She frowned and loosened her grip on his collar, she couldn’t even look back up at him for some reason as his words rang throughout her head. ‘I don’t think you’re a bad person’… She repeated, it almost became a broken record in her mind, but everyone else thinks I am… The brunette knew he had a point to all of this, and it all lead up to the mention of money. They were poor, abandoned, and criminals. They didn’t chose this, it just sorta happened and it couldn’t have been avoided at the time. “ I feel like I’m dragging you into all of this, I’m dragging you down into trouble along with me. I… I don’t want to do that. “ Scarlet admitted before she finally looked back up at him, “ but I don’t want you to be alone either, like you said before. “ She added before gently placing a little kiss on his lips rather then his forehead for once, she meant it in a comforting way but it didn’t seem like that…
( 真二 ) Shinji had been getting ready to respond when he felt her lips against his. Well, that was new, and he certainly didn’t know how to react to it. So he drew his head back slightly to break the connection, looking more confused than anything else. “Er, um, well,” he stammered. Heat rose to his cheeks as he found himself unable to form a proper sentence. How was he supposed to respond? An empty train of thought washed over him, not giving any answers to the matter. All he knew was that he didn’t want to leave her hanging for an answer. “I-I… I like you too. Er, I mean, I don’t… w-want you to b-be alone…?” Did that work? He couldn’t be sure at all.
