[It won't matter to him. He gets it, but doesn't and-
She knows its her fault, a little bit, because she can't figure out how to get across. How to express what it means to find someone that-]
No one knew I liked music. I don't think I knew either.
[The little melodies she came up with, the one song she repeated and repeated and repeated over and over and over until her throat got scratchy, was only that. She never associated it with a deep interest, until-]
You saw that. It's not something I'm supposed to learn, but you taught me anyway.
[And it might not mean anything to him. It a gesture from long ago, but she remembers how it felt to get a flute, to learn about notes, how it made something in her surge to life. How she wanted to get better and learn more and she had never felt that way before.]
You give people birthdays and help them be happy, even when they're not supposed to have them.
[One of the best days of her life, even if she never makes it to a second one.]
You're the only one that understands what it's like to-
[Be in that scary, horrible, terrible place, as bad as it is that's a commonality between them.]
You're the only one who can see into someone's heart and tell when they're afraid, even when their hands aren't shaking.
[It may not mean a thing to him. It probably won't. But at the very least she can express it-the importance of his presence in her world, even if he can't see the bigger picture around him. Even if he never understands how valuable he is here.]
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She knows its her fault, a little bit, because she can't figure out how to get across. How to express what it means to find someone that-]
No one knew I liked music. I don't think I knew either.
[The little melodies she came up with, the one song she repeated and repeated and repeated over and over and over until her throat got scratchy, was only that. She never associated it with a deep interest, until-]
You saw that. It's not something I'm supposed to learn, but you taught me anyway.
[And it might not mean anything to him. It a gesture from long ago, but she remembers how it felt to get a flute, to learn about notes, how it made something in her surge to life. How she wanted to get better and learn more and she had never felt that way before.]
You give people birthdays and help them be happy, even when they're not supposed to have them.
[One of the best days of her life, even if she never makes it to a second one.]
You're the only one that understands what it's like to-
[Be in that scary, horrible, terrible place, as bad as it is that's a commonality between them.]
You're the only one who can see into someone's heart and tell when they're afraid, even when their hands aren't shaking.
[It may not mean a thing to him. It probably won't. But at the very least she can express it-the importance of his presence in her world, even if he can't see the bigger picture around him. Even if he never understands how valuable he is here.]
You're special.