She hadn't thought -- therein lies the crux of it, she hadn't thought -- and the realization hits her, hard and fast. The implications. "Sharing with you would make me pretty happy."
How unfair, at a point too soon for her to pretend to have forgotten the exact words exchanged, and too late to brush them away. When Mari is close enough that she definitely can feel the tensing of her arm, the rush of blood in her veins, her heart racing till each beat booms in her own ears.
Mari is not so flippant as to joke about...this.
Unfair.]
I'm glad you're telling me. [She has no idea whether her voice is coming out right at all. Tentatively, she angles her head, resting against Mari's, braid pressed to her jaw.] And...I apologize, for mistaking it as one.
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She hadn't thought -- therein lies the crux of it, she hadn't thought -- and the realization hits her, hard and fast. The implications. "Sharing with you would make me pretty happy."
How unfair, at a point too soon for her to pretend to have forgotten the exact words exchanged, and too late to brush them away. When Mari is close enough that she definitely can feel the tensing of her arm, the rush of blood in her veins, her heart racing till each beat booms in her own ears.
Mari is not so flippant as to joke about...this.
Unfair.]
I'm glad you're telling me. [She has no idea whether her voice is coming out right at all. Tentatively, she angles her head, resting against Mari's, braid pressed to her jaw.] And...I apologize, for mistaking it as one.