[ She smiles reflexively at that, though it's a more awkward one than anything: the smile of someone who is trying very hard to cover up something uncomfortable, and failing badly. She's got a whole range of smiles like this, and usually she's better about it around strangers, but... whew.
Don't let anything happen to him, or to herself, huh... a few years ago, that could have been advice she would have taken wholeheartedly, as overly confident as any student of Hope's Peak would be. Of course not! she could have said. Nothing could ever happen to Munakata-kun, or to me!
Now, though, she has to refrain from saying something like Too late. ]
W, well... we're doing our best for that. You know. Neither of us want anything bad to happen either! Especially after the past few years.
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[ She smiles reflexively at that, though it's a more awkward one than anything: the smile of someone who is trying very hard to cover up something uncomfortable, and failing badly. She's got a whole range of smiles like this, and usually she's better about it around strangers, but... whew.
Don't let anything happen to him, or to herself, huh... a few years ago, that could have been advice she would have taken wholeheartedly, as overly confident as any student of Hope's Peak would be. Of course not! she could have said. Nothing could ever happen to Munakata-kun, or to me!
Now, though, she has to refrain from saying something like Too late. ]
W, well... we're doing our best for that. You know. Neither of us want anything bad to happen either! Especially after the past few years.
[ A compromise! Nailed it. ]