You’re Killing Me

(From Ella's Perspective)

The way Leandro was looking at me after I asked him if I looked okay, I felt like an invisible finger was tracing my skin. I thought about asking him if he was going to say something or not, but dear lord, that kind of focused face- I had never seen before. 

And before I knew what was going on, I found him approaching. I wondered if he was going to kiss me again. I closed my eyes tightly with some kind of anticipation, a weird sensation in my stomach... But he did not kiss me. He loosed my hair from the bun and let it fall on my back, with wisps of hair falling on my face and chest causing a tingly sensation. 

I opened my eyes and saw that he was holding a handful of my hair right beside my right shoulder very delicately. His eyes were penetrating through me and I again felt myself trapped in his gaze.