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She made a face. "Very funny."
"It's not, though." Landon's tone was solemn. "I just have a gift for making my Charles smile—-"
"Yuck!"
"And yet she blushes while saying it."
"No, I wasn't—-"
"My Charles is just too damn cute!"
It was nice that he thought so, but did he really have to pinch her cheeks every time he did?
"Promise you'll always be cute like this?"
Charlotte suddenly felt like someone had walked over her grave, danced and peed on it even, and all she could think about at that moment was how terrifying it was not to know the future. Just as Landon wanted her to always be cute, she also wanted him to always be there...but was that possible, considering what Landon wanted to do with his life?
"Can you promise me something in return?" Charlotte heard herself ask. "Can you promise to always be there and never leave me—-"
"I promise."
"I'm not joking!" And she wasn't, even though she knew she was also asking for the impossible.
"Who says I am?"
Charlotte gazed up at him in a mixture of frustration and fear. "You can't promise what's impossible—-"
"But it's not," Landon said softly. "I promise, Charles. I'll always find a way to be with you—-"
Inspiration struck, and Charlotte's face lit up. "Like Demi Moore'sGhost?"
"Hell no."
She looked at him in surprise.
"They didn't end up together," Landon pointed out. "When I said I'll never leave you, I mean it. So think of something else like—-"
"Somewhere in Time!"
Landon groaned.
"They ended up together—-"
"In heaven," he growled. "I want us to live happily ever afterhereand in heaven, so think of something like..." Landon rubbed his jaw. "Ah.I have it. RememberYuyu Hakusho?That's one of your favorite animes, right?"
Charlotte frowned. "Yes, but..."Yuyo Hakushowas not a romantic anime in any way. Was it?
"Remember the part where Yusuke possessed his friend's body, and his girlfriend recognized it was him even without actually seeing him?"
Her face cleared. "I do."
"That's what I mean by finding a way to be with you, no matter what happens."
While a part of Charlotte knew that everything they had been talking about could never actually come true in reality, his words still comforted her, and she found herself playing along as she asked, "How do I make sure it's really you?"
Landon touched her lips. "With this."
Huh?
