"Oh," Zelda said. She curled her shoulders forward. She didn't want to stop looking at him, but it was hard to do so when they were talking about this. Still, Alfred was alive - and so she looked, instead of at his face, at the miraculous rise and fall of his chest.
She shouldn't hold him responsible for the kiss; it hadn't meant anything. He had been dying. It had felt like it meant something, certainly, but Alfred had made it abundantly clear that he didn't care for her anymore.
"Why - did you?" Zelda said, because she had to ask. It had to be asked. "I just - it didn't seem like you wanted to see me at all, and then."
He had called her Zelda, when he was dying. He called her Miss Fisk in letters and to her face, the rest of the time, but he called her Zelda when he was dying. She knew that it didn't mean anything - except that she had kissed him back, and she hadn't known that he was dying. So really it only meant nothing for one of them.
She shouldn't hold him responsible for the kiss; it hadn't meant anything. He had been dying. It had felt like it meant something, certainly, but Alfred had made it abundantly clear that he didn't care for her anymore.
"Why - did you?" Zelda said, because she had to ask. It had to be asked. "I just - it didn't seem like you wanted to see me at all, and then."
He had called her Zelda, when he was dying. He called her Miss Fisk in letters and to her face, the rest of the time, but he called her Zelda when he was dying. She knew that it didn't mean anything - except that she had kissed him back, and she hadn't known that he was dying. So really it only meant nothing for one of them.
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