We Can Do It, the Two of Us

Four months had passed since Carlisle returned.

The cold winter, though their hearts had been warm, passed quickly, and new shoots appeared in spring.

Nothing particularly eventful happened.

They had grown more affectionate than before he went abroad and treasured each other more, so they were always together, both on campus and at home.

[Come on, say ah-]

His girlfriend Bianca had always been affectionate, but she had become even more so, trying to feed him whenever they ate their packed lunches together.

[Is Carlisle here…?]

She came to his department office every day.

[I really, really like you.]

In the hallways, outside, and even in the lecture halls for general-education classes they happened to take together...