He knew it was wrong.

You knew it was wrong.

And yet you still continued anyway.

Behind the back of one of your good friends — if not the greatest — you couldn't even count the times you've mingled with her boyfriend while your time in Natlan. Whenever Paimon was at her most distracted, sleeping or elsewhere in her little world of constellations and with Ajaw in timeout, the two of you had all of the privacy in the world.

Most of the time.

Walking into you, his boots toed heavily to back you up into the wall with the weight of his wrongdoings on his shoulders. He didn't have to touch you, not even once until your back was against the innards of his hut. Cradled by the privacy he recieved within his home of the Scions of the Canopy.

Far away from the Springs.

and his girlfriend, Mualani.

But in a moment of hesitation, he brought his hand to go lax against his forehead. Pushing back his bangs and revealing his bandana as he took a soft breath, shaking his head. Like he had begun to do more frequently.

“When I stated that for you, I'd do anything. I did not intend for it to carry on this far.” He stated out of nowhere, running a hand through his messy head of hair as he settled upon the corner of his bed. “We can't let this go on any further.”

His lime-azure gaze flicked up to meet yours as you stood there. And though despite his words, he knew full well of his attraction towards you.

And going behind his partner's back for months was clearly not beyond him.

But still..

He cannot help but wonder if the actions the two of you have indulged in is worth the price that very well may come.