"In this bar right now?" Marco asks. Then shrugs easily, a bit of a smile curving over his lips. "I sought you out. I assumed it would be obvious." Why else would he be here right now?

"And before you lose your marbles about stalking you, yes, yes, I did that. I have no ill intentions towards you, Kai. But you know as well as I do that ignoring each other will only increase the suffering. I'd like to know you rather than apply my own guess work in place for the facts."