[He doesn't have much time to say anything before she looks at him, and that kiss causes him to go breathless. He has always been the one to woo women and to flirt, to cause their hearts to nearly pound out of their chests when he looks at them. But Caterina has a way of getting beneath his skin, knowing him much more intimately than anyone else, and it surprises him each and every time she can break through all his defenses. Only Cristina knew how to do that before, before he lost her.
...He doesn't want to lose Caterina too.
It pains his heart to know that as much as he loves her, as much as he wants this to work, both here and back home, it can't. He can't. If something were to happen to her, like how she was attacked by Hichigo now, and she were to die? He could never forgive himself for what happened. Never. It would be like tearing a hole out of his heart and insisting he continue living as he bled out slowly, painfully. Ezio has lost so many already. He cannot afford to lose her.
His kiss in return is just as gentle, quiet, not bothering to cause her to be lost in the moment. It's a simple saying for something he cannot speak, for fear of her slipping away.
"Yes, I love you as well."
His reputation and his life as an assassin will never let him live a life of peace, he has known that for years. But for once in his life, he wonders if he will ever find happiness with a woman who will know him as well as he hopes to know her.]
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...He doesn't want to lose Caterina too.
It pains his heart to know that as much as he loves her, as much as he wants this to work, both here and back home, it can't. He can't. If something were to happen to her, like how she was attacked by Hichigo now, and she were to die? He could never forgive himself for what happened. Never. It would be like tearing a hole out of his heart and insisting he continue living as he bled out slowly, painfully. Ezio has lost so many already. He cannot afford to lose her.
His kiss in return is just as gentle, quiet, not bothering to cause her to be lost in the moment. It's a simple saying for something he cannot speak, for fear of her slipping away.
"Yes, I love you as well."
His reputation and his life as an assassin will never let him live a life of peace, he has known that for years. But for once in his life, he wonders if he will ever find happiness with a woman who will know him as well as he hopes to know her.]