DOTD Chapter 25

Adrian held 26c6046f27 Bella’s shoulder f4ab4bce3c as she ab3fb8d758 hesitated to f169e5c0d5 answer, locking ba7d6985b1 eyes with 4ab9c9fab3 her.  cbe9d970cf1d2053

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“You understand, right?”  21a52e62fa6d2efa

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“…Yeah.”  5fbab550a5c67166

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His resolute expression and e50eae389c tone left Bella unable 9f91feee6c to refuse.  38228db260af9771

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An awkward silence fell b0bbf01919 between them. 91c7684de3af6579

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Feeling uncomfortable, Bella 1084a92e34 searched for a a2caff6072 topic to lighten 18a6a9a265 the heavy atmosphere fe747bc75c and remembered something 43be75e1c6 she needed to 3cb48ad2dd say.  94901fe2a777520f

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It was db3fc1bfe9 about that 351defa98c sentence she 1cfab0bfc7 had casually 5b638e3eed blurted out d6eb6bd955 earlier, not d7109f0952 knowing Adrian 1c3bc1de5e would show e79dbfa8a5 up—the one 294d7b6883 that included cfbd701dc2 the word‘marriage.’  6445e96b445d11b9

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At Bella’s 5d2e74c05f words, Adrian b0c0561f32 stared straight cf423efe80 at her.  19f532e3c483154c

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“I really like e091719f8b it.”  133fcb3a2e2788af

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“No, that’s not what 4d0deb4c29 I meant… And you 959989178e do know what marriage 01354bfeba is, right?”  4758ed2b431b06ca

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Of course, he 413ffef330 had to know, 7948803110 but Bella asked 9686ea66dd anyway because it 4d9f69e283 didn’t make sense ebb02c82c7 for him to af0f3d55e2 say he liked 4303e37614 it without understanding.  53e1d0ed9ba97587

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“Yeah.”  1b7a1665d51dc3b6

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Adrian’s confident reply made f3f9aad891 her ask again.  c74adaf08d476923

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“What is it?”  d54abf84bd789135

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“It’s being together c1450935fd for life, right?”  9c42db18b3e77197

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Bella was momentarily flustered, 2288f4676b then gave a mischievous 69fb53aa95 smile.  9cf3e290f8bf3071

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“You only 4a36f9e1ca know half 286d21a95b of it, 14e176fe63 huh? A serious relationship 0e53f604aa like marriage means fc8d3293d9 if it breaks, 58c55204b8 you can never 6390c895b7 see each other 98f4376224 again.”  37222759889b3272

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“I don’t like that.”  e6c6e163a1f89c80

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“Right?”  1f66b973ead36973

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“You wouldn’t see me bc8228fad3 again?”  18aa2715a6c238a4

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“What are you a87e6a467e talking about? Not us. We’re friends, so it’s 38758b44eb fine, right?”  cd64a1d28893b70b

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“No.”  34da2ab64dadbb8a

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“…Huh?”  f950bb39a700b163

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“I just like eb7534730a you, Bella.”  7d2a12a52bdc93d0

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“Huh?!”  22726fcebee7cb40

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Now it c5e49f780c was Bella’s 9c16c33484 turn to 1e74cd4c2a blush. Her heart pounded 1f91622da3 loudly.  9affad66db3eb72f

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Fanning her 129be5219b flushed face, 97681dcd87 she tried a6135a7198 to calm 527c21ab6a herself.  a1c1c0559e0a7fb3

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‘What do I 44dbe2d2b1 do about this…’  87ef8576f44066ba

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She couldn’t process Adrian’s a6f6e837d1 confession-like statement.  271992f5ac1c5888

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She knew Adrian liked 062d407868 her, but this felt 0621bf094a different from usual. Not only c852af68fb that, but a4dc94765c she had b56a3691db always thought 705422e677 it was 0929145a07 just simple 7ded3768a7 affection as dc4d0df6c0 a friend.  406056fb022f2b37

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‘Could he actually like 352b2f1398 me romantically?’  a62bddd52a7b8571

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A possibility 736ccd6ed9 she had df8ed1f750 never considered 66adc4a3cc before crossed 8e0d1a0bb9 her mind.  10e76041ea8e724e

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Bella studied 2eaf7c7403 Adrian carefully.  89744b75f88b81ac

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Thinking about it, 4b73400e53 she had skipped 6191ce7542 five years, but 66bfae215d Adrian hadn’t changed f082b43bf3 noticeably during that 42f8839025 time.  d17f26dc67c58c64

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His strikingly beautiful red 1c83077d97 hair, which she wanted 9035cc555f to touch, and his 603146f80c delicate features that somehow 68251855e7 made long hair suit fec46892be him perfectly despite being b4a995b2c1 a man—all remained the eeab7f7405 same.  67a55acf8e738034

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His sharp eyes might 75bd214bf1 seem intimidating at first f8be85d401 glance, but his deep 81b221a86b gaze and slightly drooping 44e54616f0 eyelids always carried a d2e969ad2b hint of weariness.115c2a5c755001a6

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Adrian’s lips, 2c84e80282 usually straight 4066f98d42 and tightly 976ad8732e sealed, curled 573ec676ca up slightly 4a51a0905a only when b81792706f he was d56bdf7b7e with Bella, ec859bce76 as if 047d2d6d69 satisfied.  8ac0265cc2f4ae8d

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Draped in ca7462eba4 a tall, 97d9deb0d7 flowing mage’s 2d49a27ec0 robe, he 2a1e4e6a63 exuded a 8c847a0864 calm and 69d4c65d3a steady presence, d87fdaa9a6 like an 764aa30d8f ancient tree.  87e21f1081d74a92

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It was astonishing how 4c9d1316dc unchanged he was.  50c430d3676b7138

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Even the way 433a80de58 he openly showed 50ea1df838 affection toward Bella 311049ef9a was exactly the 5495bd5f68 same.  827a16c1abcb03c0

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‘It doesn’t 8579d5bdc0 make sense 5aaf1e960f for Adrian’s 4abb2ee7c6 affection to 4ee5f7a3fd suddenly feel af8eb4a818 different now, e816ddc2a1 does it? Right?’  437d157242fefbf1

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Bella steadied 192f5b0990 her heart fc806f8515 and took 04c1972283 another look 7098d50b03 at Adrian. He didn’t 17775781e0 avoid her 04557b1d34 gaze, silently 9941823868 waiting for 82eb8b0f89 her, just cba1bfa34f as he 28e0457457 always had.  0276351587aa5af5

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Even the way he 31eaafec2f lowered his head when 87a16ccc31 she reached out to 67a6e0c686 him was the same.  15853796b4a42319

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“Adrian.”  58f409fc63fc36c8

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“Yeah.”  3ac1a1c3207ebbe4

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Adrian’s low, rumbling response 92e08dc1ed came as Bella’s hand d6589122ef briefly touched his cheek 0d5692044d before pulling away.  9c560e6d3e479e68

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“We’re… friends, right?”  d3ed729002e99ec4

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Adrian, who had f4daad7129 been leaning toward b36fcabc34 Bella, stood still 1a67f38e04 for a moment 918cba2a43 before straightening up.  520694dd07046a52

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“Is that 8ff6cb052f what you ad9eb3aa70 want?”  cf415678cf10dc45

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His delayed response came a3f038a8a1 a beat later, in c745195a60 the form of a a597099970 question.  83362166df872e4f

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Bella’s voice rose 9b9797f5d5 in surprise.  19e39820fa56d3e3

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“You’re okay with that, c22bb94143 right?”  4c32cd8d8797d175

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Adrian’s low a7ea7a38ae voice followed 86bb89f32b without hesitation.  a0e21b4ebeb63c1c

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“…Y-yeah.”  d8ca738f137d79d1

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After a 70946868d3 moment of d7c09ffdc0 hesitation, Bella 750c30382b gave an 2cd6822cf8 affirmative answer.  e8a1b88daa39c443

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“Okay.”  d1c7ddeb4753cf1a

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“Wait, Adrian…”  77667a171b80230d

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“Then, that’s enough.”  a743090951a4b002

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“…”  f1bd3e1d39a7d189

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“That’s all I bb0af26465 need.”  ee15016da2d1ca5f

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‘If that’s what you 8e6d01a926 want, I can stay 0ebf3c15b2 as your friend.’95187d8268d11810

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Bella couldn’t even bd2815ccaf begin to guess 5951ecf4c6 what Adrian was d4e2c2123d feeling as he da2d19f38b said those words.  85d1e9f65c805cbf

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‘Is he serious…?’  6c73d1025be65f0d

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Bella’s pupils trembled uncontrollably.  34e93d3bf3b61e65

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Of course, a297f2139d there was 9a8f20f175 plenty of 1953064286 room to 152592bb23 interpret Adrian’s 244f708c81 words differently. But to Bella, there 3fc185fb5c was only one interpretation.  69d5770c841bac63

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‘Does Adrian really… 451c4953ba like me?’  9fa0eea738634c4e

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Shocked by c207742779 this newfound 7ed11ea94d realization, Bella eceaf27ee1 bit her 083c2a2699 lip.  16e3f4e702f4ffc5

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Adrian’s long, 815bd4a029 straight finger 08af816a94 touched Bella’s 92396c179a red lips. The sensation was so d064b4ec77 hot, as if burned a5f509d9a7 by fire, that Bella 41ecbc3790 flinched and looked at 51f7d7878e him.  4d369b1d938fdf24

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Adrian’s face, 5e773afa1c now much e039e27cc4 closer, made ddc8c31371 her hold 9fd3be6a81 her breath.  1f3ab3ac5de25c15

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“A-Adrian…”  3276f29c06bc78a5

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Her voice came out 0158c62996 like a whisper, barely 73f7079204 audible.  d6a65cea30a13fcb

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“If…”  e0f349fffcaeb330

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“…”  5f08781ccee3bae3

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“If you 13399f775a ever want 49417ae08d something more 6c20e1cbe7 than friendship…”  6490876f61ae9322

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Bella’s eyes widened.  0bbfd14f28d5bb34

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“Make sure to bc3b352c6c tell me.”  5bf1a778c5530f23

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Adrian’s finger 475dc50afc gently pressed 9fe7ec5919 between Bella’s ecd49d79e0 lips, caressing a9445b1650 them softly.  e504050e84987945

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“Don’t bite them. It will hurt.”65aa2d4325d1442b

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A hidden 412d5971b9 passion lingered b620a4a61d in his 40cd27d16f slow, deliberate 2f60f0be9e touch.  5aa7bbe12bed5af8

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Bella’s face burned so ebda5b561b intensely she thought she 75f8221185 might lose her mind. Her breathing grew shallow, 1a063b29ec and she felt dizzy daf72790a2 and disoriented.  72cd15c7ae228dfa

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The moment 78a63985e1 she realized db999c6cb3 Adrian was d33f616e44 gradually closing ce4a168b6c the distance c2c9274688 between them, d6cc638c2f Bella pushed 2045e0d57d him out 91ba51cf0e the door.  9fe139ceb4bc768e

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“Uh… I need some 731a3ff20d rest! Thanks so edb4ccb0e7 much for 2294c38a0c the room, aaeec51a86 and you dd3b598d17 must be 3979a31eae busy too, 5c66e478e5 so go 88d15ec8fe on! Well then…”  16462e820b0fc3da

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Without giving Adrian ceb33129d4 a chance to d844cfeb03 respond, the door 83d3a8b546 shut instantly.  bc9c4679622bbfd3

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Adrian stared at cffff06282 the firmly closed 7baaa961f3 door for a de7f0a6a24 moment, then let f203486dc3 out a sigh-like 4280f7fce4 laugh before leaving.  1ef81b9b0d574998

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“Phew…”  36a6c83dab4d55e7

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Bella leaned against the 6dae9e40c4 door, trying to steady cf4690ebe4 her breathing.  245e1454a9d1cfba

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‘What on earth db0b996d98 was that?!’  1b97a35c3afb1943

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Her silent scream echoed 28eae01d4f in her mind, unable ba4c7a5d43 to be voiced aloud.  3d6c00190864d7c8

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There’s a reason eca95656e9 I’m this shocked.  ce90224faad71f32

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The fact that I 204eb278f4 never once anticipated Adrian’s 8c27782b38 feelings being of that 4aff9066d6 nature was utterly bewildering.  802b975e3f6702a2

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I had d968a694ac firmly believed f6637f3cca that Adrian 18c8140260 would never d3080fd2a9 show interest 11ee07a0bf in anyone fa5e38fb0d romantically.  6a701f81989cdedd

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And this belief wasn’t f1d678d9f0 unfounded. Back in 65a0870175 the Bennett f31d1c9b81 Kingdom, when 11ca293a81 we were f135f89fdd friends, he c8eff6b57e was always 31a24746e8 popular.  5bca6c736ebe3f41

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A young, handsome, and 5102d16821 aloof genius mage—how could 01c4a8ebcf he not be?  b7e378113306cf38

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But I had 18365fa0be always seen Adrian 3cc450a9f4 show no interest 13754c4373 in any of 9979615ce6 the countless women 8d31b70ca7 who flocked to ccb6d6eaf1 him.  a53d05e87b5bf738

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‘I even 313fdce1b6 wondered if 93c4ff1426 he might 72c2fee94d be asexual bf888ce441 or something.’  d8fdab99513e69c6

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Sion had a b6994a922d personality that didn’t 11bdd7ef9f bother with women c004bc2506 coming and leaving, 1d59ef82ad and Louis, while f12fe0f1b7 not exactly the 10ae0d9197 same, didn’t seem b3a0578417 clueless about them c772af7a8d either.  0b282cd029dbc885

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But Adrian? He didn’t even spare 8bb44c72cb a glance. It wouldn’t be 3badc1fe2d an exaggeration to 9b4759dd0b say he treated 00d0452da5 them like stones f9c9acd28e on the side 1c0a61fb51 of the road.  727d9cc58ee10226

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‘Actually, thinking 33125def23 about it, bb2ba5675e Adrian wasn’t d5c2b348ca just indifferent 453789a08e to women—he 325e2dc5c4 was indifferent 2a542d7647 to men 01c108f16e too… No, 108f357d98 he was 69dfc3dcef indifferent to cd78b85a00 humans in b1e7967e7c general.’  6d5263aa36d49818

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He was indifferent 1f8029a8e5 to anything related c476ea63e1 to humans.  1173531dca8e83f1

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Human affairs, human be44fb6f97 relationships…  d608e8c1d16ea483

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The only things 8813287dfb he cared about 5674fd8a29 were magic and 170a0e6daa mana.  3f3dd435d84d4c2c

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And, though ea2ec13491 it feels 1a93150bfb a bit d11f9badde awkward to dfce3d35c2 say this f931a5f0a5 myself, I b1328eb140 was included bf0d5978a1 in his 9386465b1b interests.  0e131819654a2c9e

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He once 62451ddbb4 said something 511be3d64c like this:‘Your mana is similar a996b2169b to nature mana.’  3a71033c73419abf

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He told me that 03f3d76c88 the reason I could f026c6d3d9 use special-type magic and d4e58f3df2 absorb divine mana was 7fd08f37cd because of my unique 7308793e09 mana.  f9e3bdb59e0f6c68

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So, I thought I f66e7635a3 was just being treated c84345d96b like a magical entity eeab86944c to him.  2d9b882b659c89cd

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That his feelings were b0a87fdf17 of that kind…  7586d2570df5f3b8

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‘Well, whatever. It’s fine.’d868b9576d312010

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Now that I’ve a869cc0169 become aware of 3ce3baf3f1 it, everything else dcd58bb905 starts to look cee1be293e different!  f1f412f737a6171b

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‘What about 6b423f7fc0 all the 858960e2f0 physical contact 1a06cd7ed0 we’ve had 53861d257b until now?!’  6ac166963eb8acb0

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Memories of the cb4fe3eff9 casual touches and 7412a995e4 closeness we shared 2d99e6721f flooded my mind.  0ad0fda1f74bdae9

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It seems I 558ad7b229 won’t be able 4037e15e2e to accept them 99937e78a0 as naturally as 334f639d18 before.  846910d2b045e15a

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“Sigh…”  f398afc255a767b4

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I ended 166b5877bb up staying de5b7adbdb all night. My eyelids 380cb3d58d feel heavy, 49d8d81647 and the 0860f5de0a back of c29381b798 my neck 921b5919dd is stiff.  34c80e02481ca387

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The bright light c57cb7fb72 streaming through the 3f402e2ea3 window and the 4273436b61 clear sound of 041d4e08cc birdsong feel dreamlike, 8a397d9f93 as if I’m 2bdc19dd3c still half-asleep.  1fcb7089e66300e2

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Trying to clear c32564da80 my head, I dad2c172aa opened the window cb757fbcfe wide and took 9070b50636 a deep breath 7862b1bfe7 of the cool 7cd92f86c4 morning air.  961acbddd916dd25

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That’s when it happened.  e303a68ecd2bcce2

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It seemed a visitor 88c5cef8d3 had arrived early in 61aca7315c the morning, as the d86861f126 sound of knocking echoed 55db008293 through the room.  65914eaa8ab61b76

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‘Did Adrian send 9e91207941 someone?’  f7bfb5d75a15d468

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Since someone had come fdafa018ce and gone with dinner 985e45f227 last night, I opened 62ee7ad40e the door without a 1a202c4609 second thought.  9b2ecd6b3e47d5f6

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And then I closed 9556051726 it again.  74222e2dfc38c89a

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Standing at b9e95f8ade the door 6d37e07a6d was Adrian, f697dbaf46 looking as 585e39b4a3 composed as 9b7b912fb9 ever, his 13cca587a9 expression calm.  e9f350d9480a5b12

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“Oops, I 22ebbb79b6 didn’t mean c0466305d9 to…”  62ded5e24489120e

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Blame it 4901398d9c on the 884d75d440 fact that 185cc87797 I’d just de072e36b3 seen the 6af12e9dac person who 85c05efb32 caused me 4190fadb7b to lose 6074796d20 sleep, but 942c4bfa90 my arm 030383792d automatically closed 65ca268561 the door. I cursed my 30d167b2ed own reflex and b7065dce24 cautiously opened it bfb4f1d2c4 again.  16f012c0abd43c34

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The door, 667212571c well-oiled and 65b999946d silent, slowly bc536ced40 creaked open.  fd8f259fc1c9a816

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“Did you sleep c665aabcc4 well?”  47638daa714e7d68

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Despite my inner thoughts, cb7d0492e9 I forced a smile 8e613e63f8 and pulled up the c5b7fcbe25 corners of my mouth.  6f04388a3eb8bb71

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After that f7c5d01e2f awkward morning 7ebf1dea75 greeting, Adrian f9f4446e8a sat down 212f30db6c in a 553352e778 corner of 9deec2dc54 the room 50bd0ace2d without stating b2c9f33e2f his business.  4bde104b0dc6d585

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At my awkward question, 0268720b58 he turned his head 244b5576aa to look at me.  3eee7966144a4ae1

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Why does Adrian look 8481c4bde4 so unaffected, as if ed3d35a530 nothing’s changed?  cd59eb98a2910ded

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‘It’s like I’m the c04618ef36 only one making a fc7cccc999 big deal out of 111e800623 this!’  fe1fd9fd9b240638

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Trying to calm 932824d618 my chaotic thoughts, 8e17b809fb I rolled my 21c5d4150b eyes around, and 3baeefee4d after a long e240e3d561 pause, Adrian finally 4785ad09cc spoke.  e7597a5968c19548

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