"You have a choice you can make here, Reia," he said, holding out his hand to her. "You could take my hand, get on this plane with me, and we could leave this all behind. We could run away and forget everything that happened. We could forget about him and make a life for ourselves...together. Or you could turn around and get in that car-- the key's still in the ignition. You could hop in that car and go back to him, back to whatever life you think he can give you. The decision is yours."

Looking into his eyes, she could see his heart begging her to choose him. He didn't want to beg, at least not verbally; he truly wanted the choice to be hers. And seeing this in him made her want to choose him. But a small voice in the back of her head reminded her of an appointment she was missing. Her other choice was waiting for her on the other side of the city. She knew she would have just enough time to reach him if she got in that car right that second.

"You can't make me choose like this," Reia whispered.

"I have to." He shook his head solemnly. "I knew it was the only way to get you to make a decision."

Slowly, Reia reached out to him, letting her hand hover just above his outstretched one. One way or another, she would have to choose. She wished she could call her brother in that moment. He would have known what to say, would have known who to choose. He would have told her to go with her gut, that deep down she had already made the decision long ago. She already knew who she would choose. And now, she had to embrace what she had decided long before this moment on the air strip.

"I..."

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