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Chapter Forty-Five: Heart Song
Her Byakugan had activated automatically when he'd surprised her, and so she could see his heart thundering in his chest, going faster than the exertion from their spar could explain away. She could hear her own heartbeat pounding in her ears.
If she was honest with herself, it wasn't like she hadn't seen this coming. She mentally told herself to shut up and stop analyzing.
She liked him, she trusted him...yes even with her still fragile heart.
She tentatively moved her lips against his, causing his heart to skip a beat and his arms to pull her closer against him.