Alya’s POV
While I could still feel his breath close to my, I tried to understand the meaning behind what he said. Was I being punished for touching him too? Is that what I was supposed to conclude from what he said? How could I know that? Demir was very irrational; what he says, what he does…
I kept looking at him but he didn’t pull back. Why didn’t he. I felt him take a deep breath because our faces were very close, so close that I could see all the shades of green in his eyes. The edges of his pupils were darker, while they were gradually turning a lighter green. My browns and his greens were in focus. Neither he nor I said a word, we just stared at each other in silence. We were in the silence of the night.
His eyes slowly closed and mine closed as well. I pressed my hands against t
