Badump! Badump! Badump!
Their hearts kept on beating faster and louder they could almost hear it, given the dead silence in the bedroom. Clavis stared unto Selena's eyes, and Selena to his'. Unfamiliar and unaccustomed they might be with love and romance, yet there was no denying the feelings they're experiencing right now.
"Was it because of the kiss?" Selena asked herself. "Or the things he said? Or the way he looks at me? Or the fact that he's too handsome to reject? … Or was it something before that? The way he treats me? No … it's something else".
At the same time, Clavis also questioned himself, "Heightened emotions, wild thumping of the heart, excitement … these feelings are activated by the hypothalamus of the brain releasing dopamine and norepinephrine, or oxytocin and vasopressin. But … why do I feel there's something more? Something I don't understand? I am the wisest of all yet … this is something I cannot comprehend".
