Well that was certainly a start, at least. It was looking like the whole endeavour wasn't going to be a total loss. Although he pretended to ignore her hand brushing along his own, the fingers seemed to have a mind of their own, inching closer to wrap around her dainty ones.

"Then, why...?" Why push him away? Why go through this obvious misery? If he only knew the reason, maybe there was something he could do...