She definitely needed help, but her heart warmed every time he said ‘we’ like they were a single unit so she didn’t mind nearly as much as she might have.

With anyone else she would have worried about causing a problem, but the thought of staying with- moving in with- Asch is nothing short of thrilling. She’d been learning about cleaning methods and starting fires, and she already knew how to cook (sort of), so she could probably even be of some use to him. There hadn’t been a good time to bring up their engagement before, but this seemed like the perfect opportunity to slip it casually into conversation.

“I’d like that. It does seem appropriate, being betrothed.”