The life of the Human Race.

"It's more how you said it... But don't worry, if I can live through a pole being rammed through my heart, I'm sure that I can live through being snapped at by the only girl I...." He trailed off. "Um... Nevermind. Forget I said anything..."

He paused. 'Shit...' "Um... well... I... kinda... sorta..." He blushed and looked away.

'That I'm kinda, sorta, completely, deeply, totally in love with you.' "I... don't have the courage to say it... I'm sorry." He said as he hung his head.

"I'm scared of what you might say.... I'm actually, utterly terrified that you won't treat me the same/how I want if you find out."

He looked her straight in the eyes for a few seconds. "Ella... You are the only girl I've ever cared about this much.... more so than a sister, or a best friend... I love you. I never want to leave your side. I want to protect you and make sure you are happy." Hope said gently, never looking away.

"Ella. I've been dead for a long time. My heart has never been this way before, alive or dead. I've never been so sure of anything before in my life..." He said quietly.

He blushed lightly. "Y-you do?" He rubbed the back of his head.

"Well it's just that... No one has ever liked me before... ever. I'm real flattered that you like me though. I think you are the one person that does on this planet that does."

He smiled lightly. "That's true." Hope said just as softly, as if anything louder would ruin the moment they were in.

Fallen awkwardly stood to the side, thinking of what to do next. 'Well... somethings in life you just do. There is no can or can't' He shakily walked over to her, steeled himself, leaned forward, gave her a small kiss on the cheek, and looked away, trying to cover up a rising blush on his cheeks.

His eyes widened lightly. "So this is... what being hugged feels like..." Fallen whispered, before hugging her back.

He gave a small smle and a laugh at her statement. "Yeah, well, contrary to popular belief, I can feel just fine"

after a pause, he looked at her. "I hoestly don't knw what to do now..."

"Me either." Hope playfully bowed and kissed the back of her hand

Very, very carefully he closed his eyes and placed a soft, gentle kiss on her lips.

He carefully wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him, never breaking the kiss.

After a few more seconds, he pulled away to take a breath. He gazed at her with love-filled eyes. "That was.... wow..."

He smiled and held her close, trying to make her as comfortable as possible. Hope gave small squeeze with his arms still around her.

"Yeah." He said, reluctantly letting go of her and started to move her stuff to where she wanted it.

Soon he was finished with her things and smiled at his work around the new room, "I think I did okay for my first time decorating."

He gave a small smile to her. "Well I still think I did good. It looks better than it used to."

"Yeah, but in my opinion, the room would lose all it's attraction when you leave it." He told her with a wink.

Mikael was bored of talking to that girl, so he made up with an excuse and left het at the Mall. Eventually he came to a park. He walked around the park until he got near the church that was there. He froze and felt a chill going down through his spine. He hated the churches. The divine presence was so strong on them that made him feel dizzy just for being near.

"You do of course." Hope told her, with a smile on his face.

"What ever you wish really. We could go out and do something, we could stay here and do something." He answered. "I don't have any preferences as of right now."

"Yeah we can." He walked over to her and sat down next to her.

He thought for a moment. "There's TV, there's board games, there's card games, There's video games, I got movies... That's about it."

He gave a laugh at her suggestion. "Sure. Let's go." He stood up and held out his hand to help her up.

He made a face of fake hurt and faux sulked away, coming back with a bag of goldfish crackers and a deck of cards.

Hope sat down with the cards and gave them to her. "You can pick, however I only know the first three." He said slightly embarassed that he didn't know more about card games.