"Did you miss me??" William asked for the second time as he came forward and closed the distance between himself and Tamasya. His voice carried a soft and familiar teasing tone, but beneath it lingered a subtle nervousness that even he could not fully suppress.
Tamasya came out of her stupor and took a breath; her eyes, which had been fixed on William, shifted towards the ground; she did not meet his eyes.
His sudden appearance had caught her off guard, leaving her momentarily defenseless in a way she rarely ever was.
One of her hands raised to the side, and she put a few locks of hair that remained in front of her eyes behind her ears. The small, almost habitual action betrayed the storm of emotions she was trying to contain within herself.
She chose not to reply to William again.
