Mira looked away from Jelo, unable to meet his eyes. The blush on her face was still visible, and she seemed to be struggling with the same awkwardness that had settled over both of them like a heavy blanket. She cleared her throat and tried to inject some normalcy into her voice. "We should probably head out and try to look for the portal."
"Yeah," Jelo agreed quickly, perhaps a bit too quickly. "Yeah, we should definitely do that."
They both started walking, their movements stiff and awkward. Neither one looked at the other. Neither one spoke. The silence stretched between them, uncomfortable and charged with the memory of what had just happened. Jelo kept his eyes fixed straight ahead, hyper-aware of Mira's presence beside him but refusing to acknowledge it directly.
