LIS WAS FALLING FOR Ru. Hard. It had started sometime back on Polai. Maybe when they’d made out just before they were caught, or even some time before then. She couldn’t pinpoint the exact moment, but the emotions had caught up to her now and were a storm churning in her brain. Though "falling" might not have been the right term. She was terrified and excited that she"d already fallen and was just waiting for one little hint from him to admit it. Because that was the weird thing. They"d escaped Polai more than a week before and in that time, they"d spent a good portion of their time together. They would talk and laugh, casually brush up next to each other, share their meals, and generally do everything that two people who really liked each other did. But Ru hadn"t kissed her, not really

