[She flinched away from the touch, mostly because it really wasn't helping at the moment. At his words, her fingers curled and she let out a long breath she was holding. It wasn't like she didn't know this would be the end result. Tadashi had never shown interest in her outside of friendship anyways.
But she was a big girl. She took a deep breath and put on a smile. She swallowed despite how much it hurt to do so.]
It's alright. [A bold face lie, but Ami had an incredible poker face when she truly needed one as she tried not to show any signs of how mortified she was. Tadashi always needed to be strong for his brother? Ami always needed to be strong for herself. She let out a shaky breath, saying things slowly because otherwise she might very well cry and she most certainly didn't want to do that, not in front of Tadashi. She swallowed again, smiling up at him.] Really, and I'm sorry, Tadashi, I didn't mean to make this difficult or to ruin an otherwise pleasant evening.
[She could do this. She could. She has faced worse, she has done worse. She was old enough and had gone through worse than just a rejection, first one or not.]
I... [But before Ami could really continue, a ball appeared above her head... only to suddenly burst and shower her with confetti. She closed her eyes and nearly cried with that, she nearly burst out in hysterical laughter as well because why not add being showered in confetti to her rejection? Why not shove an enemy like Wiseman or worse, Galaxia attacking her as well for the cherry on top? She closed her eyes and counted to ten, clasping her hands as tight as she could together so as to not show them shaking.
On any other day, she would address Tadashi's list. On any other night, she'd tell him that he deserved so very much more and that he was wrong to think that death meant that he could not be loved. She'd have spent hours debating with him.
But tonight was just not one of those nights. She was barely able to keep her own composure never mind deal with the slew of issues for why. She bowed to him.]
I-I should go.
[She didn't want him to see how thin the mask of icy calm was near to cracking. She had to get out of there before she made this any more awkward for either of them. She turned on her heel and left, almost running, only to have another ball of confetti burst above her. She stopped only for a moment for that one before continuing on. When she knew she was well out of sight, she bolted further into the maze, having no desire to go back until she was more stable, or until the game ended on it's own and Tadashi was long gone and home.]
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But she was a big girl. She took a deep breath and put on a smile. She swallowed despite how much it hurt to do so.]
It's alright. [A bold face lie, but Ami had an incredible poker face when she truly needed one as she tried not to show any signs of how mortified she was. Tadashi always needed to be strong for his brother? Ami always needed to be strong for herself. She let out a shaky breath, saying things slowly because otherwise she might very well cry and she most certainly didn't want to do that, not in front of Tadashi. She swallowed again, smiling up at him.] Really, and I'm sorry, Tadashi, I didn't mean to make this difficult or to ruin an otherwise pleasant evening.
[She could do this. She could. She has faced worse, she has done worse. She was old enough and had gone through worse than just a rejection, first one or not.]
I... [But before Ami could really continue, a ball appeared above her head... only to suddenly burst and shower her with confetti. She closed her eyes and nearly cried with that, she nearly burst out in hysterical laughter as well because why not add being showered in confetti to her rejection? Why not shove an enemy like Wiseman or worse, Galaxia attacking her as well for the cherry on top? She closed her eyes and counted to ten, clasping her hands as tight as she could together so as to not show them shaking.
On any other day, she would address Tadashi's list. On any other night, she'd tell him that he deserved so very much more and that he was wrong to think that death meant that he could not be loved. She'd have spent hours debating with him.
But tonight was just not one of those nights. She was barely able to keep her own composure never mind deal with the slew of issues for why. She bowed to him.]
I-I should go.
[She didn't want him to see how thin the mask of icy calm was near to cracking. She had to get out of there before she made this any more awkward for either of them. She turned on her heel and left, almost running, only to have another ball of confetti burst above her. She stopped only for a moment for that one before continuing on. When she knew she was well out of sight, she bolted further into the maze, having no desire to go back until she was more stable, or until the game ended on it's own and Tadashi was long gone and home.]