The others continued listening to what they were saying, but after a while they began feeling guilty; yes, they were seeing a side of him they would not normally see, though eavesdropping on a private conversation did not feel right.
"Should we interrupt?" Alnira asked, as she raised her eyebrows and their head snapped in her direction immediately, looking at her as though she had committed criminal offense.
"No," Seraphina said. "Let them be. If anyone deserves a moment to be human, it's him."
Kiros folded his arms and nodded. "Seraphina is right, let's get going. We should not be doing this. What if this escalates into something else, then we would not be able to look him in the eye ever again."
Hearing that, they immediately knew what he was implying and within the blink of an eye, they were gone.
A few moments after they left, inside the room, she rested her forehead against Nova's, reluctant to pull back. But eventually, she did, her eyes lingering on his.
