She was still staring at the young man not so far away from where she was seated as she wiped dusts of sugar off her hands with a napkin. Strangely, she didn't find their staring contest awkward at all, considering they were complete strangers to each other.

She contemplated whether to invite him to her table.

But, as if he already sensed her thought, he left his little group and strode across the distance that separated them. The closer he came, the more finer details of his features came to view, as if they were tentatively revealing themselves.

A very handsome young man, she must say. The dark fringe covering the upper outlines of his eyebrows did very little to hide the way his dark chocolate eyes shone in what she guessed was curiosity and a hint of...lust?

Laena hid the way she braced herself as he sat by her table, two chairs to her left. She guessed he thought she didn't like men being too intrusive.
Propping his chin on a fist, he gave her a smirk that had her toes curling.

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