He rested his head on her chest. She could hear her muffled heartbeat, the sweet warmth radiating from
her body, the pleasant scent.
It made his mind go blank, forget about his life, his worries, the people, the world, the entire universe; in
that moment, between the nothingness of an invisible void and the chaotic thickness of reality, only they existed.
He was like a stranded sailor, clinging to his bright white lifeboat in the middle of an infinite dark, black ocean.
Her arms embraced him, like a newborn child, and he didn't need anything else. They were strong, and they protected him. They protected him from fears, from that cold night, under that green nylon blanket, on that bare, lonely couch.
"We didn't end up having sex, after all.", she said.
"We didn't.", he gave her a peck on the cheek, "It's alright."
He plunged his head in her chest, holding tightly to it.
"Jade?" he whispered.
"Yes?" she said. She fondled his hair.
"Don't ever leave me alone in this world."
She smiled and hugged him tighter, "Never."
They were so entwined with each other, that he almost felt of being one with her body.
"I love you." he then said, "Desperately. I love you more than I've ever loved myself. I love you beyond any reason, beyond the concept of good and evil, beyond the human limit of survival. I love you in secret, from inside, from the profound. My blood, my heart, my body love you. I love you and I cannot stop, because each second of my existence seems scanned by your absence and…"
"By my presence," she finished, "I can't believe you remembered that poem, Dave."
She kissed him, "I love you, too. Completely."