Splinter

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‘What do you think?’

‘Hm… I’d call it, well… an acquired taste?’

‘Utterly hideous, more like.’

‘Was it a present?’

‘No, I bought it.’

‘Just a minute. You paid good money for that thing?’

‘Yes.’

‘For a baby-blue, battery-operated dolphin bedside light which you yourself think is ugly?’

‘Hideous.’

‘Okay, so enlighten me. If that’s feminine logic, I don’t get it.’

‘Come here.’

‘I’m almost on top of you as it is.’

‘Come closer all the same.’

‘Don’t tell me you bought it as a sex aid?’

‘Dickhead.’

‘Hey, what’s the matter? Why are you looking at me like that?’

‘Promise me…’

‘What?’

‘Promise you’ll always turn the light on?’

‘I… I don’t get it. Scared of the dark suddenly?’

‘No, but…’

‘But what?’

‘Well, I’ve been thinking how unbearable it would be if something happened to you. No, wait, don’t pull away, I want to hold you tight.’

‘What is it? Are you crying?’

‘Look, I know it sounds a bit weird, but I’d like us to make a deal.’