one's chastity is / widely believed a virtue / not personal choice

[roc_on]

The next day there's an article in a scandal sheet insinuating that there may be something inappropriate going on between Delightful Jun and the Avatar.

Beila adopts a strategy of completely ignoring this insinuation until an interviewer asks her point blank, at which point she says, "No," and declines to elaborate further. Because there is nothing to elaborate on.

She shows up, exasperated, for her next firebending lesson.

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[thinklikethis]

"It was," he says, "delightful. I'm delighted."

He kisses her on the cheek and hugs her some more.

[roc_on]

"Delight is good!" They proceed in a brunchly direction.

[thinklikethis]

"Delight is good. Delight is awesome. Jun is awesome."

[roc_on]

"You are adorable."

[thinklikethis]

"You know what? Yes," he says. "Yes I am."

He hugs her again.

[roc_on]

Beila laughs. She hugs him. "Are you going to tell me what you said? All I heard was him answering you."

[thinklikethis]

"Oh, that." He blushes. "It was just - I don't know. Things."

[roc_on]

"Aha."

[thinklikethis]

"He seemed to think I was cute, anyway."

[roc_on]

"That is probably because you are cute."

[thinklikethis]

"People do keep telling me that!"

[roc_on]

"You should bow to the overwhelming public opinion."

[thinklikethis]

"No," he says, contrarily.

[roc_on]

"Why not?"

[thinklikethis]

"Because why is overwhelming public opinion a reason to do anything?"

[roc_on]

"Well, sometimes it's not, but when there's enough of it, it undergoes a mystical transmogrification into 'common sense'."

[thinklikethis]

"It is not common sense that I'm cute," says Dao.

[roc_on]

"Is too!"

[thinklikethis]

"Is not!"

[roc_on]

"It iiiiiis though."

[thinklikethis]

"Nooooo. I don't want to be famous and have everyone in the world thinking I'm adorable!"

[roc_on]

"Well, you've avoided significant public attention this long, although if you keep sleeping with celebrities I don't know how long that will last."

[thinklikethis]

"I can't help that you're both so great!"

[roc_on]

"I am not going to stop being great to assist you in protecting your anonymity," she teases.

[thinklikethis]

"Good! That would be a terrible solution."