"… If the lady wishes to wait… I will support that decision."
"… what?"
"I will wait until the lady believes it is the right time." — He said… And the smile he granted, confident of his suggestion, was as if a caress to my trouble so it could dissolve… and I squeezed back that hand of his… shaking my head for I could not allow such from him, for the caress also hurt to some extent.
"My prince… I believe we have waited enough to finally tell our intentions to each other… However, now that you have come to this subject, I wish for us to discuss it." — Hoping to talk about it with him, I met his attentive yet soft gaze. — "Therefore, do tell myself what are your thoughts… I do not want to give Father a notice like this one when troubles surround our family, yet I also despise to have you, who always supports myself, to deal with these troubles."
"…"
