Second after second continued to pass, my eyes not once wavering from his form as I waited patiently for him to wrap his head around what I had just told him. Even though I hadn’t been expecting a specific reaction from him, I found myself startled by the realization that he was going to give me a reaction—that was becoming more and more obvious with every minute that passed. I wasn’t sure whether or not he wasn’t doing anything because of the fact that he didn’t want to, or because he didn’t know how to. Had this been a development that he hadn’t predicted and prepared for?
Realizing that I didn’t have as much time to waste as I would have liked to have, I waited a few more seconds, before I took another step towards him, effectively cutting his thought process short. By now, I was stan
