When she met up with the prince for dinner, he greeted her with a warm smile.
A warm, tight hug, too, actually. Certainly not an unwelcome one, though. Not even truly a surprising one, given he'd just hugged her in her room a short while ago.
...Was she getting too comfortable being hugged by the prince?
She hoped not.
He lingered for a few moments, arms looped around her, and she could hear the faint thump of his heartbeat in her ear when she pressed her head against his shoulder.
Her heart squeezed a little with that realization.
Was the calm, unflappable, elegant Adrien really...nervous?
Around her, of all people?
She'd never known anyone to be nervous around her. Not - not for any reason at all, but especially not for...
Not because they had feelings like what Adrien said he had.
