The Heartbroken - S01 E46

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The Heartbroken - S01 E46

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 46

“When you started

crying,” he suddenly

said, breaking the

silence that settled

over us, “you scared

the shit out of me.”

My shoulders tensed at

the mention of earlier.

“I know you’re not the

type to cry about

something.” He wasn’t

looking at me, fumbling

with the pencil he was

holding. “I know you and

I also happen to know

that you hate showing

weakness in front of

other people. So… Yeah.”

He looked up from the

pencil to look me at me.

“You really did scare the

shit out of me.”

“It’s just…” I paused to

find the right words to

say, but I couldn’t quite

think of anything. “I

just had a rough night.”

Tentatively, he asked,

“Do you, um, want to

talk about it? It’s okay

if you don’t want to,”

he said, lying back

against the cough.

“I’ll tell you if you tell

me your secret,” I said.

His eyebrows rose. “I

don’t have—”

“Yeah, right. Don’t deny

it. You owe me at least

this much for pissing

me off earlier.”

I could see him

contemplating this as

he sat there quietly,

weighing the odds, just

like I was. The truth

was that I offered this

you tell me and I’ll tell

without actually

thinking that he would

agree. I’ve seen the

look on his face

whenever I tried asking

him and I knew without

a doubt that he wants

to keep his secrets.

So imagine my surprise

when he finally let out a

long breath after a

while and turned

completely to face me,

saying “Deal.”