His lips flutter sweetly along the skin of my neck lingeringly and I release a sigh, a slight moan. I didn’t want this to end, this sweet flower-like romance that he and I had shared since middle school. However, life can’t be cotton candy and carnivals forever.

A tear slips down my cheek and down my throat to his lips. He looks up with concern in his deep brown eyes and my heart breaks. I can’t say it. I can’t tell him. I can’t leave him...