Marsai:
At first, I thought I must have misheard her. Surely, she hadn’t meant to say that,right? Maybe it had just slipped out by mistake. I even waited for her to laugh it off, to brush it aside as a silly joke like she always does. But as the seconds stretched on, the silence spoke louder than words. She actually wasn’t joking.
“A-are you serious?” I stammered, my voice barely above a whisper.
“Yes, Marsai.” Her piecing blue eyes locked onto mine. “But hey, it’s okay. I know you’re with the triplets now. I just... I just needed to say it. That’s all.”
I blinked as I tried to piece together a response. “Since when have you… uh, felt this way?”
At my words, she gave a soft smile before casually tossing a piece of cake into her mouth. She tilted her head back to me. “The first time we
