Damien looked at Ariel with a devastated look on his face. His eyes also fell on that carmine poncho that was on Ariel's bed. He hated that poncho from his gut.
He looked back at Ariel and whispered in a broken voice, "I needed to see you."
His broken voice pierced Ariel's heart as if they were the sharpest arrows in existence. That single sentence of his had so much weight and so much pain hidden in it that Ariel felt overwhelmed.
She wanted to sort things out with Damien but all of a sudden, her mind went blank. She forgot everything that she had been practicing to say to Damien until now and she simply kept on staring into his damp grey eyes.
"Ariel, I…" Damien clenched his jaw and resolutely closed the distance between himself and her.
