Yuna arrived at Fourth Place before the building's morning heat had defeated my open-door plan. She wore training trousers and a fitted white shirt, creating physical distraction during a conversation where accuracy already required considerable effort. Mutual attraction remained welcome, but it could not soften any answer concerning her still uncertain place.
I admired her once after receiving permission, then placed the revised capacity sheet between us. The document showed six flexible evening hours before her possible national training changed every assumption.
"My first answer remains simple. I still want you, and my parents' discomfort did not reduce that desire," I said.
"Desire is the easiest answer because yesterday made defending it feel rebellious. Give me the second one," Yuna replied.
