"Taya…" Viktor held her hands gently as he turned around and gave her a consoling hug, not wanting her to beat herself up anymore, knowing how much she must have struggled all by herself just so that she could live with him longer.
But in pursuit of that, she forgot about the number of years she already had and the fact that she could have spent them with him.
Before, Viktor was quite angry and sad about Taya being someone he couldn't recognise, especially considering how she was not telling him anything. He even had decided to not forgive her easily without making her understand how long she kept him hanging while hurting him.
But only now he realized that she was afraid of him trying to stop her from pursuing a way of staying with him forever or at least long enough to be a memory that won't fade away from his heart any time soon.
