[Listen, if they decide to show up here, her other friends can get in on this hug train, too! No need to combust about it being inappropriate or weird if she's hugging them all at once. And, honestly -- she can count the number of times she's been hugged recently on one hand. This is really, really nice. She inhales a soft breath and closes her eyes, squeezing him just a little more tightly.
She can't help but laugh when he ruffles her hair, scrunching up her nose a little because it's definitely going to mess up her ponytail, but -- it's fine if it's Shinji doing it. She opens her mouth to let him know that she always counts on him, in (almost) any situation, but then he drops that last bit on her and she has to close her mouth against a sudden wave of her own emotion. Oh...
Like, she knew that. It's not like it's some kind of big revelation. Shinji doesn't have to say those kinds of things out loud for her to know it. But hearing him go through the effort of voicing it aloud is a lot. She has to suck in another tiny breath to try to contain her pleased little relief.]
Yeah... me, too.
[She wasn't supposed to be. Hell, neither of them were supposed to have this kind of chance, and while she's not normally a crier, there's a definite threat of happy tears gathering in the corners of her eyes. Now that, she definitely can't let Shinji see -- he'll freak out at best, and think less of her at worse. So--]
Can I stay like this just a little longer...? [Until she's certain she won't cry.]
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She can't help but laugh when he ruffles her hair, scrunching up her nose a little because it's definitely going to mess up her ponytail, but -- it's fine if it's Shinji doing it. She opens her mouth to let him know that she always counts on him, in (almost) any situation, but then he drops that last bit on her and she has to close her mouth against a sudden wave of her own emotion. Oh...
Like, she knew that. It's not like it's some kind of big revelation. Shinji doesn't have to say those kinds of things out loud for her to know it. But hearing him go through the effort of voicing it aloud is a lot. She has to suck in another tiny breath to try to contain her pleased little relief.]
Yeah... me, too.
[She wasn't supposed to be. Hell, neither of them were supposed to have this kind of chance, and while she's not normally a crier, there's a definite threat of happy tears gathering in the corners of her eyes. Now that, she definitely can't let Shinji see -- he'll freak out at best, and think less of her at worse. So--]
Can I stay like this just a little longer...? [Until she's certain she won't cry.]