❝ —No, it’s not. ❞ He flinches when she does, too, but James has to get it out of his system. Now or never. Now or never. He moves in closer, trying to collect his thoughts. ❝ Before tomorrow comes, I just wanted to tell you something, I— ❞ He takes a deep breath. Now or never. ❝ I’ve fancied you since the first time I ever set eyes upon you and if I die tomorrow, I would die a very unhappy man if I never did anything about it. ❞
it’s not an unexpected admission - adrenaline can do some fantastic things to the human psyche, after all, and james wasn’t exactly the meekest man to begin with. ‘ you make this sound like a deathbed confession. ’ masha doesn’t mention that it could be, but that’s just because she long ago moved past the point of fearing the outcome of these little outings. ‘ but if you’d like to do something about it, then it’s not as if i planned on sleeping tonight. ’