For a full moment Aira said nothing in response to what he told her even as though what he said was all she could think about.
'Staying in his room' sounded easy but she was also aware that things were not as simply as it sounded.
If she agreed the thought of having to lie down beside him every night was already catastrophic.
Worse if the weird heat she sometimes felt suddenly decided to descend on her at a time that she was unprepared for it.
The worst would be her falling into his arms again and sleeping with him a mistake she had sworn to herself to never commit again.
"No!" she whispered under her breath even before she realized that she had actually given him an answer.
Glancing over at him only to watch him reach for the cup beside him on the table drinking up the contents in one gulp before placing it back.
