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“I am afraid,” she says, “that you will forget about me.” He smiles, because her vulnerability makes her so much more endearing. “I might,” he says, teasingly. “I might forget about you, someday.” She shakes her head and says, “I don’t want that, ever, no matter what happens, no matter where we are.” He kisses her on the forehead and she pushes into his shoulder and feels her eyes fill with tears. “You tease about this, but it is important to me.” He says, “What should be important to you, now, to us, now, is now.” She pushes closer, into his neck and kisses him softly. “Tell me you love me,” she says, and he says, “I do, now.”