I'm laying here in the darkness. I'm in the middle of nowhere with you, there's no one else in sight. I'm shivering in my skin, next to you, but you're not looking at me anymore.

"Fern," I murmur, knowing that in this headspace you're so out of reach. I just don't understand where things went wrong – for us both.

Tell me where you are so I can stop and take a breath, 'cause nothing's making sense. I don't want this to end.

Come and get me out of this mess.

"Who's still the same?" you retort, sending me a look through narrowed eyes. You're annoyed, but I can't tell what at.

I wanna see inside your head. What's going on in there? What's going on here?

"My love for you won't change," I tell you, my eyes downcast.

You're my pain and pleasure all together. If only it was us against the world instead of us fighting.

You look up, and suddenly I'm walking a straight line to you. Your silence is a gun, aimed at the one who's still the same. Me.

Do you still love me? Why don't you stay?

You brought me out of my shell, put me under your spell. I'm nothing without you. Please, Fern. Stay. I'll never surrender to you.

My lips tremble between my teeth, which are surely leaving marks. I'm scared to ask, but I'm also terribly afraid of never knowing the answer. Everything about you is terrifying – everything about this is terrifying. But I love you with all of my heart anyways. "Would you wanna be with me forever?"

You snap your head away from me, sharply. "Lavinia—"

"Fern," I reply, feeling my heart splintering softly inside my chest. "You always said you would fight for me. Die for me. Be with me forever. Don't you wanna be my soldier?"

You don't look at me – in fact, if anything you avoid my searching gaze. Instead, you sigh, just enough to convey how you're feeling.

"Oh." My heart drops in my chest, thudding harder than I've ever felt it thud. Every nerve bundle is tense, and the only thing I can hear is the constant pound of what's about to break in my chest.

"You're too dependent," you say. I know the words aren't meant to hurt me, but they do. "I thought you would have grown up by now. I thought this," and your hands swing back and forth, gesturing to the two of us, "would be a little bit more mutual by now."

This time, I'm the one avoiding your gaze. I can feel you looking at me now. This time you want to keep looking at me, your gaze making me heat up enough to feel a little bit angry.

"Lavinia—" you start again, trying to backtrack like you do.

"No!" I snap, whirling to face you, startled immensely when I realize how close you've come, and how I wouldn't have to reach to caress your cheek like I normally do. It's almost a given that I just whipped you across the face with my hair, but you deserve it this time. "Save it. I've heard enough."

"Maybe this wasn't meant to work out," you say slowly, looking at me.

The lump in my throat is there, even more prominent with all of your words. This is too real, now.

"Don't you wanna be my soldier?"

And you shake your head, maybe the last thing you'll ever do to acknowledge anything I've said ever. "No."

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A/N: This entire shot was in 2nd person because I felt like trying something new;-;

I have to say, this song seems awfully chauvinistic (which is perhaps why I made both characters in this short female, although you can imagine them however you like). It's also slightly repetitive, which is why there's not as much bold as there would normally be in this story. I'm not really a fan of the song, sorry to whoever requested this. (It's been so long, I don't even know who's requested what at this point.)

I'm going to ask everyone not to request anymore for now, as I've got a list full of six or more songs that have been requested.

Thank you guys for giving this book so much when it's not even super active anymore! Your activity encourages me to come back and keep updating, which hopefully means I can get to your requests faster. If we get this chapter to 20 votes and 40+ comments (it's slightly far-fetched, I know, but when I was updating regularly nobody was commenting or voting at all) I'll take it off hold.