[ Her eyes flutter open, a breath hitching in her throat. It's not a declaration of love, yes. She'd suspect something was seriously wrong if he ever gifted her with one. Affirming her existence, however? For once, and probably for the first time ever, it meant more than her so-called three favorite words.
After quickly scrubbing at her eyes, she disentangles herself from him and stumbles to her feet, angling her face away. That was enough vulnerability for one day. Few people got to see her laid this bare, and she was trying to keep that number quite low. ]
Thanks. I'm just...
[ She glances at the books she's laid out, considering at least stacking them up neatly for the demons whenever they swung by to put them away, but was that really important? Making her escape took precedence.
Monika pulls back the hand that had gone so far as reaching out for one, abandoning her constant desire for orderliness. Control. Because if she stayed here, things were going to keep slipping through her fingers. ]
I'm...
[ A coherent sentence still refuses to form, so she shoves her chair haphazardly under the table and moves past him for the exit. Because he can't see her cry. He can't, he can't, he can't. ]
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After quickly scrubbing at her eyes, she disentangles herself from him and stumbles to her feet, angling her face away. That was enough vulnerability for one day. Few people got to see her laid this bare, and she was trying to keep that number quite low. ]
Thanks. I'm just...
[ She glances at the books she's laid out, considering at least stacking them up neatly for the demons whenever they swung by to put them away, but was that really important? Making her escape took precedence.
Monika pulls back the hand that had gone so far as reaching out for one, abandoning her constant desire for orderliness. Control. Because if she stayed here, things were going to keep slipping through her fingers. ]
I'm...
[ A coherent sentence still refuses to form, so she shoves her chair haphazardly under the table and moves past him for the exit. Because he can't see her cry. He can't, he can't, he can't. ]