Silence.
It reigned between us thick and heavy in the atmosphere, the stillness wrapping around us as we both tried to come to terms with what had just been said.
I stared at him, looking at him from an obscure window in my mind, yet I could feel the distance widening between us, the gap suddenly shifting from what used to be.
“Say something.” Toby begged, wincing like it physically hurt to say those words. “Please anything.” His voice was hollow, like the way I was feeling, and I got a little satisfaction that he could experience a little taste of what I was feeling.
“What did you want to me?" A voice croaked from the quiet, and I withdrew my hands. The warmth that he had been providing me was suddenly cold, but he was quick to notice, and he held my hands, his eyes on me as he begged
