Alec stared blankly at Reina for two halves of a second before slowly reaching up and trying to remove her rock-solid grip on his shoulders without much success.
"No…"
Reina shook him back and forth in frustration.
"Then why did you do something like this?!" She demanded.
"Did it not work…?" Alec asked, fear setting in like ice creeping through his veins. There had to be a reason for Reina's reaction. What if he had failed and was about to die? Or shortened his lifespan?
"That's not the problem here! Are you insane?! How did you even think of doing something like this?!"
Alec winced slightly as Reina's grip on his shoulders tightened, but she didn't seem to care and kept shaking him back and forth.
"Um, it just kind of happened while I was trying to, you know, prepare for the future."
"Prepare for the future…?" Reina asked in a calmer tone.
"Yeah—"
"What future?!" Reina shouted and kept shaking him.
"S-s-since m-m-ore s-circles—can you stop shaking me?"
