promise?

she looked at him with eyes larger than the sun filling up with tears that were beyond her control. she asked one simple word: "promise?"

"i can't."

and it was enough.

"it's my favorite thing in the world," she said. "someone who doesn't break their promises."

so she searched, for the one who would prove her wrong, prove that it is possible to make a promise, mean it with everything in you, and keep it forever.