Special mission

Nalini slowly turned to the man beside her. She shook her head with a sweet smile. 

"The work hasn't started yet, why should we feel tired?" she asked. 

Prince Arya smiled broadly at Nalini's answer. 

"That's the answer I wanted to hear from you. You are the most energetic person I know in Lokapala," he said fondly. 

Prince Arya then shifted his seat. He moved closer to Nalini.

Nalini reflexively shifted her sitting position. She looked awkward being closer to Prince Arya. 

"Why are you shifting? Stay where you are. I just want to have a closer conversation with you," Prince Arya said. 

"That's not it, Prince. I-I..." 

Nalini's head bobbed, looking to the right and left. It wasn't that she didn't want to sit close to Prince Arya, but she was afraid of what they were doing being noticed by the healers and soldiers around them. 

Nalini did not want gossip to spread and embarrass her.