Chapter 118: Did you do it in front of him?
Alice, who didn’t even know that her expression had turned sour and heavy, heard her heartbeat quite clearly while enveloped in Devon’s arms.
"It’s okay." He said softly and that simple phrase had her grabbing his back, hugging him, and letting go of the hardness in her heart with the comfort of his embrace.
That ’heart tug’ that felt like a string in her heart had been pulled; the one that reminded her how heavy the burden of being left behind, even if she had no memories of them- was lifted. She didn’t know how but it did.
They say, ’The heart never forgets.’
So, even with no memories in her head, her heart had more than enough memories to remind her of pain, misery, and love. She could feel it, even if she could not see it.
And that was making her soft. Gradually... She was doing things that she normally wouldn’t and was acting in ways that she never knew she would.
"Are you feeling better?" Devon asked and she nodded,
"Yeah,"
"Then, should we get going?" He asked, no longer bringing up the topic of ’life’ with her. He already placed it at the back of his mind and if a time like that were to come, he would not hesitate.
He just knew he wouldn’t hesitate. It was like... The right thing to do.
His little sacrifice so that the world’s strongest could continue living and fight the fight he knew he could never win.