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"You'll be fine, just shut up for a second and stop moving" Nurmi moves his hand away from the wound on her stomach and watches as the blood flows out. He looks away into the dark, trying to calm the million thoughts running through his head. A soft hand is placed on his cheek and everything stops.
"Hey- Nurmi" her voice is soft, almost like a whisper in the wind.
"Hey" she smiles. How is she smiling? How? He tries to smile back at her but he has to choke on a sob.
"I will be fine, I'll be okay. Listen." She moves his hand to her chest, still smiling like they weren't in the middle of a pitch black forest with nothing but cold air surrounding them. Like she wasn't dying in his arms.
"Sakke" she tries. And now he looks at her, all his feelings for her on display because he can't hide them anymore. He would fool himself if in a moment like this, he would still deny he's in love with Sofia Karppi. A tear ceremoniously makes its way down his cheek. This happened in all the cheesy and very unrealistic detective series they watched together when it was late at night. It didn't happen like this, not to them. She would always comment on how dramatic it was.
He's brought back to the present when she calls for him another time.
"Listen carefully" Sofia moves her hand to his cheek and he pulls her higher into his arms, leaning over her so no more harm could be done to her. He wishes the suspect they had been catching up on would come back and shoot him as well. But the thought passes when she trails her thumb across his lips.
"I love you" she smiles at him, smiling so bright it would light up the darkness surrounding them if it weren't for all the blood and the hurt and pain.
"I love you so much Sakari Nurmi, like I've never loved anyone before. You have to get that into your head right now. Okay? I wish I told you sooner" she sighs. But it's no time for regrets so she continues. "I would have spent all of my life with you if I had found you sooner, you're the one Sakari. The only one." Sofia wipes his tears away, repeating the soft gesture again and again.
"Kiss me" she whispers, not having the strength to reach up to him anymore. And he does. He leans in, shakingly pressing his lips against her cold ones. It's slow and maybe not as elegant as they have kissed before but it works for them. They kiss until Sofia has to get up for air.
"I thought you didn't believe in dramatic endings" he tries to bring out a small smile but it doesn't look sincere. However, she smiles again. And it's sad how she's smiling more when she is dying, then when she was fully living.
"Go on say it" she grins at him. And he knows, he knows because they had been over this so many times in their head.
"I love you too, Sofia Karppi. Always have and always will" he swallows.