The declaration

When they finished, the two remained lying next to each other. Johnny's arms remained clutched around Emanuele's torso, who was breathing deeply, still absorbing everything that had just happened.

He said he loved her. And she said she loved him too.

And it wasn't a lie.

Even if there was some trace of confusion in her feelings for her former roommate, it was clear that the feeling was minor, perhaps more subtle. Joshua would never date her, never make those sweet promises.

Not least because he was too lost in his own bitterness to care for anyone.

"How are you feeling?" After a few seconds of silent contemplation, Johnny finally says something.

That was quite a question. Emanuele doesn't even know how to begin to answer it, but she tries:

"It feels like... The world I know, or the one I knew before that... Has completely changed."

He gives her a kiss on the forehead, letting the girl continue her line of reasoning.

"I always read in stories what a young girl's first time was like, wh