Erich Maria Remarque. Shadows in Paradise (№ 187537)

- Stay tonight with me? - asked Natasha.
Are you sure?
- Of course, because you have a toothbrush and underwear. Pajamas are not required. And razor I'll give you. Tonight I don't want to sleep alone. It will be windy. And if the wind will Wake me up, you are here with me and soothe me. I want to let loose and get emotional, want to see you comforted me and we fell asleep, feeling the approach of autumn, I want to forget about it and remember again.
- I'm staying.
Okay. We will go to bed and cuddle up to each other. See our faces in the mirror opposite and listen to the howl of the wind. When the winds pick up, the eyes have flashes of fear and they will darken. You embrace me tightly and start to talk about Florence, Paris and Venice, all the cities where we will never be together.
- I was neither in Venice nor in Florence.
- Anyway, can you tell me about them as if you were there. I'm probably going to cry and going to look terrible. When I cry, I'm far from beautiful. But you'll forgive me for this and for my sensitivities, too.
Yes.
- Then come to me and tell me you'll love me forever and that we'll never grow old.