If you're allowed to worry about me, I'm allowed to do the same for you.
[Not that he needs her permission to do so. Their situations are the same, of course he's going to worry. And even if they weren't, whatever her heartache, however subtly she hides it... when she's in pain or upset, he wants to help. He wants her to let him help.]
Is it another secret, are you protecting yourself? Or is it just for my sake?
[If it's the latter, he doesn't need it. He doesn't want to be protected at her expense- that's happened enough in his life, he's been sheltered for so long while others suffered. There's no reason for it anymore.]
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[Not that he needs her permission to do so. Their situations are the same, of course he's going to worry. And even if they weren't, whatever her heartache, however subtly she hides it... when she's in pain or upset, he wants to help. He wants her to let him help.]
Is it another secret, are you protecting yourself? Or is it just for my sake?
[If it's the latter, he doesn't need it. He doesn't want to be protected at her expense- that's happened enough in his life, he's been sheltered for so long while others suffered. There's no reason for it anymore.]