inhale, exhale

there was nothing terrible about kissing noah czerny, apart from him being cold. she let him kiss her, and kissed him back until he pulled back on an elbow and clumsily wiped away some of her tears with the heel of his fist. his smudge had gotten very dark, and he was cold enough that she shivered. 

blue gave him a watery smile. “that was super nice.” 

he shrugged, eyes doleful, shoulders curled in on themselves. he was fading. it wasn’t that she could see through him. it was that it was hard to remember what he looked like, even while she was looking at him. when he turned his head, she saw him swallow. he mumbled, “i’d ask you out, if i was alive.”

nothing was fair.

“i’d say okay,” she replied.

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