Back at campus, Nami had just finished her last class of the day when she ran into Rus. The moment he saw her, he felt this need to swoop her up in his arms and kiss; however, he stopped himself. As much as he liked Nami as a friend, he couldn’t bring himself to accept her as his mate. After all, she was human. It wasn’t that he had a problem with humans or anything, it was just that he never thought his mate would be one. Plus humans were fragile and had shorter life spans. He didn’t want to accept her as his mate knowing that and he had no idea how to reject her without telling her that she was his mate, it would be too weird. So instead he chose to avoid her.
This idea worked all day until he just so happened to run into her right after class. As usual, his heart was racing, his palms
