Love and dreams are wonderful things that can be felt without hearing, speaking, or being translated.
Some things seem to have been predestined in the dark, such as encounters and feelings.
It was fate that they met, and the end of her pursuit of dreams was fate for him. It was fate that they fell in love.
He understood the secrets she slowly confided, and he also understood the stories she hid under the iceberg.
He's not afraid of waiting, nor is he afraid that she won't come back, he's just afraid that she won't love him anymore...