Now one is left to wonder what would have happened if those robbers didn't target their house. Also, I wouldn't worry about the mind shields thing. I always interpreted Yak(ovlev)'s little trick as something that needs a bit of practice to get good at so you can't expect every 'Cubi to do it.
Sooner or later the story would have come out. It's just a matter of how...
They are so adorable... That embarrassing moment when they realize that both are hiding the same thing from the other and that they love each other.
Adorable.