They began to walk along the lakeside path, their steps falling in sync. The silence between them wasn't uncomfortable, it was the kind of quiet filled with awareness.
Every brush of her thumb against his knuckles, every soft glance from the corner of their eyes, it all felt amplified.
"You know.." Yanchen started after a while, his eyes on the path ahead, "I haven't done this before."
"Walked by a lake?" she asked with a grin.
He shot her a side glance, a small smile tugging at his lips. "No. Yes. I mean… this. A date. Holding hands. All of it. It's quite new.."
Mianmian blinked. "Really?"
He nodded, lips pressing together briefly. "I'm not exactly good at… things like this. People expect me to know everything. But with you, it's… new."
She felt her chest warm, her fingers tightening slightly around his. "That makes two of us, then."
