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It's… distracting.

“What?” he asks.

“Hm?”

“You're smiling.”

“I am?”

“Kai.”

“I don't know what you're talking about.”

He exhales sharply through his nose.

“You owe me an apology.”

“For what?”

“My sanity.”

“I think you're exaggerating.”

He leans a little closer. “I'm waiting.”

I meet his eyes then smile as sweetly as I can. “Make me.”

Everything changes. The frustration disappears from his face so quickly I almost miss it.

Understanding dawns. His head tilts ever so slightly.

A slow smile begins spreading across his face. “Oh.”

I blink innocently.

“You little menace.”

“I don't⁠—”

“Prince.” His voice has changed.

Lower.

Warmer.

Far too amused.

“Are you being a brat...” He leans in just enough that our foreheads almost touch. “...so I'll take you to my bed?”

Heat rushes into my face. I refuse to give him the satisfaction.

“I've just been very busy healing.”

“Mhm.”

“I haven't noticed my behavior.”

“No?”