[Nanu, too, didn't expect anything like this. From either of them. Sure, it was obvious how much Anabel cared about him, but for some reason the thought of love didn't come into play. Maybe because it was too serious to think about, despite their evolving relationship. Maybe because Nanu still has misgivings about not being good enough for her; about Anabel deserving a better partner. Maybe because he doesn't think he's deserving of love.]
[She looks at him with an expression he can't place, besides the confusion. Fear? Embarrassment? Mortification? He doesn't know which is worse. He doesn't know which of those is currently on his face.]
[Until, that is, she asks him point blank. And he realizes the stray thought he'd had; a passing feeling otherwise gone unnoticed as he watched her doing something as mundane as browsing produce. And he thinks of the random intrusions he's received here and there as of late, unintentional and uncontrollable...]
claim blindness all you want, the written list remains
[She looks at him with an expression he can't place, besides the confusion. Fear? Embarrassment? Mortification? He doesn't know which is worse. He doesn't know which of those is currently on his face.]
[Until, that is, she asks him point blank. And he realizes the stray thought he'd had; a passing feeling otherwise gone unnoticed as he watched her doing something as mundane as browsing produce. And he thinks of the random intrusions he's received here and there as of late, unintentional and uncontrollable...]
[...oh, god]
...Did...did you?