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"Why are you avoiding me?" She asked in return, turning her eyes to look into his deep blue ones.

He stared at her for a moment, his eyes flickering cautiously to her lips. "Do you not want me to?"

Do you not want me to?

How could she want him to?

All these days that flew by, she spent them all longing she would catch a simple glimpse of him, in the hallway, at the dining table, anywhere... He was always nowhere to be found.

She yearned for a glimpse of him, no matter how brief, even if it was a shadow!

And he thought he wanted her to avoid him?!

"Why would you think that?" She asked, a small furrow between her brows, her face so close to his, he could smell the faint taste of alcohol on her, she had clearly had a few shots, although to his surprise, she seemed very stable, as though it barely had an effect on her, he had thought she would be very lightweight, or perhaps it was only one shot she had, not enough to have much of an effect.

"I don't know...." He breathed, wearily. "Yo