"Don't look down. " And I looked down. It couldn't have went any other way. By the time I managed to climb up the tree I already forgot the last time I listened to his advice. "You're looking down."

"No I'm not."

I stared at him rebellious.

"Yes, yes you are."

Okay, I admit it was quite obvious since I was leaning with half of my body towards.

"I am."

I sighted. He looked satisfied that I agreed.

"Don't fall."

He came closer to me, one of his hands was on the tree and with other he pulled me closer to himself so I would slip and fall.

"Like you wouldn't catch me."

I rolled my eyes at him and smiled to myself, but inside my heart shook a little bit faster thinking about the possibility of that fall. I most certainly didn't want to hit the ground now or even in general. Suddenly V let go of me unwrapping his arms and breaking the hug and I only managed to balance it out at the last second. I could have fell.

"I wouldn't."

He said out of nowhere and it hit me on the head like he would have thrown something at me and not just simply spoke.

"What am I doing here?"

I whispered more to myself than to him with my eyes wide staring in to the dark where few inched away from me was V standing. The moonlight was beautifully landing on his pail skin, and his eyes sparkled in that light like two diamonds. But I didn't care about it at the moment, I wanted to get down as fast as possible.

I only agreed to climb up here, because he promised to tell me a secret if I did that. And I followed his orders making the way to the branch that we were standing on right now, however the minute he said he wouldn't catch me something inside changed as I realized to be scared. Like with only words my safety rope would have cut off.

"What are you doing?"

V questioned like it wasn't obvious, I tied to reach the branch under us with the tip of my foot so I could jump off at the safe height or something. But I lifted my head up just to answer him.

"I'm getting down to the ground, isn't it obvious?"

He nodded and grabbed my wrist, because I was holding on to the tree with my palms and if he took my hand in to his I would have probably fell off.

"How about that secret?"

I shook my head and continued on trying to reach the branch. Was I so short or was it just really far away? Either way I couldn't step on it.

"I rather live."

I hissed at V and he pulled me up with only holding on to my wrist. I gasped and stood up on the same branch just seconds ago I tried to get off of. I looked down and sighted... it's like I never attempted to get down.

"I wouldn't catch you because I would jump after you."

He said to me with his pupils as huge as the moon string right in to my soul. I awed putting my hands over my chest there the heart was supposed to be beating and a smile appeared on his cute little face my palm shoot through the air and slapped him. That was the stupidest thing I have ever heard.

"That is the worst thing you could have ever said."

I admitted out loud and he seemed hurt, not so sure if it was more painful because of my words or actions. But V did grab on to his cheeks as it was getting redder within seconds after my slap.

"Isn't, I don't know... romantic?"

He questioned with pure innocents in his voice. I shook my head in disbelief.

"Are you serious?" But he just nodded offering that gesture as an answer to my question. "That's just stupid!"

My words shoot thought the cold night's air and moon suddenly hid behind dark clouds as my mood and tone changed.

"But... why?"

He looked so childish. V would always make me smile questioning everything so honestly, but this time I got mad.

"Idiot... how could I live knowing that you got hurt because of me?"

I gulped as some other thought crossed my mind scaring me big time. How could I live knowing that he died because of me? But maybe I would be dead too if II fell on the ground from this high... or if not, how could I move on?

"But that's why I would jump..."

He got nearer me and put his palm on my cheeks softly brushing his thumb on my jaw line. I stopped breathing and he bit his lip like words were weighting something. The moon showed up again letting his light shine on us.

"V..."

I mumbled, but the wind caught my words and he probably didn't hear it.

"If you really meant the words you said, that you couldn't live with that knowledge... then you should understand my motivation even better than I thought."

"What do you mean?"

"I couldn't live with that knowledge either." He shook his head and closed his eyes. "I'm not as strong as you might think."

He suddenly confessed and I squeezed a smile at him unintentionally.

"That's still wrong. Please don't jump even if I fall."

V shrugged his shoulders and looked away, like he couldn't give me his words if he was looking in to my eyes. Would it have been too hard for him to lie?

"I can't promise."

I shook off his hand and tried to escape from the tree once more, without the assurance I wasn't going to risk both of our lives for a secret. Secrets are meant to stay secretive... it can stay like that longer, or forever.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to take a risk..."

I said before being able to look down as I heard silent whisper from V, but I couldn't see him move his lips.

"Don't look down."

I nodded and grinned.

"But if I can't see, I might fall."

I warned him trying to show how his logic suddenly didn't make any sense.

"I can't promise you that I won't jump after you, but..."

V got silent and I stood there frozen waiting for him to finish it up as I was getting tired and my body shook out of the pressure it was under.

"But...?"

I tried to encourage him.

"But I can promise to love you?"

Somehow it really di sound like a question and I rubbed my hand against my ear trying to figure if it was only me who heard a question mark in the end of sentence.

"What?"

I tried to make things clear. V, he was always with me, it seemed like my shadow. And it wasn't a good thing, shadows would only appear in the light and still stay the darkest place... In the night they would fade away, and not it was night, and if V was that shadow... he might as well have disappeared at any given moment.

"That's my secret." He smiled sweetly and awkwardly walking closer to the edge and my body tensed up. "I love you."

He wasn't the shadow anymore. He was the light. Even the night couldn't take away his brightness.

"I can keep this secret, no problem."

I assured him, but instead of thanking me for understanding he shook his head disagreeing.

"That's not what I brought you here for... I wanted the whole world to know."

"And how exactly are you gonna do that-..."

I was cut off as suddenly V put his hand over the sides of his mouth and started shouting. My heart filled with warm.

"I LOVE YOU!"

The whole night filled with magic feel to it. And I got back on the same branch, again.

"Hey!" I said lightly punching him on the shoulder and he stopped. The expression in his eyes were priceless he really di though that I will suddenly start hating him or even push him off. "I want to try it too."

I buried his worried under the surface, way below our feet.

"I LOVE YOU TOO V!"

I shouted at the night, but my words were meant to him. We both smiled at one another and the moonlight lightened up our faces as the sign that we made a right choice. Deep down in my heart I didn't need this nature's approval; for what I already knew... V was the one, but this harmony and peace with Mother Nature just made me believe that love can happen at any moment and any tree can witness it. Just don't look down. Love is in the air, look at the sky, there the moon and starts will show you how to find it.

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