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Jane
"Alright, then you two have fun. I will send some snacks," Mom says, leaving us alone, committing this atrocity innocently.
"So, what happened to you? You look gaunt," Ben comments, looking at me worriedly. "I thought you were denying to meetup because you are lazy, so I came here to check up on you, but you are really sick." He feels my temperature with the back of his hand, making me anxious.
"No, it's just because of the traveling. I am a little low on energy. That's it." I insist. I wait for his other attack of words, but he doesn't say anything. So, I look up and gulp when I find him staring at me intently.
As if he is confirming whether I am telling the truth or not.
I feel restless and try to fill the space between us, but he beats me to it with a rather disturbin
