Biting her lip as she watched the bashful look turn into a wince, she felt a little bad for him, he had never had experiences like this before, but she didn’t think he was spoiled. The kindness he expressed was not that of a spoiled brat wanting to get his own way all the time. [color=f49ac2]“I don’t think you’re spoiled. I honestly think you were sheltered from all of this, the way you’ve reacted to it all. I don’t think you would have let this get so bad if you hadn’t have known. I meant it when I said you'd be a great ruler.”[/color] That was honestly what she thought, she didn’t think he had caused any of this. Sadly, he could have maybe done something if he had known, but she doubted he would have found out. Not until he was ruling and at that point it could have been too late to open him up to the truth. 

It was hard to picture him in a bad light; sure, he had those members of the scourge executed he had made that order but that was how he had been raised. Just like she had been raised differently. It gave her hope that when he returned, he would make change, or at least try too and to her that would be a victory. Whatever happened to her she didn’t care, not if it meant he was now aware of what was going on in the districts. They had only just touched on some of it, Bel Bicis was perhaps the worst, but she was certain the other districts where probably suffering right now. 

[color=f49ac2]“I know…”[/color] Sighing softly as she looked down at the bottled water she placed it on the table knowing she had to try, but with how her stomach was it just wasn’t right and she didn’t want him seeing her so weak as to her she would only appear pathetic. 

Thankfully the fever had flushed her cheeks because she felt herself stutter at his warning. She was then finding it hard not to enjoy the familiar feeling of warmth as he was close to her because she wanted nothing more than to just curl into his arms and sleep feeling that safety around her. 

Huffing as he called her stubborn ordering her to open up, she looked at the fork that poked at the bottom of her lip and her mind wandered without even meaning too. The idea that he was feeding her, that this was something people would do when they were close. When they were dating as couples would feed one another. [color=f49ac2][i]No. This is different[/i][/color]. Trying to remind herself that this wasn’t some cute gesture of feeding her, this was simple because she was unwell and had to eat. This was nothing more than that even though her heart longed for it. 

For a split second she debated on refusing to open up but that would only make things worse, her quickened heartbeat had already told her that she was still into him as much as she denied it. Biting her lip she nodded before finally opening up to take some of the food he had been offering her, it didn’t stop her heart from racing but thankfully that and her flush skin could be blamed on the fever and not the fact she was attracted to him.