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‘What are you doing?’

‘What?’ Ugh I suck at this

‘Are you batting your lashes at me?’

‘What, me? No, of course not Whatspell it’

He squints his eyes suspiciously atto make this easy on me, are you?’

‘You’d lose all respect for me if I did’

‘I’d make an exception for you’

‘Quit stalling What are you trying to say?’

‘I’hs ‘You’re very difficult, you know that?’

‘You’re trying to say that you’re what?’

‘OkayIrong Now let’s move on Where do you think would be the best place for the angels to stay until they leave?’

‘Whoa’ I burst out laughing ‘Did you just say that you rong? Was that the word? Wrong?’ I s out of yourGo on, sing it with h so much, I’d kick you off this extremely noisy and bu water’

He lovesabout?’ I ask in all seriousness

He throws hters of Men’

‘Oh? We’re not all freakish, repulsive aniht about all that’ He nods ‘But it turns out that’s not always a bad thing’

I give hilance

‘Who knew?’ he says ‘I had no idea that so a death ical, undeniable way’

‘So is that what people call sweet nothings? Because somehow, I expected it to be a little morecomplimentary’

‘Don’t you know a heartfelt declaration of love when you hear one?’

I blink du

He caresses a lock of my hair out of my face ‘Look, I know that we’re from different worlds and different people But I’ve realized that it doesn’t elic rules anyelic rules are for angels Without our wings, we can never be fully accepted back into the fold There will always be talk of taking a newly Fallen’s wings and transplanting thes, we’ll never again be perfect You accept ardless of whether or not I even have wings Even when I had s, you’ve never looked at me with pity You’ve never wavered in your loyalty That’s who you are – hter of Man’