As his fingers dug deeper into her skin, he banged her back against the wall hard and fast. He had cornered her with nowhere to go.
Yuze tilted his head.
"What was your problem exactly, huh? We were such good friends, our families got along, we were a perfect match - so it wasn't that shocking for us to end up together. Yet you rejected me. All the courage I had gathered that day to confess my love to you came down to nothing upon your one rejection. Did you ever understand how I felt?"
Alix's eyes dangerously narrowed while simultaneously trying to shake off his grip, but it only tightened and displaced her breathing rhythm.
Right beside him, Mui's legs were too trembling to even stand upright properly. The situation took such a one eighty degree turn that she found herself stumbling back. Amidst her dwindling confidence levels, she did lift her hand in order to stop Yuze but one razor-sharp side glance from left her back to square one.
