They should enjoy the joking and fun times now, because they had some very grey skies in their future. Figuratively and literally. "We do have a lot of ground to make up." And Shionne hadn't slept much the last few days, from worrying.

She blushed fiercely at Alphen's response, leaning towards him, "I haven't given you any looks..!" She whispered back.

Honestly if she wanted people to not get the 'wrong' idea, she probably shouldn't be leaning so intimately close, whispering to him like this...