"It means I might kill you if I try to go beyond the kisses. You might die, Lilith."
"What do you mean by that? I will die? Why?" She looked a bit scared.
"Listen," he held her both hands as he spoke.
"I once told you that I am not really here, that I am still stuck in a star with the rest of my world."
"Yes," she nodded. "But I can see and feel you."
"That is only because you have me in here." He touched her head like he did the first time they met.
"I am confused, Andreas. If you are in my head, then why can I feel your touch, inhale your scent, hear your breaths? Just why? And why will I die if you try to touch me?" She had lots of questions going on in her head right now and she needed reasonable answers to them all.
"You only have those feelings around me, Lilith, because you welcomed me into your head. You made my story your favorite story because you loved me. I have always felt this attraction towards you since you were born and I remained stuck in your shadow till I found the time right to finally be with you, but I am so sorry that I can't go beyond how close we are right now because..." he hesitated.
"Because of what?" Lilith was beginning to lose her patience already. She wanted to hear the real reason why he couldn't touch her farther than he already has.
"Because I am now dark, Lilith."
"Dark?"
"Yes, dark. Since Gorgor, my world has been lost in the galaxy. All we, her children, have turned dark. We now remain under shadows, never to come out to light. But you, Lilith, brought me into your marvelous light and I am afraid that was a big mistake."
"What do you mean by a big mistake?"
"If I dare to do what you ask of me, I might consume you with the darkness in me and you might not be able to bear it because you are not of Gorgor blood. So now you know, Lilith, that I too am hopeless in this situation."
Lilith's heart felt pained. Does this mean that they would never get to feel each other's warmth? Does it mean that they will remain this way for the rest of their lives? No! She wasn't going to let that happen. She would not just relax on what he told her; she would look for a way to find a solution to it.
"Is there no solution to this?" she asked with a sad voice. "I mean, is there no way you can do what I ask of you without me dying?"
"That is not possible, Lilith," he said plainly, not minding if it hurt her the more. She deserved to know the truth and not get her hopes up for nothing. "That cannot happen unless you are planning on bringing light back to Gorgor," he snorted.
'Bringing light back to Gorgor?' "What does that even mean?" she puzzled.
"Nothing reasonable, Lilith," he turned away.
"Tell me, Andreas. I want to know." She tried so hard not to sound desperate, but to be honest with herself she really was.
"That won't be possible either, Lilith."
"Just tell me what it means, I will say if it is impossible or not."
"You are getting desperate, Lilith." He neared her again. "It pleases me to know that you want to be with me so badly. It shows how much you long for me."
"Of course I do, Andreas. I do. You are the only one I have learned to love and you don't expect me to give up on being with you, not after the time I have spent waiting for you to say that I am old enough to feel your touch. And now I have gotten there, you say you can't. All because you don't want to kill me. Tell me, Andreas, what girl won't be desperate to get a solution to this? I want you, Andreas. I want to be with you for the rest of my life and I will do any and everything to make that happen. I will do whatever it costs to find a solution and end this problem. Now please, tell me how to bring light back to Gorgor."
Lilith was not shy anymore; she was done being that. Now was the time to face reality and one of it was finding a way to bring light to Gorgor and set him free from the darkness it brought upon them and she was determined to make it possible no matter what it would take.
He pulled her into a tight hug and kissed her hair. "I love you so much, Lilith," he spoke to her with his sweet voice, making her sob lightly into his chest. "I love you more than you can ever imagine. And I will do anything for us to be together except risking the lives of everyone on Omania."
She drew away from him immediately she understood what he said.
"Everyone on Omania?"
He nodded.
"Tha— that can't be"…