[ Unbeknownst to him, he delivers quite the one-two punch. First, the offer of his cake bomb throws her for a loop, and she stares in disbelief. That was pretty selfless for someone that's convinced her that it'd take a good hundred years to get anything so generous out of him. Is this real life...?
Apparently it is. The second blow strikes when he touches her. Just a small little thing. Barely more than a brush of his fingers. And yes, it's very real.
She yelps.
A few people look over their way, and her face burns bright red. Embarrassment morphs into sullenness, because ugh. What if people think she's weird? She can't come off as weird if she wants to keep making friends! It's just, that felt so much more intense than she ever expected!
...Oh, right. She's not alone. She's with someone. The someone that touched her. The someone that touched her hand in a way she had never felt before. She has to play it cooler than ever, just so she doesn't push away the one friend she's actually made so far. ]
Nope. Not a burden.
[ See? Normal. Not weird. She can still talk! Barely. ]
Thank you. I'll do the same.
[ ...And that's all she says, fighting the urge to cover her face. Life is so, so hard when you can't overwrite the bad parts! ]
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Apparently it is. The second blow strikes when he touches her. Just a small little thing. Barely more than a brush of his fingers. And yes, it's very real.
She yelps.
A few people look over their way, and her face burns bright red. Embarrassment morphs into sullenness, because ugh. What if people think she's weird? She can't come off as weird if she wants to keep making friends! It's just, that felt so much more intense than she ever expected!
...Oh, right. She's not alone. She's with someone. The someone that touched her. The someone that touched her hand in a way she had never felt before. She has to play it cooler than ever, just so she doesn't push away the one friend she's actually made so far. ]
Nope. Not a burden.
[ See? Normal. Not weird. She can still talk! Barely. ]
Thank you. I'll do the same.
[ ...And that's all she says, fighting the urge to cover her face. Life is so, so hard when you can't overwrite the bad parts! ]