章 21: Chapter 21

“A little, yeah.” Makai didn’t move, though. Instead he looked at possible ways to go and frowned. “I gotta come much closer to get past you, though, if that’s okay?”

Emil’s insides clenched in shame, and he bit his lower lip, then forced himself to look at Makai in the eyes. “Look, I wanted to say sorry. About the other day. How I… left things. How I must’ve looked.” He couldn’t hold the awkward eye contact any longer and glanced at the bread instead. “I know better, but you’re honestly the first person who ever… got it. Just like that, and so fast.”