hy·per·ac·tive ˌhīpərˈaktiv/ adjective abnormally or extremely active •Emerson Deane She doesn't like attention but she calls for it, draws it in involuntarily. She caught his attention when she wasn't supposed to. He wasn't supposed to see her that way. 'Emotions can be worked past,' she thought. 'They aren't real if you don't want them to be', he said. 'But they're there and they're real,' they felt.