He motioned his hand for her to sit down in the empty chair. Meli sat down while he went back to his seat. There he sat, leaning forward and resting his arms on his desk. His icy blue eyes were fixed on her. His head rested onto his hands. Unlike Meli, he perfectly remembered everything that happened. Little did she know, that he did not mind at all. She was afraid they did something she did not really feel like doing with him. Meli nervously fiddled with her new necklace, with her slender fingers. She was a lot tanner now. Her golden sun kissed skin was olive toned, with all these freckles scattered everywhere. Chills sent down her spine as soon as she thought about what had happened earlier. Normally Meli was a pretty good liar. It was only fair, since she was raised to be that way after all. Ever since she was little, she had learned to be a stubborn and devious little one. It was how she survived where she grew up. Having strict parents makes children good actors, when they need to. Meli and her friends would always go out on all kinds of adventures. Adventures that caused various troubles and occasionally small injuries as well. Luckily never any serious ones though. This time she thought she had messed up big time. The lie she told Moblit was probably one of her worst lies ever. Actually she did not at all expect him to believe her.
"So..." she started awkwardly. "I've been meaning to talk with you... about that night before we were taken back here" she told him, carefully tasting her words as she spoke softly.
His eyes widened. At this moment his mind went wild. Maybe she was going to reject him. Or on the other side, maybe she was going to say that she liked him. There was no way to tell. He felt like he was being left blind in the cold dark. She was mysterious, keeping her thoughts to herself at this moment. Usually she would often speak what's on her mind. However, this time it seemed like she was hiding something deep inside her complex mind. His gaze was fixed on her. Utterly stuck on her figure. Her slender hands, that fiddled with that strange but beautiful necklace of hers. He could not read her easily. Whenever he expected her to do one thing, she did another. She was not very predictable. A storm raged on inside of his mind. Did she not like him? Perhaps she did not. Maybe she only felt something for him because she was drunk. That was exactly the thing he feared, because he felt something for her. Most definitely. He kept wondering if it was appropriate of him to say that out loud. Perhaps it would not be, and could never be. He kept gazing at her face. She looked troubled. The way her straight brows furrowed. On the inside, he melted. It made her look so young, and so innocent. Incredibly cute. Her big light green eyes shined. Under her round eyes were those puffy bags that make her look all so young and innocent. Her long brown curly hair perfectly framed her small heart shaped face.
"What's bothering you?" he finally asked Meli.
Suddenly her face reddened. She was going to ask, and it was indeed going to be awkward. Well, for her at least. She took a deep breath. This was very frustrating to her. Finally she looked into his eyes. Now she had mustered up the courage to ask.
"That night... I mean... Did we do anything?" she asked quickly.
At that he could feel his usually cold face heat up. She was talking about sex? Thinking back at that eventful night, he could most definitely conclude that they did not do anything of that kind.
"N-No we didn't do a-anything like that" he nervously laughed.
Heated images appeared in his mind, making him not able to speak properly. As he spoke, he could not avoid stuttering the words. But nevertheless it managed to calm Meli down. This truly made her feel more at peace. His mind was awfully cluttered now. All sorts of images running around. Also, a bunch of questions that did not calm him down either. Did she like him? What if she did not? His problem was that he did not exactly put himself out there, to say at least. No, he was too closed up. If he ever liked a woman he would often find himself distancing himself.
'What was his deal' he would catch himself thinking sometimes.
Putting himself away. Waiting for them to go out of their way to speak to him. However, they did not. They just ended up loosing contact, because they thought he simply was not that into them. For him, it was confusing because he kept getting attached to these women from afar. For the women, it was utterly frustrating. Sooner or later, overtime, another man would reach out for them. He would catch their attention that no longer was directed at him. Then he would desperately admit his true feelings, at the end when these woman had already almost forgotten about the feelings they used to share. And so he would loose them that way, to the other men who stole they away. It was mostly his own fault, and he knew that very well. However, at times it was hard to admit. But this time he did not want that to happen. If she needed time that was fine. He could wait, but he could not loose her. This time, he refused to loose her to someone else. He was determined to be more open about his intentions this time. Yes, he needed Meli to know that he was interested this time. Because he did not want to leave her in the dark, alone and confused, while he admired her from afar. After all, how could Meli possibly be sure that he harboured genuine feelings for her, if he did not openly show it? This was his newfound challenge.
"Oh" she said stunned. "Okay that's good to know" she laughed.
Her gaze fell at the features of his face. Was she attracted to him? Was she even supposed to? Countless of questions filled her mind. She wondered how old he even was, and if they could be together. Now that she really thought about it, nobody really knew how old he is. He and Mike. Some say 20 to 25. Others say older than Levi, who in fact is 30 years old.
"Yeah" he agreed, chuckling a little.
She was already relaxed again. Her shoulders sank down. The necklace was left alone. Her hands did not need to be occupied with that anymore. She needed no distraction from nervousness, that was not there anymore. Meli felt at ease now. Her sun kissed face was no longer as pale. Those endearing light green eyes were filled with determination. A warm smile tugged at her small plump lips. To his surprise she took up from her seat, and started to walk her way over to him. She found an empty spot on the dark wooden office desk, and sat there. He eyed her with his blue eyes gleaming of curiosity. She was just about to say something. However, something unexpected was about to stop her.