The night had grown a lot older now, and I was leaning back on the car seat, my hand resting between Nikolai and I. The car was silent, and the uncertainty of our new relationship mow settled above us.
We had kissed, but just earlier, he had said he wanted nothing to do with me. I wasn't exactly sure what we were now, but I knew those kisses had lacked nothing. Certainly not passion. Certainly not need.
I let out a sigh at the same time Nikolai did, and I froze, then turned to him. He met my eyes too, then broke into a laugh, hisveyes crinkling.
I laughed too, the tension immediately easing up, enough for me to actually lean closer to him, my eyes thin from laughing.
"What now?" I asked once he stopped laughing, my eyes darting between his profile and the starry night that I could see
