[~♠CORAL♠~]

After that ordeal, Rune returned to order.

And by that I mean, he went back to how I'd told him to act before we left for the market; distant and quiet. I couldn’t quite understand why, since he’d already crossed that line when he stepped in when I bumped into Regent.

Somehow, it made me feel a little… I don't know… sullen.

But it was what I wanted… wasn’t it?

I looked behind me, the space seeming too small for comfort. I still felt uncomfortable, knowing I was out in the open to everyone’s curious gazes. And I catch a glimpse of his tall, lean frame towering over a...