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“Depends on what I say.”
“Well, we could play twenty questions,” she suggests.
“Twenty questions?”
“Yeah, you know, where I ask you a question, and then you ask me one, and so on.” Makayla shrugs. “It’s a good way to get to know each other, and if there’s a question you can’t answer because of these rules, then don’t answer.”
I consider it for a moment and decide there’s no harm in innocent questions. “Okay. Go for it.”
“Hmm.” She taps her chin as she tries to think of her first question. “Is Viking your real name?”
“No.”
“Then what is it?”
“Isn’t it my turn?”
She sighs. “Fair enough. Shoot.”
“Do you feel like there’s something between us?”
“Wow,” she says a little breathlessly. “You’re just diving right into the deep end, aren’t you?” I shrug, and she continues. “Honestly, yes, I do. It’s scary as shit and makes no sense with how short a time I’ve known you, but there’s this…”
“Connection,” I supply when she pauses.
“Exactly. I feel like I’ve known you my entire life.”
“I feel that too.”
“Okay, my turn.”
“Hit me.”
“What’s your real name?” she asks, and I can’t stop the laugh that bellows out of me.
Once the laughing subsides, I reply. “Leif. What’s your favorite color?” I ask, warming up to the game.
“Yellow.”
I expect her to launch right into the next question, but she hesitates.
“Giving up already?” I tease, reaching out to caress her cheek as if it’s the most natural thing in the world.
“No. Um, who’s Mea?”
I freeze, my hand hovering an inch from her face. “What?” I croak.
“Back at Cherry’s, when you threw that guy out, you called me Mea,” she explains. “Who’s Mea?”
“I… She… I called you Mea?”
“You did. You also said I was yours, which is the second time you’ve said that, I might add.”
I search her eyes for any hint of panic or annoyance by my claiming her, but there is none. Breathing a sigh of relief, I make a snap decision.
Fuck this.
I rise from the couch and return to stand in front of the image of a place from my past.
