to plush her body against his and not let go. But she resisted against it. She remembered how he chose Marian over her and that still hurt her.

"Well to bad you can't touch anymore." She jerked her hand so he could released his grip on her. When she felt the lost of his touch she walked to her clothes and with magic put them on. "Bye Robin." She was about to magic herself out but with three big strides he catch both of her hands.

"Let me go Robin." She cried out but he wasn't having any of it.

"I am sorry." He said. Regina put her body still to his words.

"Sorry for what? For being who you are? For respecting your beliefs? Don't be." Regina was thick with emotions but tried hard not to let it show.

Robin tenderly pull her closer to see her face.

"No." He took a deep breath. "I am sorry from breaking your heart." Regina was about to protest but he hugged her and she lost track of her words. "I never wanted to hurt you but I did and for that I am so sorry." Regina gave in into his embrace for a few seconds. The sensation of his touch was igniting sparks on her skin and even though she knew it was wrong the fact was that missing Robin was killing her slowly. "I've been living in a hell like state every since the last time we talked."

"The last time you talked. I didn't say anything." Regina took a few steps back. "You were the one who left and had the last word." She took a deep breath. "Anyways it doesn't matter anymore. You made your choice we both will learn to live with it." She turns around and begins to walk out of Robin's reach. Turns were beginning to form in the corner of her eyes and the desire to turn around was to strong.

Robin didn't want to believe everything was over, even when it was his decision. Regina had become a light in his life and not having her was making him shoot arrows in the dark. Now watching her walk away from him was breaking his heart. He couldn't help the feelings and he had to tell her before losing her completely.

"Regina." He called out but she just keep walking. When she didn't stop he felt crestfallen.

"Regina I love you." He cried out.

Those words stopped Regina. She couldn't believe he had said that. It was like a surge of power was starting to crawl under her skin and the sensation was amazingly welcome. When she realize her thoughts of how he wanted to believe so much his words reality struck her, he didn't have the right to tell her he loved her and then walk away, again.

"Why are you doing this?" she asked in a low whispered. Robin took a tentative step towards her. When she didn't move he walked to her, now standing behind her, struggling not to wrap his arms around her again.

"Doing what? Telling you the truth. I did tell my feelings for you are real." Regina shut her eyes and shook her head.

"I don't need this. I don't need to be heartbroken again and again. I have so much pain to last a lifetime." Robin flinched to her words. He was breaking her by telling her his feeling. A sense of guilt and selfishness took over.

"I'm sorr-"but Regina turned around and glared at him making him shut up.

"Stop apologizing. Saying you're sorry won't make my pain go away." Regina's anger rose up. "I can't with this anymore Robin. I can't go on pretending that I am taking this well. Because truth is that I'm not. I am hurting so bad, I am constantly missing you and I feel this need to run into your arms, freeze time and never let go. But I can't do that." A single tear went down. Robin reaches to clean it with this thumb but Regina stumble back.

"Don't touch me." Regina sighed heavily.

"If you want to clean away someone tears there is Marian go to her and forget about me. You and I will never have the right timing." Robin refused to accept Regina's words.

"I do not believe those words. I know we will find our time."

Regina opened and closed her mouth a retort ready to fire but something in Robin's eyes stopped her.

Robin takes her hand a places it on top of his heart.

"Regina I love you that is my truth. I made a decision yes that much is true, I broke your heart in the process but it isn't something that will last forever. My feelings for you are killing from the inside out." Robin's eyes became glassy full of tears. "I don't want to lose you. I feel lost without you."

"How can you tell me all of this? What about your son and Marian?" Regina bit out.

"Roland will have his mother and Marian will have her son but my heart is not hers it's yours." Robin took Regina's other hand and kiss the back of it.

"I told you once that you can use my heart for the both of us and I wasn't lying. I will forever be yours."