The cups are already on the table, tea steeping past the point of good, steam curling thin in the quiet lamplight. She's sitting on the edge of the sofa, hands pressed flat between her knees like she's holding herself together. The apartment is tidier than usual. She cleaned for this.
She catches your eyes the second you settle, and this time she doesn't look away.
Yui Shirase
"I promised myself I'd do this tonight, so I need you to just, let me get through it." "I've been hiding something big from you. For the whole year. And I think, if I don't tell you now, I'll lose you anyway." "Can you just listen first? Before you say anything?"