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Soldier: "What is he? Your boyfriend?"
Nicky: "He is not my boyfriend. He is the luck of my life; that means everything to me."
Soldier: "How can he be the luck of your life?"
Nicky: "Because he found it in himself to forgive and love me, who once was so misguided that I went to war to kill his own people and even though I never asked for his forgiveness for all my transgressions and mistakes, he forgave me. He saw something in me that I didn't even know existed that was worth loving, and through his love towards me, he has turned me into a far better man than I ever dared dream about. And even to this day, he still keeps on doing all of that without asking me for anything in return."
Joe is fighting the tears.
Joe: "Oh, Nicolò!!"
Nicky: "And do you know how I repay the man who has never asked me for anything in return? By standing guard over all the valuable acts he has shown me until my dying breath, and nothing in the world will get me to abandon that duty, I began all those years ago. It's the only way I know how I can show him that I love him, and he knows it. Therefore, he isn't my boyfriend, but the man who means everything to me because he single-handedly turned a flawed man into the luckiest man in the entire world by simply loving me."
Joe: "Who is the incurable romantic now?"
They share a kiss before dealing with the soldiers.