A/N: This is a short fic, I know. It started as one thing and ended as another. Neo's P.O.V is coming soon.
I could see the terrified look in his eyes after I said I was coming with him. He didn't like the answer, I could tell, but I didn't care. What he said next just about tore my heart out of my chest.
"I'm scared Trin."
That look in his eyes just wrenched my gut. I said the thing that came to my mind at that moment, "So am I," and it was true. I continued speaking directly from my heart, "Took me ten minutes to buckle up one boot. But I'll tell you something. Six hours ago I told the Merovingian that I was ready to give anything and everything for you. Do you know what's changed in the past 6 hours?""No," he said, although I was sure he knew the answer."Nothing." He didn't like me coming with him, I knew it, but I felt his gratitude rushing towards me like a river. He showed it by leaning in and finding my lips with his. Then he wrapped my body in a tight, passionate hug. I wanted it to last forever.
I felt a warm tear make a path down my cold cheek. I buried my face into his shoulder. My tears soaked his wool sweater. Then I pulled away.
"I'm sorry," I said, sniffling, "I shouldn't break down like that. We have more important things to worry about."
"Don't be sorry," he said in a harsh, yet loving voice. "Don't," now a whisper. Just to reassure me that he loved me, he pulled me in and our lips locked passionately. As we separated, I saw that his cheeks were wet from my tears. Or what I thought was my tears. He quickly turned around. "So, uh, let's get going to the Logos."
"Yeah," I said, drying my face. Both Neo and I grabbed our packs and headed out the door towards the Logos.
On the way out, we said our goodbyes to the crew. The hardest was Morpheus. He had been like a father to me. As we walked down the ramp towards the Logos, tears clouded my vision for the second time that day. A heavy weight formed in my stomach. As hard as it was, I had to keep going. Neo needed me more than anybody right now. And like Link said, he wasn't saying goodbye.
By the look on Neo's face, I could see that he was saying goodbye. I didn't like that. He shouldn't give up. He couldn't.
We walked up the ramp and boarded the Logos. As we entered, Neo pressed a button and the ramp started to lift back into the ship. I turned to him.
"So, here we go," I said. My voice shook more than I wanted it to. Neo noticed.
He dropped his pack and put his arms around my waist. Then his eyes looked into mine, as though he were searching my soul. They sparkled with tears.
"You are scared," he said in almost a whisper. Those eyes that I had looked at for so long, that comforted me, broke through into my heart.
"I'm not going to lie. The look on your face tells me that you don't think we are coming back. As scared as I am, I know that you need me. I need you just as much. Just remember, you are never going to lose me," I put his hand on my heart, "This belongs to you."
If his love for me could grow any more, it did at that second. He kissed me with such passion and love that my knees went weak. Then he pulled away, and I saw a single tear fall down his cheek. It was the first time I had seen him cry. At that moment we were forever connected. Nothing in the world could tear us apart. Nothing.