"Ha!" She sighed, and raised her eyes. Right in front of her stood Noel, he had an ice-cream in his hand.
"Oh, hello there." She managed to flash a smile to conceal her sadness.
"Does it hurt?" Noel asked, ignoring her act.
"What?"
"..."
Elizabeth stared at him for a while, her smile slowly fading out, "Yes, it hurts so much." She face-palmed herself, tears spilling from her eyes.
"Hey." Noel peeled off the hands covering her face, he raised her chin and slowly wiped her tears with his cold long fingers.
"No one is allowed to make you cry." He stated, "I am the only one who is allowed to make you cry, okay?" His eyes were cold as he commanded but Elizabeth did not resist.
"..."
His face moved closer to hers, snapping her out of her reverie.
"Y-you, what are you doing? Let go this instant." She tried to escape from his hold.