❝ I want you, just as you are. ❞
THE CONFESSION COMES AS A SURPRISE .
So often Mira has been viewed only as trouble ; a thorn in someone's side. A problem. Not that she's ever bothered to make a change in herself, her attitude never wavering -- even to this point, where HUINTR/X is a thing. Where someone appreciates her for her.
Her cheeks warm first, then her brows raise.
Such a statement shouldn't have her pausing, a flutter in her chest that she's been trying to ignore for a while now. Oh, Mira doesn't even know what to do with this statement, finding herself with a slightly agape jaw and a fleeting gaze to match. It's so raw, not quite fully innocent, and Mira feels undeserving of the sentiment.
" Don't do that to yourself. " Comes out reflexively ; because the last thing she wants is to grant Zoey any pain. So roughly too, for all Mira yearns is right in front of her, feelings being presented in their rawest form and there she goes trying to push it away. When has she ever deserved something so good as Zoey?
Her eyes close then, unable to bear witness to whatever reaction comes from her terrible reply. It's not even the words that hang heavy on her tongue, of how much she wants to recuperate the feeling.
