“Who should go first? I’ll let you decide…” Reiner said as he reached for my hand.
His fingers intertwined with mine before he held my hand tightly in his much larger one. I was too scared and nervous to think straight. I didn’t care who went first. I just didn’t want to go through with all this. Why did things have to be so difficult for us?
“You can do it, Natalia. Be brave. It’ll be over very very soon,” Reiner told me as his hand squeezed mine.
Brave indeed. Brave in every sense of the word.
Again and again, I was unfortunately reminded of the old man’s words. If I wanted to be with Reiner, I had to be brave.
“Can you go first? I’ll try to stay very still…” I said softly after taking in a huge and long breath.
“Sure. Stay calm and still. It’ll just feel like a paper cut and I promise that it won’t leave a scar,” Reiner promised.
“Yes, I am sure that Knight is very skilled with a knife. You don’t need to worry, Natalia,” Kuman chimed in at the perfect moment.
