…while Pahn and Yaohwa are talking on the street
Pahn notices a car
full of co-workers
parked along the curb
nearby
He walks alongside
He knows somehow
that Djuturna is the driver
The passenger door is open but
no
one inside sees him
notices him
The car begins to pull from the curb but Pahn
not wanting them to leave
without
acknowledgment leans
hard against it
for a moment as it moves
Pahn watches the car stop thinks
or imagines
he sees Djuturna
turn her head around
or look in the
rear-view mirror
as
the
vehicle reverses
returning to the curb…
…Across the street
on the sidewalk
up close to a
building
he and Djuturna
kiss
he does not remember
how their faces came together
or how the kiss began but
it is
very soft damp
and attached
Pahn is afraid
that the others will see them
He thinks of Aiks
and his vows
and turns his head from Djuturna’s lips
Still
he doesn’t want her to
think
he doesn’t want her
and wants
and wants to
be sure
that she knows he loves her
so continues to grasp
her
thinking to himself how
comfortable
to hold her
their bodies a
perfect fit
with only
their clothes
between them
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