Karsh looked at his secret love. Their eyes locked. Ileana's brown orbs with Karsh's black pools, Ileana's filled with concern. "Ileana, I think if we can distract The Darkness long enough, we'll escape." Ileana gasped. He was willing to risk his life for her?
"No, don't you dare do that, Karsh. We are getting out of here, together." She stated, firmly. The two ran, only to be chased by The Darkness yet agiain. This had been going on for 5 hours, but to them, it felt like milleniums.
Finally, Karsh grabbed Ileana behind some ruins of a building. "Ileana, I'm sorry, but, I have to, for your safety." Ileana's tears increased and Karsh wiped them away.
"Karsh, no, you can't." She chocked out.
" I have to. I can't let anything happen to you." Ileana sniffled, lowing her eyes, not wanting to look at him. Karsh continued. " You're the greatest thing to ever happen to me, Ileana. I may not show that. I may push you away when you try to love me. I may show hate instead of care at times. But, deep down, in my heart, I'm sure of something."
Ileana raised her eyes. "What?"
"That meeting you at that party all those years ago was the best thing fate, no destiney, ever brought to me." Ileana smiled. "I'm saying, that I chose to be your protector so I could be sure no harm ever came your way. I would never be able to live with myself knowing that I let something happened to you that I could have stopped, I did not protect you, and I didn't save you. I'm saying that...I love you."
Ileana gasped. Had Karsh just said the three words she had always dreamed of him saying? Had she heard what she thought she heard? She had. "I love you too, Karsh!" she threw herself into Karsh's arm and sobbed. Karsh stroked her short, blonde, hair. He squeezed her tight and she returned his hug.
"I love you, Leana." He said before he let her go.
"I love you, too Karsh." she whispered to the wind as he left their hiding spot to do his duty.