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“Dearest.”
“Yes?”
“Look at the sky.”
“I am.”
“Do you see it?”
“The moon.”
“It's beautiful tonight.”
“Just like you.”
“Oh, stop.”
“Would you rather I call you ugly?”
“Shh. Look.”
“What was that?”
“A shooting star.”
“A meteorite?”
“Sure, whatever.”
“It's too dark to see you rolling your eyes.”
“I know.”
“Dark like your heart.”
“Why so teasy today?”
“Just excited to talk to you! You tease me all the time, I want to do it back!”
“It's not like it's the end of the world if you're mean. I was just curious why.”
“I'm not mean.”
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“Don't grin at me like that!”
“No need to get snippy. You're not that lesbian.”
“HEY!!”
“I was kidding, dearest.”
“Whatever…”
Silence.
“There sure is a lot of-”
“There are.”
“... -of stars, today.”
“Yeah! It's sparkly…”
“How many are there?”
“... 88!”
“Good girl! That's a lot of stars…”
“It's the perfect amount!”
“It sure isn't the perfect temperature.”
“Cold?”
“Of course it's cold. There's no insulation.”
“We're in a field, silly. Of course there's no insulation.”
“That doesn't make it any less uncomfortable.”
“I know…”
“And lonely.”
“There's no one around for miles.”
“Nearly 3,000.”
“How do you know?”
“I counted how long we ran.”
“We only ran half the way here. We teleported the rest, remember?”
“Of course I remember. I can't remember much before then, though. But one time someone said it was 2,800 miles away. I can't remember who said it.”
“It's hard to remember when there's no one around to remind.”
“It's lonely.”
“It's always lonely. But we have each other."
"We'll always have each other; the only constant in this life.”
“And the stars.”
“Yeah. It's just us and the stars in this world.”
“At least the stars will never leave us.”
Silence.
“Dearest.”
“Yes?”
“I love you.”