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They only had tonight and tomorrow until he leaves.
After practicing, she watched him prepare dinner for them and in the night, they made love over and over again.
She woke up with him trying to get her off his body.
"No." She whispered with eyes closed while clinging onto him like glue to paper.
"Hey, I need to..."
"Shhh." She placed a finger on his lips.
"Please."
"Let me sleep for a while."
"I gotta pee
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