After Stuart had finished his spaghetti, Morwenna decided it was time to address the elephant in the room. "Stuart, do you ever feel like you're a bit too unpredictable? We could just talk things out, you know. This push-and-pull routine is wearing me down."

Indeed, Stuart had always been an enigma to her.

She was drawn to him. Though he could accept or reject her, his alternating warmth and cold distance were unsettling.

Not many had the guts to question Stuart's actions, but Morwenna felt something was wrong and she said it.

Stuart looked up, his deep and piercing eyes lazily meeting hers.

Lowering her voice, Morwenna continued, "If you're upset about that night I drunkenly kissed you, I promise it won't happen again." Suddenly, Stuart stood, leaning over the table towards her, a slight smirk playing at his lips. "I didn't mind."

"What?"

"Morwenna, how about I stop keeping my distance?"

"What, what do you mean?"

you keep

"Uh... yes..."

Morwenna was flustered.

was not usually

prepared a litany of arguments, none

ominously soft, "Since you said you'll continue, no backing out, okay? Breaking

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instinctively stepped back, Stuart extended his hand, opening it to reveal a collection of colorful candy-like capsules. "I picked these up. I've looked at every single one," he said with a gentle smile. Morwenna, momentarily reassured, glanced at the capsules she

kept them sparked joy

times Stuart had

was kind, when he helped or saved her, she even fell laughably in

age of five, experienced the harshness of life and

heart was barren and lonely until she met Melvin as a child who became

away, she found

hoped

into her life, she

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