"I still want to kiss you, but…" she hesitated, her voice dropping lower, "but we're outside."
"What about it?" Zeir suddenly asked, sounding completely calm, as if her worry didn't make sense at all. "It's not like this is the first time you've done something naughty outside."
Before Roxanna could even react, Zeir leaned closer, his lips brushing near her ear as he whispered, "You did that with Azul at the river. And you did that with Calen in the cave. I thought you liked showing affection in public."
Roxanna's brain froze, and her hands immediately flew up, covering her face, almost like she wanted to hide from reality.
In just a few seconds, her whole face turned bright red because he wasn't wrong. She suddenly realized that she really had done a lot of bold things outside.
But—wait! It was different!
"But… but the river was really quiet," Roxanna quickly defended herself. "And with Calen… there weren't any other beastkin near the cave."
