She stays rooted to the spot, staring after him and trying to tell herself that the churning nausea in her stomach is anything but what it is. Even with regular people, she's no good at reading their feelings, reading between the lines or reading the room - she's hopeless at all of it. And Oberon almost seems to delight in making it that much harder for her.
But even a girl as hopelessly, miserably clueless as Ai knows what rejection is.
She's had a lot of time to learn, after all. ]
Is this-
[ She starts forward a few hesitant steps. The wind gusts her hair up into her face and even with her coat, it feels like it's blowing right through to her bones. The sun's shining so brightly today and yet it's so horribly cold out. ]
Is this how it's going to be now? Is this how you're going to be, all the time?
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She stays rooted to the spot, staring after him and trying to tell herself that the churning nausea in her stomach is anything but what it is. Even with regular people, she's no good at reading their feelings, reading between the lines or reading the room - she's hopeless at all of it. And Oberon almost seems to delight in making it that much harder for her.
But even a girl as hopelessly, miserably clueless as Ai knows what rejection is.
She's had a lot of time to learn, after all. ]
Is this-
[ She starts forward a few hesitant steps. The wind gusts her hair up into her face and even with her coat, it feels like it's blowing right through to her bones. The sun's shining so brightly today and yet it's so horribly cold out. ]
Is this how it's going to be now? Is this how you're going to be, all the time?