[ Her eyebrows go up a bit. Something in common? Despite it all, he's speaking her language. Someone as perpetually lonely as her is always seeking someone who might get her.

But! She's already gotten a little too real, so maybe they could discuss that some other time. Her openness had to be carefully controlled. Small doses and all that. ]

You just said the understatement of the century. [ She laughs. Okay, maybe a bigger dose was needed. ] When you fall in love with maybe ten people at once, and then one of them literally rips your heart out, you sort of end up realizing happy endings are usually only stuck in books! Ahaha!

[ ...That was probably a very big dose. B-But moving on! She thinks a moment, because, well, she's read a lot of happy endings. ]

It's kind of hard for me to pick a favorite, though... [ She presses her lips together in contemplation as she vaguely admires his handiwork on her arm. ] I like forbidden romances a lot? You know, the ones that aren't supposed to work out and all, and have a lot of conflict, but end up working anyway.

[ Kaiba had noticed that pretty easily. The bastard. He's on her mind because this guy had seen through her instantly, too. What are the odds? ]