1 - Situation.

It takes a length of time to fall in love, especially if you've never felt it before.

It takes a length of time to think you're in love, especially if the one you think you're in love with you're also trying to destroy.

It takes the greatest effort of time to get together when both people who are in love refuse to believe it or generally throw it aside.

But when those two people are an overly smug, and extremely attractive maiden and a young, oddly intelligent man?

Well, what can you really do?