Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Ren felt bad when he saw her eating in such a hurry. “Slow down. No one’s going to stop you from eating,” he chided. “But I’m so hungry! I only took a couple of bites at your house today,” Ruka exclaimed, but her words were a little muffled by how full her mouth was.

Ren gave her an affectionate smile. “You won’t be able to sleep tonight if you’re too full.”

“Then, if I can’t sleep tonight, can I sleep in tomorrow?” Ruka asked. She felt the need to seek his permission each time she wanted to sleep in at his house, or else, she would not be able to sleep well.

“You can sleep for as long as you want,” Ren promised as his smile widened. Ruka looked at him and asked, “How should I address you now?”

“What would you prefer?” he ventured expectantly. “Ren, Ruka declared. By dropping the ‘mister, it felt like they would become equals now.

can call me that for now, but you’ll have to use something else after the May elections,” Ren

at first, but when she realized what he meant, she blushed and nodded shyly. “Okay. When the time comes, I’ll

his being yearned for the woman who sat in front of him right now. He could barely push the feeling away. It was fine when she was not around him,

heard. from the window. When Ruka turned to look and saw what was happening, her eyes widened in

out to the

find the prettiest snowflake. He had been standing there for a while to watch her

nearly forgotten about her fainting spell earlier today. She was still a little weak from the lack of oxygen

Ren was nearby. In her dizziness, she instinctively fell into his

steady and bent down to observe her face. She was still trying to catch her breath, but she buried her head