"All the more reason to make sure you're not alone." he pointed out, his tone less on the joking side now. It was hard for things in this realm not to turn serious. However, when she spoke again, there was a distinct twinge of pain at hearing those words. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he knew she was right, but what was right and what was easy were rarely one and the same.
He slowed to a stop in their patrolling, tugging on her sleeve to signal for her to stop as well. "Buffy, you know why. Do you really need to hear me say it? Because I will. I'll say it a million times if it'll change something." His eyes fell from her face to the ground beneath their feet. We're no good for each other. Just go. Simple words, but they cut deep. He'd never truly leave her. Even if he did, he'd still watch her. And they both knew it. Seemed they both knew a lot of things, but what difference did it make if they kept ending up back at square one?