Selfish and Unprepared

For a while, Anastasia remains silents as she lets Zen pull her from one aisle to another.

She sure did stray further than she expected, though he said that she didn't. More importantly, she is concerned about how he is acting right now. While she understands why he can be in a hurry like this, it still does not settle well with her. After all, he did evade the subject earlier.

Not to mention, his grip on her is starting to get tighter and tighter in each passing minute.

"Z-Zen!" she screeched and flinched a little when he started walking faster, making him snap out of whatever he had his attention to at last. 

"Sia...? Oh no...! I'm so sorry. Was that too tight?" he apologized hastily as soon as he realized that he had been a bit rough on holding her.

"It's fine. More than that, I'm worried about what has gotten into you all of the sudden."

"I just thought that we should reunite with the others as soon as possible."