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Her face fell and she looked up at him, looking a little hurt. "Really? Why? Did I do something?"
"No. The Neighborhood is not welcoming to outsiders, and the Pillagers are too scared."
Her brows furrowed and she tilted her head. "Stop what?"
"I gathered all kinds of people. Pillagers, Neighborhood, lone wolf, everyone. I put them here."
She blinked, looking up at him. "What?"
He looked insulted and confused, letting go of her hands. "I did enough for the Neighborhood. I have moved on to make the future better. I don't...
She leaned up against him, running her fingers through his hair. "Want to go again?"
He jerked his head as if she had stung him. “Aspen, this is my work.”
She brushed her thumb over his cheekbone before smiling back shyly, her white teeth bright against her pink lips. “You’re so cute,” she said...
He looked troubled for a moment. "I wanted to start everything over. Combine personalities and make it so that we could coexist."
Her arms wrapped around his neck and she looked up at him affectionately.
"Eli... is he okay?"
Her fingers brushed over his chest before she glanced over at him, kissing under his jaw gently.
His hands traced her face, brushing her bone structure and moving down to her neck, her waist, her hips. "I just see shapes at this point," he...
She nodded, stretching out next to him slowly. "Good. Good. This isn't a 'love' thing."
"We understand each other about all that, right?" she asked quietly a few moments later, her hand over his heart.
He was quiet, his fingers in her hair as he closed his eyes. "I am."
She eyed him suspiciously before leaning up against him again, her head on his chest.
He shuddered, pulling her as closely as he could. She would be able to feel his bones under his skin as she hugged him.
"You paused," she said suspiciously, her brows furrowing. "Why did you pause?"
