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Darkness. HE or SHE speaks first.
: I waited until it was dark, totally dark, no moon. Then I came home, to you, here.
: This is a surprise, you here, lying next to me.
: The surprise is... I can't see you.
: Shhhh.
: I can only hear you, and feel you.
: Shhhh.
: And I can smell you.
: It's hot. Your skin is hot. You're wet.
: Your skin's not hot. It's cool.
: How do you know that? You're not pressed against me.
: No I'm not.
: Why?
: Shhhh.
: Are you naked?
: Can't you tell? Yes, I am. Are you?
: Yes. For a long time I expected this to happen, I wanted it to happen, like a dream. But it faded, and other dreams came.
: How could that happen?
: You didn't come.
: Now I'm here, like a dream, and it isn't fading.
: What are you talking about? I don't remember you anymore. I don't remember what you look like. I can't see you in the dark, here, now. I don't want to see you, here, now. I don't want you to see me, here, now. The time is gone.
: Let me remind you.
: How will you do that? Will you breathe in my ear, will you bite my lip, will you touch me in all the hot places? Will you kiss me?
: All of that. We'll remember together and your skin will become hot and wet too.
: You will be touching what you cannot see in the dark.
: I will be touching your memory.
: Shhhh. Nothing more. The time is gone.
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It's almost dawn. Are you still here? No? Good. The time is gone.
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