That Evening

"I’ve missed you."

"I said, I’ve missed you."

"I heard you both times. "

"Well? "

"Well, what? "

"Don’t do this to me. "

"And what is it that I am doing to you? "

"You know what I mean. "

"There is nothing left to be said. "

"Please… "

"You're hurting my arms. Let me go. And, from now on, you have to let me go!"

"I can’t. "

"You have too, you did before."

"And you will hold that against me forever, won’t you? "

"Wouldn’t you have?!"

"Don’t… please. Stop…. "

"I have, I did. Long ago. And it’s about time, you did, too…"