Mona Kasten

You look like you're going to topple over at any moment,"

"Sorry. I just think that love doesn't wait patiently for a suitable time. It assails you from behind, and when you least expect it."

"Then love is a sneaky bastard."

What if someone's penny drops?"

The first question is: If you can give reasons for your actions, does that mean your actions are rational?"

I try to ignore the fact that she's really pretty. I've never seen a face like hers: her snub nose doesn't match the proud line around her mouth, her cat eyes don't match the freckles on her nose, and the straight bangs don't match her heart-shaped face. But in a strange way, it all comes together perfectly. And it gets more appealing the more often I see them.

But through her silence and her meaningful looks, Ruby's words have only gained more weight and meaning.

Somehow I find it spicy when she speaks to me so strictly.

spine. "How long have you been at school?"
"For two years."
He growls.
"What's there to hum?" I ask.
He shrugs his shoulders indecisively. "I just wonder how it can be that I've never noticed you before."

The sounds around us fade the longer we look at each other. I can only feel