“Why are you crying even though I’m the one who – ?” Oh, now he felt ashamed of himself. He also felt a stinging pain in the chest, though that was just a detail. Had he done that to make her mad? Maybe, because he did feel very mad. But he didn’t expect her to cry. Oh, please don’t cry, Lizzy. Even though I’m all hurt like this, to see you cry, it just makes me feel a hundred times worse.

After letting out a sigh, he decided not to take his shirt of. He felt the injuries had been severe and that a lot of glass had gotten under his skin just because of that angry outburst, and there was no reason to worry her more. It felt so sick, so stupid, that he had done something like that. Not once in his life he wished to see her crying.

“Just forget it. I’ll take a shower and come clean up this mess before the maid sees it. It’s all under control.” Things felt very out of the control to him, but he needed to keep calm and try to relax, not to stress the girl out even more. He also wanted to stay away from her for the moment, as he couldn’t stand the vision of her being sad.