” Have you ever been in love? It’s horrible, isn’t it?” She said, her green eyes never leaving the reflection of herself on the surface of the water. “It opens up your chest and leaves you vulnerable, it means someone can get inside there and mess you up.”  Here, she made a short pause and looked into his dark brown eyes, which never seemed to have an end. “I have been building up all these defenses, a whole suit of amour so nothing can hurt me, and then, then one stupid person, not different from all other stupid people wanders into your life and you give them a piece of you, no one never had before, trusting them with every fiber of your whole being, to not mess you up. “ She got silent here, as if she tasted the words on her tongue. “And then one day they do something dumb, like kiss you, or smile at you, and then, just at that moment, your life isn’t your own anymore. Love gets inside of you and takes hostages. Love eats you apart and leaves you crying alone in the dark, and a simple phrase like “maybe we should just be friends” turns your heart into a splintered mess, and it hurts, it hurts so bad. Not just in the heart, it hurts in the soul. “She looked up at the stars and breathed out “I hate love.”