after spilling everything, after having so much to tell him, one would think that she could just keep going. but his response sobers her, makes her stop, fingers that had once been twisting together out of nervous habit still.
her breath catches in her throat, because it's something she's always wanted to hear -- I cared for you -- isn't it? she purses her lips, stares at her hands, thinking. ]
Sometimes I feel undeserving of you caring about me. [ she pauses, hesitates; does she really want to get into this, too? ] When I first came to Death City, I told you that you had tried to kill me. That's- It's because I tried to kill you first.
And I know that you aren't that Sasuke, that you can't forgive me for something that hasn't happened, but- But sometimes I feel as though I'm holding on to my regret of that so tightly that I'll never be able to let it go.
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after spilling everything, after having so much to tell him, one would think that she could just keep going. but his response sobers her, makes her stop, fingers that had once been twisting together out of nervous habit still.
her breath catches in her throat, because it's something she's always wanted to hear -- I cared for you -- isn't it? she purses her lips, stares at her hands, thinking. ]
Sometimes I feel undeserving of you caring about me. [ she pauses, hesitates; does she really want to get into this, too? ] When I first came to Death City, I told you that you had tried to kill me. That's- It's because I tried to kill you first.
And I know that you aren't that Sasuke, that you can't forgive me for something that hasn't happened, but- But sometimes I feel as though I'm holding on to my regret of that so tightly that I'll never be able to let it go.