"Look at me." She repeated the same words he had used on her when she felt weighed down with despair.
Reluctantly, he raised his head, his blue eyes set on her green ones. She felt the spark she had always seen in his eyes, lost.
"I told you I can be stronger, you won't need to protect me." She placed her hands on his cheeks.
Nix's eyes widened as he had a flash of a hidden memory of the original Nix's body.
He had seen Aimi hold his cheeks with her little hands and say the same words to him.
"Aimi." He spoke in a trance-like state, his eyes brimming with tears.
All uncertainty was starting to dissipate on why he felt the way he had felt towards Aimi especially.
His heart couldn't take the influx of memories rushing in of Aimi, he could finally see why she had been so stubborn and wanted to cling to him on the very first time they had seen each other.
