Astonishing revelation.

With these words, her hand moved and found his leg. She placed her hand on his thigh and stopped mumbling, leaving him frozen. 

He knew it was only her subconscious talking, her fever was so high that she had no idea what she was saying. But his heart swelled thinking that her subconscious mind was filled with him, maybe there was still hope. 

Some part of her didn't want him to leave, her fever had stealthily brought forward the words she would never say to him. No matter how much she might desire him, he knew she would never say that to him in her fully conscious state. 

"I won't," he murmured to her as he lay down beside her and touched her reddish cheek. He observed her hair had gotten longer and was as long as his now, almost reaching her legs. She looked skinnier too, she hadn't been eating properly when he was away. He knew he had to make her eat more once she would get better.