"Well, I do like him," Ciel said, hesitant, "but we're still too busy to think about that. We're both focused on our to-do's, and there has been... no... real conversation about... how we see each other..."
"Oh... I see. Well, technically, Hugh and I haven't talked about any of that. He just takes care of me, and we both know what happened before, but still, we haven't... like you, we haven't talked about it."
They got to the library and went separate ways for the moment, as they had very different topics of interest. Ciel was focused on trying to learn all about shapeshifters, but before that, she needed to learn whatever she could get her hands on, about the Bosch artifact. And the girls were focused on that when Mt. Levett entered the library as well.
The ladies politely raised thei
