I apologize for my trust issues. It’s just that whenever I open myself to people, they end up hurting me in the end. Friends, other boys, even family members. They scar me, leaving deep cuts of loss and betrayal behind. I have trust issues because I love you so much and if you ever hurt me, I don’t know how I would recover. I’m not asking you to promise not to hurt me; that is an altogether impossible task that never ends well. What I’m asking is for you to understand me; my abilities and my limits. I’ve given you all the trust I can manage right now; in time it will grow. But you have to earn the rest through familiarity, which requires a lot of patience. So please see this through the eyes of someone who’s been hurt a lot. I need to be completely certain that you won’t break my heart.