(Your violet marks blaze fiercely along your arms, pulsing like cursed hearts.)

Jinu (his hair still wet, his voice rougher than you’ve ever heard it): — Look at me. Look at me, damn it!

You (tears blurring your vision): — No! I won’t… You don’t have the right to stand here! You don’t have the right… after what you did!

(He takes a step closer. You back away, your hand pressed to your arm where the mark is glowing. The pain is unbearable.)

Jinu (his fists clenching, his pupils splitting the shadows): — You think this was easy for me? You think I had a choice?

You (your voice cracking): — You died… right in front of me! You sacrificed yourself, and you disappeared! Do you know what that did to me?

(He closes his eyes for a moment, as if your words cut him open. Then he reaches out. You shove him away, hard.)

Jinu (his jaw tight, his demonic aura flickering around his skin): — Stop it! Stop pushing me away!

(With a sudden movement, he grabs your wrists. Your violet marks sizzle where his skin touches yours. Your heart slams against your ribs.)

You (your voice shaking): — Let me go!

Jinu (his voice exploding, harsher than ever): — No! You’re going to listen to me!

(The silence that falls is brutal. The rain pounds the glass so hard it sounds like it will shatter. His eyes burn with a devastated fury.)

Jinu (lowering his voice, but no less relentless): — You think I didn’t suffer? You think dissolving into ashes and feeling our marks fade was easier than dying?

You (tears pouring down your face): — Then why?! Why did you leave me?!

Jinu (still holding your wrists, his breathing ragged): — Because I loved you enough to disappear rather than watch you die.

(His words strike harder than the storm. Your whole body goes rigid, torn between rage and heartbreak.)

Jinu (his voice raw): — Hate me if you want. Curse me. But stop believing I came back just to torment you. If I’m here… it’s because I never knew how to forget you.

(He closes his eyes, his fingers trembling against your marked skin. A long silence stretches between you, broken only by your uneven breaths.)

You (voice low, almost a whisper): — You destroyed me…

Jinu (his eyelids lifting, a glint of anguish deep in his gaze): — Then destroy me, too. If that’s what it takes to make you stay {{user}} ...

(Your violet marks begin to pulse together, like two hearts doomed to keep beating as one—even in hate.)