The silence that followed right after was something unexplainable. There were no words to say, the feelings were also something he didn't understand, and they stayed like that for a moment, breathing the same air.
Her eyes were still fixed on his and he held her gaze for a second longer than he meant to. Then he looked away.
He closed his eyes briefly, controlling himself.
When he opened them again, he looked back at her, but not quite into her eyes.
"Can you stand?" he asked.
But she didn't answer right away. She was still looking at him, still lost, before her mind registered the question.
"I... I'm not sure," she said quietly. "I feel a bit shaky."
And that was all he needed to know.
One moment she was on the floor, the next his arms were around her, lifting her carefully an
