Ah, so you grew up outside the city too, huh... that's funny. For some reason I always pictured you growing up there the whole time. But you're kind of a country mouse like me!
[ Not that anything about Ai looks or sounds like country mouse after almost ten years in Tokyo. She's acclimated and by the sounds of things, Rinne has too. ... well, mostly.
She glances back at him with a smile and before he can pull back or protest, she pauses long enough to catch his hand in hers and gently tug him along. She's definitely still not as good as reading people as she'd like to be, but even she can tell Rinne's nervous. If she acts like things are fine, will that make it okay? ]
... I want to hear about all these kinds of things. Where you came from and where you'd like to go.
[ Her hand squeezes his. ]
Like I said. When it's the two of us, we can figure things out together.
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[ Not that anything about Ai looks or sounds like country mouse after almost ten years in Tokyo. She's acclimated and by the sounds of things, Rinne has too. ... well, mostly.
She glances back at him with a smile and before he can pull back or protest, she pauses long enough to catch his hand in hers and gently tug him along. She's definitely still not as good as reading people as she'd like to be, but even she can tell Rinne's nervous. If she acts like things are fine, will that make it okay? ]
... I want to hear about all these kinds of things. Where you came from and where you'd like to go.
[ Her hand squeezes his. ]
Like I said. When it's the two of us, we can figure things out together.