âŠHe came right out and said it. It was just like him to have no tact. Then again, there was no way around dodging a question (well, statement, in this case) when spoken like this. When he had managed to see her bare back, she didnât know, but her shoulders tensed nonetheless.
ââŠYeah.â She agreed, âIâm pretty stupid. If you could do me a favor, could you not tell anyone else?â It wasnât as if she had been trying to hide them or anything, but sheâd prefer not to answer questions from all the others regarding what had happened while she was away. Well, not so soon, at least. âItâs fine to be angry with me. I did a pretty shit thing.â
âIf something like that is your biggest concern, then youâre even stupider than I thought.â
The thing is, sheâs right; she is stupid. But itâs not as much as Ookurikara is saying, venom and hurt and loneliness crushed like cracked glass.Â
(He doesnât say, I trusted you, even if he had, in his own way.
He doesnât say, I missed you, even if he had, in his own way.
He doesnât say, I waited, I waited, I waited, and I thought maybe it was because I wasnât enough--even if he isnât, in his own way.)
âYou couldâve taken us with you. Even one wouldâve been fine.â
