Kiara tried to eat as slowly and well mannered as she could because of the way Zane was staring at her intently. If it were before, she would be able to eat how she wanted but everything felt so new so she felt so awkward having him staring at her like that.
“If you keep eating like that, you won't be able to eat as much as I know you really want" He murmured then sat up straight and began placing all the food she liked on her plate.
“Zane, you don't have to…." He gave her the stink eye and she immediately shut her mouth.
“I hate that you're being careful around me. I miss the sassy Kiara, where is she?" He muttered as he sat back on his seat then pulled her seat and her plate of food closer to him.
“What are you trying to do?" She questioned.
“I want to feed you like I had offered earlier. I would rather you sit down on my thigh but sitting this close to me is good too" He murmured then scooped up some of the food and raised it to her mouth.
“Take a big bite," She frowned.
“I'm not a child, Zane and I can feed myself" He rolled his eyes.
“I know you're not a child and I know you can feed yourself but I would like to do it for you. Is that wrong?" She furrowed her eyebrows.
“It's awkward and weird" He raised an eyebrow.
“How? I used to feed you all the time in the past and you never found it awkward. In fact, you always asked me to feed you" She pursed her lips.
“Well yeah but that was in the past, this is the present and it just feels weird" He rolled his eyes then moved the spoon closer to her mouth.
“Eat" She glared at him and he chuckled nervously, “Please? Okay I'll just feed you for the night" She sighed then slowly opened her mouth and took a bite. As she chewed, she looked at Zane and he had a big smile on his face then he leaned in and kissed the side of her lips before pulling back.
She tensed up for a second. She didn't know if she could get used to his random kisses.
“You don't need to get used to it because after seven days, it's over" She heard her wolf utter in her head and took a deep breath before agreeing with her.
“Eat more" He uttered and scooped up some of the food again and placed it close to her mouth. Like before, she hesitated before taking a bite and he smiled again before ruffling her hair. This went on till she couldn't eat anymore and with time, him feeding her became less weird and awkward. She suddenly remembered why she liked it so much in the past.
“I can't eat anymore, I'm full" He nodded then dropped the spoon.
“I'll clear up, you can go to bed" She opened her mouth to oppose but he beat her to it.
“Don't argue with me on this, okay? They'll come take it later so I'll wait for them while you go to bed. Come on, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow" She furrowed her eyebrows.
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