She seemed to have fallen into his trance again for she obeyed him instantly. As she drew closer he held her waist and shifted her in his lap, hugging her and placing his nose on her backbone in the process. The fire she had lit inside his heart couldn't be quenched and nothing was bringing him solace.
Aselia's heart pinged with guilt and pain, seeing him like that. She turned around and lifted his face with her index finger.
"Why are you being so miserable? Did someone die?" Her words made him smile but his words took away her smile:
"I feel like my heart died." Her own heart jolted at his words, but she hid her pain and placed her hand on his heart and felt its thudding, she then pressed her ear there and heard it thumping away.
"It's very much alive, don't be overly dramatic now. Come let's go inside and watch a movie." She got up and took his hand and dragged him out of the chair. He let her take him inside.