Counterbalance
"Um, it reminds me of you. It's a ballad, sort of."
Anything named Sad Song, followed by, reminds me of you, couldn't be a good omen. Concerned, he pressed Play and piano music drifted around them in the dark. The lyrics relayed the opposite of what he'd expected. Instead of implying he was pathetic, they talked about how, with her, he was alive and fearless, yet without, nothing but empty. Damn if that wasn't the goddamn most accurate rendition of his life.
At the chorus, he set the phone by the tree, the song still playing, and wrapped an arm around her back. "I have a confession."
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