Confronting Feelings [Pt 1]

"Eh?"

Rey had a lot of Skills and Class Privileges that allowed him to think rather quickly, react very fast, and generally process information faster than most people.

Even with all that, Lucielle's words were lost to him.

He looked at the slightly reddening face of the girl who sat on her bed, nearly covered enitely with her cute and thick white sheets. Her crimson eyes were on him, almost as if they were expecting something that he didn't understand.

"Don't 'Eh' me. A girl just told you that she has feelings for you, and this is how you respond? What are you, some sort of idiot?"

'What's with her and her sudden harshness?' Rey wondered, even more confused as he took a step back in recoil from the venemous words that Lucielle spat out.

In the end, though, he still had to reply.

"I mean… this is unexpected. I didn't expect you to… how long did it start? Was it when—?"