Robyn looked away from him, but her eyes were having a hard time staying away.
"You think?...You think I didn't tell you because I didn't trust you? How could I not trust you? I love you." She clenched her fists at his words. He was lying. He had to be. Nothing he's done proved anything to the contrary.
"You've always been able to spot a liar. Tell me I'm lying now... Go on." He said and she opened her mouth to speak, but the words wouldn't come. They didn't exist. He wasn't lying, but that just made things more confusing. Why didn't he tell her then? His hand came toward hers and she wanted to smack him away, but couldn't the moment his fingers curled around her fingers.
"Robyn Sheva, I love you... and I know you love me." He said and she took a breath, her chest quaking as she held back all but a single tear. She rolled her eyes, and gave a nod. She did love him, she loved him so much, it hurt.
Whatever he had to say, she's listen.
She allow him to take her toward the bed and sat down with her. Her heart was racing in a way it hadn't since the day he told her he was leaving for war. She wasn't sure if she could take that heart break again.
"I couldn't tell you, but not for the reason you think. It wasn't because I didn't trust you."
He said and Robyn watched his face, for any hint of a lie. There was none, just the same look of love in his eyes, and a warm smile gracing his lips.
"I didn't tell you because I've been on this island for three years, the last of which I spent with you. It was the best year of my life becuase I was with you Robyn, building a new life, together. Every day that passed letting go of Robb Stark became easier and easier because I didn't want to be that man anymore. I wanted to be the man you were falling in love with." He said and she hated that his words made her tears fall. She hated happy tears, they made no sense to her, yet here she was, sobbing because she was happy. He hid it, not from her, but from himself. For her. A soft sad smile tugged at her lips as his hand brushed a thumb over her cheeks to knock away the tears.
"At first it was too difficult, painful to search the depths of the sea for that dead boy and he'd been through but after a while I didn't care. I was ready to let Robb Stark stay dead, at rest with his family, because I had you and I was happy." He leaned forward and she embraced his apologetic kiss.
"Robb Stark is dead but his sister isn't. Clara was never Max, she's not like me. She never died, not really. Max was a tool she put on to survive here on Nassau. Now that it turns out our brother yet lives she wants to go home. I can't be Robb Stark anymore, nor would I want to be but I can do this thing for her, if you'll help me. Help me get her home and help me find our brother. Then we can go back to living our lives, the way we choose, free. Clara will be happy at home with Jon, and I'll be happy anywhere with you."
Robyn took his hand into her lap, looking at the floor. She was still scared, afraid that he would see his old life, and find that perhaps Robb Stark wasn't as dead as he thought, but he truly seemed to think that he wanted to be here with her and she loved him too much not to try.
She sighed. "You should have told me...." She told him "I understand that pain more than....well...you know better than anyone how much I understand wanting to let apart of you die." She said, absentmindedly playing with his fingers. "but still, whether you like it or not, it still apart of who you are....just as my scars are." She said. "They don't define us, but still they are a crucial parts, you know my scars, I should know yours." She said, looking at him then, and her face softened in a way that only happened for him, she reached up and touched his cheek. "I'm still angry..." She told him, with a light slap of his cheek, it wasn't hard at all, just a tap really. "but we'll go, and we'll find your brother, and take your sister home and you'll have all that time to tell me about what it was like to be a prince." She said, and leaned in for a kiss and then chuckled against his lips before pulling away. " You know, You're true name is so close to mine, It's actually funny." She said, with her usual smirk. "Robb and Robyn....Figures."