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However, the sudden creaking of the chair and Raphael's swift stand startled him. He jolted slightly, then turned his head toward the man whose gaze remained fixed on him. Raphael didn't say anything, he strode over to the refrigerator, returning with a cold water bottle to refill Ezra's empty glass.
This. This gentlemanly act. How could someone exhibit such contradictory traits in the same moment? He would tease Ezra to provoke annoyance, then seconds later, do something so attentive like this.
This man is driving me crazy.
Saying thank you and taking his glass, Ezra glanced again at the man who sat back down. Come to think of it, this man wasn't eating and was just watching him like this.
"Aren't you eating?"
"I already ate when you were sound asleep in my room."
"That ... Yeah." He pushed the last forkful into his mouth, and Ezra chewed happily as his stomach was no longer tormented by hunger.