�Only as long as I get to say it first.�
Apolo laughed. �Ok.� He waited. �Well?�
�Well what?� Pua asked innocently.
�Say it��
�It.�
Apolo looked at her with mock glare. �You know very well...� He pulled her closer to him. ��What 'IT' is. Say it.�
�It.�
�Say that again, and I�ll have to kiss you.�
�That again.�
�Damn you,� he whispered against her lips just before he touched them. He knew that she loved him, and he knew how hard it was for her to say it, but he wanted to hear it from her heart. �Please�say it.�
Pua looked up at him. Her eyes were reluctant.
Does she really want to? He thought.
There was no holding back any more. This was what she had been waiting for her entire life, this kind of love, this kind of wanting. �I love you.� She said.