Anti glanced over at the man seated beside him, before
     his lips parted to speak.âI do love you, you know.â Itâs spoken
     with such a sincerity that should be impossible for him given
     the sentence, but his eyes flick up to watch Archieâs face, and
     they hold truth. âI love you for the things everyone wouldnât
      understand.â He reaches closer to caress Archieâs cheek,
      before planting a soft kiss onto his jaw. âI love you for loving
     me. I love you for the way you still listen even when what I ask
      for doesnât make sense or it hurts you in the long run. I love you
      for being a heartbeat, for your trembling and your scars⊠I love
      you for touching me.â Antiâs voice finally quivered, tears edging
      in his usually heated eyes to the point that it was almostâŠ
      heartbreaking. âH-How did that quote go? I donât like to be touched,
      but itâs a strange dislike. I donât like to be touched because I crave
      it too much. I want to be held very tight so I wonât break.â His voice
      cracks on the last word, so he buries his face into Archieâs chest
      and holds on tightly. âI love you for letting me hurt you and wanting
      to be hereâŠâ But I should let you go. Anti doesnât say the ending
      of the sentence. If Anti hadnât liked Archie in some way, Archie
      would have been long since dead, but he kept him and now Anti
      doesnât want to let him free. But sitting there, hearing Archieâs
     heartbeat right against his ear⊠âYou donât deserve this. Donât
     you get that? Iâll take you h-âŠâ He canât say it. Just one more
     word. âYou can l⊠You donât have to be h⊠God damn it, I donât
     want you anymore!â It was a lie, but itâs all he can muster, standing
     and letting go of his favorite pet. The love of his life. And isnât that
     exceptionally fucked. âGo pack your things. You have things, right?
     Yeah, Iâve given you things. Go pack them, Iâll take you back to your
      brother.â Thereâs an ache in his chest and tears are spilling down his
     cheeks, scalding him as he tries to think of something to do, maybe
      hurt Archie once more? But he canât. Archieâs had enough and deep
      down he really fucking knows it. Deep down, underneath the pleasure
      he got from hurting Archie and the hatred towards humanity itself, he
      knew Archie had never deserved a single thing Anti did to him. Anti
      hated himself for it.